[Church_of_Christ] Re: Can you guess?
Greetings Wendy, ED here
Thank you Wendy for this recommendation. I read much of John Mark's
material. He is a personal friend and was at one time my professor in
graduate work. I have learned a great amount of our historical
backgounds from him. He and I do not agree on every point but then who
does?
> > > Clay's response:
> > > I'm not even sure what exactly the "restoration plea" was Brother
Ed
> > in what I have read.
> > In all Honsty I really could care less what it says, what it says,
who
> > those guys are or what "THEIR" purpose is.
> > I assemble at the Joelton CoC/SOF. I have done so for nigh on to
40
> > years. I do not assemble THERE because of the SOF Bro Ed. I do not
> > assemble there because I am part of the movement know as the
> > restoration movement. I assemble there because that's where my
fAMILY
> > Iin Christ assembles. I try to follow scripture to the best of my
> > ability and "IF" the bible conflicts with the "founding fathers of
the
> > restoration movement" I am sorry. But I'm thinking the elders aren't
> > going to take the sign down because Bro Ed thinks they should.
> >
> > ED: You sound like an elder I know. I know you could care less. That
is
> > one reason you have arrived at some of your conclusions. If we
divorce
> > ourselves from historical development, we will never understand why
we
> > think the way we do and will allow ourselves to be open to all kinds
of
> > influences. The CoC at Joelton or anywhere else didn't just drop out
of
> > the sky one day, nor did the RM. In fact it is only thru
understanding
> > the historical development of thought among us that we are now
> > bewginning to shed some of the distorted thought. Many of our best
men
> > are questioning things that have been long held (at least as long as
a
> > generation or two) and are calling the attention of the church to
look
> > at and consider what actually was our prevailing beliefs before they
> > were basically "hijacked" by a very stern and narrow approached
class of
> > brethren. I suggest that you would find it interesting and edifying
to
> > check it out.
> >
> I recommend John Mark Hick's blog. He has good stuff on the
historical reasons for the divisiveness.
>
> He is very readable.
>
> http://johnmarkhick
>
> Agape
> Wendy
>
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