Namby pamby is pretty dated. The phrase “namby pambyism” came from a book I saw twenty years ago (or more). The focus of the book (if I remember right) was the “weak” Christianity of “liberalism” (as the author saw it). I was thinking recently of some who have a similar view today - or at [...]
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Namby Pambyism
Posted in church, religion, tagged church, hellfire and brimstone sermons, preaching, soft sermons on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Husband of But One Wife
Posted in church, tagged church of Christ, elders, husband of but one wife, qualifications, shepherds on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Usually, the phrase “husband of but one wife” is only discussed during elder selection or the occasional lesson about elders. Over the years the main emphasis I’ve heard about this phrase is that it means that an elder should be one who has only been married once - no divorces in his past, and some [...]
Do We Have to Be Somber?
Posted in church, religion, tagged grief, joy, laughter, somber, sorrow, worship on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Many years ago I presented a lesson on joy and mentioned that joy was to be part of our whole lives as Christians, even in our worship of God. A gentleman of the congregation took exception to that, saying we were to be serious in worship, not joyful. I believe he was making serious and [...]
When Did “Church Clothes” First Appear?
Posted in church, religion, tagged Church clothes, Faith, honoring God, worship on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »
An article about how “wearing our best” to worship God got me to thinking about church clothes earlier. A couple of other thoughts have come to mind since that first post. For one, when did the idea of special church clothes first develop? In the first century most people did not have extra changes of [...]
Church Clothes
Posted in church, religion, tagged church, clothes, giving God our best, worship on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For many Sunday morning means getting dressed up in “church clothes” so that one can give God proper honor. Does God really expect us to dress in our best when we assemble on Sunday mornings? Is it really giving Him our best? If so, where is it that God stated this? [...]
By This Motley Crew?
Posted in Faith, church, tagged church, Faith, glory, God, imperfect people, praise on February 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Simply amazing. Maybe we are too aware of our sins and weaknesses to realize the possibility. Despite the imperfections of every one of us, God is glorified in us. In us. Our flaws may be the very reason others can look at us and praise God. Isn’t it amazing what God is able to accomplish [...]
How Did We Get Here?
Posted in Learning, church, tagged beliefs, Bible, church of Christ, churches of christ, Learning on February 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Over the last few years it seems there has been a change in the church community to which I belong. Years ago an emphasis was placed on seeking and following what was given through Scripture. This was good and kept the focus upon God and what He desired. As an example, the [...]
Churches and Christlikeness
Posted in Faith, church, tagged christian living, christlikeness, church, discipleship on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
I’d like to share a quote from Dallas Willard in his book Renovation of the Heart (pages 238-239, Navpress, 2002):
“A fundamental mistake of the conservative side of the American church today, and much of the Western church, is that it takes as its basic goal to get as many people as possible ready to die [...]
A Tendency to…
Posted in church, tagged church of Christ, legalism, restoration movement on January 20, 2008 | No Comments »
The idea of restoration in the Restoration Movement was to seek a return to Scriptures in all ways. Many have taken up the banner through the years from many backgrounds and belief systems. Eventually some felt that restoration had been achieved and now the task was to call others out of unscriptural systems into the [...]
