March 19, 2013
1938-1939 were significant years for the Churches of Christ. In 1938 E. W. McMillan, one time chair of the Bible department at Abilene Christian College, began preaching for the Central Church of Christ in Nashville, TN and in January 1939 assumed the editorship of the Christian Leader which was now under new management (Clinton Davidson). The […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible Banner, Christian Leader, E. W. McMillan, Foy E. Wallace Jr., J. D. Tant, N. B. Hardeman, Nashville, Rebaptism, Tennessee, Tennessee Tradition, Texas Tradition |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 11, 2013
While reading parts of the Firm Foundation for a research project, I rediscovered the following article by J. D. Tant (“Looking Back Fifty Years,” Firm Foundation 50.3 [17 January 1933] 2). In this article he highlights how the Firm Foundation had served the church over the past fifty years. In his view, the periodical saved the church from extremes–the extreme […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Austin McGary, Churches of Christ, David Lipscomb, Firm Foundation, J. D. Tant, Missionary Society, Rebaptism, Stone-Campbell, Stone-Campbell Movement |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
January 30, 2009
Throughout 2008 I spent part of my time reading through the major journals of Churches of Christ from 1897 to 1907: Gospel Advocate, Firm Foundation, Christian Leader, Octographic Review, The Way, and Christian Leader & the Way. I have shared some of my “findings” on this blog and will do more in the future. Other […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Austin McGary, Baptism, Churches of Christ, Daniel Sommer, David Lipscomb, Firm Foundation, Gospel Advocate, J. D. Tant, James A. Harding, Rebaptism, Stone-Campbell, Tennessee Tradition, Texas Tradition |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks