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
March 8, 2013
While David Lipscomb, editor the Gospel Advocate after the Civil War (beginning in 1866), opposed rebaptizing those who were immersed to obey God though they did not understand its design for the remission of sins, the original editors of the GA thought differently. While reading through the 1855-1861 GA, I ran across the following two statements from […]
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Theology | Tagged: Baptism, Churches of Christ, David Lipscomb, Gospel Advocate, Rebaptism, Tolbert Fanning, William Lipscomb |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 22, 2010
The story of the division of “The Christian Church of McGregor” in McGregor, Texas, near Waco, is of particular significance for several reasons. Organized on August 25, 1883, it divided on September 23, 1897. The division resulted in two groups: “The First Christian Church of McGregor” and “the Church of Christ” (the capital letters are […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: Firm Foundation, G. A. Trott, Rebaptism, Tennessee Tradition, Texas Tradition |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 4, 2010
The story of the division of “The Christian Church of McGregor” in McGregor, Texas, near Waco, is of particular significance for several reasons. Organized on August 25, 1883, it divided on September 23, 1897. The division resulted in two groups: “The First Christian Church of McGregor” and “the Church of Christ” (the capital letters are […]
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Stone-Campbell | Tagged: David Lipscomb, Division, Firm Foundation, G. A. Trott, Holman, McGregor, Rebaptism, Stone-Campbell, Tenessee Tradition, Texas Tradition, Unity |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks