My father, a lifelong preacher and missionary in the hardline Churches of Christ, had several doctrinal issues that were dealbreakers for him. He claimed that these dealbreakers were clearly outlin…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
In the fundamentalist churches I grew up in, the Creation story was taught as literally true: Seven 24-hour days of creation. But did the writer of the story of the Creation intend for …| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
In the 1500s Ulrich Zwingli devised the three basic methods of establishing authority for church work and worship: Command, Apostolic Example, and Necessary Inference. Ulrich Zwingli, possibly more…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
Artificial Intelligence is all over the news right now. Fear of AI taking over our lives has made the world think in existential and spiritual terms. But when conservative Christians speak ab…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
Because we want to believe that what we belong to is working. As we become evangelical believers we are swept up in a love affair with God, an expansive mountaintop experience that must be shared. …| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
95% of the world thinks universal healthcare is a great idea. Having Medicare for all in the USA is championed by the Democrats and the Progressives, but not the Republican Party. The reason …| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
A webpage explored the similarity in singing practices between the Pilgrims who settled in the American Colonies beginning in 1620, and the a capella Churches of Christ (Restoration Movement). Anot…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
The Pilgrim Fathers and the Puritans were ardent Calvinists. As Great Britain swung back and forth between Catholic and Protestantism, as each monarch dictated, the British Calvinists moved back an…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
Old Joke: Why does your church ban sex standing up? Because it might lead to dancing. For those too young to get that joke: Many churches considered dancing a sin that would lead to promiscuo…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
I grew up in the Churches of Christ, which traces their history through the Cane Ridge Revival of 1801 in Kentucky and back through Alexander Campbell to the schisms of the Presbyterian Church in S…| Ex-Church of Christ Blog
