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Christian Faith and theories of Atonement
on Mar 23, 2009 in William Robinson Jesus atonement Disciples of Christ As a Disciple, I am a member of a non-creedal tradition. Our statement of faith is simple -- Peter's confession in Matthew 16:16. No more, no less.Since I'm engaging in this conversation about the atonement, I thought I might put out something that w...
Herbert L. Willett -- Disciples of Christ Bible Scholar
on May 22, 2009 in liberal Christianity Biblical Scholarship Herbert L. Willett Disciples of Christ I received as an email this brief essay on the life of Herbert Willett, one of the most important early Liberal Disciples of Christ leaders. Ted Parks notes the controversy that surrounded his appearance a century ago at a gathering of Disciples in...
Thoughts on the Trinity -- For Trinity Sunday
on Jun 6, 2009 in Trinity Panentheism Apostles Creed God's Nature Ted Peters Trinity Sunday Alexander Campbell Philip Clayton Disciples of Christ Disciples (my denomination) have not been, as a movement, overly Trinitarian. Barton Stone, one of our founders, can be described as an Arian. Alexander Campbell was Trinitarian in his understandings, but not his vocabulary. Campbell struggled wit...
Covenant and Accountability
on Jun 9, 2009 in Jan Linn Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Constraints Michael Kinnamon Liberty Covenant Freedom Disciples of Christ Freedom is a good thing, but it isn't an absolute good. Disciples (my tradition) value it highly. It's one of our founding principles. At times we have made it an absolute good, but that has led to unimpeded individualism. In the 1960s the Disci...
Freedom and Authority in a Covenant Community
on Jun 13, 2009 in Jan Linn Covenant Church Authority Freedom ael Kinnamon Disciples of Christ I want to get back to my postings on Michael Kinnamon and Jan Linn's book Disciples: Reclaiming our Identity, Reforming Our Practice, (Chalice Press, 2009). I'm now past the half-way mark in reading the book, but I've yet to finish blogging the cha...