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Baptism is the Practice of the Local Church not the Parachurch

Baptism is the Practice of the Local Church not the Parachurch

7 Comments / Baptism, Church /

Last November 10,000 college students gathered in Texas A&M’s Reed Arena for ‘Unite Texas A&M,’ which is led by a UniteUS Christian parachurch “movement” that originated at Auburn University. The organization’s mission is to inspire young people through faith-driven gatherings: that unbelievers would find salvation, believers would find freedom from sin, and that students would […]

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Learning: A Church’s Style of Corporate Worship

The Value of Experiencing Corporate Worship from Another Tradition

2 Comments / Church, History, Theology /

The following post is a part of a series about learnings from reading Jaroslav Pelikan’s Five-volume The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine. Over my sabbatical I attended a worship service at an Eastern Orthodox church. I generally knew what to expect. In addition to reading Volume 2 of Jaroslav Pelikan’s The Christian Tradition: The

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Learning from ‘The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine’

Learning from ‘The Christian Tradition: A Development of Doctrine’

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Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe? The answer “I just read the Bible,” while sounding noble, is sourced in either naiveté or ignorance because every branch within the Christian tradition – Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, etc. – argues their beliefs are biblically warranted. The more incisive question is how did

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