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The Great “O’s”: The Antiphons of Christmas
Boethius (AD 480-524) For approximately 1600 years or more, disciples of Jesus have prayed the “O” Antiphons leading up to “Christmas.” Ancient disciples did not use that term which was introduced...
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Where Do Black People Come From? White Christianity & Slave Indoctrination
Where Do Black People Come From? What Slaves were Taught in America Do you know who J. D. Green was? Probably not. Green was a three time escapee slave from Kentucky. He was born approximately 1813...
View ArticleThe Apocrypha: What is It? (A Video Presentation)
To fulfill some requests, I am placing this video here to make the content available to those who desire. During Coronacation, I took care of speaking engagements via Zoom rather than travel. What...
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Five “Unknowns” of the Stone-Campbell Movement
First. Some of our “apostates” have had significant impact in other religious movements. A sizable portion of the Stone Movement became part of the Shakers. And Sydney Rigdon, a preacher in the...
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Seven Uses of Wine in the Bible
“wine to cheer us up” (Ps 104.15, CEB) Quotable Quote from J. J. M. Roberts “It was only years later that I learned that grape juice for communion was a liberal innovation associated with the...
View ArticleRubel Shelly & Mike Cope on Wineskins
Wineskins. I cannot even write the title of that magazine without a smile crossing my face. I received our first copy, Volume One, Number One way back in May of 1992. I devoured each issue cover to...
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K. C. Moser’s Journey to the Cross
K. C. Moser sitting on the steps of a schoolhouse in 1911 reading a book. Today I want to share ten items about one of my heroes of the faith, Kenny Carl Moser (1893-1976). My own saga with Moser...
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A Doctrinal Christmas? Two Theological Gifts of the Nativity
“Christmas” offers important doctrinal gifts to believers in the Messiah An earlier version of this article was published in Wineskins (December 7, 2017) and can be accessed here. I grew up in a...
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The Battle is Over: Odes of Solomon 22,
Charlesworth is one of the leading scholars on the Odes. His very readable translation is a joy. I discovered the Odes of Solomon twenty + years ago and have loved them since. Written in Syriac or...
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Instruments, Worship, Unity, Ephesians 5.19: Reviewing Arguments Against...
I broke two strings An Explanation. Earlier this year a dear brother contacted me and asked me if I would read a “position paper” on instrumental music and offer him an “honest critique and feed...
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