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Philanthropy and Racism: Paradox of John Moody McCaleb
John Moody McCaleb Of Paradox and Absurdity Paradox is defined as “a statement that seems contradictory or absurd but is actually valid or true.” Such a definition is needed to understand much of the...
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Spiritual Treasures of the Old Testament Apocrypha
1611 KJV title page Treasury of the “Best devotional literature of all time” The Apocrypha. For contemporary Americans, if they have heard of the term at all, have images of secret books along the...
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Voice from a “Subversive” Journal, 1968: Instruments vs Love
“It is always more or less detrimental to the ascertainment of truth to allow our previous conclusions to assume the position of fixed and fundamental truth to which nothing is to be at any time added...
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Evel Knievel, the Grand Canyon & Us: The Strange and Deep Gulf to the Bible
Sabbath Day Theology, it is early Saturday morning, gets in a DeLorean to take us to the first century once again. Hopefully we will think on a few things that will be informative and in the end...
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Easter/Pascha: Bobby V, Theology and Freedom … Part One
Holidays Who does not love a holiday? Our society is saturated with them. We celebrate Presidents Day. Independence Day. Thanksgiving. Halloween. St. Patrick’s Day. Veteran’s Day. Memorial Day. New...
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Easter/Pascha: Bobby V, History & What They Did not Tell Me about Easter in...
Example of made up stuff! This blog continues part one linked here Easter/Pascha: Bobby V, Theology and Freedom. If you have not read that I want recommend it. In this blog I will trace some...
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Where are ‘Apostate’ Women Preachers Taking Us!?
Apostates! Recently across the internet, and Facebook, it was asked “Where are Apostate Women Preachers Taking Us!?” And it was asked of me directly. My reaction was “no where!” No apostate woman...
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C. R. Nichol’s God’s Woman: Gospel Advocate Writer Says Women can Pray and...
1876-1961 The year 1938 was memorable by all counts. Alabama tragically lost the Rose Bowl to the California Golden Bears. Neville Chamberlain let Hitler occupy Czechoslovakia. Orson Wells sent many...
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Alexander Campbell: Lessons in Fearless Bible Study
Alexander Campbell on a bad hair day One of my heroes is Alexander Campbell. I even have named my blog partly for Campbell The origin of the name Stoned-Campbell Disciple was explained many years ago...
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Blessed are the Shalom Makers: T. B. Larimore Sower of Peace & Love in the...
T. B. Larimore. Note the clerical collar. “Blessed are the shalom makers for they will be called the children of God” – Jesus. I grew up within 5 miles of the Larimore home and Mars Hill church. His...
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When You Come, bring … the Books … Three Good Books … One Drawing
This blog is no stranger to recommending good books for Bereans. Today something a little different is happening. I will be offering brief “book notes” for three books all published by members of the...
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In Defense of Romans 8: A Response to its Spiritual Sword Critics
In defense of Romans 8 from its critics in the Spiritual Sword. The current issue of Spiritual Sword has attempted to disprove renewed earth resurrection theology, mentioning myself and John Mark Hicks...
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The Apocalyptic Theology of David Lipscomb and James A. Harding … A Contrast...
David Lipscomb (1831-1917) I do no think there is a better time to post this paper delivered to the 2006 Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University than now. Christians in America from the...
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To Drink is to Pray!: The Spirituality of Wine, Gisela H. Kreglinger … A Review
I grew up in a teetotaler environment. I grew up in a “dry” county, Lauderdale, in north Alabama. I remember when Florence had a referendum on whether wine, beer and spirits could be bought and...
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Blind, but 20/20 Vision: St. Augustine, Tobit and the Eyes of Faith
Tobit by Jacques Blanchard (1600-1638 Every year as we make our journey thru the Bible we come to that part between Malachi and Matthew that I playfully term the “Middle Testament.” Protestants have...
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Discovery at the Museum: How I Discovered the Apocrypha through Art
Rembrandt, one of the greatest Protestant artists, frequently depicts scenes from the “Middle Testament.” This is Raphael’s Ascension from Tobit 12. A trip to the museum can open up our world. I have...
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Reconciliation Reconsidered: Advancing the National Conversation on Race in...
Periodically on Stoned-Campbell Disciple we have guest blogs and book reviews. Debbie Plunket of Memphis, Tennessee won my book giveaway and has written a nice book notice. Reconciliation...
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Christianity, Forgotten Changes
“I watch the rippleschange their sizebut never leave the stream of warm impermanence.” – David Bowie Christianity has always “changed.” In fact Christianity has changed drastically over the...
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Musings, How Did an “Ordinary” Person Encounter the “Word of God” in the...
What a “Bible” looked like for Jesus I have been reflecting a lot lately on how an “ordinary” person would have encountered the “Bible” in the first century. The fact that no ordinary person actually...
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Discovering What’s In Acts 11.26
Sometimes we notice what we have not before. But sometimes we are blind. We are not blinded by the light as Manfred Mann’s Earth Band (singing Bruce Springsteen lyrics) taught us. Rather we often...
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