GraceConversation.com

My dad, an elder at my home congregation, is now participating in a very interesting online discussion blog called GraceConversation.com – between two more “progressive” Church of Christ folks and two more “conservative” Church of Christ folks.  It’s the kind of conversation that seems like a really good thing to have, so I thought I’d post a link to it.

I put “progressive” and “conservative” in quotes because I’m afraid that terms like that may communicate more than it actually intended, as labels often do.  Nonetheless, there are obviously very different groups within the Church of Christ, and the less traditionally-minded often dismiss the more traditionally-minded without really addressing their arguments in a respectful, loving way.  So I’m glad that my dad is participating in this, and I pray that it helps lead the church to a greater understanding and more unity.

On a slightly related note, sometimes it bothers me when progressive Church of Christers insinuate that the root cause of the conservative’s disagreements is that they take the Bible or Scripture too seriously.  They don’t necessarily say this directly, but I’ve heard it as the thrust of various arguments.  The word “legalism,” for example, can connote this in certain cases.  If the issue at hand is a lack of mercy, love, and unity, that is NOT from taking the Bible too seriously, or too literally, or too authoritatively, or from a hermeneutic that interprets every verse of Scripture as a binding law.  It can’t be, because so much of Scripture is dedicated to precisely those things.

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