The thing about Church of Christ is that they get a bit too fixated on what is and isn't mentioned in the Bible and can't just relax on some things. They say that musical instruments are mentioned in the OT but not the NT, so therefore instruments are forbidden in their church. I had some Church of Christ doorknockers come to my door once and I was like, "It's alright, I'm Christian." "Well, how do you know that you're saved? Did you ask Christ into your heart?" "Yeah, sure." "Well did you know that the Bible does not specifically say so, and that is just the Campus Crusade for Christ's narrative?" I wasn't going to entertain their pointless legalism and politely closed the door on them.
The Church of Christ is like the Farm to Market version of Christianity. The benefits are there are no additives, no sugar, no process. On the other hand, it's bland, raw, and its buyers are intolerant of everything else.
So the acapella singing is nice. The lack of rituals and embellishment is nice. But the whole "Everyone but us is going to Hell" is very isolating and fosters ignorance.
But their disdain for the United Churches of Christ is totally justified.
Never heard of Campus Crusade for Christ? The man behind that is the one who came up with the simple prayer for salvation ("come into my heart" etc) and the Church of Christ ilk don't like that, and believe that the only way to salvation is through baptism. No, baptism is a statement of faith. I just can't be bothered to argue with them. They aren't bad people, but I don't want to deal with them.
Campus Crusade was big Christian ministry on college campuses in the 70s and 80s along with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. CC did a lot of evangelism with 4 main points to get kids to accept Christ.
Baptism means immersion but in what? Could be God's Word which is the most important thing a believer can do. As pertaining to salvation the moment a person first believes in the living God our savior Jesus, you are baptized with the Spirit of God.
That being said he orchestrated that, you didn't. If God doesn't come calling you ain't responding.
This is the United Church, after all. A good majority of them seem to be very pro-Alphabet, and anti-Christian. Are we really surprised here?
The thing about Church of Christ is that they get a bit too fixated on what is and isn't mentioned in the Bible and can't just relax on some things. They say that musical instruments are mentioned in the OT but not the NT, so therefore instruments are forbidden in their church. I had some Church of Christ doorknockers come to my door once and I was like, "It's alright, I'm Christian." "Well, how do you know that you're saved? Did you ask Christ into your heart?" "Yeah, sure." "Well did you know that the Bible does not specifically say so, and that is just the Campus Crusade for Christ's narrative?" I wasn't going to entertain their pointless legalism and politely closed the door on them.
The Church of Christ is like the Farm to Market version of Christianity. The benefits are there are no additives, no sugar, no process. On the other hand, it's bland, raw, and its buyers are intolerant of everything else.
So the acapella singing is nice. The lack of rituals and embellishment is nice. But the whole "Everyone but us is going to Hell" is very isolating and fosters ignorance.
But their disdain for the United Churches of Christ is totally justified.
Never heard of Campus Crusade for Christ? The man behind that is the one who came up with the simple prayer for salvation ("come into my heart" etc) and the Church of Christ ilk don't like that, and believe that the only way to salvation is through baptism. No, baptism is a statement of faith. I just can't be bothered to argue with them. They aren't bad people, but I don't want to deal with them.
Campus Crusade was big Christian ministry on college campuses in the 70s and 80s along with Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. CC did a lot of evangelism with 4 main points to get kids to accept Christ.
Baptism means immersion but in what? Could be God's Word which is the most important thing a believer can do. As pertaining to salvation the moment a person first believes in the living God our savior Jesus, you are baptized with the Spirit of God. That being said he orchestrated that, you didn't. If God doesn't come calling you ain't responding.
Also water baptism is an abject heresy.