You do get it that when you sign up to follow him, you are playing with fire, right? None of us like controversy...well, at least I don't. It bugs me as well as hurts me. Yet, we must not flinch when we encounter work in the kingdom that....hurts.
I received the unsolicited notice below early last Sunday morning. Whoa! I'm mentioned in the mix. What are we to do with this? Do what Jesus did. Keep moving.
I urge you, especially if you are young in ministry, to get it. If you are a promoter of the true kingdom, you will come under fire. You've got it coming. Furthermore, you volunteered for it. It is a necessary part of the game. Jesus cautioned against everyone speaking well of us. Such warning goes over so much easier in Sunday School.
May we learn to walk like him. Injury and insult are a part of such a trek. Do not revile. Keep on trusting Him who judges. Our role? Die well....I Peter 2:21-25.
Therefore, don't be surprised at the fiery ordeals among you as if some strange thing were happening to you...I Peter 4:12. Opponents are in our mix for a purpose. They are to groom us in the vital living core of Jesus. He, alone, will train and drain us of our need to retaliate by transforming us into learning to forgive.
Stress and insult....we've got it coming!
2011 Spring Church of Christ CFTF Lectures
Profiles In Apostasy #2
February 27 - March 2, 2011
Elders: Kenneth Cohn, Buddy Roth, and Jack Stephens
David P. Brown, Director
Sunday, February 27
9:30 AM David P. Brown: The Holy Spirit Makes No Earthly Sense by Terry Rush
10:30 AM Lester Kamp: Theology Simplified by Lonzo Pribble
Noon Meal Provided by the Spring Congregation
2:00 PM Terry Hightower: Th e Battle Over Hermeneutics in the Stone-Campbell Movement by Michael W. Casey
3:00 PM John West: Seeing the Unseen by Joe Beam
Monday, February 28
9:00 AM Skip Francis: A Gathered People by Hicks, Melton, and Valentine
10:00 AM Gene Hill: Th e N.T. Church Is Foreign to the Church Described in A Gathered People by Hicks, et al.
10:00 AM Linda Pogue: Selected Chapters from Trusting Women edited by Billie Silvey #1 (Ladies Only)
11:00 AM Wayne Blake: Is Christ Divided? by Monroe Hawley
Lunch Break
1:30 PM Brad Green: Th e Forgotten Treasure by Gary D. Collier
2:30 PM Roelf Ruffner: The Church In Transition by James S. Woodroof, 1991
3:30 PM Open Forum
Dinner Break
6:30 PM CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
7:00 PM Danny Douglas: The Power Within by Jesse E. Fonville
Tuesday, March 1
9:00 AM Don Tarbet: Th e Cultural Church by F. LaGard Smith
10:00 AM Johnny Oxendine: Renewal For Mission by Helsabeck, Jr. (Christian Church), Holloway, and Foster
10:00 AM Linda Pogue: Selected Chapters from Trusting Women edited by Billie Silvey #2 (Ladies Only)
11:00 AM Michael Hatcher: The Second Incarnation by Rubel Shelly and Randall J. Harris
Lunch Break
1:30 PM Paul Vaughn: One Church edited by Carson, Foster, and Holloway
2:30 PM Bruce Stulting: A Church That Flies by Tim Woodroof
3:30 PM Open Forum
Dinner Break
6:30 PM CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
7:00 PM Daniel Denham: The Holy Spirit: Center of Controversy—Basis of Unity by Mac Deaver
Wednesday, March 2
9:00 AM John Rose: Together Again by Rick Atchley and Bob Russell (Christian Church)
10:00 AM Jimmie Gribble: Navigating the Winds of Change by Lynn Anderson
11:00 AM Charles Pogue: The Churches of Christ by Richard T. Hughes
Lunch Break
1:30 PM Ken Chumbley: American Origins of Churches of Christ by Richard T. Hughes
2:30 PM Jess Whitlock: Discovering Our Roots by C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes
3:30 PM Open Forum
Dinner Break
6:30 PM CONGREGATIONAL SINGING
7:00 PM Dub McClish: Illusions of Innocence by C. Leonard Allen and Richard T. Hughes
Lunch Provided by the Spring Congregation • Hardback Book of Lectures Available
R. V. Hook-Ups • Video and Audio Recordings • Approved Displays • Lessons Live on Website
PO Box 39 (Mailing Address) ~ 1327 Spring Cypress Road, Spring, TX 77383 ~ Church Office Phone (281) 353-2707
Spring Church Secretary: Sonya West ~ E-mail: sonyacwest@gmail.com ~ Church Website: www.churchesofchrist.com
4 comments:
Keep speaking what you speak and loving like you love! And for those of you reading the list of books condemned by the Spring church, I suggest you actually read them and study the scriptures mentioned therein...the ones I have read will all help you be a Christ follower.
Thanks Terry!
Looks like you are in pretty good company looking over the list of authors being "reviewed". Keep up the good work friend!!
Trish
I need to print this. Looks like a good reading list.
Terry, you made top of the list! I would be honored to be listed among these men of faith. It is interesting, though, that they are just now speaking out against books that are 10 years (or older) old!
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