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Saturday, December 09, 2017

J. Ellis and the "Chickasaw Christian Church"

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I have been evangelizing about three months in northern Texas and the southern part of the Indian Territory. . . . Since crossing the Red Ri...
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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Are We Living in the Last Days? (3rd of 3)

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New Testament Teaching What the Old Testament might have left in doubt, the New Testament makes absolutely clear: when the Scriptures spea...
Saturday, November 11, 2017

Are We Living in the Last Days (2nd of 3)

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Old Testament Teaching The prophets of ancient Israel occasionally referred to the last days . In the New International Version, a common ...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Are We Living in the Last Days? (Part 1 of 3)

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Hurricanes. Earthquakes. Wildfires. Mass shootings. And a power-hungry man in North Korea with nuclear weapons. In recent months these, co...
Monday, September 18, 2017

24: The LBJ Edition

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Steven M. Gillon, The Kennedy Assassination--24 Hours Later: Lyndon B. Johnson's Pivotal First Day as President . New York: Basic Books...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Stone-Campbell Restoration History and Teaching: A Brief Survey

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The following is a brief overview of the history and outlook of the Stone-Campbell Restoration Movement. I wrote it in order provide basi...
Saturday, August 12, 2017

"The Lord's Supper" in The Christian Messenger, 1831

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John Allen Gano (1805-1887, pictured at left) was a protege of Barton W. Stone and served as a prominent leader among the "...
Saturday, August 05, 2017

Campbell on "Communion" and the Lord's Supper

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Alexander Campbell argued that a simple definition of communion  and the specific usage of that word in translations of the New Testament ...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

"Communion with the 'Sects'": An Answer from George W. Elley

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In August 1861, Edmund Ruffin, a Virginia planter and slave owner, wrote: "The excitement of the war, and interest in its incidents, ...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Restoration Leaders on the "Untaught Question" about the Lord's Supper

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Regarding the Lord's Supper, should churches invite all in attendance to participate, permit only members in good standing to partake,...
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Friday, July 21, 2017

Alexander Campbell's Four-Part Series "On the Breaking of Bread"

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In their quest to rehabilitate what Alexander Campbell referred to as "the divinely authorized order of Christian worship in Chr...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Alexander Campbell, Early Church History, and the Breaking of Bread

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Alexander Campbell concluded his 1825 series "On the Breaking of Bread" by pointing to early church history as a verification for ...
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Frank Bellizzi
I am a Christian, a son and a brother, a husband and father, an elder in the Body of Christ, an American historian, a Bible student, a college instructor, and a music fan. I also like movies, and would like eventually to become a real film buff. My ultimate professional goal is to win the World Series as the lead-off batter and 2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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