Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Remember the Catholic Church does not grant divorces. But it does grant annulments, if the marriage partners didn't really plan to commit to the relationship -- or something like that. I think the Catholic Church can't simply announce a change in doctrine, because that would undercut their authorit...

And I wonder how the former CoC University professors are able to explain away how after fighting instrumental music for their lives now that it is fine. Also they have to think this involvement of children has to smack of practices of the Catholic Church like infant baptism. I suspect that the for...

Thank you, Ivy. I try. My husband might disagree with you. LOL.

Some Jehovah Witness ladies knocked on my door yesterday. I was polite to them.

I am an avid tea drinker. Earl Grey, hot, in the morning. Unsweetened iced tea the rest of the day. Used to drink sweet tea when I lived down south, but changed when I moved north. And I do not like herbal tea. that is just grass and weeds in hot water. Earl Grey is flavored with Bergamot, which is...

Another method that has been used in the CoC is mailing out a brochure to all the houses in the area. " Problems? Confused? Jesus is the Way. " In one congregation, there was maybe 1 response for every 500 brochures mailed out. This led to in-home studies. What the CoC preacher discovered ...

The box with the bear is for Sleepy Time. I just opened another drawer where I put overflow tea and happened to see it.

That's the one with the bear in pajamas on the box isn't it?

Probably. I take the individually wrapped tea bags out of the cardboard box and store them in a divided bamboo tea box.

I drink Nighty Night tea, it helps me sleep.

Just trying to think about what issues is/was the CoC right about. 1) It seems they are very right to oppose infant baptism and emphasize it is the individual's decision to follow a particular religion/sect of a religion. Yes and No. I think baptism is an adaptation of the Jewish ritual bath as pra...