Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

As far as the book of Revelation is concerned, there’s widespread agreement among NT scholars that it’s about events of its own time (except for the pearly gates part, of course). People who have thought that it predicts ongoing events over the scope of history have always thought that the final end...

The other passage that is extremely strange is the snake handling and poison passage, Mark 16:9-20. Does anyone else ever remember this one being discussed? One of the CoC’s favorite proof texts, Mark 16:16, is also in this passage: “He who believes and is baptized will be saved.” The most ancient ...

teresa wrote: ↑Mon Jul 31, 2023 5:19 pm My Mom used to cuss in French Canadian.

Patate crude (Raw Potato)

And if she was really upset: Coliss (Chalice)

A strong cuss word in Spanish is hostia (host; communion wafer).

A sanitized version of it is ostra (oyster), which sounds somewhat like hostia.

I took a course in Revelation when I was at ACU. Three possible interpretations were presented: 1. Revelation predicts events that were going to happen soon: the end of persecution and the fall of Rome. Some of the points made were that Nero (Neron in Greek) reduces to 666 in the numerology of the t...

I was taught that God was three-in-one, citing the Biblical command to baptize “in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.” I John 5:7 was also cited: “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (This ver...

The Historicist perspective especially picked up steam during the Cold War because most of the hillbilly preachers loved identifying the Communists, particularly the Soviets, as the beast/dragon/any other negative image in the Revelation. Yes, I think people in every generation since Revelation was...

I last visited my childhood CoC about fifteen years ago. It’s in a small Texas town of some 2000 people. In the 1950s they were having around 300 for Sunday morning bible classes. When I was last there it was for the Sunday evening service. There were a couple dozen people there, and they met in the...

Thank you so much for this, Agricola. The topic is extremely interesting to me, and I’m learning a lot.

One of the hired preachers at the CoC where I grew up in Texas (we usually got a new one every few years) started preaching that they should disfellowship all the people who weren’t showing up for Wednesday night services. It split the church; one of the elders agreed with him and moved to a city 50...

Harvard Divinity School, ACUAlum....impressive!! Why only one year (if you care to share). My plan had been to get a degree there and teach at a CoC college. Several of my teachers at ACU were HDS graduates. But after a year at HDS I realized I really wouldn’t fit in with the CoC any more. It wasn’...