Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

Welcome! I've found this forum to be very accepting. The intrinsic understanding of our shared religious roots and the validation of my experience has helped me to begin to let go of some anger and bitterness that I have held on to for many years. I hope you find the hope and healing you seek.

In the congregations I attended the KJV was always a sound choice but the NKJV and NASV were also considered to be acceptable. The NIV was considered to have been delivered to us by the devil himself. Through online reconnections with some old friends and an occasional visit on Sundays with family (...

The wedding feast at Cana and the cofc's explanation was defintely one of the times in my young life where I experienced a major disconnect. Noting that most people bring out the inferior wine later in the party always made perfect sense to me (I'm not wasting anymore of my best wine on your drunk a...

Welcome, Aces. As you might guess from my screen name, newly found hope played a part in my journey also.

We used to turn that saying around to something similar to what Zeek said, "The Bible says it and that settles it, whether we believe it or not". It was still said with arrogance, however, because we still believed that we all knew exactly what the bible said and anyone outside our church ...

I attended midnight mass this year. Not because I am Catholic just because I have always wanted to go so this year I did. It was standing room only so I stood in the back. The atmosphere was very joyful and celebratory. I can certainly understand why families make this a yearly tradition.