Christian Studies Journal
Edited by Michael R. Weed (1980–2012) and Keith D. Stanglin (2013–2019), volumes 1–31.
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Volume 1
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Allan J. McNicol and James W. Thompson, "Freedom at Corinth: A Conversation between Paul the Apostle and Lucian, a Corinthian Christian"​
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Michael R. Weed, "The Discipline of Freedom"​
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Paul L. Watson, "'The Discipline of Freedom': A Response"​
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Tony Ash, "Freedom is Slavery: The Essence of a Sermon"​
Volume 2
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Tony Ash, "The Authority of the Bible in the Restoration Movement"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "The AKEDAH: A Root Experience as Authority for the People of God"​
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James W. Thompson, "Recovering the Authority of the Church: A Sermon"​
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Paul L. Watson, "The Authority of the Old Testament for Christians"​
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Michael R. Weed, "The Authority of Jesus, or the Jesus of Authority?"
Volume 3
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Michael R. Weed, "The Twilight of the Gods: Pluralism, Morality, and the Church"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Sectarian Lifestyle: An Alternative Moral Vision in the First and Twentieth Centuries"​
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Paul L. Watson, "The Old Testament as Moral Compass"​
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James W. Thompson, "The Preacher: Moralizer or Moralist?"​
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Tony Ash, "Divorce: A Cultural Problem"
Volume 4
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Paul L. Watson, "Passing on the Tradition"​
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​James W. Thompson, "The Education of Children in the Early Church"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Mystery, Marriage, and Morality"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "The Crisis in Secular Education and Its Implications for the Church Today"​
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Melinda Worley, "Television and the Teaching of the Church"
Volume 5
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Rick Marrs, "Deuteronomy and the Law"​
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Michael R. Weed, "The Rise of Judaism: From Exodus/Sinai to Sinai/Exodus"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Jesus of Nazareth: A Liberal and a Legalist"​
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James W. Thompson, "Paul, the Law, and Legalism"
Volume 6
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Pat Graham, "The Chronicler and Ethics: The Issue of Integrity"​
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Rick Marrs, "An Exposition: What is Good?"​
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David R. Worley, "Occupations and Preoccupations in Christ"​
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James W. Thompson, "The Christian, Entertainment, and the Arts"​
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Michael R. Weed, "The Secularization of the Church: From Transcendence to Technique"
Volume 7
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Rick Marrs, "Old Testament Models of Leadership"​
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James W. Thompson, "Authority and Leadership in the New Testament"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "A Hierarchy or Mere Functional Leadership: Is There Another Model for the Ministry?"​​
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Michael R. Weed, "Ethos and Authority: Then and Now"
Volume 8
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James W. Thompson, "Holding the Audience or Proclaiming the Message: The Word in Worship"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Sorting through the Confusion about Worship: Appraisal of Two Paradigms"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Amusing the Saints: Edification without Transcedence"
Volume 9
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Douglas L. Gragg, "The Community of Believers in 1 Corinthians"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Christian Education: Convention or Commitment?"​
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James W. Thompson, "Community, Ethics, and the Christian Faith on Campus"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Dismantling the Bible Chairs in Texas: A Church-State Struggle in Historical Context"
Volume 10
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James W. Thompson, "What Happened to Evangelism?"​
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J. Robert Reynolds, "Demystifying Missions: Exposing the Madness of Our Method"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Discipleship as Mission: A Mission Dimension in Contemporary Discussion on Matt 28:18–20"​​
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Michael R. Weed, "Evangelism, Ethics, and Eschatological Existence"
Volume 11.1
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James W. Thompson, "Hermeneutics: Then and Now"​
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Gary D. Collier, "Bringing the Word to Life: Biblical Hermeneutics in Churches of Christ"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "The Lord's Supper as Hermeneutical Clue: A Proposal on Theological Method for Churches of Christ"​​
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Michael R. Weed, "Cruciform Life or Cruciform Church? A Review of The Cruciform Church by Leonard Allen"
Volume 11.2
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James W. Thompson, "What Every Christian Should Know: Tradition in the Early Church"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Scripture and Tradition: Two Essentials in the Search for the Ancient Order"​
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Gary N. Holloway, "Both Catholic and Protestant: Alexander Campbell and Tradition"​
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Michael R. Weed, "A Tradition at Risk"
Volume 12
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Michael R. Weed, "Why Johnny Can't Pray"​
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Douglas L. Gragg, "What Do These Stones Mean?"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Skills, Credentials, or Faithfulness?"​
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Wendell Willis, "Reading the Bible through Life"​​
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Gary N. Holloway, "From Scripture to Sharing"
Volume 13
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David R. Worley, "Sing Where the Bible Sings"
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R. Mark Shipp, "Trivializing the Holy"​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "'How Shall the Seeker Say Amen?'"​
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Gary N. Holloway, "The Pleasures of Worship"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Contemporary Trends in Hymnody"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Worship and Ethics"
Volume 14
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Abraham J. Malherbe, "Creeds and Their Uses: The New Testament"​
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R. Mark Shipp, "Alexander Campbell and the Relationship between the Testaments"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "Baptism Yesterday and Today"​
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Gary N. Holloway, "Alexander Campbell on Education"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Academic Freedom and the Christian University"​​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "Sex and the Secular Culture: A Review Essay"
Volume 15
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R. Mark Shipp, "Delighting in the Law"​
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Allan J.. McNicol, "The Servant Christ: Matthew's Answer to Legalism"​
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Michael R. Weed, "'And They Were Silent': Reflections on Legalism"​
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Charles Siburt, "A Response to "'And They Were Silent'"​
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Gary N. Holloway, "Not the Only Christians: Campbell on Exclusivism and Legalism"
Volume 16
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R. Mark Shipp, "The Spirit of God in the Old Testament"​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "The Spirit of Holiness or the Spirit of the Age? The Holy Spirit in the Teaching of Paul"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "How Does God Give Guidance Beyond the Illumination of Scripture?"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Religious Experience and Spirituality: Biblical and Post-Modern"​
Volume 17
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Allan J. McNicol, "The Lure of Millennium 2000: What Is at Stake for the Christian Believer?"
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R. Mark Shipp, "'Let Us Make a Name for Ourselves': Human Innovation and Technology in Gen 1–11"​
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Michael R. Weed, "The Magician's Bargain: Modern Technology and the Eclipse of God"​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "Preaching Technique: The Ministry of the Word in a Wired World"​
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Mel Witcher, "Waiting on the Slide: The Impact of Technology in the Contemporary Church"​
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David R. Worley, "Romans 1:10–17: Jesse's Truth"
Volume 18
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R. Mark Shipp, "'This Is the Covenant in My Blood': The Lord's Supper, Passover, and Christian Community"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "In Remembrance of Jesus"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Shallows and Depths: The Rise of (Post) Modern Images of Humanity"​
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Everett Ferguson, "Churches of Christ: Who We Are and What We Ought to Be"​
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Paul Watson, "Identity and Vocation"​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "Three Things that Matter"
Volume 19
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Michael R. Weed, "Consecrated Pragmatism: Trends in Modern Worship"​
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R. Mark Shipp, "'Congregational Song is in Trouble': What Makes a Good Hymn?"​
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Wendell Willis, "The Changing Sound of Worship Music"​
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Allan and Patricia Burke McNicol, "Musical Preferences Do Matter: Appropriate Music in the Assembly"​
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Philip Camp, "Singing and Worship from the Perspective of the Russian Orthodox Church"​
Volume 20
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Allan J. McNicol, "The Lord's Prayer: The Touchstone of Christian Spirituality"​
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R. Mark Shipp, "True Religion and Undefiled: Spirituality in Micah and James"​
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Craig Bowman, "More than Routine Words: A Reflection on Psalm 100"​
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Jeffrey Peterson, "Living and Sacrifices: Walking in Accordance with the Spirit in Romans 12–15"​
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J.J.M. Roberts, "Seminaries, 'Spirituality,' and 'Spiritual formation': A Quick Fix for the Disciplined Life of Faith?"​
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Michael R. Weed, "Confession and Intercession: Two Spiritual Disciplines"
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David R. Worley, "Remembering a Friend: A Tribute to Dr. Bill Stewart"
Volume 21
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Michael R. Weed, "Tradition: A Stranger to the Modern World and Church"​
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J.J.M Roberts, "The Importance of the Old Testament for the Church"​
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Everett Ferguson, "Lord's Supper and Love Feast"​
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Allan J. McNicol, "All Things New"​
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Leroy Garrett and Jeffrey Peterson, "A Christian Affirmation 2005: An Exchange of Views"
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Allan J. McNicol, "An Ecclesiology for the Believers' Church: Can Restorationists Claim the Time?"
Volume 22
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R. Mark Shipp, “Divine Sovereignty and Human Freedom in the Old Testament”
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Ben Witherington III, “The Trouble with Tulips: Romans and Reformed Theology”
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“Christian Reflections on Human Free Will,” Excerpts.
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Allan McNicol, “Universal Salvation and the Christian Story”
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Michael R. Weed, “From Mystery to Mastery: Christo-Paganism Then and Now”
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Michael R. Weed, “Baptism: Mode and Meaning”
Volume 23
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Stanley G. Reid, “Making the Handoff”
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Allan McNicol, “One Lord and One Body: Implications for the Common Faith of the Church”
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R. Mark Shipp, “Nailed to the Cross: The Continuing Relevance of the Old Testament”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “The First and Second Tablets of the Law in the New Testament”
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Michael R. Weed, “Pietism, Pieties, and the Contemporary Church: Promise and Peril”
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Thomas Olbricht, “A Russian ‘Christians Only’ Movement”
Volume 24
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James W. Thompson, “Paul and Spiritual Formation”
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Ron Highfield, “Beyond the Image of God Conundrum: A Relational View of Human Dignity”
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Everett Ferguson, “Baptism and the Moral Life”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “The Sacrifice of Praise”
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R. Mark Shipp, “Return, Restoration, and Renewal in Chronicles—and Today”
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Michael R. Weed, “American Fundamentalists: The Left Behind”
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Allan McNicol, “My Theological Journey: A Retrospective”
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Todd Hall, “A Written Legacy: A Bibliography for Allan J. McNicol”
Volume 25
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Wendell Willis, “The Erosion of Community: A Challenge to the Church”
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Allan McNicol, “Reading Revelation Today: A Word to a Complacent Church”
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James W. Thompson, “Paul and the Mission of the Church”
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R. Mark Shipp, “Psalm 22: The Prayer of the Righteous Sufferer”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “What Should Christian Do? Revisiting John Howard Yoder’s What Would You Do?”
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Michael R. Weed, "My Pilgrimage"
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M. Todd Hall, "A Written Legacy: A Bibliography for Michael R. Weed"
Volume 26
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Michael R. Weed, “Ressentiment”
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Keith D. Stanglin, “Restorationism and Church History: Strange Bedfellows?”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “Redeeming the Time: The Christian Year and the Life of Christ”
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Daniel Austin Napier, “A Sound Beginning: Retrieving an Ancient Model of Christian Conversion”
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R. Mark Shipp, “‘Smash Them Against the Rocks’? The Christian Appropriation of Difficult Psalms”
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Allan J. McNicol, “A Peaceable Hope: Contesting Violent Eschatology in New Testament Narratives,” A review.
Volume 27
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Allan J. McNicol, “The Israel of God”
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R. Mark Shipp, “The First Restoration Movement: The Chronicler’s Program of Restoration and Churches of Christ Today”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “Biblical ‘Restorationism’: A Response to Mark Shipp”
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Glenn Pemberton, “Finding a Way Past Lament”
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J.J.M. Roberts, “Reflections on Isaiah for the Life of the Modern Church”
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M. Todd Hall with Michael R. Weed and Allan J. McNicol, "A Written Legacy: A Bibliography of Paul L. Watson"
Volume 28
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Keith D. Stanglin, “The Restoration Movement, The Habit of Schism, and a Proposal for Unity”
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John Mark Hicks, “Theological Orientations for Churches of Christ: Resourcing Alexander Campbell’s Trinitarian Christian System”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “Confessions of Faith in the New Testament”
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R. Mark Shipp, “Toward a New Restoration Hermeneutic: On the Hermeneutical Relevance of the Old Testament”
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Daniel Austin Napier, “God in Action: Jesus’ Gospel of the Kingdom”
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Allan McNicol, “The Stone Campbell Movement: A Global History” Review essay
Volume 29
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Jeffrey Peterson, “Aspects of Baptismal Symbolism in the New Testament”
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Daniel Austin Napier, “Finding Words to Nourish: ‘Milk’ and ‘Solid Food’ in Earliest Christianity and Today”
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Allan J. McNicol, “Baptism and the Moral Life”
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M. Todd Hall, “Turning Point: Baptism as Rite of Passage”
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Keith D. Stanglin, “Concerning Rebaptism”
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Stanley G. Reid, “I Am Baptized: A Sermon”
Volume 30
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Keith D. Stanglin, “Christ’s Presence and the Thing Signified in the Lord’s Supper”
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Ted A. Campbell, “Observing the Lord’s Supper Today”
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R. Mark Shipp, “Royal Meals, Covenant Meals, the Messianic Banquet, and the Lord’s Supper”
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Allan J. McNicol, “‘Till He Come’: The Lord’s Supper and the End Time"
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Jason Fikes, “From the Sacramental Season to Observance on the Lord’s Day: Learning from Barton Stone’s Communion Journey”
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M. Todd Hall, “Consecrated to the Lord: Two Cheers for Closed Communion”
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Mark E. Powell, “Proclaiming the Gospel at the Table”
Volume 31
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Keith Stanglin, “The Rule of Faith as Hermeneutic”
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Scott Adair, “Reading Scripture Baptismally”
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Richard A. Muller, “Not of Private Interpretation: Scripture and Tradition in Reformation and Early Modern Protestantism”
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Allan J. McNicol, “A Shifting Ethos: Transitions in the Understanding of the Authority of Scripture in Churches of Christ”
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Frederick D. Aquino, “Authority: Some Philosophical and Theological Considerations”
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Jeffrey Peterson, “The Authority of Scripture Today? A Review Essay”
