Reviving the Restoration Movement, IX

THE ANCIENT PATHS
The great revival call of the restoration movement is the words of the Lord in Jeremiah 6:16 [ESV]: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it.” [...]

Reviving the Restoration Movement, VIII

STARTING AFRESH
When I was a student at HUGSR (1982), I thought I had a good idea that would help restoration churches get past most of their sectarian troubles and start afresh as a positive ambassador for Christ. So I took my idea [...]

Reviving the Restoration Movement, VII

URGENCY OF REVIVAL
It is 9/11, six years later. The day of 9/10/2001 I woke up with the refrain of “Across the Universe”, a Beatles’ song in my mind. The refrain was, “Nothing’s gonna change my world”. The tune stuck in [...]

Reviving the Restoration Movement, VI

RESTORATION AT BETHANY
I think it is fair to say that the theology of the restoration movement has been church centered rather than Christ centered. It began as a Christ centered movement, but the effort expended on scrutinizing the pattern of the New Testament church caused the center to shift. There have always been [...]

Reviving the Restoration Movement, V

Why does the restoration movement need revival?
 

The restoration produced a mosaic of religious cultures ranging from the Disciples of Christ to the International Churches of Christ. In between I am familiar with two large groups who, since after the Civil War, have worshipped as distinctive fellowships because of their division over the use [...]