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Review Of Robert Cornwall's Book, "Called To Bless: Finding Hope By Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots", Keith Watkins
Review Of Robert Cornwall's Book, "Called To Bless: Finding Hope By Reclaiming Our Spiritual Roots", Keith Watkins
Journal of Discipliana
Called to Bless provides a theologically informed case study, based on the author’s experiences in churches, as lifelong member, ordained minister, church historian, and ecumenical advocate. It is intended to show individual Christians, pastors, church leaders, and congregations how to find a fruitful balance between their past traditions and their Christian witness for the future while living faithfully in the present.
Disciples Of Christ: Confessing Faith As A Non-Creedal Community, Robert D. Cornwall
Disciples Of Christ: Confessing Faith As A Non-Creedal Community, Robert D. Cornwall
Journal of Discipliana
The Stone-Campbell Movement, of which the Disciples of Christ is one branch, takes pride in being a non-creedal faith community, but that status is more complicated than our claim would suggest. There is a tendency among Disciples to discount theology and confessions of faith, with some saying one can be a Disciple and believe anything one wishes. However, Disciples have deep Christological roots. While Disciples have historically turned to the Bible, and especially the New Testament, for confessional guidance the center of Disciples identity is the confession Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. This essay, which is meant …