{"id":13624,"date":"2008-01-15T20:59:23","date_gmt":"2008-01-16T02:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=13624"},"modified":"2024-11-16T22:27:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T04:27:02","slug":"could-you-write-a-response-to-common-sense-questions-a-church-of-christ-preacher-cannot-clearly-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/could-you-write-a-response-to-common-sense-questions-a-church-of-christ-preacher-cannot-clearly-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Could you write a response to &#8220;Common Sense Questions a &#8216;Church of Christ&#8217; Preacher Cannot Clearly Answer?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>I just wanted to start by saying how much I appreciate your website, it has helped answer many questions that have arisen in my life.<\/p>\n<p>My preacher has just started a Sunday night study based on the web site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblebelievers.com\/david_martin\/martin_church-christ.html\">http:\/\/www.biblebelievers.com\/david_martin\/martin_church-christ.html<\/a>\u00a0and the many false and some &#8220;silly&#8221; questions this site brings to light. After one night of the study, I have found it fascinating some of the things the Church of Christ is charged with believing. I thought that you too might answer this for anyone that might read these questions, and inform some of the members of your congregation.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, thank you for standing and teaching the truth.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m glad you enjoyed the website. You are right; the points are quite silly. Fellow preachers whom I know have written responses. See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110407133420\/http:\/\/www.deusvitae.com\/faith\/responses\/baptist\" target=\"_top\">A Response to &#8220;Common Sense Questions A &#8216;Church of Christ&#8217; Preacher<\/a>\u00a0by Ethan R. Longhenry<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/store.gospelarmory.com\/product\/queries\/\">Answering a Baptist Preacher&#8217;s &#8220;Unanswerable Questions&#8221;<\/a> by Larry Ray Hafley in Queries &amp; Explications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I just wanted to start by saying how much I appreciate your website, it has helped answer many questions that have arisen in my life. My preacher has just started a Sunday night study based on the web site\u00a0http:\/\/www.biblebelievers.com\/david_martin\/martin_church-christ.html\u00a0and the many false and some &#8220;silly&#8221; questions this site brings to light. After one night&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[1388],"class_list":["post-13624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-baptist-church"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35810,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-love-that-you-have-a-repository-for-answers-to-many-thorny-questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":13624,"position":0},"title":"I love that you have a repository for answers to many thorny questions","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Greetings! 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It is, I believe,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35694,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/you-all-have-done-marvelous-work-with-your-website-and-have-excellent-material\/","url_meta":{"origin":13624,"position":1},"title":"You all have done marvelous work with your website and have excellent material","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Hello, my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, You all have done marvelous work with your website and have excellent material. It's always good to see a church of Christ being steadfast in delivering the true word of God. 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