Quotables
QUOTABLES FROM SCJ 9.2 (quotables from other issues)
Chosen by Judith Odor
Graduate Student, Cincinnati Christian University
"Campbell interpreted baptism as God's 'sensible pledge,' the assurance of salvation that can be apprehended through the five senses."
Austin Bennett Amonette, "Campbell and the Baptists" (SCJ 9.2:172)
"The reconceptualization of the Bible occurring today means a shift in the demand facing scholars within the fellowship."
Mark Hamilton, "Transition and Continuity" (SCJ 9.2:188)
"For scholarship to play a constructive role in the twenty-first century, Churches of Christ must give attention to the role scholars could play in the Stone-Campbell movement as a whole and the degree to which they share the values, practices, and experiences of other members of the community
that is, ways in which we all share a common heritage."
Mark Hamilton, "Transition and Continuity" (SCJ 9.2:201)
"Let us not forget that theology is a human effort to understand God's truth. Therefore, we submit it to the believing community where it can sink or swim. In theology, we feel our way and need the feedback of others."
Clark Pinnock, The Other Hand of God" (SCJ 9.2:207)
"The presence of the Spirit in the church is the sign and foretaste of the reign of God which is breaking in upon the world. She is a church oriented toward mission and looking forward to the day when the knowledge of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. God is raising up a community of love and freedom to be a Spirit-anointed herald of the kingdom of God. We are to be a people who, in the wake of resurrection, respond to the Spirit and experience hope."
Clark Pinnock, The Other Hand of God" (SCJ 9.2:229)
"But as soon as Mark became part of a collection of Gospels, each of the others with its own account of Jesus' postresurrection appearances, the collectors may have felt the need to supply a similar ending for Mark."
Carl Bridges, "The Longer Ending of Mark" (SCJ 9.2:239)
"What would happen if the church started using Mark 16:9-20 as a legitimate part of the Gospel of Mark? Not much."
Carl Bridges, "The Longer Ending of Mark" (SCJ 9.2:241)
"Christian leadership in the church and family is about involvement rather than control. Christian leadership must first begin with this involvement and service in the home before it can extend to the congregation."
Ron Clark, "Family Management or Involvement?" (SCJ 9.2 251)
"One can only be grateful and hopeful in view of this emerging unified perspective, as well as the personal fellowship among these scholars."
Barry Blackburn, "Book Review of Evangelicalism & the Stone-Campbell Movement, Vol 2" (SCJ 9.2:254)
"The sectarian nature of much of the Stone-Campbell Movement's history . . . has minimized non-polemical, fruitful interaction with other conservative Protestants."
Barry Blackburn, "Book Review of Evangelicalism & the Stone-Campbell Movement, Vol 2" (SCJ 9.2:254)
"The Stone-Campbell Movement is an odd bird: it has more than two wings."
