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A New and Better WayPart 56, "The Story We Find Ourselves In"- Dale Pauls- 8/24/2008 As we come to the end of the Old Testament, Part 1 of the story we find ourselves in, it’s important to realize that that while Jeremiah does talk of a new covenant written on people’s hearts, there was already some sense of this almost from the beginning. In a society primarily oral, law had to be written on many people’s hearts. And it was. So we go to Psalm 119, and we find the Psalmist keeping his eyes open through the watches of the night as he meditates on God’s words. We find him getting up at midnight and praising God seven times a day for his righteous laws. He’s just flat-out excited about God’s laws. [More...]
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Principles that shape our church family
Jesus as the WayWe believe in Jesus as the Way.In a world filled with sudden violence and great danger, we realize that it is especially urgent that we recover from the life, death and resurrection of Jesus his truths—truths that encourage trust, forgiveness and love for even our enemies; truths that promote sweet reasonableness in the face of anger and conflict; truths that ease our fears and nurture us to draw strength from change and diversity. (John 14:6-9; Matthew 28:16-20) More Guiding Values |
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The Stamford Church of Christ is a multi-racial, gender-inclusive Church of Christ. We honor as our spiritual heritage those attempts that began in America early in the 19th century to restore the life and spirit of Christianity as envisioned by Jesus and his apostles. So we are a community of believers - disciples of Jesus - who have confessed their faith in him and have been baptized into him. And we take seriously His teachings and their implications for the world in which we live. From their beginnings, Churches of Christ have been "locally owned and operated". We have no denominational organization or headquarters. So there are things we do that other Churches of Christ may not, and things that other Churches of Christ may do that we do not. As the result of much study of scripture, for instance, we do not restrict roles or assign privilege or status on the basis of birth. We believe that God judges all people everywhere not by the categories of their physical births but by the maturity of their spiritual births. |