I’ve been out of town attending the Freed-Hardeman Lectureship, but I plan to get back to blogging in the next few days. Thanks for your patience.
Bro. Gil Yoder seems to have abandoned his critique of my book; his last post was over a month ago. Perhaps he will resume at some point. In the meantime, [...]
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Here I want to wrap up my response to Yoder’s review of the first chapter of my book. Yoder says that the theme of the book “is in effect that various inconsistencies among brethren, whom Deaver accuses of having a ‘no-unity perspective,’ go to prove that the doctrines taught by those brethren regarding fellowship are [...]
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I respect Gil Yoder. For two reasons, especially. First, he is willing to disagree strongly with a brother without eviscerating him. While that should be the invariable custom among Jesus’ disciples, it is regrettably uncommon enough in our fellowship to warrant special commendation. Second, he is willing to engage a problem that most traditional preachers [...]
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