The Florida College Annual Lectures from 1974-2011 http://www.logos.com/product/16250/florida-college-annual-lectures?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LogosPrepubs+%28Logos+Pre-Publications%29
This is over 600 lectures for $75. I have met some of the speakers and know their depth of biblical knowledge. I think this will be a great resource to add to my library.
Bill, who are these folks affiliated with, and what is their general theological approach/outlook? I'm not seminary trained and don't know these things by looking at lists of names.
The college faculty and most of its students are from a non-institutional churches of Christ background. Don't know if all the presenters in the series are.
The college site does not seem to have any info about their theology, if they have such a statement. Wikipedia mentions its connection with people from the non-institutional churches of Christ background. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_College
Bill, who are these folks affiliated with, and what is their general theological approach/outlook?
That is the one defining factor of these congregations; they are only loosely affiliated with each other.See here. Not only are they not ecumenical in their activities but their views on church polity are fiercely independent. This is in stark contrast with all other Restoration Movement churches. The co-operative efforts within the Stone-Campbell movement have resulted in at least two splits of which I am aware. I have not heard of any wild and crazy doctrines hiding in the"non-institutional" churches' midst. The Florida College lectures I have read were good, solid, Bible-based writngs. Some of the authors from College Press published in the 1970s would be at home with Florida College.
If you set aside the difference of extreme independence (similar to what is found in IFB churches) you can glean a wide view of Restoration Movement writings here.
I will see if an email Monday to Florida College can get us some more information for this thread. Don't hold your breath for an answer, nobody will want to volunteer as a spokesman for the rest of them. It is against their convictions.
Super Tramp is correct! I attended Florida College in the early 70's. (1972-1974) I personally know of nothing to add to his comments. I couldn't have said it better. However, Florida College does have a web page with information about the school and beliefs.
Thank you Brooks. It is good to hear from someone who has been more closely associated. I looked all over the Florida College website for a "Statement of Faith" or a "What we believe" type of link. I did not find one but maybe I wasn't expecting one enough to diligently search. All I came away with was the feeling I would be very much at home there and it would be a fun place to attend school.
Could you find a link to that info for the purpose of helping Logos customers decide if this resource is something they want?
This link is the closest that I can find:
http://www.floridacollege.edu/admissions/application-process/
It describes the admissions process and what is expected of students. Florida College is what it says it is "a private college." Though its staff and faculty are members of "non-instuitutional" churches of Christ; the college itself does not accept or depend upon contributions/donations from local churches of Christ. Somewhere on the site, I think under "alumni" or "lectureship" is the lectureship program for this year with topics and speakers. The 2012 lectureship is the week of February 6-9.
Brooks, that was probably the best answer that could be given. I attended Florida College in 1980 and was able to attend most of the lectures that year.
Brooks and Bill ... if you haven't read 'the churches of Christ in the 20th Century - Homer Hailey's Personal Journey of Faith' by David Harrell, Jr, it is excellent. Bob Owens gets a lot of quotes; don't know if you knew Jim Cope and Clinton Hamilton. Much detail; I just finished it and will send to my Dad.
Yes I have read the book. Very good source.
Hi all!You might want to do a search in Wikipedia for the article "The churches of Christ (non-institutional) ". It seems like a really good article to get a handle on this group. I have a Restoration background, so I am not unfamiliar with their teachings. Most in the Restoration Movement consider them rather "fringe" or extremely right wing, and this group would see the rest of the Restoration Movement as highly liberal. (I am not making any theological claims myself one way or the other... this is just a reflection of what most in the broader movement feel, and vice versa, and this is substantiated in this article). This loose confederation of churches does have a rather acrimonious history, sadly.
I've actually been very interested in this series... the topics seem quite interesting. I am a bit concerned about the tendency to what seems to me a very narrow, legalistic approach to scripture on some issues, and I am not sure how that affects their scriptural interpretation as a whole. It does make me a bit wary. The lectures, of course, will vary depending on the particular speaker. I might buy this despite these reservations, as I suspect it may be a quality set.
from a non-institutional churches of Christ background
Thanks Mark, and other. Sounds like something I won't be needing. If they are even close to the churches of Christ in this area, they are strongly Arminian to semi-Pelagian, believe in baptismal/decisional regeneration, and do not separate ecclesiology from soteriology.
Is this a reasonably accurate comparison?
If they are even close to the churches of Christ in this area, they are strongly Arminian to semi-Pelagian, believe in baptismal/decisional regeneration, and do not separate ecclesiology from soteriology.
[^o)] Well, when you put it THAT way, Doc........
Just remember they are non-institutional (very independent) and will have some differences among their congregations. I buy lots of resources from perspectives I know I am going to disagree with. I also buy resources I do agree with. It will all depend on why you buy resources.
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