Church – What Its All About
Denominations, communion, and what believers should be doing when they gather together.
Index Of “Doing Church” Articles:
Legalistic Or Antiseptic?
Legalistic or Antiseptic?
A Bible Study On Biblical Correction
“Legalism! Legalism!” That is the cry of many a professing Christian of our day when a brother or sister in the Lord attempts to offer biblical correction. But is it legalistic to humbly and lovingly point out error or preach against sin? We will now investigate this question in this study.
Many people in today’s culture of “political correctness” have been conditioned to think that “everything is relative”, any… Continue reading
Church Attendance
Church Attendance
Introduction:
As for churches that put a great deal of emphasis on attendance, it is probably because that is the main thing (and easy thing) they use to measure success or failure. Or perhaps it is because they think a believer is supposed to get everything they need from the sermon and the religious show on Sunday and perhaps a few other highly structured church meetings. However, from a biblical point of view, the success or… Continue reading
Church Membership
Church Membership
What Does It Mean
And Where Did The Idea Come From?
“So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.” [Romans 12:5]
Introduction:
In this study we will look at common teachings about membership in the local church and church attendance and compare those views with what the Bible actually teaches. According to the Bible, true believers are members of the entire body of Christ by the… Continue reading
What The Bible Says About Tithing
What The Bible Says About Tithing
For The New Testament Church
Some altered Old Testament laws and practices
Some laws and practices mentioned in the Old testament have been altered in the New Testament. They include:
- Tithing (giving a tenth of your earnings to the levitical priests in the Jewish temple)
- Sabbath worship (gathering to worship on Saturday, with strict penalties for anyone doing any kind of physical labor on that day)
Why is tithing no… Continue reading
U.S. Christian Camp Loses Tax-Exempt Status
U.S. Christian Camp Loses Tax-Exempt Status over Same-Sex Civil-Union Ceremony
By John Jalsevac
OCEAN GROVE, N.J., September 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced on Monday that it was stripping the Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association of its tax-exempt status for part of its property. The Methodist camp made the news earlier this year after it refused, for religious reasons, to allow a lesbian couple to hold a “civil-union” ceremony at a… Continue reading
Charity Navigator lists salaries of charitable organization leaders, but it is not a Christian website:
