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The Question Of Hermeneutics

The Question Of Hermeneutics

by Jim Riscinti

bible with page markers principles of interpretation

 

INTRODUCTION

 

When discussing the topic of hermeneutics, (the Biblical method of interpretation), we should search the Bible for Biblical examples, commands, and proclamations concerning this all important question. As in all spiritual matters we should look to the infallible Word of God for our answer. If we do not look to the Word of God, but instead, employ our own ideas as to how to interpret the Bible, we will… Continue reading

Is God’s Name Jehovah Or Yahweh Or What?

Is God’s Name Jehovah Or Yahweh Or What?

 

Early in their relationship, Moses asked God to reveal His name. God readily complied with Moses’ request by giving Him not one but TWO names of God…   Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?‘ what shall I say… Continue reading

Church Attendance

Church Attendance

church attendance versus participation

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]

 

church membership versus church family

 

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

 

passing the plate in church is tithing biblical

 

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:

  1. Tithing (giving a tenth of your earnings to the levitical priests in the Jewish temple)
  2. 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

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>