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    What to do in church meetings Protestant Tradition v. Scripture

    I wish you would take more care when asserting what the Bible says. Someone might be deceived into believing your statement. Paul does not say this. He says that when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away... in an epistle that says nothing about the...
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    How did the New Testament church worship?

    Paul said 'let all things be done unto edifying, which includes singing in v 26.
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    What to do in church meetings Protestant Tradition v. Scripture

    What do you think of the fact that when an apostle actually, in scripture, addresses what should be done in church meetings that he doesn't mention this liturgy but rather instructs that members of the congregation take turns to prophesy teach and speak to edify one another?
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    Divine Name King James Version makes for a more accurate translation.

    Except it doesn't really say Jehovah. The Jewish Masoretes out of the vowels under the consonants later. and if you take an introductory Hebrew class and get to the point where you can actually figure out the letter and vowel system you will see that the vowels did not match up with the...
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    Pentecostal view of the holy spirit.

    I find your reasoning here childish.
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    Pentecostal view of the holy spirit.

    I grew up Pentecostal but whether I'm Pentecostal now would be debatable since I do not rigidly hold to the 'tongues as initial evidence' doctrine. I think the general gist of what you wrote was true for the most part but I would disagree with the wording that there are different 'forms' of the...
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    What to do in church meetings Protestant Tradition v. Scripture

    Protestants have a tradition of singing songs having one man called the pastor preach the sermon which is a long speech followed by more songs. certain individuals praying and collecting the offering are intermixed in there and there's also Holy Communion which could be weekly or monthly...
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    How did the New Testament church worship?

    The OP leaves out many things the Bible says to do in church that are not among the five points described. Protestants have a tradition of singing songs having one man called the pastor preach the sermon which is a long speech followed by more songs. certain individuals praying and collecting...
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    How did the New Testament church worship?

    I was on a lust with retired Greek and Latin (Classics) scholar who was familiar with Greek through Koine, Byzantine, even modern Hellenic. He also knew Hebrew. He said 'proskuneo' literally means to kiss the foot and refers to the act of frustration bowing down with one's head towards the...
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    How did the New Testament church worship?

    Read I Corinthians 14. Even prayers are to be understood so that others can be edified through the understanding. If someone prays in tongues, others cannot be edified because they do not understand. They have to be edified through the interpretation.
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    How did the New Testament church worship?

    First of all, the Bible does not call all this stuff 'worship'. In the New Testament, one word translated 'worship'... most frequently...refers to prostration, bowing down with one's head to the ground or floor. There is an equivalent word in Hebrew. David worshipped toward the temple. The...
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    What is the point in being a prophet?

    So I don't have to read the whole thread, was there a post where the OP actually prophesied a future event?
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    Fellowship With Transgenders

    Fellowship is a theologically loaded term. We often use it for potluck dinners or hanging out with Christians. It translates koinonia, which is also translation participation, sharing communion, or 'common union'. Paul asked what fellowship light has with darkness. When we participate in...
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    Fellowship With Transgenders

    Paul told a church not to keep fellowship with one who is called a brother... followed by a long list of sins. The case in question was a man who had his father's wife. Paul calls this fornication. In Leviticus 18, uncovering one's father's nakedness, laying with a man as one does with a...
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    There will be no Rapture!!!

    But why do you say the saints will not be caught up to meet theors in the air at the return of Christ like I Thessalonians 4 teaches? That is what the rapture means.
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    Women Will Be Saved Through Childbirth

    The seed of the woman promise was eventually fulfilled, partly through Eve giving birth.
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    How many sins were forgiven by Son on that cross to his Father

    You need to work on your grammar.
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    Should a Christian watch stand-up comedy

    When I was in college, I was walking through the student center. There was a huge room down there, and I think more than one of the black fraternities had gotten together and invited Chris Rock to do a show. It was free for students, so I went in and started listening to his routine. But...
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    I also need some advice.

    If your husband were a believer, you could reason with him based on 'Children obey your parents in the Lord' and 'Honor thy father and they mother.' You can also gently tell him that you like how your son is obedient to his father. You would like him to back up your authority as an extension...
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    SPEAKING TONGUES

    I've heard of Apostolic Pentecostals doing that. Are you talking about a Sami or Finnish Lutheran group? Don't they sprinkle babies and confirm teenagers?