A Question About Assemblies
I hate to go for ever without posting; this is travel season, and it’s hard to find a moment to sit at the keyboard. But you didn’t really want to know that, did you? As I try to organize some...
View ArticleAssembly & Sabbath
In the comments section for the last post, a wonderful suggestion was made: reexamine what the Old Testament says about assemblies, particularly weekly assemblies. As I expressed there, my special...
View ArticleAssembly and Feasts
As Bob and I continue our study of what the Bible says about “assembly,” we’d like to invite some of the rest of you to join in with us. :-) Actually, I know that this is summer, and we all have...
View ArticleAssembly and Holy Places
All right, a little cajoling and we get some serious discussion going. Let’s continue our study of assembly in the Old Testament. Please join in, especially if you spot a mistake! I want to look at the...
View ArticleAssembly and Synagogues
This series of posts is attempting to see what the Bible has to say about assemblies in the worship of God. That’s being done in an attempt to answer the question of whether or not God intended...
View ArticleAssembly in the New Testament
Someone asked me to continue this study, not putting on the brakes when I hit the end of Malachi. I’ll do my best, as long as everyone continues to contribute. I’ll be in Cuba for a week or so, so...
View ArticleAssembly & My Druthers
All right, let me take a pause in this series to talk about “my druthers” in this matter. Just yesterday I was talking with a friend about how at times my preferences and my theology don’t line up. I...
View ArticleWe Gather Together
OK, here’s what I see: 1) The average congregation spends a significant part of its budget on the things necessary to “do church,” to have an assembly on Sunday morning. 2) The average congregation...
View ArticleSome Practical Conclusions
This is not the end of my study of this matter, but I want to draw some closure for now. Here’s where I am, based on the two months we’ve spent looking at this topic As we look at worship in the Old...
View ArticleWe gather together
As we grow in understanding on different topics, it’s easy to say things like “The church hasn’t taught…” or “We’ve overlooked…,” when in fact we need to personalize that a bit. I shouldn’t blame...
View ArticleOK, so I was wrong…
I was edified by yesterday’s discussion. It’s what I would love to see happen all the time, not just on this blog, but around the Internet. I saw little to no anger, no name calling, no harsh words....
View ArticleForsaking the assembling
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:25) This verse made my top...
View ArticleStructuring our services: your thoughts
I’ve been thinking some about our assemblies. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about the structure of said assemblies. I’d like to hear some opinions about the structure of our worship. How spontaneous...
View ArticleSpontaneous structures
Years ago, I read a book called A Man Called Peter, which was the biography of Peter Marshall, the man who was chaplain of the U.S. Senate (not the game show host). The book told of the time when...
View ArticleWorship a la carte
So how do we deal with differing tastes, differing convictions, differing needs and differing desires? When some want variety and others predictability? Or when some want nothing but modern praise...
View ArticleField Guide to Church Fauna: Flits
The Flit (bounceinicus bounceouticus) is a reclusive creature, so hard to spot that some even doubt their existence. Possessing impeccable timing, these shy animals are able to arrive at the precise...
View ArticleIs the Sunday assembly worship?
Sometimes I have more questions than answers. People look at a blog and wonder what point the author is trying to drive across. Many times, my posts are pointless. (All puns intended) That is, I’m...
View ArticleHow worship practices changed in the Bible
Travis raised an interesting point in the comments yesterday. He wrote: Here’s another question I’ve been pondering. Maybe you can start a thread on this some day. We have passage after passage about...
View ArticleWomen, men, and what the church is supposed to be focused on
One thing that worries me about the many church controversies, including the role of women, is the battlefield of choice. We spend an awful lot of time talking about what goes on during the worship...
View ArticleMicrophones do not a leader make
I want to repeat myself a bit. I think this point gets lost in so many of the discussions about gender: much of the problem stems from an overemphasis on public worship. We define our churches by that...
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