While checking the news this morning I noticed the following headlines: 38% of Arkansas church infected with virus in week… Priests infected at reopened Texas church… These article links occupied the top dead center positions on today’s Drudge Report. The link about the Arkansas church was of particular interest to me because I am […]
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I recently read an article entitled, “Church as we know it is over. Here’s what’s next.” The article describes the rise of the “digital church” and it explains how digital church (streamed worship services and online Bible sermons and studies) will replace the “physical attendance model that is location-centric.” The internet has provided an amazing
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There seems to be no end to the number and types of programs, projects, productions and activities being carried on by churches right now. Churches have “self-help” programs (for auto-repair, job-training, secular-education, arts and crafts, sports and entertainment…etc). Some churches have for years had child-day-care centers. Some churches now have their own “crisis” centers, including
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People often excuse their lack of religious affiliation by claiming that they are not comfortable with “organized” or “formal” religion. Some of these people claim to believe in God and in the Bible, but they have no interest in attending any church service. They take comfort in their personal beliefs and individual practices. They believe
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Quarters, nickels, pennies and dimes are “denominations” of a dollar. Religiously speaking, a “denomination” is one particular branch or sect of a larger body of religious people. Many people have the idea that the universal church of Christ is composed of such denominations. Consequently, the members of these various denominational churches tend to accept all
Throughout the history of the church there have always been those who neglected church assemblies. Hebrews 10:25 begins, “Not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some…” Even in the days of the apostles there were people who did not appreciate the value of the church assembly. This means that they appreciated
Millions of people watched with great excitement and anticipation on Wednesday as a new pope was elected as leader of the 1.2 billion-member Catholic church. This newest pope will be known as “Pope Francis I.” Even liberal media outlets were frenzied by the spectacle. People are always intrigued by the mystery and pageantry that attend
The Parkway Church of Christ recently received a letter from the elders of the University Heights Church of Christ in Bowling Green, in which they announced the beginning of a “Spanish speaking ministry here in Bowling Green.” The letter stated that a Nicaraguan preacher had been chosen for the work, and the “Elders, Deacons and
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Some religious misconceptions are fairly new, while others are very old. Some of the oldest ones actually stemmed from ones that were even older. Such is the case with the “one-man-pastor” system of church governance. No New Testament church had just one pastor. This practice developed in an apostasy that soon followed the first century.
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Many people fail to appreciate the importance of the local church assembly. Some don’t associate with churches or attend church services because they simply have no interest in religion. Some are religious, but have had bad experiences with certain churches. Others have adopted an anti-organized-religion policy, and believe that salvation can be acquired apart from
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