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Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Conclusion, Part One)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen Part Fifteen Part Sixteen Part Seventeen Seventeen parts is a long […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Seventeen)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen Part Fifteen Part Sixteen Modernism says, “Truth is what reason can establish.” […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Fifteen)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Part Nine Part Ten Part Eleven Part Twelve Part Thirteen Part Fourteen 1 Peter 2 and 2 Peter 1 beautifully reinforce one another. In 2 Peter […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Eight)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Corporate Worship Governs Individual Worship The New Testament (NT) never presents the church gathering as one devotional option among many. The assembly is where Christ, through His Word, shapes the lives of His people. When […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Seven)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six From Whom Does God Accept Worship? The Necessity of a True Church, a Qualified Worshiper, and God’s Appointed Order 1. God Has Never Accepted Every Worship Offered to Him 2. God Accepts the Worshiper Before the Worship 3. […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief? (Part Six)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five From Whom Does God Accept Worship? The Necessity of a True Church, a Qualified Worshiper, and God’s Appointed Order The assembled church is the New Testament (NT) temple, and its gathered praise is a unique priestly offering to God. A next […]
Is a Gathering of the Church, “a Worship Service,” a Biblical Belief?
When a pastor or church calls its meeting on Sunday morning or evening, “a worship service,” is that a biblical belief or practice? For years, I’ve called the assembling of our church “AM Worship” and “PM Worship.” Is that just a tradition? Is it the scriptural way to look at it? Recently, an online commentator […]
The Unscriptural Decline of Singing the Psalms in Churches
As I grew up in an independent Baptist church, not only did we not sing the psalms; I never heard of doing it. It never even occurred to me that a church should sing the psalms. I hate to report this. During my Bible college and seminary years, no one mentioned psalm singing. It was […]
The Terrible Effect of the Wrong View of Church on a Truly Biblical Understanding of Unity and the Truth
In two passages, Jesus taught how to pray — Matthew 6 and Luke 11 — with a model prayer. Both those are the same. The New Testament references Jesus praying many times, but actual recorded prayers of His are very few: a couple of thanks (Matthew 11:25-26, John 11:41-42), very brief cries on the cross […]
Ekklesia in Pre-Christian Greek Literature
The Greek word ἐκκλησία (transliterated as ekklesia in English) fundamentally meant “a duly summoned assembly or gathering” (from ἐκ “out of” + καλέω “to call”) throughout its history in pre-Christian Greek literature. This usage is thoroughly documented in classical authors (5th–4th centuries BC) long before Jesus employed it in Matthew 16:18 (spoken circa 30 AD, […]
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