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Do we also not mention that not all Churches today have a lengthy, just-feel-good, pep rally with jumbo trons once week on Sunday. And do we not also mention that some Churches today do meet daily, a few even 24/7 365 with respectful and beautiful worship services. And do we not mention that...

Well I suspect what some here are doing in "homes" is equivalent to what others are doing in "Churches" with Church buildings, which is why I do not think at least for me that this is an issue of what is worship. I did not see this as a question of the only correct way to worship is "this way"...

On the side of people that practice infant baptism; I do not think it can be properly viewed from the standpoint of "age of reason"(not in NT at all) or "once saved always saved" (debateable - another topic). To try and understand the infant baptism view, it only makes sense within the entire...

(marksman;57129) To make sure that I have got this right, you say that a worship service is when someone is buried? Perhaps some here are unfamilar with Christian funeral practices or maybe they do not follow those practives in some "home" Churches. For those in doubt or in the dark it is...

So God was just pretending to be human after the Resurrection? How then do we know Jesus was a Man at all?

But we could say and I think I have seen that same problem in "home" Churches today. In fact that would be a risk among any group of humans. We are all sinners and likely to make poor choices. That would be no more or less true whether we artificially limited our numbers or not. The reaction to...

(jeffhughs) In the colloquial usage of the terms "theory" and "fact," yes, you are right in what you say. However, if you look up the word "theory" from a scientific perspective, you get a very different impression. A scientific theory is more of a framework for creating hypotheses or making...

(marksman;57077) Not by me. about 40 that came to the same conclusion as I did and a couple who didn't. Sorry you were misunderstood my English training never extended far beyond the sixth grade. This statement definitely shows you have got a blockage somewhere. It seems to you that...

It is theory because it has not been proven a fact and presently there are many holes in that theory. There are things in the fossil record and present fauna that cannot be explained by evolution, and in some cases appear to contradict what evolution would predict.However, I personally see...

Am not the one claiming sound exegesis that requires the support of commentators and a particular group of 40 men (which now it is admitted that even they do not all agree) in order to make a point. Supposition requires the assumption of a fact that is not there. Am not sure how either of us...

(marksman;56968) As part of your argument is based on this proposition, it is very relevant, so pray tell me what constitutes a worship service. If you won't answer, I have to assume that you are backing down on your argument because you can't answer. If you would like to start another thread...

My view of what constitutes a worship service today is irrelevant, that would not be the point of this thread. The point of the thread would be more directly answered if someone holding that there were no "Church" in the 1st century only people coming together and that all those verses describe...

my post said "none of those verses describe anything any of us would consider a worship service", perhaps I should have most of us today, as some here apparently have a much broader definition. I guess if we took it to that extreme, then any meal I share in my home or party I throw, a poker...

Ok, I will do as you suggest, but am not physic yet can predict the response already.That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they [were] fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also [is] flesh...

Amen Tom

Marksman, my whole point was that none of those verses describe anything any of us would consider a worship service. A prayer meeting, fellowship - yes, worship service- no. Nor did I ever deny there were Churches in NT homes. In fact I rather specifically mentioned a couple and gave examples of...

how can we know precisely what God did, the story is not that detailed. And what does it really matter if one holds to the young earth theory.

that would be the part where "are changed" becomes not human. A human has a body and a soul, it is the way God originally created man. Jesus made it possible for us to be restored, not changed into something else, something not human. Jesus was still a Man after His Resurrection.Jesus was...

Kriss,no one is saying they have it all down. You are asking people to believe a thing is true and in this case there are opposing views with both sides using scripture (often the same scriptue) to support it. People are then asking, well what about this, a point from science for example. The...

Correct, which is why His DNA would match the rest of the entire human race. Two parents as a single DNA source, not three (or more).