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Its very annoying when these Baptism parties come to my church. The church I go to now is in a backwater and has the occaisional baptism. Basically what happens is you arrive at church to find a load of people in their best suits who take all the service book and hymnals, they don't even...

Yes! that is an interesting one. Perhaps they believe in jesus and that he died for them but don't ever read the bible and really get to know him or pay attention to his words.

Why do non-believers have their children baptized? They have no intention of bringing them up as Christians. Why donon-believers get married in chrch? While do they get church funerals?

The serving I'm talking about is helping to distribute Commonunion wine, not a job in a restaurant, just to clear things up.

I would like to tithe someday, though I'm not sure now is the time. I don't know though if I should tithe to my parish or my diocese. Botha re poor and both have helped me a lot. Saying that I do donate to my church every weeka d support it in its mission work with young people, plus I'm...

I don't tithe myself, nor know anyone who does but. My Bishop is trying to encourage people to do it. Perhaps one day I will. I just found out on our Church's AGM last Sunday that our diocese is the poorest in the church of England but has also reaised more money for the Church's charities...

I think that's very true sniper. I think with some people they worship the Bible when they really should be worshipping God. Being scripturally based is great, even if you don't call yourself an evangelical its good to have a wider perspective. Remember God doesn't live just in the Bible, he...

Thanks Snipes, sorry I didn't get you7r point earlier. I think they can compliment the Bible and I thinkthat even if we don't regard them as canonical in any way we can still find much wisdom in them. Also foreigner! did our lord not say in John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of...

I was under the impression that most evangelicals saw the 66 canonical books of the Old and new Testament as sacresanct and stuck to them to the letter. The Apocrypha which makes up the other 7 books came in as part of the counter reformation at the council of Trent, though they had been used...

I believ that but can you elaborate just a little because I don't know why you've said that or what you mean by it. I'm guessing that what your saying is that the 66 books were compiled because God selected them and because it was not God's will for the others to make it, they neede to be...

You'e made a fair point. At the time the Church needed to have unity and did its best to keep things together. That is why we get the creeds and of course the 66 book canon. I know that there were tiems when the Church had to make some really tough decisions as to what to allow in and I trust...

I know this can be ataboo subject amongst Envangelicals, but surely someone hs something to offer.

Scripture is often not easy to understand and i don't think we as Christians should feel in any we that we are displeasing God by not udnerstanding it. As Christians and members of Churches we have the chance to study the Bible with our peers and under he guidance of those with theological...

Before I pose the question please understand that like you I adhere to the 66 canonical books of the Old and New testament as well as to a lesser degree the other 7 books known as the Apocrypha, which are not as authoritative as the 66, I often wonder about eh books that were rejected. In this...

I think its good if you've got the skills to look at the Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic texts of the criptures. The problem is that in order to udnerstand them you ahve to put them in mdoern English in your own mind unless your that good that you can think in those languages, if that maskes sense...

I wouldn't pay any attention to Albert Pike. He's vastly overrated and no-one I know reads any of his works. Some of the things he wrote had occult meanings. I wouldn't go near him either. i can understand then if a book by Pike might be found blasphemous, but beaware that it is not standard...

Just got back from my ldge. No-one thinks John the Baptist waa Mason. In our ldoge we have a parchment with a long line of Grand Masters that incldues Julius Caesar, Constantine and various English kings. we don't really consider it to be accurate, more of a Victorian invention. Saying that...

From United Grand Lodge of England website Are you not a religion? Emphatically not. Freemasonry does not try to replace religion or substitute for it. It deals in a man’s relationship with his fellow man not in a man’s relationship with his God. Why do some churches not like Freemasonry...

They don't really teach it as such. Like I said it's non-religious and all inclusive that is why it doesn't matter what religion you are. The Great architect of the universe is allagorical. The members follow their own religion. Freemasonry keeps out of religion as well as politics. These...

Sorry! I jsut realised I posted one of them in another thtead by mistake. My apologies.