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Wow! That is so good. Let me tell you a fictional story. A man decided to go to church and ended up in one that was very straight-laced. He wore a checked shirt, jeans, and boots. All the other men were in black suits and ties. An Elder took him aside after the meeting and welcomed him and...

Having studied New Testament life and Jewish traditions and actions, the Passover meal was once a year and those who became members of The Way as they were know did not stop being Jewish so they met daily for food and fellowship and they met once a year to celebrate the Passover Meal. They did...

Thye met daily like we do to eat a meal together. No remembrance was involved.

TYVMFCTUFM.

Moving on.....

As the passage in 1 Corinthians shows, that is OK as there were some i.e slaves and widows who could not contribute to the communal meal. The better-off were being reprimanded because they would not wait until these people arrived before eating. And I am reading a book at the moment that...

Well said. "We do have responsible leadership and mature eldership in control, to avoid giving a service over to immaturity and to error." In my experience of 10 years in a charismatic church in the UK, where we had no platform, no pulpit, no programme, and no preacher, and where anyone could...

Just an anecdotal story. In the UK I was part of a charismatic church that evolved out of the Brethren Church. Every week we had a full house and the meetings would go for hours. There were no demands for conformity to dress codes although I would have to say that the ladies looked splendid in...

But why accept second best when you don't have to?

A very enlightening post and most of which is so true and which we ignore at our peril. I would like to contend that the charismatic movement encouraged the idea that subjective experiences were more important that objective biblical truth was not necessarily the case everywhere. I spent 10...

Whilst I was at bible college I did a personal study of revival. Azusa Street was of course included in that. There were factors common to all of them the most important being that God took over and controlled what happened. Of course, I find it strange that people are quick to criticize what...

An Elder is not a biblical definition of a pastor. A shepherd (pastor in Latin) is one of the five ministry gifts of Ephesians 4:11. No mention of Elder in that list.

But he is not the leader of the church. The NTC was always cared for by a plurality of Elders.

No one needs to be taught to prepare a meal and feed people.

Breaking of bread = a meal.

Breaking of bread = a meal.

Food for thought.

I don't think that answers my question and what doe GINOLJC MEAN? Is that a drink of some kind that includes gin?

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I have moved on.