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though I see that being an "elder" would mean just that an elder in the church...I find the above example of disqualification an issue as biased and judgmental and would hope that none would look upon a parent for the clear choices their kids (most likely grown) as being incapable of holding the...

But could you be young,and be an elder is wisdom and religion I don't think that this is a consideration when it comes to leadership in the local assembly for the simple reason that the scripture makes it quite clear that eldership is the province of older men chronologically. There is no...

Age is relevant to the ministry that God has annointed you for. Having completed an extensive study of church leadership in the scriptures it is very clear that leadership of the local assembly was the province of older men as the word "elder" in greek means, older chronologically, senior men...

The Old Testament doesn't hold most of the answers as if it did we would not need the new as the new is a fulfillment of the old and the reason that we have the new is because we cannot keep the old bearng in mind that if you transgress one part of the law you transgress all of it.The...

One of the big mistakes that christians and the church make is that we are saved and live under a grace provided new covenant salvation but then we go back to the Old Testament for our directions (see Galatians). Everything that we need to experience the fulness of our salvation is in the new...

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I have just done a 12 month study of the New Testament church and it doesn't take too much to work out that the division in the church today is created mainly by its leadership who want to protect their powerbase. I am not on my own on this one as I have committed it all to paper and included...

Please clarify. Are you unfamiliar with Paul's writings or is it your position that his admonitions to celibate as he is celibate to leaders in his day would not apply later to Priests? Having done a 12 month study of Paul's words, I am very familiar with what he says.:study:Fist in the passage...

Am not sure which fairies you hang around or might be listening to, but someone forgot to tell them about St Paul writings in the Bible Roman Catholic priests didn't exist in the New Testament so what writings are you talking about?

Do you want the fairy story or the truth? The only reason that catholic priests are required to be celibate has nothing to do with morals or spirituality. It was purely a pragmatic decision by Pope Gregory who issued an edict that priests could not marry to prevent their wives from inheriting...

The original question was about the verse that says about not forsaking the assembling together of yourselves. This verse can only be understood in the light of the New Testament church activities and practice, not current church practices.:study:First of all, you are the church so you can't "go...