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Looking For a Church?

August 29, 2007

[TBC: It is instructive to consider a recent list of questions purporting to help believers find a good church.] If I were looking for a church to attend in the morning, here are 16 things I’d look for . . . . 1. When I enter do I hear laughter?...Read more

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Question: Our church has recently introduced an Easter service called Tenebrae...

Question: We can’t seem to find a church in our area that has godly leadership and biblical preaching. We feel so alone and now just read the Bible and pray at home. What should we do? And how do we find a “good” church?

Question: My question regards the “home church.” I have a friend who is involved in one....We both believe the same way about doctrines such as salvation, baptism, KJV Bible, being independent fellowships, etc. Is it sinful for me to stay at my church?

Question: Aren't many of today's Christian leaders conveying a defeatist attitude about Christian values in the United States and other parts of Western Civilization?

Question: I have expressed my concerns about a Spiritual Formation Retreat...

Question: How do we find a "good" church?

Question: We can’t seem to find a church in our area that has godly leadership and biblical preaching. We feel so alone and now just read the Bible and pray at home. What should we do? And how do we find a “good” church?

Question: Deuteronomy 7:3-11 forbids the Jews to marry people from other nations (Gentiles). How could Jesus, then, “the king of the Jews” who came “to fulfill the law,” possibly marry the “church” which is made up of Gentiles?

Question: Is it not true that the teaching in the gospels is for Israel...and...the teaching for the church is found in the epistles...?

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