Posts Tagged ‘innovations’
Is an Advent prayer processional proper?
Question: I belong to my church women’s group. I want to add an Advent candle lighting prayer processional to begin the program. Is this Advent proper? Answer: Advent is a man-made event referring to the four Sundays leading up to Christmas, which is also a man-made holiday. You will find nothing about Advent, Christmas, or…
Read MoreWhat’s Down that Road?
by Warren E. Berkley The most vital consideration for every human being and certainly every Christian is the allegiance of the heart and obedience of the life to God. While we must avoid the arrogance of self-righteousness and the bondage of human creeds and traditionalism, we must determine with all our hearts to never relax…
Read MoreI was so happy to see the great explanation and scriptural backing to show these change agents as sin
Question: Twice today, while looking at concerns of growth in the churches of Christ, your question and answer site came up. I was so happy to see the great explanation and scriptural backing to show these change agents as sin. I attend a large congregation that I feel is pleasing to the Lord. I feel,…
Read MoreNew Carts
by Homer Hailey via The Preceptor, Vol. 1, No. 6, April 1952. A constant threat to man’s spiritual life in every age has been the disposition to substitute human wisdom for the divine and to do God’s work in man’s way. When God tells man what to do, but does not tell him how to do…
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