Service

[maggiebee]

Wonderful service today finishing off the story of Peter from Acts. Much food for thought. I've tried reading passages from the bible on my own, but nothing beats a good preacher explaining things. Sometimes actions seem very strange but fall into place when you know the background. Hope you're all having a peaceful Sunday.

[Khandro]

Do I sense an attempt to move the subject onto that of 'homosexuality', in order to deflect attention to a paucity of biblical knowledge?

[beso]

Perhaps this is what you sense but it isn't my intention.

[beso]

Fact is, maggie's original post was not a question but an expression of what is essentially church propaganda and thus worthy of rebuke. I make no apology.

[benhilton]

......And supposing someone told me the correct answer was "ORANGE" but I still carried on regardless , what would the reaction be ?........

[beso]

Apparently benhilton is resorting to weird parables as a substitute to intelligently addressing the issue.

[benhilton]

Keep going Beso , this is brilliant .

[naomi24]

benhilton, this is a silly argument. Since your post at 17:44 Mon 06th July Beso has acknowledged that the church selects the readings, not the individual priests.

[idiosyncrasy]

IMO, for what it is worth, if a church is universal then it stands to reason its doctrines should be universal. Therefore, the readings etc. should be universal.But if different churches have different agendas, then it cannot be universal.

When Jesus and the early Christians were on the earth, they did not have different agendas. Jesus told his followers to preach the good news of God's Kingdom, to make disciples and teach them what Jesus had taught.

Today, most churches have become divided, if they don't like something then they split off and form another denomination. This happens again and again. Thus we have so many various forms of Catholicism, Anglican etc.

Yet in your heart you know that there must be more to Christianity than that. You know from the Bible that the very first Christians made up a happy, united spiritual family.

The fragmentation did not begin until after the last of the apostles died, then people began to form their own little groups and cliques.

Is there any church today that is totally united?