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Thank you all for the welcome! I'm currently living in MS right now, although I am a native Texan. The heat and humidity of central/south Texas can be brutal. I would say that I was glad to be away from it, but MS is actually worse than Tx in that regard.

Yes, I believe that's it. Thank you!

Hello all. I hope this finds you well. I have a question. Years ago, I found a podcast, and I believe it was something along the line of "Rain in/on the Desert". I can't remember where it was hosted, but I remember that, even though I was a practicing protestant, I could agree with and felt...

Note: I said it's a movement. The congregation as a whole hasn't succumbed to this.

My first "real" church experience was in the CoG (Cleveland). I was subsequently baptized there and stayed for many years. Like the Baptists, there's some leeway in their teaching, but for the most part a baptist would feel comfortable listening to a CoG sermon, I believe. That said, there is a...

Protestant/Evangelical/Fundamentalist churches place a heavy emphasis on the belief that the bible is inerrant and infallible. Everything written in them have to be correct. Sometimes that's more of a sticking point than the theology contained within the bible.

Living in the deep south, my main options are Baptist, UMC, and a smattering of pentecostal and Catholic churches. Besides, my wife grew up methodist and baptist, and she has no interest in becoming members of an apostolic tradition church, though I wouldn't mind. Thanks for the encouraging...

I feel much the same in my church, and that's why I'm coming out of the evangelistic church. I do like the music, and the I have many friends there, but it is lacking the reverence I'm looking for, the deeper bond with Jesus, the lack of, sometimes disdain for, church history and traditions. I'm...

Thank you. I have never delved deeply into the issue, as I've taken whatever happened to be in the plate when we do have it. I guess, after reflecting on it recently, I view it in the context of Jesus saying this is my body, and earlier in scripture, He likened yeast to sin. Since He was...

I know that there is a significant history regarding the different traditions of the east v. west in regards to the host. What I was wondering (and I hope this won't cause debate or ill will) is what each traditions reasoning/theology behind whether to use leavened or unleavened bread. Thanks!

Thank you. I wasn't sure, and the word abuse has a negative connotation to.

I see this phrase in different threads. I come from, and coming out of, an evangelical background, and liturgy was never discussed. Thanks, Marc

I don't post a whole lot anymore, but I do like to lurk and learn. I started my Christian life in a Church of God (Cleveland, TN), and then moved on to the Baptist tradition. I'm still currently a member of a good ol' SBC church, but I am exploring other Christian traditions. As I mentioned...

Pardon me for stepping into this thread, but from what I've read above, theosis seems to be similar to the concept of sanctification, at least in protestant churches (I honestly don't know how EO/OO describe it). Is that the case?

Thanks, CR. I think I understand the reasoning behind infant baptism, and it's by no means a "dealbreaker" for me. RiA, this church has two services; one more traditional and one more contemporary. Unfortunately, the traditional service is the early service, and I have a hard time getting...

Thank you both for your responses. I'm looking forward to visiting this church. As I grow older, I'm appreciating more the formality of a "higher" church/liturgy than what offered in our typical baptist churches.

'Ola, amigos! I posted here a few months back, saying we were thinking about visiting a UM Church. Well, it looks like it might happen in the next week or two (I had to put it off due to health issues. Haven't been to our regular church in about a month, as well). I was just wondering about...

My entire Christian life has been spent in Charismatic or Baptist churches. Although the baptists (at least SBC/IFB) teach that each church is autonomous, I've always felt that the episcopal form of governance is what is modeled in the bible. Unfortunately, I have some theological...

The "what would end the schism" thread got me to thinking........ Since the OO split from the larger church (before the Great Schism) in the (?)fifth century, does it's theology, liturgy, and tradition seem closer to the Roman or Eastern branches of Christianity? And does this mean that they...

Thank you. I guess as far as Christological questions go, I'm interested in what the church teaches about the union of the spiritual and human natures of Jesus, and the significance of His crucifiction (did he die in our place/ was he the final sacrifice/ did He atone for our sins/ etc.). I...