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I think that the Church in Bulgaria probably did what it had to do to survive during the years of communist oppression, but I don't know to what extent that that effect lingers on. Perhaps what you see in Protestant churches are churches that weren't impacted by having to survive Soviet...

It was the end of an age in which it was no longer physically on the table to atone for sin via sacrifice in the Temple.

I am writing this many years after the original post (OP), but I was definitely impacted by Hank Hanegraaff's book "The Bible Code". One thing that struck me about it was that I thought it no small matter that the system of worship (the end of all things if you were Jewish and had not become a...

The first council was written about in the Book of Acts (The Council at Jerusalem, Acts 15), and it lays out the framework for why there would be a council... to resolve disputes that weren't so easily resolved, or when it seemed that the Apostles were not in agreement. No need to go into the...

For those who believe that the Bible is literal and that science is right, I would suggest a book by Gerald Schroeder called the Science of God. You can listen to the author explain the book in hos own words on YouTube here:

How many of you have read about what a church you have been to is supposed to be about according to the controversies we read about in the news, but found the actual local church to be seemingly on another planet? Personally, I have found this to be true more often than not. Supposedly...

Let me put all conjecture aside by saying that all I mean by any of this is that the body of Christ is made up of people... you, me, all of us. We all are connected geographically somewhere, and many are connected by other means (like here for example), but where and when we are connected...

Perhaps some of the reasoning can be found in Acts 11:14 and Acts 16:32, where it is mentioned to Cornelius and the Philippian jailer that they and their household would be saved. In both instances it seems as though through the acts and faith of the heads of inhabited households, that it...

I was lost, wandering through a deep, thick and dark wood, alone and searching for something but wasn't sure for what. I saw many people walking in a general direction scratching and clawing through the forest but somehow knew they were all going the wrong way. Knowing which way was the right...

John the Baptist was in the river Jordan, baptizing his followers; as well as Jesus himself. Being immersed is what you would expect in a river. The ritual is not a Christian original though, as being washed to make oneself ritually clean was actually a Jewish practice, long before it became a...

It depends on which tradition you are speaking of. For the most part infant baptism is where the parents present their child to God with the promise that they will raise him or her in the teachings of the Church, so that when the child is old enough to confirm their faith, he or she will submit...

Hi Taha, I don't know what you do and don't know about Jesus, so I thought a good place to start would be to show you a link to the Jesus Film Project that is available in 1,683 languages, so that you can understand the good news of Jesus Christ in a language that you can best understand...

I had a very dear and troubled friend many years ago that after beating an addiction to heroin, found God, became a Christian and then developed and died from lung cancer, and this is what I told her when she lamented that she would miss her friends and loved ones when she passed away... I told...

I may be wrong about this, but I think it is not something that is possible to actually do. Kind of like asking if God can create a rock so big that even He cannot lift it. Nothing wrong per se regarding the question, but it isn't meant to be answered seriously by anyone who would sincerely want...

This may sound off the wall to some, but I think that the closest thing to the body of Christ in a geographic location is at Christian concerts when folks from every walk of faith come together for one reason... to praise and worship Jesus! I went with my daughter to a weekend long concert in...

I heard some rather, lets say interesting sermons, but I can't say that I've ever heard a flat earth sermon :)

My question, to myself mostly but I really would like to hear your take on it, is why we don't unite geographically to face the local issues that plague communities? Every denomination seems to have it's marching orders, be it from denominational HQ or whatever is on the Pastor's heart for a...

Good points all so far! I have experienced what I refer to as trade-offs in every single circumstance. By this I mean that if one denomination is more biblical in their teaching on hot button issues, they often come at the expense of being rather "Pharisaical" so to speak. Sometimes the fine...

...if you find it, let me know :) But seriously, after decades of searching to find the perfect denomination, here is what I have concluded... We should support the local church in a geographical area, and rely much less on whether or not a denomination fits what we think a church or...

Let's start with what the Bible says about hell... We have one word in English: hell. There are actually four words used in Hebrew and Koine Greek, and it is good that we start from the start, and that is to know what scripture is saying with a little more dimension than the language we speak...