Tag Archives: New Testament

Are we living Christianity, or just studying it?

Flashing lights and buzzers go off inside my head whenever I see the name, Søren Kierkegaard. It’s part of my fundamentalist training that instinctively and quickly manifests itself like Jason Bourne’s martial arts skills in The Bourne Identity. In the early eighties when I began my seminary training there were two opposing factions: the inerrantists [...]

Custom or Command? Christian Worship & Hebrews 10:25

What does Hebrews 10:25 mean in relationship to church worship services on Sunday? Does the New Testament command these weekly meetings or have we simply assumed something that the biblical writer (and the Holy Spirit) never intended to say? As someone involved in church leadership, even on a denominational level, for many years, I need to answer these questions. Are we talking about something that is a cherished custom or is it more than that: a biblical command?