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We should never try to attract people with gimmicks. You missed the point. Christian lyrics applied to modern style music is not a gimmick. The message is still there. However, as the one poster stated, he preached without a tie and this was worthy of scorn? Is a message in a tie? A...

Music is universal. Every culture, every nation, every person has their music. Having grown up in the 1950's and early 60's I'm prone to rock and roll music. My parents loved the big band era. Later, came the disco beat, then came the rock music which rolled over to the hard rock scene. Some...

No, churches should not "act up" nor should individuals "act up" to the point of making fools of themselves. No jumping over pews, no running the isle, no blabbering or sputtering or spitting. The point here is that we are to "act up" as not being ashamed to speak of the Lord constantly...

...it distracts while the sermon is being given, or interferes in prayer. I really don't suppose this is what the Scripture is referring to.

Psalm 34 1. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. The word "boast" comes from the word Halal, a root word meaning to shine, to flash forth light, to...

When people say, "I Think"..., what they are really saying to others is, "I Know"! Like in, "I think that if you mess with that rattle snake, you gonna get bit."

By myself.

Just as the Camel is the result of a Horse going through a committee, Sound Doctrine fell victim to the critics..., and nobody really noticed.

Then Matt, all I can say is please forgive me of my mis-statement. As I've stated on here before, I'm not an Ernest Hemingway and often lose in my ability to adequately express my thoughts. But I'm not silly. So what about those piano's in the Primitive Baptist Churches? Any comment?

The reason you had no idea is that he is being silly since historically singing... Always a critic on board. Always willing to take a pot shot. Yes, of course music has been a part of churches for generations however, there are some sects who did not and considered the practice to be vulgar...

With all the things you've mentioned, it can be done decently and in order. The order doesn't always have to be typed out in the bulletin. Bingo!?!?!?!

How right you are, revmwc. Many however never do..., or did, as you suggest.

Yes Tom..., I am all over the place as often those in the pews can be "all over the place". Quite honestly, in my 39 years of Church attendance I'm not in remembrance of one single time where there was a disruption, excluding those "Fight Nights" otherwise knows as Business Meetings while a...

rbell, glad I could help. :tongue3: These are not trick questions in any sense of the word. I guess the point I was trying to get across is that often, churches are so straight laced that it radiates right off the marque' out front. I could just see Deacon Bubba telling Miss Ethel...

Okay Tom, what about Miss Ethel and her Tamborine?

Of course he's right on target. But what if it just happened. During the song service Miss Ethel pulls her Tamborine out of her tote bag and starts shaking it all over the place? The Pastor would discontinue the service and have a talk with her?

Let me ask you folks a question. If someone in your church got up and wanted to contribute to the service, would you let them? Would the Church Administration allow them to do so? To clarify a bit. You know for a fact that this individual is a Born Again Christian. You've known them for...

What a heavy burden some of you folks are under and carrying around. I've been attending church for 39 years and must have sung the song, "Trust and Obey" a thousand times. I suppose you folks have done so also. In reality, the title of this song is backwards. We need to "Obey" first and...

I have launched a website at www.forbidthemnot.info My intentions are to focus on child abuse and offer alternative avenues to those overcome by the pressures of parenthood. If any of you would like to offer up a link, poems, scripture, words of wisdom, etc., please feel free to contact...

We are instructed to tell the world. Not to convert the world but merely, to tell (warn) the world. I think back to the three days before my acceptance of Jesus as my Savior. For sure, I was under conviction and that was the most miserable of days for me. There was a man living across the...