–Mutual Edification: Church assemblies offer a space for believers to edify and encourage one another. 1 Thessalonians 5:11 urges believers to build one another up, bearing each other’s burdens and providing support in their spiritual journeys. –Prayer and Intercession: Corporate prayer within th...
● Explainingthe meaning of Scripture in its original cultural (Hebraic/Jewish) context. ● Educatingwith practical application of Scripture to the needs of life. Special Terms:In order to emphasize the Hebraic-Jewish nature of the Bible I use the termsTanakh(Old Testament),Besekh(New Testament)...
So it is clear, the Bible certainly does answer these questions concerning the meaning of life.It is also clear that man does not control the mind of the Creator, nor does man dictate the terms of eternity to come.But it is arguable that man does influence the third and final, very imp...
of worship, has grown into ritual forms — whatever has become settled practice in the Church, should be respected by the individual, as a custom inherited from the fathers — with the condition, indeed, that when a ceremony has lost its original, correct meaning, or assumed a false one, ...
1. The Legal or Halachic Exegesis.— The object of this branch of exposition is to ascertain, by analogy, combination, or otherwise, the meaning of the law respecting exceptional cases about which there is no direct enactment in the Mosaic code, as it was the only rule of practice in the...