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1 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | justme | 59458 | ||
Edb:I like much of what you said. Lots of food for thought. I have a thought, and wonder how you would respond. When I go to any Christian Book store CBD or the small town type, they have such a mish mash of autors that come from such wide range of perspectives. WOF over here and Liberal over here and the consistancy is no where to be found. As we know unless you are up to speed with who is who you can be led astray pretty easy. If a church had it's own book store, with wise leadership that could be a real help to growing Christians. That would be if the church is large enough. If the church is small then a book list would be well worth while, if the person was well grounded to make up such a list. I could see the list being on a back table for people to pick up. However if the church was large enough, hours could be set to not interfer with worship or other services. Just a thought, I came up with to make it more interesting on how to help churches grow Christians more in line with correct theology. I could see no reason this would be considered merchandising, if done in a mannor that does not effect Sunday worship. agape. justme |
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2 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | Sir Pent | 59516 | ||
A Different View........................................ Dear Justme, I agree with EdB that the Bible is the most important book for all Christians to read, and that too few of them spend enough time studying it. However, I would also like to say that I think your idea of a “suggested reading list” is terriffic. You are entirely correct that it would be easy for a person to be led far astray by reading some books in Christian Bookstores. Therefore, I think that it is a great idea for a church or a pastor to put together a list of good books to read for their congregation. This just seems to me to be another way of “shepherding the flock”. There is definately value in many books beside the Bible, and infact, I have mentioned a couple in my personal profile on this site. |
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3 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | Hank | 59537 | ||
Sir Pent: I happen to be in general agreement with the views espoused by you, by EdB and by justme -- all in one package and at the same time! [1] The Christian's bible is the Bible itself, for which there can be no viable substitute. It is the one source that has no peers. It is the one book to which both fledgling and seasoned Christians must turn for the final authority on their faith and practice. [2] There are other, secular, books on religious topics that are well worth reading, and I'd place them in two broad categories: (a) Those that teach orthodoxy and (b) those that don't. Newer, less well-grounded Christians ought to restrict themselves to category (a) and postpone their indulgence in category (b) for reasons that I think are obvious: It is far easier for tender saplings to be bent in the wrong direction than for a mature tree. Category (b) may be quite helpful to the mature Christian who needs to equip his mind with information on the broad spectrum of religious beliefs and practices whose ideas are radically different from and frequently in opposition to orthodox Christianity in order to be more effective in his ministry to these groups. --Hank | ||||||