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NASB | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 3:16 ¶ "For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. |
Subject: Non-denominational theology? |
Bible Note: VeryPrecious Reread this thread, there was a question on the differences between denominationalism and non denominationalism. You responded with a generalizations based on your experience rather than fact. I then pointed out what you had said was not true in all cases and not a difference at all but rather what you had experienced. You then replied “Same here” and then repeated your same inaccurate comparison and generalization. The matter of whether a church follows a strict form of worship or not has nothing to do with it being either denominational or non denominational. The form of worship is usually decided by the Pastor and his advisors (elders, deacons, etc.), if there are any, and something found to be satisfactory with the general congregation. I understand non denominational churches tend to be looser than non denominational churches but to make the comparison as you did incorrectly answers the question. I see you’re a scholar and I’m sure you want to give accurate answers to questions, it is for this reason I’m pointing this out to you. Please forgive my forwardness, I’m really trying to be a blessing rather than a pain. What your describing is basically seen as the difference between liturgical churches and non liturgical churches. Liturgical churches have a prescribed form of worship and rarely if ever deviate from that schedule. However there are both denominational liturgical churches and non denominational liturgical churches just as there are denominational and non denominational non liturgical churches. Even this isn’t a complete answer to the point you raise as many churches that are non liturgical have a pattern of worship from which they never stray. That in itself become liturgical even though they vehemently deny any form of liturgy. This occurs also in denominational and non denominational churches. When Sspin responds to Hanks question, we then will be able to begin to understand and answer his question |