Why Does It Have to Be So Loud?

Song choice and volume of music are important considerations. Making just the right choices can be a difficult task for local church leaders. The air temperature in the sanctuary is another common sticking point! There is such a thing as too hot, and too loud. Often the decibels are too much for older congregants. The Church shouldn’t divide along generational lines. So, it’s a mistake to appease the young at the expense of serving all. [...]

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Thoughts? What Say You?

When a person dies his spirit is no longer in the body. This is what people mean by saying, “The person is not there, it’s just a shell,” when discussing a corpse.  By saying this, are we failing to highlight the wholeness of what it means to be human? Humans are more than merely spirits. The debate tends to be over how to understand the immaterial aspect, not the material aspect.  Maybe both aspects should be tackled with equal vigor. [...]

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