Why are there so many denominations? | Rapp Report Daily 0125 | Striving for Eternity
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- Welcome to The Rapid Bull, daily edition, where we provide a quick biblical interpretations and applications.
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- This is a ministry of striving for eternity. So what church should I go to? Well, now we get into some other things to also think about is denominations.
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- You have a bunch of different types of churches. You have Baptist churches, Presbyterian churches, Lutheran churches, Bible churches, independent non -denominational churches,
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- Pentecostal churches, Assemblies of God. You have a wide range of churches, and really what you want to do is find churches that are going to agree as close as possible with your theological stance.
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- Now, like I said yesterday, it's not always going to be a case where what you believe is where you're going to go.
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- Sometimes you can't find a good church that agrees with your own doctrine. Okay, maybe you go somewhere else that disagrees with your theology in some minor areas, but you can still serve.
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- I have been a Baptist. That's what I go to, Baptistic -type churches or Bible churches, but I can go into a
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- Presbyterian church and I'm able to serve there and be part of their body, but I wouldn't be part of their membership.
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- Why? Well, I wouldn't agree with their doctrine completely on several things. And you've got to know what those things are of the differences.
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- And the area that we have differences are areas of the way the church functions.
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- But when it comes to things like, do we believe that Jesus is God? You're going to see agreement across the board on those with the churches that I mentioned.
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- So really the question is going to be, how does the church govern itself? How does the church function? That's what defines many of the differences.
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- There are some theological ones as well, but find the one that best suits your own theology. This podcast is part of the
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- Striving for Eternity ministry. For more content or to request a speaker or seminar to your church, go to strivingforeternity .org