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To: EliRoom8

I had a similar experience at a place I worked. Which was also about as you described, percentage-wise.

I went to their monthly “chapel service” every time it came up. Lots of praise and worship. Lots.

Not once, over a period spanning three calendar years did anyone ONCE ever crack open a Bible and read directly from Scripture to those in attendance.

Not ONCE. In all of that time.


61 posted on 06/20/2023 3:00:09 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

It is interesting how the various non-Catholic western groups have diverged.

At a mass which is the Divine Liturgy and the Eucharist, there are a minimum of two “cracking opening the Bible and reading directly from Scripture to those in attendance”. This is accompanied with singing, worship and the Eucharist.

Some groups diverged to just reading, others to the other extreme and just the praise and worship.


79 posted on 06/21/2023 3:37:01 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: SaveFerris

“Not once ... did anyone ONCE ever crack open a Bible”

When we relocate, when choosing a church we arrive early, sit in the parking lot, and observe whether or not people are carrying Bibles in to service. If not, we try a new place next Sunday.

I know some use their cell phones’ Bible apps (which seems weird). And some churches flash verses on screens, which we dislike. Carry a Bible, for Pete’s sake — and use it!

There’s no need for screens in church services. Or mega sound systems. For hundreds / thousands of years preaching was done without microphones and people got saved.

Last Sunday when we got to church three pews had been removed to make room to expand the “sound booth”. And our congregation is small. SMH.


82 posted on 06/21/2023 3:57:18 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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