"THE CHRISTIAN COURT" FEB. 12, 2023, UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS

"THE CHRISTIAN COURT" FEB. 12, 2023, UNDERSTANDING CHRISTIAN TEACHINGS.

TODAY'S DOCKET
QUESTION 1 There is perhaps no more hotly debated issue in the church today than that of women serving as pastors. As a result, it is important not to see this issue as men versus women. There are women who believe women should not serve as pastors and that the Bible places restrictions on the ministry of women, and there are men who believe women can serve as pastors and that there are no restrictions on women in ministry. This is not a matter of chauvinism or discrimination. It is an issue of biblical interpretation.
What does the Bible say about women pastors?

QUESTION 2 Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine."

The Eucharist or Lord's Supper. They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous but that over-indulgence leading to drunkenness is sinful or at least a vice.

In the mid-19th century, some Protestant Christians moved from a position of allowing moderate use of alcohol\ to either deciding that not imbibing was wisest in the present circumstances prohibiting all ordinary consumption of alcohol because it was believed to be a sin.
Many Protestant churches, particularly Methodists and other Evangelical groups, advocate for abstentionism and prohibitionism,
What does the Bible say about drinking alcohol?

QUESTION 3 The question of polygamy is interesting in that most people today view polygamy as immoral, while the Bible nowhere explicitly condemns it. The first instance of polygamy/bigamy in the Bible is that of Lamech in Genesis 4:19: “Lamech married two women.” Several prominent men in the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham, Jacob, David, Solomon, and others all had multiple wives. Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines (essentially wives of a lower status), according to 1 Kings 11:3. What are we to make of these instances of polygamy in the Old Testament?

Why did God allow polygamy in the Old Testament?  
How does God view polygamy today?  Why did it change?

QUESTION 4
The U.S. spends $22.6 billion a year on NASA, and since its inception, our country has put $650 billion into understanding and exploring the universe beyond Earth. As humans, we are fascinated with anything beyond our imagination. It’s no surprise that we wonder how all the scientific discoveries in space impact how we read and engage with Scripture.

Are aliens in the Bible? What would the existence of aliens mean for Christianity?

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