Well, church went well today. The first service was great, great hymns and great sermon. It was the last in a short series on the offices of Elder and Deacon. We will be selecting men to apply for the offices in the next month, then voting as a congregation. Our church votes by household.<\/p>\n
We had dinner all together, then the traditional evening service was held right after dinner, to make for a long day, but not the long day of going to church, then home, then back to church. It was just go to church … then home \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
The children all napped during the second service … which was fine. It was on Revelation 18. Going through Revelation for awhile now. It’s not a scary book to study, or non-understandable, as so many Christians think it is. Moderate Preterism, or Partial Preterism. A.D. 70 Fall of Jerusalem. Those terms can be used to clue one in on what we believe about Revelation \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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