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Five years ago, when I started this blog, I started it for a very specific reason: to study the purpose of the assembling of the church according to the New Testament. For that reason, I named the blog “The Assembling of the Church.” I was about to begin PhD studies (on the same topic), and I wanted this blog to be a place where I could write about and discuss my studies. Over the years, I’ve lea...

Occasionally, I come across a post or paragraph that really makes me stop and think… ok, so that happens often. And, I’m glad that it happens often. But, when I read “God’s eternal purpose is found in the church life” by Josh (at “Called to Rebuild“), I really resonated with what he said. Now, when some read the term “church life” they think about attending eve...

Three years ago, I wrote a post called “Consider One Another.” The post examines Hebrews 10:24-25, especially the command “consider one another.” Unfortunately, this verse is often used to defend attending church worship services, while the meaning of the command itself is left alone. This is an important passage for the church. —————————...

The primary focus of this blog – and my primary academic focus over the last few years – is church gatherings. Even more narrowly, I have been asking the following question: “According to the New Testament, why should believers gather together as the church?” (For that reason, just over five years ago, I named this blog “The Assembling of the Church.”) Obviously, when you begin ...

I’ve invited several people to write “guest blog posts” for this blog. There are several reasons for this: 1) To offer different perspectives. 2) To generate even more discussion and conversation between blogs. 3) To introduce other bloggers to my readers. (If you are interested in writing a guest blog post, please contact me at aknox[at]sebts[dot]com.) Today’s post was written by Bobby from “Dec...

Tweet Church people are busy. Sundays are obviously filled with activities. In most churches, there are also weekday Bible studies, evangelism classes, choir practice, activities for teenagers and children, Moms groups, Men’s meetings, outdoors enthusiast clubs, discipleship classes, and any number of additional activities. A few years ago, when we started meeting together, we decided to forgo almost all of these programs. In fac...

Tweet I studied Act 3 last week. Why? Because as a church we’ve decided that we are going to study Acts together. So far, we studied through Acts 2 together, so yesterday we were planning to study Acts 3. I was not scheduled to teach. In fact, another one of our brothers had said that he wanted to lead our study through Acts 3 yesterday. But, I studied anyway. Why? Because it’s not just “the teacher’s” res...

Tweet I’ve enjoyed reading Chris’s blog “The Amplified Life.” He writes about both concepts and practices. I love that! One of his latest posts is called “Open Sharing in a More Traditional Setting.” Chris admits at the beginning of the post that they are the typical traditional church in America. But, recently, they’ve started allow others in the church the opportunity to speak. Here is part o...

Tweet Four years ago, I wrote a post called “He who promised is faithful.” The post was inspired by another blog post and a passage of Scripture in Hebrews 10:23-25. Can we follow the commands and descriptions of church meetings in Scripture and trust God to take care of things? Or, do we have to make sure that we’re in control of the meetings? ——————————R...

Tweet I’ve already suggested that it would be more healthy for churches if Sunday became just one day among other days and leaders became just one person among the church. There’s another focus for many modern churches that can be dangerous: the focus on a particular place or building. Often, this is a church building that is used not only for meetings for almost all other service performed by the church. In fact, the churc...