Vows - What do They Mean? - Questions have arisen as to what vows are and what they mean.
Today we rarely hear of them except in regards to weddings and to some religious orders.
They are not as commonplace as they once were. In trying to find a good definition, other words kept coming into play and a question remains.
What are the differences in the following words: vow, oath, swearing, covenant and promise?
You will find that the English words are often used to define one another!
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Covenants Covenants - There are discussions and disagreements that go on continually regarding covenants. We don't look on these in the same way the ancients did. Not with the same emphasis, but we seem to take them rather lightly.
The phrase is heard, "Oh, you can get out of a contract. Don't worry about it
Thanksgiving: Harvest Festival? Thanksgiving: Harvest Festival? - look into Thanksgiving, the one holiday where we think we can be with family and not face conflicting beliefs, and see just what we really do find there
Why Do You Observe Sunday? Why Do You Observe Sunday? - Which day did Messiah and the apostles observe? Which day didPaul teach gentile converts to observe? How did the day become changed from theseventh to the first day of the week? We have been reared in a Sunday-observing world.
Naturally, we have taken Sunday-observances for granted
Passover - When and How? Passover - When and How? - Have you ever noticed that different groups observe the Passover at different times? Sometimes a month or so apart? And they don't necessarily do it at the same time as the Jews.
Other churches observe what they call the Lord's Supper as often as monthly
Clean And Unclean Meats Clean And Unclean Meats - One thing that stands out about the Jewish people is their eating habits and their refusal to eat particular items. The world may think they carry this to the point of fanaticism
Passover At Home If there are only a few of you in your area, maybe without a minister or if you are alone, you can still observe this Passover service
Predestination - Scriptural? Predestination - Scriptural? - Is your ultimate fate decided for you in advance?
No subject has baffled, perplexed, and worried people more. Here, for thefirst time, many will read the astonishing truth, so plain all can understand
Relationships Relationships - Family relationships. Everyone has them. It may be our physical family, our work family, our neighborhood, or our church family.
In ways, they are the same, but each has unique situations. And in various ways, we have problems in those relationships from time to time
