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The Family Together
Dee Bowman
Family. There’s something warm and
inviting about the word. It floods the mind with thoughts of home
and hearth, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, aunts,
uncles, grandma and grandpa. It conjures memories–memories of
togetherness, of commonality, of all being in one place at the
same time. It calls to mind picnics, ball games, holidays spent
with loved ones. Family. It just says something special. And the
thing it most especially says is “together.”
Together. There is no such thing as family without together. No
matter how the word is used– whether in regard to biology, or
mathematics, linguistics, or physics–family always suggests
something held together by a common bond.
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What is your idea of a "Church"?
Sometimes our understanding of certain things is colored by what
we've been taught in the past or by a perception which has been
shaped by culture. When people think of "church," they
may be thinking of a building or a denomination or even an
association or club of some kind. But none of these are what the
Bible means by the term "church."
A Bible Definition
The term "church" itself does not neccessairly have a
religious connotation. It is used in Acts 19, for example, to
describe; an assembly in a city - a "town meeting." But
Jesus Christ invested the term with rich spiritual meaning when He
said, "I will build My church and the gates of Hades will not
overpower it" (Matthew 16:18).
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