Posts from December 2019
Question – What are your views on the Gnostic texts?
These Coptic Gnostic manuscripts dating back to around AD350 were discovered in 1945 near Nag Hammadi in Egypt and were translated into English in 1977. The Nag Hammandi discoveries generated much enthusiasm. The overriding but misleading assumption was that these documents contained the “lost…
Question – St Paul was clear: hold the traditions, by word or by letter. How far back do you go in terms of tradition?
This question relates to traditions and refers to 2 Thessalonians 2:15, Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. We would like to point out that verses…
Question – Truth Contained in the Church or Scriptures?
“No denomination, institution or “Church” is the Truth or the sole repository of the Truth.” Your theology seems to forget the fact that the scripture says that the ‘Church is the ground and the pillar of Truth,’ It does not say that the scriptures are the ground and the pillar of the truth. Isn’t…
Question – The Place of Worship
“We can make a big deal about where we worship. Jesus is more interested that we worship Him in truth” Then why don’t we gather at the same place every week? Why do we own a building? Every donation should be given to charity…. As long as we worship in Truth.“ I think you missed the point we were trying to make. Jesus pointed to the problem with established…
Question – Can you explain the fourth commandment regarding the Sabbath?
Exodus 20:8-11 says: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle,…
Answering Questions from the Community
What is the Greek Free Church?The Greek Free Church is an evangelical Bible-believing Christian church, which comprises of people from many different walks of life. Don’t let the name mislead you, we do have English services which all are invited to attend. Are you a breakaway Church from the Greek Orthodox Church?If the question is, were we as individuals once part…