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Response to the House-Church Movement – Followup

I am happy to report at least a few positive changes. Since I first wrote my series responding to the House-Church Movement (HCM), I have discovered that there has been a fair amount of editing of the online material at the New Testament Reformation Foundation (NTRF) website. I didn't notice this over the past year … Continue reading Response to the House-Church Movement – Followup

Keith Throop Book Reviews, House-Church Movement, Items of Interest

Ben Witherington’s Response to Pagan Christianity

Some of you may already have discovered Ben Witherington's ongoing critique of Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices, by Frank Viola and George Barna. But for those who haven't, I want to recommend his review here. Of course, as a Reformed Baptist I would not share many of his views, but this … Continue reading Ben Witherington’s Response to Pagan Christianity

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Response to the House-Church Movement – Part Six

What is the proper understanding of Hebrews 13:17? In a previous post responding to the House-Church Movement (HCM), I addressed the tendency among many of its adherents to either downplay the notion of elder authority or, in some cases, to completely deny it as a Biblical idea. In that post I sought to demonstrate the … Continue reading Response to the House-Church Movement – Part Six

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Zane Anderson’s Review of Pagan Christianity

Zane Anderson of the House Church Network recently published a helpful review of Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices, by Frank Viola and George Barna. The review is entitled Pagan Christianity: Real Hope or Shrill Hype. Although Anderson is himself an advocate of the House-Church Movement, and I certainly would not agree … Continue reading Zane Anderson’s Review of Pagan Christianity

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Response to the House-Church Movement: Update

For the many readers who have been following the Response to the House-Church Movement (HCM) series, I thought I would offer you an update. I originally intended on writing just four articles in this series (see the Introductory post), dealing with the requirement to meet in houses for worship (Part One), the argument for fully … Continue reading Response to the House-Church Movement: Update

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Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Five

What is the meaning of Ekklēsía? In a previous post (Part Four of this series) I indicated that one possible reason for the de-emphasis on elder leadership and authority among some House-Church Movement (HCM) advocates is a misunderstanding of the Greek word ekklēsía, which is commonly translated as church in the New Testament. Now I … Continue reading Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Five

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Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Four

What kind of authority – if any – do elders have in the churches? When I first encountered the particular branch of the House-Church Movement (HCM) to which I have been responding in this series of posts, the issue of the authority of elders occupied much of the discussion. The HCM advocates I met seemed … Continue reading Response to the House-Church Movement: Part Four

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Interview on the House-Church Movement

Last night I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Roderick Edwards for one of his Kingdom Commentaries. The primary focus of the interview was about the way in which many in the House-Church Movement are making requirements of certain practices that the Scriptures do not require. We discussed two of these requirements, meeting in … Continue reading Interview on the House-Church Movement