What Is Preaching Like at Christians In Honesdale? A passage of Scripture is read out loud, explained, and applied to everyday life. It takes about half an hour, and Bibles are open all over the room. We show where that pattern comes from: Ezra "giving the sense" of the Law in Nehemiah 8, Jesus reading Isaiah in the synagogue, Philip explaining Isaiah to the Ethiopian, and the Bereans who checked everything Paul said against the Scriptures. We also cover what you won't hear from the pulpit, and why we actually want you to check us.
Christians In Honesdale and Seventh-day Adventists: Where the Real Differences Lie. Adventists and we both open the same Bible and confess the same Lord, so what actually separates us? We look at four questions: why Christians gather on Sunday, whether prophecy continued after the apostles, what happens between death and judgment, and who governs a congregation. We let Adventists describe their beliefs in their own words first, then go back to the text, including a few Hebrew and Greek details most comparisons skip.
Does Christians in Honesdale , as a Church, Teach Salvation by Works? People often hear this about churches of Christ, and the short answer is no. Nobody earns heaven, and God is never in anyone’s debt. But Scripture never treats grace and obedience as enemies either. We walk through Romans, Ephesians, and James, answer the question “Isn’t baptism a work?”, and speak to anyone who’s simply worn out from trying to be good enough.
New on the blog: Where Will My Kids Be During Worship at Christians in Honesale? Short answer: right next to you. There's no children's church here — your kids sit through the same singing, prayer, and sermon as everyone else, and we walk through why, from Joshua reading God's Law to "all the assembly... and the little ones" to Timothy learning Scripture "from infancy." A practical, honest look at what a first visit with kids actually looks like.
Is the Sinner’s Prayer in the Bible? The phrase never actually appears in the New Testament — so we went back through Acts to see what people were actually told to do when they asked, in real time, how to be forgiven. From the three thousand in Jerusalem to a jailer in Philippi at midnight, the answer comes back the same way every time. A respectful, text-first look at a question a lot of us inherited an answer to without checking it. Read it here, but fact-check it for yourself.
Jehovah's Witnesses take the Bible seriously and will talk about it for hours — so will we. This week we compare notes honestly: who Jesus actually is, whether the tomb was empty or just a metaphor, who gets to stand before God's throne, and who's allowed to tell a congregation what to believe. Read it in their own words first, then check it against the text yourself.
If you've heard that churches like ours preach obedience and quietly file grace away in a drawer somewhere, we understand why that reputation exists. But it's not what you'll hear from us, and it's not what the New Testament teaches.
In this week's Blog post, we walk through what grace actually means — not a policy God adopted, but a gift He gave, with nothing in anyone's file that could have started it. We also take on the question honestly: if baptism is something we're told to do, doesn't that turn grace into a transaction? And we look at why Scripture itself treats grace and obedience as partners, not opposites — grace as the gift that saves, and grace as the teacher that keeps training us long after.
It's a good question. We think Scripture answers it without flinching. What do you think?
What actually divides a Pentecostal denomination from a congregation like Christians In Honesdale, that answers to no one but Scripture? Our latest post lines it up honestly, point by point: why one tradition holds to sixteen written doctrines and the other holds to none, what's really at stake when tongues and divine healing are expected as normal Christian experience, and what baptism is actually doing when the water hits. No scorekeeping — just the two blueprints laid side by side so you can weigh them against the Bible yourself. Read the full comparison, and come ask us the harder questions in person.
Were you told your baby needed to be baptized? Or were you christened as an infant yourself, and you've quietly wondered ever since if it "counted"? Here's what the New Testament actually shows about who gets baptized — and why little children are already safe with God.
Wondering how long church actually takes? Here's the honest answer — worship runs about an hour, Bible study is separate and optional, and nobody's rushing the clock. Come see for yourself.
Robes and a raised altar on one side. A plain room and an open Bible on the other. What's actually behind the difference between the Episcopal Church and a congregation like ours? Our latest post gives both a fair look — where authority rests, how each is organized, and what worship and baptism look like in each.
"You all seem so strict" is one of the more common things people think about churches of Christ, even if they don't say it out loud. In our newest post, we take that seriously: what legalism actually means in Scripture, why obedience was never meant to put God in anyone's debt, and why grace and obedience turn out to be partners, not rivals. Read the full answer in today's blog post.
If the fear of being asked for money has ever kept you from visiting a church, you're not alone. We wanted to set the record straight: as a guest with us, you will never be singled out, handed an envelope, or made to feel like giving is the price of walking through the door. Read on for exactly what happens when the tray passes — and why.
Someone told you your baptism didn't count?
Was it in Bible study? A conversation with a friend? A stranger online? However it happened, the question probably didn't feel small.
Here's what almost nobody explains when they raise it: it's not a verdict on your heart, and it's not a new question. The apostle Paul asked a group of sincere, already-baptized believers this exact thing in the book of Acts — and it went somewhere far kinder than you'd expect.
In our today’s post, we walk through what the New Testament actually says a baptism is for, why "it didn't count" doesn't mean "you were a fake," and what to do next if your own study leads you to the same question Paul asked in Ephesus.
No pressure. No shame. Just an honest look at Scripture.
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P.S. If this is something you've quietly wondered about, we'd love to study it with you directly — no pressure, nothing to sign. Just reply to this email, or schedule a free Bible study anytime.
It is one of the most frequently debated moments in scripture: a dying man turns to Jesus in his final moments and receives an immediate promise of Paradise. For generations, this single interaction has been used to challenge conventional teachings on faith, salvation, and baptism.
Was this a universal exception, or are we reading the terms entirely out of context?
In this blog article, we untangle a pivotal detail about the timeline of the cross that fundamentally shifts how this conversation is understood. We dive into the distinction between a personal pardon and a binding covenant, address a widespread assumption most readers bring to the text, and explore what this extraordinary moment of grace actually reveals for us today.
The Quiet Sunday Tradition Most People Misunderstand.
Walk into many worship spaces today, and communion feels either grand and elaborate or tucked away as an occasional afterthought.
Every Sunday, our room goes completely still for a brief, unhurried tradition stripped of all ceremony, performance, and pretense. There are deliberate reasons behind what ends up on the tray, the uncommon schedule we follow, and why the entire room steps back into silence.
Whether you come from a different background or have never stepped through the doors, there is a specific rhythm and purpose behind why we do things this way—and what it actually feels like from your seat.
Read the full piece to see what this moment looks like up close and why it anchors everything else.
What if the way we structure church today is missing the original mark?
When you step into a Sunday service, how much of what you see and hear is rooted in centuries-old human tradition—and how much comes straight from the original New Testament pattern?
In our latest deep-dive session, we pull back the veil on two distinct spiritual journeys: one born out of an 18th-century Anglican revival movement, and another aiming to strip away every institutional layer to return strictly to the 1st-century church.
Inside this Blog, we explore:
Are we following modern church blueprints, or are we following the original design?
Read the full article to examine the Scriptures for yourself, challenge standard assumptions, and see what the earliest Christians actually believed and practiced.
What if the way we structure church today is missing the original mark?
When you step into a Sunday service, how much of what you see and hear is rooted in centuries-old human tradition—and how much comes straight from the original New Testament pattern?
In our latest deep-dive session, we pull back the veil on two distinct spiritual journeys: one born out of an 18th-century Anglican revival movement, and another aiming to strip away every institutional layer to return strictly to the 1st-century church.
Inside this Blog, we look at:
Are we following modern church blueprints, or are we following the original design.
Read the full Blog and examine the Scriptures for yourself, challenge standard assumptions, and see what the earliest Christians actually believed and practiced.
The Question Most Churches Hope You Won’t Ask
When you decide to follow Christ, an unspoken rule usually follows: now pick a side. You are handed a roster, a brand name, and a system of traditions to defend.
But what if the labels dividing believers today were never part of the original design?
In this article, we dig into a fundamental, often overlooked question: Can you truly belong to Christ without signing your name to a man-made institution? We trace back to the first century to uncover what faith looked like before modern rosters, creeds, and headquarters took over—and why the answer to this question changes everything about how we gather.
If you are exhausted by the sorting, the divisions, or the feeling that you must join a corporation just to follow Scripture, this conversation is for you.