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Ernie,

Sorry for your loss. You and your family are in my prayers.

It's a sin for a woman to wear her hair down? I've never heard that taught before. The only commands that I've heard in regard to women's hair is: long, covered during prayer and prophecy, not braided.

For me, David Bercot's CD on headcovering and a study I found online that was written in the 1980's by a preacher in the churches of Christ entitled "No Such Custom" led me to start covering. It had been something I'd been wondering about since my early teens when I first read I Corinthian...

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Here is a thread that may relate to this discussion.

Now, some verses on Christians' responsibility to those in need. Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. Matthew 5:42 Take heed that you do not do you charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward form you Father in heaven...

Here are some verses that show how a follower of Christ should relate to government. "Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." Matthew 22:21 Jesus answered, "You could have no power at all against Me unless it had been given you f...

Please pray for my son. I will not go into particulars about the situation, but he is troubled about the different teachings he is getting at home as opposed to what he is hearing at church in regard to non-resistance.

Here are all the Bible verses I could find about church discipline. Matthew 18:17- If he refuses to hear him, tell it to the church. But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector. I Corinthians 5:11- I have written to you not to keep company with any...

I'm a bit late in the game on this thread, but one thing I'd like to throw out there. A church that greatly emphasizes repentance as a part of the conversion process; that really helps new converts with recurrent sin in his/her life.