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Guides to reading and understanding the Bible: where to start, reading plans, the context of each book and how to memorize verses.
Bible Study
In most churches the two words describe the same service. Here is where "christening" came from, which traditions still use it, and the one case where a christening is not a baptism at all.
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One, two, three or none, depending on the church. Here is the usual rule in each tradition, who is eligible, what a Christian witness is, and what to do about the friends who are not on the certificate.
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What guests wear depends on the church, and an immersion baptism has rules a cathedral does not. Here is how to dress for each kind of service, what to bring, and how much a gift usually is.
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Fasting appears throughout the Bible with almost no instructions attached. Here is what the texts actually say, how Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant and Pentecostal practice differs, and who should not fast.
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Why a Catholic child receives communion at about seven and is confirmed years later, why Orthodox infants receive both at once, and why many Protestant churches have confirmation without a first communion.
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Hebrews 11 gives the Bible's only definition of faith and then illustrates it with people who died without receiving what they were promised. Here is what the chapter actually argues.
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Abraham argued, Hannah wept, Solomon asked for judgement, Stephen forgave his executioners. Eleven prayers recorded in the Bible, with the literal text and what each one was actually asking for.
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Bible Study
Catholics, Orthodox, mainline Protestants and Pentecostals all pray, and they do it in visibly different ways. Here is what each tradition actually practises, where they overlap, and where they disagree.
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