Baptist with a smoke machine😂

I think the formerly-pizza-hut-church is actually kinda cute and endearing. The person who made it has a really good sense of humour.

I have gone from being in denominational churches to nondenominational. We are tackling things in our community that the denominational churches won’t touch. They’ve even said so. We have a drug rehab program, we offer a sexual abuse/assault Recovery program, a depression recovery program and we’ve just started a ministry to single moms. I’m not seeing this done anywhere else in my area. So I’ll take the nondenominational Church who is working with people in the gutters of life. As we say, it’s all about Jesus.

"...whereas non-denominational 'liturgy' if you can call it that has been described as a concert and a Ted Talk." As someone who attends a non-denominational church this is freaking hilarious and pretty accurate in our case XD

I've gone to non-denominational churches my whole life, and honestly most things you say are correct. While we can agree to disagree on most things, I want to point out 2 important things that I think make us make sense. You pointed this out too at 1:15 and it's that we try hard to get as many people saved as possible. We are Evangelicals after all. Because of that, being the far and above primary thing, most of these churches neglect most tradition. We are only focused on what will get atheists to stay and listen. Some to a degree that detriments the church, others to what I believe is a healthy degree. In short, I think our churches can be a little shallow because we are facing the world much more than other denominations who tend to face inward much more. The second thing is when you quoted what many of us say, "Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship with God." It's a perspective thing, when you think of religion, you think of all of the beautiful things associated with it, but when an atheist hears that word, they think of all of these mindless (I know they actually aren't, this is the atheist perspective) rituals that have to be done, and all of these rules that have to be followed perfectly or you'll go to Hell. When we say that, what we really mean is something like, "You don't have to be perfect to go to Heaven. The most important thing is getting close to God and his people, then He will change you."

This was an excellent video. Thank you. As a Nondenominational Christian, you helped me appreciate many Chruch aspects I haven't fully considered. I ALWAYS find a Bible-based fundamental church, so natrually many of the churches I attended were denominational.

As a young guy going to a non-Dom church, most of us don’t view our faith as a “get out of hell free card” lol

I love how you don't agree with denominations but still let them have city's on your Minecraft server!

So the reasons I AM Non-denom are 2 fold. The main reason is that I'm pretty new to the faith and don't know enough about theology to make an informed opinion about which denomination I think is the most correct, and I've never really been the type of person to just accept what others tell me is true. The 2nd reason is that the church I started attending is Non-denom and I love it. My pastor is awesome, the community nice and supportive, and I've made a lot of friends there. I don't really want to leave it.

I've now commented two kinda critical takes on your videos so I kinda want to balance those out by saying I really appreciate the way you approach this channel. Your points are very well laid out, your delivery is very clear and understandable, and you speak in a way that encourages discussion and deeper thought. Even if I'm talking into the void of youtube comments, I have genuine fun thinking about the topics you bring up and thinking about my own faith and the reason that certain things make me want to respond. So thank you! Please keep making videos, even if I disagree on topics I do still like them!

I'm an atheist but man this channel is pure gold. I've always wondered about the many christian denominations, since i've only had contact with catholics and luterans so I always assumed there weren't that big of a difference in the denominations themselves. Keep up with the good work!

"The difference between you and me is that I just believe the Bible and you just blindly follow the tradition of your denomination." That's what I used to believe while simultaneously not knowing ANYTHING about what various denominations and traditions actually believed. What a fool I was. Proverbs 18:13

I misread the video title as "Why I AM a non-denominational" and I was shocked to my core for a bit.

i used to go to a hyper pentecostal megachurch and recently just made the change and i was between a Reformed interdenom church and a non denom church. ultimately chose non denom church (bc of logistic and movilization) but what i like its how non-separatist my church is. like sometimes an anglican pastor preaches, sometimes an invited pentecostal preaches, bc at the end we’re all the body of Christ and we all need to unite (this weeks sermon was all about unity and fighting for the church in these trying times)

I'm going to ask ChatGPT to write a persuasive essay on why Redeemed Zoomer is one week away from being Lutheran

My dad is a pastor and our church is non-denominational, but he's pastored at Baptist churches his entire life before coming to the one we're at now. When people ask me which denomination we are closest to I say Baptist for simplicity, but in reality we are just modern puritans. Incredibly traditional and pretty much one to one on puritan theology. Edit 1: (Just got to the part where he mentions the 1689 confession) We hold the 1689 confession in SUPER-high regard

I technically attend a non-denominational church, but we don’t label ourselves as “nondenominational” we just call ourselves a Christian church, we simply follow Christ. We have our own traditions, and we still respect all denominations, only if they don’t contradict anything in the Bible of course. And while we see a personal relationship with Jesus as very important, we also see things like evangelism, and the church itself very important too.

wooo! non-denominational representation! love it. i enjoyed this a lot. there were several thing that you said non-denominational churches often do/say/believe that i personally dont, and that i am pretty sure my church wouldnt either, but i do conform to a lot of the theological points that you ascribed to non-denominational churches.

The reason I have been non-denominational is that I have never found a denomination I have completely agreed with, and I never wanted to say that I was a part of one and then be associated with all the beliefs including the ones I don't agree with. But watching this video and hearing about the cruciality of the unity of the church and the kingdom, I think I'm gonna start trying harder to find a church and denomination that I can truly be a part of so that I can start fighting for a stronger cause both for God and His Kingdom on earth. So that instead of being an independent grain of sand on a beach, I may become a brick united with many of my own to make up a castle. (edit: one thing that I'd like to point out is that I believe that baptism is better when you are mature not because baptism isn't important, but because you have more of a choice to do so rather than just being forced, even if it's the right thing to do, it should be a matter of the person's choice.)

That little rant at the end about flat eathers was hilarious 😂

Thanks @reformed zoomer videos like these are very useful for me. As I'm about to begin a theology course in order to become a local preacher in my Methodist church. Your videos are a great grounding so I was able to be confident of which demonination I was confident to commit to and also have a basic understanding which I will build on

It's amazing how much respect you have for other denomination, it's truly how we should treat each other!

It's awesome to hear such a young man laying out such well thought out ideas. Kudos, RZ!

Non-denominational churches are either baptist or charismatic (pentecostal). I think the region plays a large role. In the US, most non-denominational churches are baptist, in latin american countries like brazil they're mostly charismatic

Fellow non-denoms, who else wants to go conquer a pizza hut for the glory of God? (we will use the smoke from cooking pizza in our worship) For real, this channel has helped so much with my reversion to the Faith and to fill my desire to learn more. Keep up the good work and never stop spreading the Word!

This is so helpful, thank you! It helps put into words the sense I’ve had about why church (non denom) doesn’t feel necessary, and why.

I grew up non-denominational and I can’t agree with you more on what you said here. it’s spot on accurate and is why I no longer associate myself with that denomination

The only part that rubs me the wrong way in this video is the dig you have about non-denominational buildings and what churches look like. The Church (upper case C) is set aside as holy, sacred, beautiful, and close to God. It is a community of believers and liturgical traditions. The church (lower case C) is just an earthly building where the Church happens to hang out. Large, grand cathedrals/churches are intimidating buildings, they're imposing, they are loud (visually loud, if that makes sense). And an unsaved person can very, very easily be scared away by such a thing. As someone who is on the shy-er side, even now as a Christian I do feel a bit of trepidation walking into these large, grand, beautiful buildings on the rare occasion I do. Am I feeling the weight of the Spirit? Maybe just the weight of my own social anxiety or sins? Unsure. But if my local church, a converted movie theater had looked like one of these, I would not have been saved. I would not have joined the church because a gorgeous cathedral is NOT a welcoming building to someone who has not already felt God's love and ascribed it to Him. It is hostile and intimidating, especially if you do not know you can trust and be welcomed by those within. It is a building where you know you will be judged, where you know the people inside see themselves as different from you. This is not an attractive concept to someone who is not already a Christian. Someone unsaved does not think being judged by God is an act of love and an invitation from the Spirit to change. They do not know that while Christians are "set aside" it is not in a superior way and that they are invited to be set aside as well. How can they be taught this if modern culture has conditioned them to see the big scary building as a hostile place? I am of the opinion that if your Church meeting in an old pizza hut causes at least more person to be saved than if meeting in a grand museum-looking building, that is a far better option. Trying to make a cathedral welcoming to strangers of the faith is an uphill battle.

Love this video!! Thanks for taking the time to explain! May the Lord our God continue to be with you brother❤️

zoomer i want to thank you for the content you make, when I found your channel God spoke through you(i wached the Gospel video) and renewed my faith in God, i'm determened to get rid of my addictions especially pornography adiccion and i haven't wached porn for a week, thank you for the content you make and evangelising you do through it! God bless!

I really like how you don't just say what's wrong about the different denominations, but actually say what they don't do as well. Like, your criticisms are about things that are very changeable without damaging the integrity of the different denominations.

Non-denominational churches don’t have to answer to anyone. There isn’t a higher governing body to hold a church accountable; it’s so much easier for pastors to form a cult of personality and become the much maligned “celebrity pastor”. There are much fewer Presbyterian and Lutheran celebrity pastors compared to Baptists/Non-denoms, in part because it’s easier for the former to be held accountable.

I met Jesus at a Baptist Church when I was a young kid...I learned how to serve Him using my gifts and how to live out my faith and be an example to my peers in a (Baptist with a HAZE machine) Non Denominational Church. I participated income incredible ministries there, including playing in the Celebrate Recovery band they have!

Can't wait for the "Why I'm not Eastern Orthodox" video!

Awesome video. Interesting that your first point is that you ARE concerned with the Kingdom, because when I, as a ND, bring up Kingdom theology to my more traditional friends they are usually confused by it. I find that ND churches preach the Kingdom most often of anyone, which is why it’s so easy to get them to work.

In fairness, there are reasonable grounds to oppose denominationalism, and that is enough to distinguish nondenominational folks from baptist folks. I’ve been to baptist churches, and the occasional KJV-onlyism, membership requirements, closed communion, and/or Landmark Baptist views are annoying. There’s a general atmosphere of “we’re the only church that counts, and we don’t really want to fellowship with others” that thankfully isn’t shared by nondenominationals. At its best, nondenominationalism is the ultimate ecumenical mindset. Not saying that makes nondenominational churches better than Baptist or anyone else. Just saying that the rejection of tribalism is important to a lot of people. Edit in response to the video: I believe the sacraments are necessary and have a role in salvation, and I’m nondenominational. I’m also amillenial and I don’t believe in once saved always saved. There’s a fair amount of diversity among nondenominationals. Edit 2: Saying that nondenominationalism is contrary to unity is like saying being a political independent is contrary to unity. Rejection of tribalism isn’t necessarily rejection of unity. I agree that it would be nice to see more cooperation (but not hierarchy) among nondenominational churches, however.

i love kingdomcraft, but the drawing video's are so much easier to follow

I can agree with some of your theology and also agree with the issues of non-denominational because we do need to unite the churches regardless of denomination. I hesitate with your reasoning on other aspects because they were your own personal beliefs instead of being backed by something solid. I'd continue to ask Jesus for direction just like I do to because somethings you said will make me ponder. Keep advancing the kingdom

I have always questioned the sacraments and traditions. Thank you for opening up my mind to take them more seriously.

I love your videos and recommend them to many young men I'm discipling. You do a wonderful job explaining difficult topics and you're very knowledgeable (and funny!). Great job man! Now, as a non-denominational guy myself, I think it's hilarious how you make the baptist comparison. I agree with you on many points and disagree with a lot of my non-denominational mentors' views on sacraments/baptism/role of the Holy Spirit. A couple things I respectfully disagree with you on is the significance and effect of the sacraments as well as the importance of the Church as an institution. For my explanation to people on the sacraments: baptism is an external action due to the internal action of repentance and coming to faith in Christ. And, communion is the affirmation of our "communal" ;) faith in Christ. It is a memorial of Christ's sacrifice and resurrection and a time of communal prayer for the sins of the body. I would argue that by putting the emphasis on the Church and its institutional significance, we run into the very same and many dangers we see throughout the history of the Church. I respect your view of the non-denominational church as a "denomination" (lol) and agree with you on many of the points you had. I'd say it's just a slight difference of view when it comes to certain things that mainline denominations like to hang onto (tradition, liturgy, sacrament focus) and how these slight differences end up being disagreements at the end of the day.

What is your opinion on the Anglican “church for the sake of others” diocese? They have turned over 20 American nondenominational churches into Anglican churches over the last decade. They are converting the entire congregation at once.

Someone on the Minecraft server guessed this. Props to them

at one point i was nondenominational... who knows i still may be, i'm kinda stuck to it cuz the rest of my family is part of it. i was the kid to sit through the service and go through with the motions. i serve for the media team and play keys for the youth (teenager's) worship team; we're a bigger church in our area at least. yesterday i felt super depressed. had been for a while now, and i was bored and didn't feel like doing anything after church. i thought, maybe i'll listen to worship. this time i didn't look up hillsong or maverick city, i searched "hymnals". i found a neat playlist and listened. before i knew it, i felt a few tears. i began singing the words out in my head (it was later at night so people were sleeping). at that moment i felt i could actually worship, not like i was listening to a band play in a concert. i felt useful for once. i never felt like i had any use in the kingdom of God because i couldn't feel comfortable worshiping Him, but i felt different at that time. so what am i now? i think more baptist. i still believe in the spirit's power, but not in an emotional way like most charismatics do. i don't think anyone can just speak tongues... it's a prophetic gift. our "worship" shouldn't be about us... so why do we sing about ourselves? why do we repeat the same bland bridge with no meaningful lyrics twelve times? it's like repeatedly shoving food down a baby's throat, hoping they give in and swallow it. praise to God is through our songs of praise to Him only, our deeds unto others who are His creation, and honoring ourselves who are joined heirs with Christ. not an album called "My Story" with five 10 minute songs each singing about how happy you are cuz God solved all of your problems. worship is a celebration of the One who solved your problems, not the feeling you get from them being solved. mr. zoomer, i will say that you've done me a great deed in opening my eyes to other possibilities of the Christian faith, and because of that i feel a lot more confident in myself. i thank you for that. may God bless you. (note: i'm EmeraldCraft34 that was on the server. haven't been on in a while, but i'm going to try!)

Not using a stone cutter to make those bricks hurts

Love the work brother. I came from a non-denominational background, but I have been pulled deeper into the reformed tradition. I would say I'm a Presbyterian in every way except for infant baptism. My issue on the beauty question is that I think that the most pure worship is simple. Maybe you could make a video discussing this further.

Loved the video, I'm actually currently in highschool and studying in a school started from a non denominational church here in the Philippines (Jesus Is Lord College Foundation), still really appreciated the views and points from a Presbyterian pov. God Bless! ✝

I would be interested in hearing more about your views on the sacraments with more Bible references. This monologue was interesting, but you tended to reference sources other than Scripture. Love your stuff!

I’m a member of a non-denominational church and I really want to try to convince my church leaders to adopt a Calvinist view of communion. Quarterly communion pains me so much.

I'm non-denominationalist but I get where the concerns are. In my experience, there's two kinds of non-denominationalist Christians: 1 - people who are non-denom because they just want to seek truth, and listen to any other Christians for wisdom and compare various understandings rather than just sticking to what a specific denomination believes, as to get a rounded belief where each aspect and interpretation you believe, comes from hearing all the different sides and comparing their evidence and reasoning. While being willing to be challenged by all other Christians on these beliefs, iron sharpens iron. 2 - People who are the exact opposite, and are non-denom because they just want to ignore scripture and other Christians and just do whatever they want. As for the concerns about unity, I think non-denom is pushing for Christianity to be a unified. What I mean by that is that naturally, people aren't gonna agree on every single minor detail. So expecting "unity" to look like everyone being expected to just agree, is not gonna work. I believe that "unity" means working together through disagreements and using those disagreements as opportunities to learn. I think non-denominationalism has the potential to be the most unified, because, if done right, it's an environment where everyone is free to share their theories and have them discussed. Denominations feel like tribalism within Christianity, or politics, where you're expected to just choose a side and then go along with whatever they say. I think as Christians it would be better to view unity as like a mosaic, where we come together while having different opinions, cultures, etc, rather than to view unity as requiring homogenization. If we need to all agree on the details to be unified, we'll never be unified.

Hey, what do you think about Church of Stronger Men's Conference in Missouri? They even had tankies. Looked really badass

Leonardo Torres has a lot of videos of him reacting to Hillsong and other contemporary worship songs as a non Christian and he is literally crying saying how beautiful it is.

Around 22:30 you brought up a lack of severance in non denominational worship and as a non denominational I unfortunately agree some churches I've been too are almost disrespectful during service John Bevere a non denominational pastor has a really good book called the Awe of God and it talks about this problem as well.

Catholic churches in the Western United States (with weird exceptions like the California Missions) are often modern in the suburbs, but historic in the cities. The historic Catholic city churches could use Reconquista as well -- just commute on Sunday too, traffic is much nicer. =) Although speaking of the California Missions, a lot of them aren't operational parish churches anymore, and they would benefit from a congregation dedicated to their care and maintenance.

Bruh. You could have just had the first eleven seconds of video and said "Because Non-Denominationals don''t build *this.* EDIT: OMG, your video was exactly that.

The KingdomCraft movie has finally dropped

what books have you read in doing research on this? I go to a non-denominational church and I'm currently just trying to read the bible, church history, and about all denominations. Love your channel!

I have you ask you. When you imagine the kingdom on Earth, do you have an ideal vision of this? If you could EVER make a video describing what the ideal endgame kingdom, what does that look like to you? I really hope you can make a video talking about how the most ideal version of this would look and function. Thank you Edit: as I'm watching your video on why you're not a non-denominational, it looks like your Minecraft server is an idealist vision of heaven on Earth to me.

Can we appreciate and love how many different Christian religions are subscribed to Redeemed Zoomer 😂❤

I'm non denominational, and I have to say I agree with a lot of your criticisms. Since I started watching your channel I was convinced to look into Protestant churches like Methodist (my first choice), Lutheran, Anglican etc.

FYI, you can use a StoneCutter to make stone bricks 1:1. Might be easier than crafting them.

I’ve been wrestling with this for a while. The more I read and study, the more I find myself wanting more out of my peers in terms of biblical and traditional knowledge. I’m reading the Bible in full again (I’m in Deuteronomy as of writing) and I’m just finding myself always feeling as if no one in my congregation is interested in reading or educating themselves. For the sake of privacy I won’t say the name, but it’s a pretty high profile church. Our congregation on a theological level is pretty diverse, but most of us here are somewhere between Baptist and Reformed. I find myself agreeing with Reformed theology a lot, but I strictly reject Calvinism’s ideas of predestination. However, I’m finding myself rejecting Baptist/ND individualism and largely dispensational eschatology. Prayers needed for sure but this episode helped me feel not so crazy about my personal issues with my current church community.

Of course nondenominational churches won’t have hospitals and universities…. The other churches had a head start by hundreds and sometimes well over a thousand years. This was a silly criticism

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I think as a Baptist, I don't have to limit myself to just Baptist tradition. I can study and benefit from all Christian tradition.

You know I’d love to see you debunk a few of those Atheist KZfaq channels talking points, Darkmatter2525 in particular

I think we need more ecumenical cooperation on charitable works as well as creating excellent institutions (hospitals, schools, etc.). It'd be great if instead of Presbyterian or Baptist or Catholic hospitals we just had Christian hospitals. The division doesn't paint a good picture for the secular world and not being tied to one particular denomination would safeguard against these institutions being affected by the kind of degeneration and takeover we've seen in the mainline churches. On another topic, would love to hear your thoughts on Molinism - perhaps as part of a series of a few dedicated videos on soteriological schools.

100% understand what youre saying. Still gonna stay non demoninational but i still love your content and how you set up yourself. Maybe im in a reformed christian in a non demo disguise;)

Lol, the reason why I say I'm non denom is primarily because I don't know much about denominations. You could say I'm smooth brain on topics like this.

The extent to which a church is denominationless is directly proportional to the number of walls and ceilings without drywall

I am non denominational but I do not hate you for giving your opinion, it's your opinion, so I'm not gonna hate you for it, I respect other people's lives and beliefs, as long as you do not push them onto me, cause I believe jesus said to love thy friends, family, and enemies, and even if that is a bit of a challenge for me, I still do it because I have to, I believe faith in jesus christ is the only way to get to heaven and the father alone, no good works can come close to getting into heaven, all our good works, god only sees as filthy rags, and nothing more, and yes christianity is not a religion it is a relationship, a "religion" is man made, christianity is a godly made thing, you use the word religion alot like it is the most important thing than Godly made things, and those rituals in "christian denominations" are not godly made considering the work has already done by jesus christ, like I said we can never do sooo good in this life to earn salvation, salvation is earned through faith and faith alone.

Bethel and Hillsong have loads of calm and contemplative worship!

would love to hear some more of your thoughts on transubstantiation.. i, personally, find it quite compelling.. great content as always!! 1 John 4:20

I think you missed the fact that nondenominationals promote not just your relationship with Jesus, but encourage you to give a heart to know Him, acting on and heeding the scripture. And this is what we take with us to every institution we operate in- work, school, hospitals. Acting in alignment to our Faith and encouraging others to do so. And there are non denominational chains that have a broader impact on communities through the wide spread of their members, education opportunities, and a Christ centric focus. Mark 6:4 “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his own relatives, and in his own home.”

I would love to go to a church that looks like an old cathedral and plays old hymns (although I do like some of the contemporary music). But it seems like those churches are all either Catholic or woke (or both).

Hey Redeemed Zoomer. I always enjoy your videos! Keep up the good work. Go read Westminster Confession of Faith Ch 28.5. The confession states clearly that baptism doesn’t save a person. What you claim around 14-15 minutes into the video differs with what the WCF outlined. A good devotional on the WCF for you: “Hold Fast the Faith” by Matthew Everhard. He is a great teacher and clarifies this point better than I could in his book!

As a Non-denominational Christian, I agree. I believe that Protestants, Historical or Non-denominational, show adhere to the basic traditions of Protestantism. To me, a "true" Non-denominational church would be a Protestant Church, that practices more traditional aspects of Protestant Christianity, but does claim a particular denomination. Essentially, a Protestant church, with more traditional/orthodox beliefs on the Sacraments, worship music, etc. but doesn't claim to be a part of any denomination. This is why I like to call myself an Apostolic Protestant, as because I am a Non-denominational Protestant, but I have a more Catholic/Apostolic leaning theology.

I would be interested in a video about Mary, confessing sins to priests, and other Catholics beliefs and where Presbyterians differ.

Do churches really need to look different as in more temple/majestic looking or is that a preference? Thinking about Jesus and how he said he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days, it makes me think that he was less concerned with the actual building and more with the church he was building through him. Does a building really “need” to have a specific look?

9:10 - We Lutherans are very hyper-focused on doctrinal unity, but sometimes only on paper. The LCMS has more disunity within itself than it has with the WELS, with whom they they are not in fellowship. We’re not always that consistent in our standards for fellowship.

God bless ❤ Praise The Lord our Savior Jesus Christ 🙏

Question for you-what do you think Jesus meant by saying there is coming a time, and it is here, where it doesn't matter where, but to worship in Spirit and unity?

44:20 , no our beliefs are on the BIBLE, and we challenge our pastors whenever they preach what's not from God's word.

I’m commenting so the algorithm shows this to more people - as a non denominational person who loves theology

One gripe I have is saying contemporary music is subjectively bad. I mean I get it. Trust me I do, I despise Hillsong as much as the next guy but contemporary music as a term or even a group of music is so broad that just claiming it's bad strikes a chord with me since I do know about a lot of contemporary songs which are objectively good. Also all contemporary music isn't Hillsong. All that aside I do think there is room in christianity for contemporary music. I think that we can have a separation of christian songs to be sung in church and ones to be sung or listened to outside church. I've heard many gospel (the genre) songs sung or listened to by christians outside the church that are never sung inside church. My ideal view is that chants, hymns and more beautiful and traditional sounding contemporary music should be sung inside church. While more modern Hillsong like contemporary music could be listened to outside church similar to how one would listen to a secular song.

In the explanation that 1 Peter 3:21 gives for why baptism saves, the Koine Greek word “Eperotema” is used. That is the only instance of that word in the entire NT from what I’ve heard. I’ve heard there are over 100 complete translations of the Bible, and I probably haven’t even looked through half of them, but eperotema was translated at least 15 different ways, including: question, answer, inquiry, interrogation, appeal, pledge, mark, response, demand, promise, request, testimony, examination, craving, asking. It is clearly a difficult verse to understand. It could very well be that baptism only “saves” because of the mental state that the person being baptized is proclaiming.

as catholic the way you explain baptist sounds liek they fused together both sacraments of baptism and confirmation, like prior to my confirmation i had to study bible they taught us some very basic theology and church history, and i do love history

So in other words: "Why I am denominational"

One of the best theology books I have ever read was written by Chris Tomlin (yeah that guy) and it's on the seven Hebrew words of praise, And it's called Holy Roar!

The problem with ritual is that it becomes common (and thus less holy) through repetition, then complacency sets in. A minister can learn the form of the liturgy without believing any of its content, and detecting his unbelief is made more difficult. The advantage to the evangelical extemporaneous style of service (I hesitate to say "the point", because not all evangelicals have thought it through equally well) is not that it is less intimidating to the culture, but that it keeps the mind fresh, forces the officiant to understand the faith in order to present it, and forces the congregation to listen if they are to have any clue what's going on.

Spot on with a lot here. Yes, baptism should be delayed until the person can decide for themselves. Baptism has no inherent power, it doesn't save you. It is a public display of your faith in Jesus Christ. It's a fruit of your faith. If the sacraments actually do something, then either it doesn't matter in the long run because you are already saved by grace through faith (eph 2:8-9) and its for your own state of mind to feel closer to Christ, or they are what they are, symbolic actions we do in remembrance of Jesus & because it's a public declaration of our faith.

When i really wanted to find a church, after finding christ, i picked Baptist. Ive still stuck with my church because they seem to be very bibicaly solid. They arent lgbtq affirming at all, and they make it a point that not only is the world a problem but so are we when we believe ourselves to be superior over others. My pastor is a very honest, down to earth guy who thinks going to church is not only important for us spiritually, but so we can support other christians. He also tries to follow up and ensure we are reading our bible. Whenever i move, im going to look for another church that isnt baptist, however.

this was a super interesting video, because I used to be a part of the Nazarene denomination and now I am a part of a nondenominational church and the Nazarene church had all of these problems (plus some) and the nondenominational church has none of them.

The thing about the church building not being holy anymore is all about the fact that we are to be holy not the building the body if christ is holy god dwells is within and among those who recognise, worship and follow him making US set apart not the building

The first church services were in houses and temples. So doesn't matter where you do that.

I think faith is more important than any sacrament and doing a baptism out of your own faith is much more impactful then being baptized as a baby where you didn’t get to experience making the decision for yourself as a declaration of your own faith.

I prefer the interdenominationalist position: that different individual denominations will and should exist (among other things to limit the impact of failures like we have seen in the mainline churches, while still providing some level of accountability to individual congregations), that individuals should at any one time be affiliated I'm the mid-to-long term with a particular, spiritually healthy congregation, which ideally should be part of a denomination (to provide accountability and consistent fellowship for the individual), but that individuals should *not* be closely affiliated directly with a denomination (to minimize factionalism and to ensure that believers feel free to find what Christian fellowship is available if they move to an area where a denomination or broader tradition that they have henceforth attended is unavailable).

I think something missing about the baptist and non denominational churches is that it is very low church (symbolic communion and baptism and no heirachy and lack of a greater organization) but it is very high Christ. A lot of my baptist brothers and sisters would say that Christ's death and ressurection is what did the salvific work that many other denominations would say is shared with the sacrements and that viewing the sacraments as salvific acts would make that view "low christ" in a way.

Small detail, but the LCMS is THE historic main line Lutheran church. Yes it’s not the largest but the largest is much younger and, at least in part, broke off from the LCMS. We shouldn’t allow this fact to be unknown or forgotten.

The Earth is round... ish. "Oblate spheroid" is another common approximation, but anyone who's looked at a globe with the oceans and the Himalayas can see how inexact that is. If you want to be REALLY exact, try the WGS84 model, which takes into account solid Earth tides (just like the oceans "flex" due to the gravity of the Moon and Sun, the crust of the Earth actually flexes too, by about 50 cm or so per day (depending on your latitude). WGS84, happily, takes this into account.

I think this video exemplify why people keep telling you you're one week away from being catholic: where does the collectivity in the kingdom of God ends? Why is the union of congregations in a denomination needed but not the union of denominations in "the one true church"? Edit: this is not a gotcha question, I really want you to clarify your point, it is a bit confusing to me

God bless and Amen