Worship 129. One Sunday evening two men in our congregation put a “feetwashing.” Is it right to do this as part of the worship service? 130. Is clapping hands while singing forbidden in the New Testament? 131. Is it a sin for women to leave their heads uncovered during worship services (I Corinthians 11:1-16)? 132. Are Christians today commanded to partake of the Lord’s Supper? 133. Why have many of your kinds of churches stopped using (fermented) wine and substituted grape juice? 134. Are Christians today commanded to tithe as those in the Old Testament? 135. Why are women not allowed to ask questions, pray, or preach during the worship service? 136. There appears to be a contradiction between I Corinthians 14:33-38/I Timothy 2:11-15 and Acts 2:17-18. The Acts passage seems to allow what the other passages, written by Paul, prohibit. Would you explain! 137. In a recent issue of “Truth for the World” (Vol.4, Number 4. August,1995) in a discussion of prayer in public worship, you only speak of a particular kind of prayer. Aren’t there other types of prayer? How about Romans 8:26? 138. Why when people pray do they say “through Jesus our Lord?” 139. Is it forbidden for a person to justify himself in prayer to God? 140. Is it scriptural to close your eyes during prayer? 141. During prayers in church should everyone pray aloud, or is itbetter for a man to lead? 142. Is it scriptural for a sister in Christ to give comments after the “Bible Study” period, instead of asking questions submissively (as was the case of the women in the worship service of I Corinthians 14:34-35)? Is such a sister in violation of I Timothy 2:12? Is such a sister usurping authority over the men? 143. What is the specific time to partake of the Lord’s Supper? 144. Does I Corinthians 14:26-27 authorize groups of two or three singing during worship? 145. Is it scriptural to perform simultaneous acts of worship during the assembly, such as singing during communion? 146. Does not Galatians 3:28 justify the use of women in a leading role in public worship? 147. If choirs that mostly sing songs not known to the rest of the church are allowed, would the church be allowed to sing any song that some of the members don’t know? 148. If such songs can be sung by members who know them, and those who don’t know them can’t sing, how does this differ from a choir? 149. If a church cannot sing a song which is not known to some members, how can those members learn it? 150. In Romans 15:9 and Hebrews 2:12 (Psalms 22:22) are these quotations from the Old Testament: “I will confess to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name” and “I will declare your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation I will sing praise to you.” Is this talking about singing together or, I, a single person, singing among the midst of many people? 151. If the church must be taught a song not known to them, where in the Bible do we read about Christians coming together to learn a song?Where do we read about the use of songbooks? 152. Larry Powers says in his tract on choirs that Colossians 3:16 “teaching” means to teach, instruct by word of mouth and “admonishing” means to put in mind, instruct, warn. Therefore, this teaching and admonishing is to be done to one another, which means that all do it at the same time together. If what Larry Powers says is true, then it means that pulpit preaching, teaching, and admonishing are wrong, because only one person does it at one time. Is this true? Please explain. 153. Nowhere in the New Testament are choirs mentioned. If this means choirs are wrong, then why are not many cups in communion wrong, because nowhere in the New Testament do we read of many cups being used, but only one cup? Since there is no scripture telling us how many cups to use in communion, who decided we should use many cups, and by what authority? 154. Since Christ instituted the Lord’s supper in an upstairs room and the apostles received the Holy Spirit in an upstairs room, then an upstairs room has some importance to Jesus Christ. Why don’t we go to an upstairs room to partake of the Lord’s Supper? Do we have Bible authority for taking the Lord’s Supper downstairs? Where in the Bible do we read that it does not matter where we observe the Lord’s Supper, but it does matter what we observe? 155. Why do men not wear hats during worship to God? 156. Because we now have liberty in Christ, would it be acceptable to burn candles or to sleep in worship services? 157. I have enclosed a document entitled “Breaking Bread.” Would you please explain what is being taught? Is it right or wrong? 158. If a church fails to get wine for communion, is it right to use other juices, such as pineapple or lemon? 159. Where in the Bible are we told what to wear when presenting a sermon in church? 160. Is there any biblical instructions about who should prepare the Lord’s table? Where the elements should be prepared? Who should give thanks? Who is to get the leftovers? 161. Should there be special seating in the church for the “prominent” members? 162. I hold the view that in things that are essential to our salvation there should be unity. In things that are non-essential we should allow liberty. Can issues like the number of cups used at the Lord’s Table; women serving the Lord’s Supper; ordination of women; and head coverings constitute essentials? 163. What are the acts of worship authorized by the New Testament? 164. Is it a sin not to attend mid-week services? 165. Is it right for a fornicator to partake of the Lord’s Supper? 166. Is everything we do worship to God? 167. Paul says in I Corinthians 14:34 that women should keep quiet in the meeting, and yet the same author says in Galatians 3:26-29 that we are all the same because of the blood of Christ. What does he mean? 168. If women are forbidden to preach in the church, does this mean that they don’t have to talk to unbelievers about Christ?