1. What is the message for us today from Proverbs 16:25?
2. This lesson deals with “unauthorized innovations in worship.” What does the word “unauthorized” mean?
3. What is wrong with “dedicating babies”?
4. What is wrong with chain prayers?
5. According to Paul’s explicit statement in 1 Timothy 2:8, if there is a situation where men and women are both present, who is to do the praying?
6. According to 1 Timothy 2:13, what was the basis for Paul’s teaching in 1 Timothy 2:8?
7. Considering the context of 1 Peter 5:5-6, what is likely behind many of the unauthorized innovations being introduced into worship to God today?
8. What did King Saul do (1 Samuel 15) that elicited a divine condemnation from Heaven?
9. What is wrong with singing during the Lord’s Supper?
10. What does the word “Easter” in Acts 12:4 (in the King James Version of the Bible) actually mean?
11. Is there any authorization in the New Testament for observing such “special” days as Easter and Christmas?
12. What does the phrase, “lifting up holy hands” (1 Tim. 2:8), mean?
13. What is the difference between a biblical prayer posture (i.e., one with palms facing in) and the innovation in worship today of “lifting up hands” accompanied by swaying?
14. How does Paul’s teaching in 1 Timothy 2:11-12 impact the practice today of allowing women to preach publicly in mixed audiences.
15. There are at least two problems associated with “children’s worship.” What are those two problems?
16. According to Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians 14:34, what are women to do if they want to ask questions or learn something in regard to the Scriptures?
17. What is the value of having children in the corporate worship of the church?
18. What is wrong with such innovations in the modern-day worship of the church as the use of choirs or solos?
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