Food offered to idols & implications for Singapore Christians /by Chian Hui Chang.
Chang, Chian Hui,
Food offered to idols & implications for Singapore Christians /by Chian Hui Chang. - 1993. - 67 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1993. 1. The Problem 2. Precedent Research 3. The Sin of Idolatry in the Old and New Testaments 4. The Problem of Eating Idol-Food in the Early Church 5. Practical Implications for Singaporean Christians 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography
The Concerns -- Research Procedure. The Majority View -- The Minority View. The Sin of Idolatry in the Old Testament -- The Sin of Idolatry in the New Testament. Christians' Relationship with Believers -- The Need to Be Sensitive to Fellow-Believers -- The Need to Demonstrate Love to Fellow-Believers -- The Need to Have a Proper Understanding That Idols Are Nothing -- The Need to Understand that There Are Immature Believers in the Church -- The Need to Forego Our Liberty for Others -- The Need to Be Accountable to the Community of God -- The Personal Example of the Apostle Paul -- The Need to Exercise Christian Liberty With Concern -- Christians' Relationship to Non-Believers -- The Need to Pay Attention to the Example of the Israelites in the Wilderness -- The Need to Avoid Unhealthy Association With Idol-worshippers -- The Need to Be Aware of the Demonic Power Behind the Idols -- Other Issues Relating to the Eating of Idol-food -- It is Not Wrong to Buy and Eat Food from the Marketplace -- All Creation Must Be Recognized as Gift from the Lord -- Eat Without Raising Questions of Conscience -- The Historical Context of Acts 15 and Revelation 2 -- The Need to Restrict One's Liberty for the Sake of a Fellow-believer -- The Sin of Association. Relationship Among Believers -- Believers are Free to Eat When It Is Only a Matter of Culture -- Believers Are to Abstain From Eating Idol-Food When It Stumbles a Weaker Believer -- Relationship Between Believers and Non-Believers -- Believers Are to Avoid Eating Idol-Food When the Occasion is Explicitly Religious -- Believers Must Reveal His Faith in Jesus Christ -- Believers Must Be Prepared to Eat Out When Possible -- Believers Are to Seek Baptism As Soon As Possible -- Other Related Matters -- Believers Are Free to Eat at Hawker Centres or Coffee Shops -- Beleivers Are Not to Participate in Religious Festivals -- Believers Are to Eat Without Asking for Conscience Sake.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.
Bible.--N.T.--Corinthians, 1st, VIII-X.
Food--Religious aspects.
F417 / .F663 1993 F417
Food offered to idols & implications for Singapore Christians /by Chian Hui Chang. - 1993. - 67 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript. Ministry Perspective Project submitted in partial fulfullment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions, Columbia, South Carolina, 1993. 1. The Problem 2. Precedent Research 3. The Sin of Idolatry in the Old and New Testaments 4. The Problem of Eating Idol-Food in the Early Church 5. Practical Implications for Singaporean Christians 6. Conclusion 7. Bibliography
The Concerns -- Research Procedure. The Majority View -- The Minority View. The Sin of Idolatry in the Old Testament -- The Sin of Idolatry in the New Testament. Christians' Relationship with Believers -- The Need to Be Sensitive to Fellow-Believers -- The Need to Demonstrate Love to Fellow-Believers -- The Need to Have a Proper Understanding That Idols Are Nothing -- The Need to Understand that There Are Immature Believers in the Church -- The Need to Forego Our Liberty for Others -- The Need to Be Accountable to the Community of God -- The Personal Example of the Apostle Paul -- The Need to Exercise Christian Liberty With Concern -- Christians' Relationship to Non-Believers -- The Need to Pay Attention to the Example of the Israelites in the Wilderness -- The Need to Avoid Unhealthy Association With Idol-worshippers -- The Need to Be Aware of the Demonic Power Behind the Idols -- Other Issues Relating to the Eating of Idol-food -- It is Not Wrong to Buy and Eat Food from the Marketplace -- All Creation Must Be Recognized as Gift from the Lord -- Eat Without Raising Questions of Conscience -- The Historical Context of Acts 15 and Revelation 2 -- The Need to Restrict One's Liberty for the Sake of a Fellow-believer -- The Sin of Association. Relationship Among Believers -- Believers are Free to Eat When It Is Only a Matter of Culture -- Believers Are to Abstain From Eating Idol-Food When It Stumbles a Weaker Believer -- Relationship Between Believers and Non-Believers -- Believers Are to Avoid Eating Idol-Food When the Occasion is Explicitly Religious -- Believers Must Reveal His Faith in Jesus Christ -- Believers Must Be Prepared to Eat Out When Possible -- Believers Are to Seek Baptism As Soon As Possible -- Other Related Matters -- Believers Are Free to Eat at Hawker Centres or Coffee Shops -- Beleivers Are Not to Participate in Religious Festivals -- Believers Are to Eat Without Asking for Conscience Sake.
Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions.--Ministry Perspective Project.
Bible.--N.T.--Corinthians, 1st, VIII-X.
Food--Religious aspects.
F417 / .F663 1993 F417