TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chang,Chian Hui
TI  - Food offered to idols & implications for Singapore Christians /by Chian Hui Chang
AV  - F417 .F663 1993
PY  - 1993///
KW  - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions
KW  - Ministry Perspective Project
KW  - Bible
KW  - N.T
KW  - Corinthians, 1st, VIII-X
KW  - Food
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - 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; Bibliography: leaves 65-67; 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; 2
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