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Is There a Biblical Format in the Assembly?

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In my last post , we discussed the structure of the Assembly, or more specifically, what the Assembly is. The conclusion, based on scripture, is that the Assembly is made up of men who bring their families and gather together to learn and worship Yahowah.  Deuteronomy 16:16 NKJV - "Three times a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. In this post, as a follow-up to that one, we’re going to take a look at the order and structure of these gatherings and see what the Bible has to say, if anything, about the topic. I realize this is a somewhat controversial topic, but I am going to do my best to stick solely to what the Bible has to say without venturing outside of those bounds.  The purpose is to determine what the structure looked like at that point in time, not only so we can determine...
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What is the "Church?"

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In the midst of revising my post on authority in the church (after a lot of feedback and more study), I realized that the main change to that post would be a great standalone article as well. There seems to be a lot of ideas about how churches should function, who should run them, what can be done inside the official meetings of those churches, etc, but one huge question remains that defines all those other things.  What is the “Church?”  I think we often think of a church as something we go to, and actually, that’s not terribly far from the truth, but in a different way than it’s often thought of. A church isn’t the building, a church isn’t even an organization, and a church isn’t exactly the people either. All of the mistaken ideas of what a church is come from a poor translation of the words used for church in the New Testament. In fact, the idea of a church, to hear many speak of it, seems to have sprung into existence out of nothing immediately upon the events of Acts 2....
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