In a land like France where the Bible instruction was part of the culture for more than a thousand years, many people “kiss” in greeting on their first introduction to a new person, if that...
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In a land like France where the Bible instruction was part of the culture for more than a thousand years, many people “kiss” in greeting on their first introduction to a new person, if that...
Wow . . . orthodox Jews have (and probably have had) a broader circle of those to kiss than most Americans! For their circle would include mom and dad and son and daughter, with sister being...
In the time of Paul, there were four overlapping cultures in which a person might have been raised before becoming a Christian believer. These cultures were the Jewish culture of Palestine, the...
The question that some people ask at times is whether or not “we” should “greet one another with a kiss.” There is currently (Jan, 2012) at least one internet Christian discussion forum in which a...
And in the next few months, I develop a handful of acquaintances who become somewhat friends. And with all such acquaintances, in our 1st or 2nd instant message conversation, I ask if they are...
Rom 16:16: the meaning of kissing in greeting
Back in August 2011, I wrote a very short essay on the subject of Christians hugging in greeting. Since then I had a few additional thoughts, but I...
Also appropriate is I cor 14:40 . . . do what is edifying for those around you, but over time, and with maturity, for many people, that comes to includIe hugging in greeting or kissing in greeting ....
The Holy Kiss. What does it mean? Here are two places in scripture where Paul tells these people to greet one another with this Holy Kiss.
A kiss of greeting among Christians.
Is this...
Should Christians hug in greeting?
by the way, when I wrote the above question, that assumes with the qualification, that one invites to hug, by word or gesture, those about to hugged, rather than...