I quit reading this after page one; figured it would eventually turn out like most aldeer church threads. But I couldn't resist checking again and it didn't disappoint.

I just can't resist saying that there ain't a person alive who could tell you exactly what a first century church service looked like. There is also no reason in the world to believe their services were the same all over. Things that happened in Corinth did not happen in Jerusalem.

Paul was regarded as a great apostle by the church over most of the Roman empire. But on his last trip to Jerusalem his very presence caused a wild riot, with men swearing they would neither eat nor drink until they killed him. And yet the early church had been in Jerusalem for decades without causing this to happen. That alone indicates the early church was very different from place to place. It's always been that way. It will remain that way til He comes back.