“Ask! Anything!” Archive

“Ask! Anything!” Archive

The following is an index of topics that have been addressed in a Bible-based response to an “Ask! Anything!” anonymously posed by Curious Minds; click the link to see the response.  Additional links will be added as content is posted to this website.  Please Register and then Ask! Anything!

These essays—in the genre of a “commonplace book” (less of a diary and more of a “things to remember” journal)—are “penned in haste in an informal, rambling, and overly worded style” (per Dr. Sovík’s own observation).  Consider these to be “notes” for future sermon or book essays.

SEX & MARRIAGE
LGBTQ+ in the Assembly
(includes “Postscript to the Plaster Saint”
(includes “In Unlikely Support of the LGBTQ+ Movement”

THE COMMANDMENTS
Day One of the Cosmos (and the First Sabbath)
How We Ought Keep the Sabbath

ORDINANCES & RITES
The Public & Private Confession of Sin
The Minister’s Public Confession of Sin
Frequency of the Lord’s Supper
Fasting Before the Lord’ Supper
Bread & Wine Used for the Lord’s Supper

CHURCH PRACTICE
Christ’s Pulpit in the Overthrow of the Standing Government
How Many Makes a Church? 
Norms for Sabbath Worship (dress, veiling, conduct)
Must a Woman Veil in Public Worship?
Music in the Worship Service
The Robe and the Collar
The Role of the Elders
The Significance of “Six Bells” at First Puritan