Is it OK for our churches to have Christmas trees, bingo games, or Easter egg hunts?ts,

Um.... what does that have to do with playing bingo?

Every church that I know of that has Bingo will either collect money from the players and then if they BINGO they are paid from that pot. It is an exchange of money and a form of gambling. The BINGO I have seen at the nursing homes give the participants a gift - that is not a form of gambling but a work of charity.

the money taken from Bingo also helps it's a good fund RAISER although I don't do Bingo, it is no different than a firework booth. or pie auction

Those things that are holy and set apart for the service of God/LORD, such as a church, should not use the same space for pagan traditions. God hates the pagan ways and does not want us to MIX the unholy with the holy.

we're saying those things don't belong in church.

Suuure , perhaps we should also bring beer and all other alcoholic beverages along with cigarettes and legal pot smoking into church after all its all just social right ?

the money taken from Bingo also helps it's a good fund RAISER although I don't do Bingo, it is no different than a firework booth. or pie auction

I wear my personal best on sunday to church and try to step it up a bit for ressurrection celebration. This year i got a new vest and my wife got a dress that matched one of my shirts.
My personal best is not what others would call their personal best, but we all have our own positions in life. As a mechanic im just a working class joe.

But Jesus was in the Temple.... which was ONLY used for Jewish religious ceremonies. That was it's purpose..it was "God's dwelling place" here on earth.

After Jesus' sacrifice, we no longer have a building that is God's dwelling place. WE are God's dwelling place.... the building in which a body of believers meets is no more holy than a warehouse.
If a building is used to raise money for good purposes, while also "rewarding" those that participate, that is not a violation of a "holy place"...

I did not make a post at all saying "I deny". I HAVE given my thoughts about this. Did you read my thoughts as very important gospel? Even I don't do that, but keep my mind open to the Lord's voice.

I have considered every post with interest and most of them with thanks.

Do you think Christ established our churches to teach us about the Kingdom of God and does not want to teach anything about the kingdom of the world?

When Nebuchadnezzarii (ruler of ancient Babylonia) conquerored Judah to send Jews to Babylon to live as prisoners, they lived in a land very like our land today. The people looked to the stars and idols to quide them, as people do today. Instead of metal and stone idols, they use man made rules in self help books and psyciatry. Every newspaper today gives an article about what the stars say about people's star sign.

Gradually, the Jews accepted the ways of the pagans they lived among, as the Christians of today are accepting the pagan ways of the pagans we live among.

I think it is unlikely the Christmas tree derived from an idol. But if we were to accept the premise that Christmas trees and Easter eggs had roots in idolatrous practices, why would Bingo games be in the same category? Is Bingo supposed to be pagan? I've never heard that. What about Chutes and Ladders, Old Maid, or Shuffleboard. Would those be pagan, too?

I think it is unlikely the Christmas tree derived from an idol. But if we were to accept the premise that Christmas trees and Easter eggs had roots in idolatrous practices, why would Bingo games be in the same category? Is Bingo supposed to be pagan? I've never heard that. What about Chutes and Ladders, Old Maid, or Shuffleboard. Would those be pagan, too?

Right, and when the sell of birds and other sacrificial animals were being sold at the temple, believing they were doing it for a just cause, Jesus turned those tables over and quoted Isaiah.

Matthew 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Isa 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

Those things that are holy and set apart for the service of God/LORD, such as a church, should not use the same space for pagan traditions. God hates the pagan ways and does not want us to MIX the unholy with the holy.

Bingo outside of a church environment is simply a game. Bringing it into churches is what creates a problem.

Bringing it into churches is what creates a problem.

Chutes and Ladders is evil. Did you see how far back you fall on that one ladder when you are just about to win?

I've never heard anyone compare a church to a warehouse.

the money taken from Bingo also helps it's a good fund RAISER although I don't do Bingo, it is no different than a firework booth. or pie auction