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What's an "Annual Presbyterian"? A Presbyterian who only attends church once a year?
Ha! That was my initial response too.
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What's an "Annual Presbyterian"? A Presbyterian who only attends church once a year?
Hmm, I suppose you're right. Thank you!NaphtaliPress said:I think your answered your own question.
The bronze serpent even had to be destroyed, due to idolatry, and that was previously commanded.
Today is "Dirty Forehead Day".
Today is "Dirty Forehead Day".
I'm anxiously awaiting this year's photos of Joe Biden's forehead as he proudly displays his annual "big smear".
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My wife and I both began observing lint this morning. So we cleaned out the trap in the dryer. Clothes are drying much better now =)
From 5-6 Wednesday evening, Rev. Patricia Anderson Cook will be in the parking lot of the Mt. Healthy United Methodist Church giving ashes to all who come to her.
The bronze serpent even had to be destroyed, due to idolatry, and that was previously commanded.
This is a very important and helpful point - I've just been preaching through Hezekiah's life and the Reformation God worked during it and this was one of the applications I made,
NKJ 2 Kings 18:4 He removed the high places and broke the sacred pillars, cut down the wooden image and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made; for until those days the children of Israel burned incense to it, and called it Nehushtan.
Part of the reformation was to get rid of a tradition, indeed a blessed tradition which had been misused...what was meant to be a memorial of God's grace and covenant faithfulness had become an object of worship in itself. Hezekiah reminded them that it was just 'brass' (Nehushtan).....application: let's get rid of the brass, all the things that have been abused by past generations.
Although, shouldn't there be a distinction made between those who celebrate Lent by fasting and those who happen to be fasting at the time of Lent? The latter could just as well fast at the time of Lent or otherwise but decided--for reasons not having to do with Lent being at that time--to fast at that time, whereas the former chose to fast because it was the time of Lent. Although, I suppose one would want to be careful anyway to make sure he or she is not misunderstood by others to be fasting for Lent.NaphtaliPress said:Exactly because it has been notoriously abused to idolatry and will worship and why in the world would we want take our agenda for personal piety let alone corporate worship, from idolaters?
Riding the light rail toward downtown San Francisco yesterday, passed St. Anne of the Sunset RC Church. Noticed they are doing their parish festival this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, advertising food, games and entertainment. Not sure how they fit that into Lent.
I go to a Catholic school (not one of my smarter choices in life) and many of the papists are giving up fornication for lent, that, and texting while driving.My wife's stepfather is Catholic and he always gives up Diet Pepsi for lent. Putting aside for a moment whether or not it is proper to celebrate lent, I must say that when I consider what our Lord did for us, Diet Pepsi really seems to pale in comparison.
many of the papists are giving up fornication for lent, that, and texting while driving.
Good point. But I can imagine situations where even in following those guidelines, one may be "found out"--both due to the Ninth Commandment requiring truthfulness on a Christian's part and in putting 2 and 2 together. For example, at the very least, one's family will probably notice one's absence from a meal, though of course the probability of confusion arising from one's practice is much lower within the family. For another example, one living on a small college campus who is forced on a meal plan; others will probably notice that a person has gone missing from his or her regular eating hours and may inquire about it. For another example, if an outsider asks the fasting person out to eat. Nevertheless, these are quite special circumstances, and I'm sure in many of them, one could dodge the question by not making reference to fasting, which is where the "carefulness" would come in (though that won't stop the other from attempting to put 2 and 2 together); perhaps the most likely one would be being asked out to lunch or something. Perhaps there are other circumstances too.Whitefield said:If you are fasting in conformity with Scripture (Matthew 6:16-19), who would know what season of the year you fast?
But where the things in and of themselves bad, or was it their misuse that made them bad?
That is a fair enough answer, and still retains a broad application for liberty of conscience. Thank you!But where the things in and of themselves bad, or was it their misuse that made them bad?
The things in this case were most certainly not bad in themselves, and it was the misuse of them that did make them bad. However it was not just any old misuse but the particularly henious misuse that was made that meant the serpent had to go. The application is as Chris has pointed out that anything that has been misused in such spiritually harmful ways as idolatry, or some other practice leading to or suggesting false worship, should be dispensed with.
Chris's answer is better as it reference Gillespie and Calvin on the same points.
One of the downsides of moving down here is there are little to no Romanists around to fill my belly with their delicious fish fries.
What's an "Annual Presbyterian"? A Presbyterian who only attends church once a year? And is it anything like a "Great Commission Baptist"?
On a related noted, we are thinking of having an annual sausage and hotdog roast on Fridays at the church during this time of the year. Fish signs are everywhere around here (including the fast food restaurants). Figure we should have an alternative. Ya'll are all invited.