kevin.carroll
Puritan Board Junior
So I just got a solicitation from the CE office to order Reformation Day flyers for the bulletin. Wouldn't observing Reformation Day violate the RPW? Hmmmm?
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My roommates and I are throwing a Reformation Day party on Reformation Day, where we all dress as Reformers. But it's not associated with our churches. I guess a church celebrating Reformation Day might be violating the RPW, especially if you make a big show of it. If there are Reformation Day banners on the walls and the sermon is on the Reformation...that might be a bit too far.
So I just got a solicitation from the CE office to order Reformation Day flyers for the bulletin. Wouldn't observing Reformation Day violate the RPW? Hmmmm?
Perhaps in answering the particular question at hand we should determine the answer based on what the RPW governs and what it doesn't. Unless the Reformation Day observance is connected with a called worship service of the church, I'm not sure that one has a case that the flyer *necessarily* calls for churches to violate the RPW.
This flyer appears to give a brief history of the Reformation. Though I opened the can of worms, I would much rather spend a Sunday School hour on the five Solas that continue the practice of "Reformation Parties," which, at least around here, are little more than sanctified Halloween bashes. At least we could burn the Pope in effigy or something, but no it's all apple bobs, and hay rides, and spooky stories.
Some weekend close to Oct. 31, we get together and watch the movie Luther and eat German food and growl a little bit about Roman offenses. It is well worth the time to remember God bringing the west out of such darkness.
Perhaps in answering the particular question at hand we should determine the answer based on what the RPW governs and what it doesn't. Unless the Reformation Day observance is connected with a called worship service of the church, I'm not sure that one has a case that the flyer *necessarily* calls for churches to violate the RPW.
This flyer appears to give a brief history of the Reformation. Though I opened the can of worms, I would much rather spend a Sunday School hour on the five Solas that continue the practice of "Reformation Parties," which, at least around here, are little more than sanctified Halloween bashes. At least we could burn the Pope in effigy or something, but no it's all apple bobs, and hay rides, and spooky stories.
I don't see the problem with recognizing Reformation Day even within the worship service.
Some people who would be aghast at preaching on the Incarnation in, say, December, don't mind remembering the Reformation in October.
Some people who would be aghast at preaching on the Incarnation in, say, December, don't mind remembering the Reformation in October.
I know. I don't understand the disconnect.
I'll take both.