Posted in Church, Worship, Christian Living on Jul 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
This is now part 3 in a short series concerning the 4th commandment and whether New Covenant Christians are obligated to ‘keep the Sabbath holy’. P1, P2.
As I have previously stated, I am troubled by how readily Christians now days dismiss this commandment engraved on stone as if it were patently obvious that it has […]
Posted in Worship, Christian Living on Jul 2nd, 2007 41 Comments »
Continuing with part 2 of the Sabbath issue (P1 here), let’s consider today whether the command to observe the Sabbath is a ceremonial command that has been fulfilled with the coming of Christ.
Thus, the question proposed today, which lies at the heart of the Sabbath issue:
Was the command to observe the Sabbath a temporary, ceremonial […]
Posted in Worship, Christian Living on Jun 25th, 2007 35 Comments »
Lord-willing, if time allows, I hope to post a few considerations on the Sabbath command, the 4th of the Ten Commandments, over the next few weeks.
If I had to speculate, I would say that a good majority of Christians reading this blog believe that the Sabbath command is no longer binding on the New Testament […]
Posted in Church, Worship on May 21st, 2007 23 Comments »
In the introductory post to this topic last week (the Lord’s Supper), I asked the question of whether the command to ‘examine yourself’ was being accurately defined is many conservative churches now days. I also pointed out that many common teachings, such as ‘pass it on if you deem yourself unworthy’, or ‘examine your repentance […]
Posted in Church, Worship on May 13th, 2007 13 Comments »
Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body […]
Posted in Church, Worship on Apr 30th, 2007 13 Comments »
This is the second post on the Regulative Principle of worship. The first one can be found here, as it simply provides a definition/foundation for a continued discussion on this matter.
When examining modern-day churches that have the Regulative Principle spelled out in their church doctrine, there are usually two interesting distinctions that we will discuss […]
Posted in Church, Worship on Apr 21st, 2007 19 Comments »
Have you ever heard of the Regulative Principle? Essentially, the Regulative Principle is a classic Reformed/Puritan doctrine that teaches that true corporate worship is only that which God has commanded of us in His word. In other words, God has given us methods for the church to worship Him (psalms-hymns-spiritual songs, preaching, baptism and the […]
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