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Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian Living, Sunday

Much of the moral and spiritual decline of America is discernible, not only in society generally, but in the Church in particular. Many American Christians are incapable of explaining the role the Ten Commandments or the ethics of the Sermon on the Mount should play in their lives. Previous generations believed the Ten Commandments played an important role in the Christian’s life, and John Wesley and the Methodists were among them.John Wesley on the Sabbath John Wesley on the Sabbath Dr. Stephen Flick Audio Player Your browser does not support the audio element First Sunday in February...Read more... Read more... -->

Christian Calendar (Holidays), Christian History, Christian Living, Denominations & Sects of the Church, Experience, Practice & Life, Methodist churches, Sunday

Daniel Whedon was one of the most distinguished Methodist scholars and churchman of nineteenth-century American Methodism. His interest in the subject of the Lord’s Day should be no surprise to the reader given the fact that the subject occupied an important place in Methodist doctrine and practice, but it also was one of great importance to the spiritual life of America from its inception. Unlike Europe, the American colonies were deliberate in their reverence and observance of the Lord’s Day. You may read more about his life and ministry at Daniel Whedon: A Biographical Sketch....Read more... Read more... -->

Christian Calendar (Holidays), Sunday

In Revelation 1:10, the Apostle John indicates that he was worshiping God in the Spirit “on the Lord’s Day.” This expression is very important because it is a word that is used in place of the term “Sunday.” Though it is only used in this reference one time in the New Testament, it becomes certain that John intends this as it is demonstrated by all of the Christians who write after the Apostles. Those Christian leaders who wrote at the end of the age in which the Apostles lived were generally known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, because they ministered in Christian churches prior to the Council...Read more... Read more... -->

Christian Calendar (Holidays), Social Theology, Sunday

First Sunday of February Super Bowl Sunday At Debate.org (January 2020), the question was posed, “Should the Super Bowl be moved to Saturday?” Eleven percent of the respondents answered “No,” while a whopping eighty-nine said “Yes,” it should be moved to Saturday. How a nation observes Sunday—or as it is called in Scripture, “the Lord’s Day” (Revelation 1:10)—often determines the rise or fall of that nation.Should the Super Bowl be Moved to Saturday Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) Voltaire, one of the greatest enemies of Christianity in...Read more... Read more... -->