A few nights ago a friend forwarded an email from another friend with some quotes on the importance of being missional in our churches and in our lives. I read it on my way to bed which turned out to be a mistake since I was awake for another three hours or so thinking about […]
The Lord’s day series is complete, so here’s an index for all the articles.
The sermon audio and manuscripts are available for Part 1 and Part 2 of the Lord’s day series.
Good for Nothing Bricks
The Lord’s Day
The First Day
Caveats and Clarification on First Day Conduct
The Best Day
Four pieces of practical advice so that Christians would stake Sunday as second to none every week: […]
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Charles Spurgeon once wrote,
Ah, sirs! there may have been a time when Christians were too precise, but it has not been in my day. There may have been such a dreadful thing as Puritanic rigidity, but I have never seen it. We are quite free from that evil now, if it ever existed. We […]
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Obviously our whole lives are to be worship; worship is more than just a Sunday activity even though I’ve tried to make the case that there is something special about the Lord’s day. Not only that, there may be times when the best way for us to worship on a given Sunday means we might […]
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This is the fourth piece of practical advice for how to regard the Lord’s day as the best day.
4. Celebrate
Isn’t this the whole point? Anticipation and participation and concentration culminate in worship. Sunday service is not a funeral, it is a solemn party of praise for our risen Savior! Surely there is a place for repentance, for […]
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I previously promised four pieces of practical advice for how to regard the Lord’s day as the best day. Here is the first.
1. Anticipate
In other words, prepare for Sunday. Think about it ahead of time. Look forward, count down, and get ready.1
In Your Schedule
I understand that life responsibilities do not cease just because it’s Sunday. But if we […]
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