Andres
Puritan Board Doctor
I would like to hear some thoughts on this scenario:
Every third Lord's Day of the month, our church has a fellowship meal after morning worship. All are invited to attend, including visitors, non-members, etc. The majority of the regular members all bring a dish to share. Many people make something before and some even bring dishes and heat them up while we are in worship. However, there are also some who have brought dishes that they have purchased from restaurants, i.e. fried chicken from Popeyes.
Now, personally, I believe, as do most of us on this board, that in honor of the 4th commandment, Christians should not patronize businesses on the Lord's Day, so I would not go eat at Popeyes on the Lord's Day. In light of this line of thinking, does this mean that we should also abstain from eating anything purchased from businesses on the Lord's Day, even if purchased by another?
Would you eat the fried chicken at the fellowship meal or would you refrain and eat something else? (And please don't say, "well i don't like fried chicken." because everyone likes fried chicken)
Every third Lord's Day of the month, our church has a fellowship meal after morning worship. All are invited to attend, including visitors, non-members, etc. The majority of the regular members all bring a dish to share. Many people make something before and some even bring dishes and heat them up while we are in worship. However, there are also some who have brought dishes that they have purchased from restaurants, i.e. fried chicken from Popeyes.
Now, personally, I believe, as do most of us on this board, that in honor of the 4th commandment, Christians should not patronize businesses on the Lord's Day, so I would not go eat at Popeyes on the Lord's Day. In light of this line of thinking, does this mean that we should also abstain from eating anything purchased from businesses on the Lord's Day, even if purchased by another?
Would you eat the fried chicken at the fellowship meal or would you refrain and eat something else? (And please don't say, "well i don't like fried chicken." because everyone likes fried chicken)