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Here's an article by my pastor on why we don't use the church calendar generally.
Why should we not celebrate lent? Are there any articles or online resources that could be a critique against lent??? Thanks.
Here's an article by my pastor on why we don't use the church calendar generally.
Here's an article by my pastor on why we don't use the church calendar generally.
Why should we not celebrate lent? Are there any articles or online resources that could be a critique against lent??? Thanks.
"Celebrating" Lent is a misnomer anyway. For those interested it is "observing" Lent given that it is a special and intense time of study and reflection on one's sin and the suffering of Our Lord. If it is excluded on biblical grounds I would think it be for the same reasons all other traditional Christocentric holy days and seasons are. I see no reason to single out Lent and keep Advent, Pentecost, Easter, Christmas and so forth. I am not referring to rituals with ashes and holy water but only the season per se.
Here's an article by my pastor on why we don't use the church calendar generally.
Thank You Laura for the article by Dr Fesko. I had never read of the argument regarding the Linear view of Time rather than Cyclical so it was beneficial.
Why should we not celebrate lent? Are there any articles or online resources that could be a critique against lent??? Thanks.
"Celebrating" Lent is a misnomer anyway. For those interested it is "observing" Lent given that it is a special and intense time of study and reflection on one's sin and the suffering of Our Lord. If it is excluded on biblical grounds I would think it be for the same reasons all other traditional Christocentric holy days and seasons are. I see no reason to single out Lent and keep Advent, Pentecost, Easter, Christmas and so forth. I am not referring to rituals with ashes and holy water but only the season per se.
Here's an article by my pastor on why we don't use the church calendar generally.
Thank You Laura for the article by Dr Fesko. I had never read of the argument regarding the Linear view of Time rather than Cyclical so it was beneficial.
I think I have an answer/rebuttal to this in my head, but what might we say to someone who stated that the Jews in the OT period likewise observed a calendar that was "cyclical" in nature, yet they were not pagan?
I think I have an answer/rebuttal to this in my head, but what might we say to someone who stated that the Jews in the OT period likewise observed a calendar that was "cyclical" in nature, yet they were not pagan?
I think any church or denomination can call for a fast and prayer time as they see it will serve the church and glorify God.
Now if they want to make one annual I see no reason not to do that.
I think I have an answer/rebuttal to this in my head, but what might we say to someone who stated that the Jews in the OT period likewise observed a calendar that was "cyclical" in nature, yet they were not pagan?
My thinking was someone might come along and say, "The Jews celebrated 'cyclical' holy days; they were on the calendar every year, they weren't pagan (because they were commanded by God), etc., etc." How might one refute the charge (voiced by Fesko) that observing a calendar of reoccurring holidays is pagan since the Jews did that but their weren't pagan.
My thinking was someone might come along and say, "The Jews celebrated 'cyclical' holy days; they were on the calendar every year, they weren't pagan (because they were commanded by God), etc., etc." How might one refute the charge (voiced by Fesko) that observing a calendar of reoccurring holidays is pagan since the Jews did that but their weren't pagan.
Because the Jewish holy days were linear in that they pointed forward to Christ? It wasn't just a cycle of festivals for the sake of festivals; it was all moving closer each year to the event of Christ's coming.
But the Jewish festivals point to specific events in the past, which hint at specific events in the future, rather than reflecting nature.
Yes, excellent answers, ladies!
Yes, excellent answers, ladies!
Umm. wow I really need to brush up on my exegesis and theology as I was just whipped by 2 women.
But the Jewish festivals point to specific events in the past, which hint at specific events in the future, rather than reflecting nature.
Advent would fit this pattern.
The timing seems to be borrowed from a pagan calendar, and it does not reflect the actual historical date of Christ's birth -- instead playing on a feeling of similarity between the season and the story of Christ's birth.
The timing seems to be borrowed from a pagan calendar, and it does not reflect the actual historical date of Christ's birth -- instead playing on a feeling of similarity between the season and the story of Christ's birth.
Just curious .. when was the actual historical date of Christ's birth?
The timing seems to be borrowed from a pagan calendar, and it does not reflect the actual historical date of Christ's birth -- instead playing on a feeling of similarity between the season and the story of Christ's birth.
Just curious .. when was the actual historical date of Christ's birth?
Well, we don't know, do we? But isn't it the case that it almost certainly wasn't December, and was more likely in the spring? My point is that the timing of Advent wasn't chosen because it had anything to do with history.
Yes, excellent answers, ladies!
Umm. wow I really need to brush up on my exegesis and theology as I was just whipped by 2 women.
You should learn the virtue of silence, my friend! I assumed that my question was not clear and that's why you posted the !
Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to convince anyone to observe a liturgical calendar. I find my personal observance of a loose liturgical calendar helpful in reciting the events of sacred history. The evidence against my doing so has not be sufficient to convince me that it is wrong or the actions of a weaker brother.