WHY DO PRESBYTERIANS OBSERVE HOLY DAYS? Dr. Samuel Miller, Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Church Government at Princeton Seminary wrote confidently in 1835 “Presbyterians do not observe Holy Days.” 1 Yet some 164 years after the book in which Miller made that bold declaration was published, an informal survey of 30 churches in the Presbyterian Church

For the next few days, I am going to show through other people’s work the reason the Church doesn’t or shouldn’t celebrate ‘Christmas’ and/or ‘Holy Days’.  This does not have anything to do with one’s private life and what they do with their families.  However, as it has to do with the Public Worship of

... occasionally borrowing terms (such as "Uskrs," meaning Resurrection, in Serbian and Croatian) from Old Church Slavonic. And finally, some Christian churches celebrate the "Eucharist" (Holy Communion) every Sunday. The word is derived from Greek eucharistía (comprised of roots for "good" and "grace"), with "Eucharistéō" being the verb " ...

... that only God could have made it. Wow! Again I say: Wow! I feel a little better now. I am planning a trip in a few days. Many hours in the car with my wife and youngest daughter (16 years old). This can be either a ... I will enjoy the company of my family. Life is too short to choose grumpy. I feel even better now. Thanks for listening. And may God Bless you and yours this Holy Day season.

... be Really Nice. Re. blogging, though, I gotta admit my heart isn't in it these days. The housewife thing seems to have totally taken me over, she says, like a hypocrite who is hogging all the credit for the ... tv/family room that doesn't have hard wood but is instead plywood, next to another section that someone in days of yore GLUED stuff to and that needs mineral spirits to pull up the ...

... Day and Cookie Day. Founding Day is the Holy Day commemorating the day our founders had the very first meeting where ... gained favor with many other Numenists and I often talk about them as if they were universal Holy Days, but they aren't. They're just popular, like First Fire ... moon every year, so this isn't a frequent or regular Holy Day), and every month, I celebrate the month/day ...

Mark Horne has a re-post of an old post he had done on Christmas celebration and the Reformed tradition. Embedded within his post are some quotations from the real Francis Turretin on the subject of holidays (link to post). While Mark Horne takes the opportunity for some potshots at my Scottish Presbyterian brethren, Turretin does provide a generally balanced view of the subject, from a ...

What do you think of the American Humanist Association's new "Godless Holiday" campaign? The ads, displayed on transit systems in five major U.S. cities, will say: "No God? . . . No Problem! Be good for goodness' sake. Humanism is the idea that you can be good without a belief in God." Is this another front on the so-called secular "war on Christmas"? Or is ...

Thanksgiving is the awesome-est of all holidays. I'm off work today and tomorrow, and today is prep day. On the list:Wait for repair guy to fix our fridge so it doesn't catch fire (gotta love recalls)Make flour (done)Make 2 loaves of bread (half done)Make meatballsBake squash for squashycrumbleMake bedsClean bathroomsVacuumDishesGeneral tidyingLuckily, I have help, who has just returned ...

... for a change. FLORIDA COURT SETS ATHEIST HOLY DAY In Florida, an atheist created a case against the upcoming Easter and Passover Holy days. He hired an attorney to bring a discrimination case against ... The argument was that it was unfair that atheists had no such recognized days. The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the passionate presentation by ...

... all my Catholic readers that tomorrow is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is a holy day of obligation. A lot of our HODs have fallen on Sundays lately, ... Mary, not Mary's conception of Jesus--and the concept of Holy Days of Obligation, in general, may be foreign to you. Feel free to post any questions you may have about these celebrations and practices in the comments section, and ...

... the new life of the world born in Christ’s Resurrection. All humans have a duty, to praise God and give him thanks. Thus all Christians are bound to participate in the Mass, and must partake of the Eucharist at least on holy days of obligation. Deliberate failure to do this constitutes a grave sin (CCC 2181).

2 more days at school , hten miss jo is on HOLY-days lol(cmon i do work at a Presby- school) let me pretend im being religious!) anyway took half day off work today as my head was ABSOLUTELY banging this mornin(the cold has taken hold again, im a coughy spluttering SNOTball at the moment), drove to work, a real dennis the menace, thought i might ...

... Pentateuch: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy--the first 5 books of the Bible. Six geese-a-laying: The geese are the 6 days of Creation and the eggs represent new life. Seven swans-a-swimming: The seven gifts of the Holy Spirit : 1) prophecy, 2) ministry, 3) teaching, 4) exhortation, 5) giving, 6) leading, and 7 ...

... is actually mistitled.  It should be “The Bible in 88 Days”, as the program allows for 2 “grace” days ... these pages in weeks ahead.  And so…a few more thoughts, from Days 86, 87, and 88, to close out this series of posts. ... mine) 20But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 21Keep yourselves in God’s ...