It's become more and more fashionable in our time to mock the rejection of holy days like Easter, a practice that was passionately rejected by various groups throughout history including the Proto-Protestants, Pilgrims, Puritans, Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Fundamentalists, Anabaptists and Separatists. In other words the great majority of Protestant groups since the days of Constantine rejected these days. Moreover, even among the earliest churches, the widespread practice of these days in the form we see today was simply not established until much later.
Category: Snippets
Snippets: God Remembers the Faithful who Live Hidden Lives
"For the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs" - George Eliot, Middlemarch
Snippets: Edward viii, Divorce and Remarriage
On the 10th of December 1936, Edward VIII, King of the United Kingdom abdicated from the throne. The reason - his relationship and intention to marry Wallis Simpson, an American divorcee was deemed morally unacceptable by his subjects. Less than a 100 years ago, the British people were unwilling to accept a monarch who in their eyes was an adulterer.
Snippets: Providence in Afflictions
In my teens when I was diagnosed with myopia and required prescription eyeglasses, I was bitter and angry. The diagnosis shattered my dreams of joining the military in an active combat role. Night after night, I would pray to the Lord to heal my eyes so that eventually I would be able to seek honor and glory defending the country from commies in China and Islamists in Pakistan, but the Lord never granted my request. Over time, I accepted reality but never understood why God would shatter my dreams and afflict me in that way.
Snippets: God does not accept worship He hasn’t ordained.
It is easy to forget how much God despises false worship that He hasn't ordained. This is partly because a lot of Christians don't sufficiently read the Old Testament, particularly the narrative histories that seem like a drudge.
Snippets: Modern Dating is Practice for Divorce
The following snippet is from a short discussion on a Facebook page on how modern dating leads to a lot of emotional and at times physical baggage even among Christians. Ultimately it serves as practice for divorce.
Snippets: The Sign Gifts Have Ceased
This snippet is a comment I made on a Facebook discussion on why I believe that the sign gifts have ceased after the apostolic age.
Deo Vicit Mundum 