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Friday, April 11, 2008

for 12 APR 08: THE NEW SEEKER

(BLOGGER'S NOTE: You may find this item humorous, serious, or a little of both - but we offer these thoughts from time to time, as we keep a seventh-day Sabbath.)

A couple of Saturdays ago, we mentioned our hunt for a new place to worship. A couple of people have e-mailed us since then with suggestions. This one reached us first:

Hry Richard,

Good Morning. As we speak I am enjoying a much deserved long weekend at Amelia Island Plantation in Jacksonville. I was reading Friday,s blog [29 Mar] and thought I would invite you to our church. I am a member of Solid Rock Assembly Of God on warm springs road. A co-worker of yours also attends there, Jason Dennis. Actually the Pastor is his Brother-in-law.Our Pastor is actually the team Pastor for the Cottonmouths and many of them attend our services.O.K. gotta go and Tee-Off it's hard work, but someones gotta do it. God Bless.

P.S. How is your music Ministry going?.

Charles Lawhon

Dad's Initiative Chair

Georgia PTA

Wow - I didn't realize many Columbus hockey players go to church. I take it these are the goal-scorers, and not the designated "goons?"

Your interest in my CD can help keep the music ministry going. And I sing at places which invite me. I even sing out during hymn times at services - so you'll probably be able to spot me with ease.

Our second offer came from a different denomination:

You are more than invited to St. Andrew's Presbyterian where sometime in the future member, Dimon Kendrick Holmes will become a winner on funniest home videos for our Palm Sunday Service He can run 50 ft in 1 second flat!!!! Our Pastor is awesome!!!

Maybe I'm misunderstanding this -- but is your Pastor a future church member? And was he running to illustrate how the church must undergo persecution?

I've seen church services on TV where members run up and down the aisles, even in the middle of a sermon. They put the sports programs at mega-churches to shame, by holding on-the-spot track meets - occasionally with the women wearing dresses and high heels.

We appreciate the offers to worship in new places. But there's one big concern we have with both congregations. They do what so many Christian groups do -- and meet primarily on Sundays. I concluded years ago the proper "Sabbath" day is the one Jews have kept for thousands of years. And before you ask "What Would Jesus Do?" -- He'd do that. He was Jewish.

If you want to worship on Sunday, there's nothing necessarily wrong with that. A couple of women did that before Jesus, right after His resurrection. But there's no direct Biblical evidence that the Seventh-Day Sabbath ever went away. Just because your church board may have done it does NOT mean it's the final answer.

I also decided years ago that when Jesus comes back, He'll have little trouble getting Southerners to accept worshiping on a Saturday Sabbath. Look at how many fill stadiums every fall to worship football....

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