Faith Bible Fellowship

As we enter another year, I will be preaching on the church calendar, more specifically on how God works through time. This continues the series on worship I started last fall.

A large part of protestantism rejected the church calendar because the church had taken it to extreme, with virtually every day designated in honor of a saint. But today there is a resurgence of interest as we rediscover the wisdom of basing our special days on the life of Christ (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter, Pentecost) instead of on the secular calendar (Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day).

Some say the calendar leads to empty ritual, that what’s important is what’s in our hearts. But my wife didn’t buy that when I suggested we not celebrate our anniversary because our hearts were right anyway.

Think about the Hebrews and their focus on festivals and special days and how that carried over into the early church. Let’s converse on Sunday on what we at FBF ought to be doing in this important area.

Thanks,
Jon

 

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