tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19219922.post8531689003814665452..comments2024-03-03T21:51:46.662-05:00Comments on stylos: WM 235: Preaching the Traditional Ending of MarkJeffrey T. Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374856944409335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19219922.post-7809223962040816762022-04-26T10:01:26.100-04:002022-04-26T10:01:26.100-04:00RLV, yes good point. Interesting to see Baptist ch...RLV, yes good point. Interesting to see Baptist churches discussing Advent, Lent, Good Friday, etc. Modern developments.Jeffrey T. Riddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374856944409335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19219922.post-83488434402120406872022-04-25T19:31:18.307-04:002022-04-25T19:31:18.307-04:00I appreciate your comments on "holy days"...I appreciate your comments on "holy days". We don't observe a church calendar or "holy days" as a church (though families celebrate Christmas & Easter). As far as preaching on these days, I sometimes preach in reference to the season, and sometimes I do not. We have a congregation that tends older, in a community from which many people have moved away. So we usually get a fair number of visitors on these holidays, and sometimes it seems appropriate to speak to a subject that is already on their minds. However, I remain shocked just how many Baptist preachers and churches have bought into the liturgical calendar -- something I had never heard among Baptists in our area when I was young. I think most have long since lost any sense of having a regulative principle of worship.<br /><br />Thanks again.R. L. Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.com