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How will your church celebrate the Reformation?

Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by evangelist6589, Oct 28, 2017.

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  1. David Kent

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    Simply because some Baptists say there have always been Baptists, others say they come from the reformation. So if there were always baptists, who were they? Simple question, not a trick.
     
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    Anyone who follows the fundamentals of the faith and the Baptist Distinctives.

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    I actually never knew churches celebrated Reformation day.

    Edited: we will, I'm sure, mention Luther and the revival that took place in the form of the Reformation and Radical-Reformation.
     
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    One theory is that the Baptists were separatists from the Church of England, which had split from the Church of Rome. So should we celebrate turning from corruption toward what we believe is truth? After 400 years of strife, perhaps we should be looking at how to heal the body by reforming the rigid reformed among us. Step one would be to teach the Bible actually means what it says.
     
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    Baptists have never had/held a clear cut definitive and visible schema until recently but it doesn't matter in the total schema of things because of course belongs to the LORD.

    HankD
     
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    I think you may have failed to understand the joke Jon was making. :D:D:D
     
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    I found it difficult to take the thread seriously - partly because of its author and partly because it asked if our church would celebrate Reformation Sunday, putting it on par with Christian observances (e.g., Resurrection Sunday). Further pricking my funny bone (funny being an objective term) was the remembrance of his ignorance regarding the origin of All Hallows Eve as a Catholic holy day....Luther being dead and Halloween approaching. :)
     
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    Just got back from service. They showed a reformation video, Reformation slide show, and had a Reformation sermon on why the Reformation is important.
     
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    Glad you enjoyed the lecture.

    Our pastor sang "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" and briefly explained how God had used Luther as an illustration (we look at the Catholic practice of indulgences...of buying redemption...as foolishness yet so many look at their giving or church attendance in much the same way). Salvation is by faith and the proof of that salvation is that we walk in the light (behavior that seeks peace rather than confrontation, places others over themselves, loves their wife as Christ loves the church, maintains a Christlike life, etc). So we used the date as an illustration but the sermon was about Christ and the Church.
     
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    Our church "celebrated" Reformation Sunday the same way we celebrate every Sunday -- singing, praying, studying, giving, preaching. Probably no one other than myself knew it was Reformation Sunday, and I only knew because of the online chatter.
     
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    But was there a clear presentation of the Gospel? Without it, you had a presentation that could have been done in a public library on a Tuesday.

    "For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified."
    1 Corinthians 2:2 NASB
     
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    I disagree. Our pastor talked about the Sola's and why the Reformation mattered.
     
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    There was in the bulletin, but the message today was on the Reformation and the 5 Sola's.
     
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    Hey....did any of you guys celebrate Cyrus Sunday? It was on October 29, 539 BC that Cyrus (the only, I believe, Gentile to be referred to as "God's anointed" in Scripture) set foot in Babylon.
     
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    We didn't.
     
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    The OP is reminiscent of this from the fourteenth chapter of Romans: "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike."

    John Calvin's Commentary:

    "Paul well knew that a respect for days proceeded from ignorance of Christ....The notion was indeed superstitious, nor does Paul deny this; for he has already condemned it by calling it infirmity, and he will again condemn it still more plainly."
     
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    Oh well, as long as the Gospel was in the bulletin.
     
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    Our sermon this evening was a powerful sermon on Justification by Faith.
     
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    So, he doesn't drink Mike's, write nasty letters, and scream at people?
     
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    Correct. Wine is a mocker and strong drink is raging! (Proverbs 20:1.) And I have only personally won baptized and discipled several dozen to the Lord and, via my preaching, several hundred. Unlike evangelist6589 who has never won and discipled a single soul through his street screeching. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    I suspect I could teach him quite a lot about "evangelism theology from a Reformed perspective." :)
     
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