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[targus]

I don't know of any "Christians" in the true sense of the word, who celebrate Ash Wednesday; Catholics, yes; Christians, no.

There are Baptist churches that celebrate Ash Wednesday.

Does that disqualify them as Christians?

 

[webdog]

There are Baptist churches that celebrate Ash Wednesday.

Does that disqualify them as Christians?

True, I think I remember Tiny Tim mentioning this once. I'll have to send him a Gospel tract :laugh:

 

[Alcott]

There are Baptist churches that celebrate Ash Wednesday.
Does that disqualify them as Christians?

Doesn't that just mean it's the one day in a year they are allowed to smoke?

 

[ituttut]

I don't know of any "Christians" in the true sense of the word, who celebrate Ash Wednesday; Catholics, yes; Christians, no.

Sad to say, but some Baptists have chosen to follow in the footsteps of the Catholic Church. Lent has entered the door, as well as a Friday crucifixion, which began a good number of years ago. Some have boarded a horse whose track gets mudder, and mudder.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Sad to say, but some Baptists have chosen to follow in the footsteps of the Catholic Church. Lent has entered the door, as well as a Friday crucifixion, which began a good number of years ago. Some have boarded a horse whose track gets mudder, and mudder.

Yea, some people go so far as to actually have a beer or a glass of wine every now an again.....FOR SHAME!

 

[percho]

To use the words sacred holiday implies that God made it that way which isn't true in the case of either Christmas nor Easter. God gave instructions on how passover was to be kept and on what day and passover isn't even a holy convocation day. It pointed to the death of the Word of God. Because Jesus the Word made flesh was the the passover lamb sacrificed for us Jesus changed the passover observance to the bread and wine. God gave days he called holy convocations. What makes them holy except for God calling them holy and putting his presence in them. Only God can make something holy which includes us. We are holy only through the presence of Christ in us the hope of glory.

Yes I participate in the Christmas celebration but I probably might have to answer for it before God.:jesus:

 

[jaigner]

I don't know of any "Christians" in the true sense of the word, who celebrate Ash Wednesday; Catholics, yes; Christians, no.

Some Catholics are Christians, by the way.

And my church, an evangelical church, celebrates it.

When I was at Wheaton, many grad students celebrated it.

Check it out. It's all over the place.

 

[jaigner]

Yea, some people go so far as to actually have a beer or a glass of wine every now an again.....FOR SHAME!

Get me a cold one, why don't you.

 

[jaigner]

Sad to say, but some Baptists have chosen to follow in the footsteps of the Catholic Church. Lent has entered the door, as well as a Friday crucifixion, which began a good number of years ago. Some have boarded a horse whose track gets mudder, and mudder.

It's called the liturgical calendar. Christians of all denominations have been following it for years. Check it out.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Some Catholics are Christians, by the way.

And my church, an evangelical church, celebrates it.

When I was at Wheaton, many grad students celebrated it.

Check it out. It's all over the place.

Wheaton.... Phil Ryken is running that place now....Know him from 10th Presby in Philadelphia. Good Man....solid Calvinist.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

It's called the liturgical calendar. Christians of all denominations have been following it for years. Check it out.

Jaigner....dont think they know what that is, incredibly.....wonder is doxology would be pushing the envelope? Hmmm

 

[Salty]

Sad to say, but some Baptists have chosen to follow in the footsteps of the Catholic Church. Lent has entered the door, as well as a Friday crucifixion, which began a good number of years ago. Some have boarded a horse whose track gets mudder, and mudder.

It is not UN-BIBLICAL to celebrate Lent. I do not observe it myself - as there is no instruction by the Apostles, but to say it is wrong is completely off base. Many Baptist consider Friday as the day Christ die - if the day was that important - I believe that the Bible would have been more specific ie the 6th day of the week. Now the day of the resurrection is very important - the First Day of the Week! PTL (Personally, I am a Thursday crucification day)

 

[jaigner]

Jaigner....dont think they know what that is, incredibly.....wonder is doxology would be pushing the envelope? Hmmm

We do the Gloria Patri at our church...and the doxology.

I guess the arminians here think I just lost my salvation.

 

[Alcott]

It is not UN-BIBLICAL to celebrate Lent. I do not observe it myself

Then either you must not do the laundry or you don't have a dryer.

 

[ituttut]

Yea, some people go so far as to actually have a beer or a glass of wine every now an again.....FOR SHAME!

And why not? It is God that provides, and gives to us the Bread, and the Wine.

 

[ituttut]

It's called the liturgical calendar. Christians of all denominations have been following it for years. Check it out.

Thanks for your input. Not all Baptist churches follow this practice. This observance I know can trace back to the 1st Century, but 40 is a number for Israel, the apostolic church. What has this to do with the Christian church in Antioch? Can we find in the Bible any reference to 40 days applying to Gentiles, or for that matter any Holy Days?

Do not Catholics believe as that apostolic church in Jerusalem?

Why in the world should we like to become as other churches seek to be under bondage? "But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?"

 

[Thinkingstuff]

I keep hearing about the "true meaning" of Christmas. Being a man-made holiday...what "true meaning", and where are we told to celebrate it and how in Scripture? We celebrate Thanksgiving (another man-made holiday), if one person has a home cooked meal and another goes out to eat, one watches football, one walks along the beach...which one is violating this unwritten "true meaning" of the man-made holiday?

There is 1 in 365 chance Dec. 25 is even Christ's birthday, and it most likely is not.

Not only was December 25th created as a religious holiday in the roman empire where more light was actually observable thus we have the celebration of Sol Invicutus or the conquoring sun. But in our society in this modern time Christ-mas is an excuse to finally get most retailers operating in the black for the first time in the year. Much of our economy hinges on this pagan festeval of lights and trees with presents. This holiday it totally man made. And its not in the bible listed as a feast day or celebration. Thus you added a tradition of man to our christian faith.
What makes you better than the catholics?

 

[Thinkingstuff]

I don't know of any "Christians" in the true sense of the word, who celebrate Ash Wednesday; Catholics, yes; Christians, no.

You go DHK! Go and get 'em! Because all them C' tolicks are doing is putting the number of the beast on their foreheads. Those dirty Papist!!!!!
(Catholics with ash on their heads. Get it? Dirty Papist? hahahaha)

 

[Thinkingstuff]

There are Baptist churches that celebrate Ash Wednesday.

Does that disqualify them as Christians?

Jes..........

 

[Thinkingstuff]

Yea, some people go so far as to actually have a beer or a glass of wine every now an again.....FOR SHAME!

EW&F my motto is not to "drink, smoke or chew or go with women who do"!

Side note. I'm a very lonely man.