PRCA: 1924-2024 Guarding the Lord’s Day landmark
Prof. Barry Gritters examines the Protestant Reformed Churches' historic commitment to Lord's Day observance as a theological landmark that must be guarded and maintained. Using the metaphor of ancient boundary stones, he argues that the fourth commandment's requirements—that Sunday be devoted entirely to God with work and recreation forbidden except for necessity and charity—remain binding in the modern era, and he challenges contemporary practices like livestream worship and vacation activities that may compromise this inheritance.
The Lord's Day and its rest are part of our Protestant Reformed Churches' rich heritage from the Lord that we share with other Reformed and Presbyterian denominations. But as valuable as that heritage is, if we fail to appreciate it, we can lose it quickly. Pray God that we do not. The Lord's Day is an ancient landmark (Deut. 19:14; Prov. 22:28, for example). The large stones called "landmarks" delineated each tribe's or clan's inheritance in the Promised Land. Once placed, they were fixed...
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