“Anyway, one of the issues I need them to walk away with is that Christians once enjoyed the ability to influence the culture – usually through art, music and literature. Now, with mass-media atop that list, Christians no longer influential forces upon our culture, but are influenced BY the culture.”

Yes, the world will always try to crush the church and make it conform to man’s ideas and culture. Now, with so many options for our “eyeballs”, Christians can and have formed their own sub-culture. Even Wal-Mart has a “Christian” CD and book section.
Out of the blogs and websites we read, how many are Christian? It reminds me of neighborhoods in big cities, where in certain areas someone coming “off the boat” can live and function in this country without ever having to learn English.

There are times when I wish that we could go back 30 or so years ago, when towns did close down on Sunday and allowed time for rest and family. One less day of profit in a market-driven economy is tough to hold back. Part of the new covenant is that every day should be the Lord’s day, where we worship and serve him. We are at the point where Sunday morning is a traditional time of gathering. What we do afterwards and the other six days is up to us.

Christians have chosen to gather on Sundays (first day of the week), since this commemorates the day that Jesus rose from the dead. But saying Sunday is the sabbath doesn’t really make a lot of sense.

- R.