People unclear on the concept
Love and Blunder has an excellent post on one aspect of the total failure of those who espouse what Prof. Kurt Marquart calls "happy clappy" church services to comprehend what we gather on Sunday morning for.
Church is not for having a good time. It is not mainly for praising God, as if He needed our praises (although that is a proper and inevitable part of what happens, even if the thanks are silent). It's to receive the forgiveness of sins, and to be strengthened by Word and Sacrament for the struggles of the coming week.
We don't "leave our burdens at home" on Sunday morning. On the contrary, we come to church so that Jesus can take them onto Himself, and help us to bear them.
Hat tip to Be Strong in the Grace.
Church is not for having a good time. It is not mainly for praising God, as if He needed our praises (although that is a proper and inevitable part of what happens, even if the thanks are silent). It's to receive the forgiveness of sins, and to be strengthened by Word and Sacrament for the struggles of the coming week.
We don't "leave our burdens at home" on Sunday morning. On the contrary, we come to church so that Jesus can take them onto Himself, and help us to bear them.
Hat tip to Be Strong in the Grace.
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