From: Jim West (jwest@highland.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 1998 - 23:35:30 EST
At 10:07 PM 1/28/98 -0500, you wrote:
> Is there any
>chance that this radio teacher has it right?
No.
>I always heard that Sunday was
>chosen as the day of worship by the Church sometime after they were thrown out
>of the Synagogues (up to which time they maintained the traditional Jewish
>Sabbath);
Absolutely correct.
>that they chose it because it was the day Jesus rose, but that they
>chose it as a rather arbitrary matter (that is, that they could as easily
>chose Wednesday or any other day of the week).
>
Again, absolutely.
>What say you?
>
Stay away from radio and tv preachers! If they knew what they were talking
about, they would shun the limelight and repeat the phrase of John the
Baptizer- Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui!
>(Still scratching my head),
Too dangerous for me, something might fall out!!!
>Rev. Craig R. Harmon, pastor
>Lutheran Church of the Apostles
>5100 W. 115th Street
>Alsip, IL 60803
>
Best,
Jim
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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Bible
Quartz Hill School of Theology
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