Our chief of days, the principle, purpose and practise of the Lord day
Not long ago, many Christians talked about keeping Sunday special. Today s society not to mention today s church seems increasingly convinced that such a concern is irrelevant. In many places people stay away from churches generally. Congregations dwindle. The vast majority of both converted and unconverted men and women appear to approach Sundays with a take it or leave it attitude. We might ask ourselves, Why bother with Sundays? Are there not other, perhaps better, ways of spending our time and expending our energies in the service of God? Why not abandon Sunday worship and go where and when we will find the people? Why not arrange our churches in a way that conforms to and perhaps appeals to the patterns of activity and behaviour we see in our culture and society?
Publisher: Evangelical Press
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781783972463
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Jeremy Walker was born to godly parents and was converted to Christ during his teenage years. He serves as a pastor of Maidenbower Baptist Church, Crawley, and is married to Alissa, with whom he enjoys the blessing of three children. He has authored several books, and is grateful to preach and to write as opportunity provides.
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Along with Joseph Pipa’s The Lord’s Day and Walt Chantry’s Call the Sabbath a Delight, Jeremy Walker’s Our Chief of Days: The Principle, Purpose and Practice of the Lord’s Day is destined to become a helpful confirmation to many Christians of the abiding significance of the Sabbath, and a probing challenge to non-sabbatarians to rethink their understanding of the fourth commandment. Walker carefully and sensitively expounds the abiding nature of the Sabbath for the church and, with judicious quotes from history, illuminates God’s wisdom in giving his church in all ages a prescribed rhythm of rest and work. The chapter on how Christians should practically keep the Lord’s day, the Christian Sabbath, is especially thoughtful and sane, avoiding the danger of an incipient or expressed legalism. Walker’s brief book is engaging, clear, untechnical, and eminently biblical. I highly recommend it. Ian Hamilton, Associate Minister at Smithton Church, Inverness, and trustee of The Banner of Truth