"The leadership of the SDA church in Kettering, Ohio incorporated Lent into its Easter celebration this year. Following two years of Easter morning sunrise services, they have now embraced yet another Roman Catholic tradition.
Here is the announcement in the bulletin,
“The 40 days of Lent correspond to the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness to fast, pray, and endure the temptations of the
devil; all in preparation for his public ministry which culminated in his death on the cross. During this season of Lent (from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday before Easter), we challenge you to join Christians around the world who are choosing to give something up that may be compromising their connection to Christ. This could be anything from social media to junk food, television to overspending. What will it be for you?” (Kettering SDA Church Bulletin, March 16, 2019).
Are we on the same slippery slope following the early church, where “Almost imperceptibly the customs of heathenism found their way into the Christian church”? (Great Controversy, page 49.2).
Perhaps, in the near future, my beloved Kettering SDA church will pay additional homage with a celebration of Ash Wednesday, or The 14 Stations of the Cross, or Signs of the Cross by members following prayer.
There are now no barriers preventing it."
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But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 10:12
Here is the announcement in the bulletin,
“The 40 days of Lent correspond to the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness to fast, pray, and endure the temptations of the
Are we on the same slippery slope following the early church, where “Almost imperceptibly the customs of heathenism found their way into the Christian church”? (Great Controversy, page 49.2).
Perhaps, in the near future, my beloved Kettering SDA church will pay additional homage with a celebration of Ash Wednesday, or The 14 Stations of the Cross, or Signs of the Cross by members following prayer.
There are now no barriers preventing it."
GeraldGreene/Fulcrum7
But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
John 10:12