The sin the Church forgot, part 1: on keeping the Sabbath
* The following series of posts were originally prepared in the form of a paper, which I made available to the congregation at the time of writing (in 2011). I have divided the paper into 2 parts. I have also included here 4 pictures of well known heroes of the faith who though apart on other issues were agreed on the gospel and agreed on the Sabbath. They are John Wesley, George Whitefield, George Muller and Charles Spurgeon. It is sometimes supposed that we can "head off" a discussion about the Sabbath by quoting Colossians 2:16-17. This is a logical fallacy known as begging the question . It is a kind of circular argument in which the conclusion is included in the premise. Generations of Protestants (Baptist, Methodist, Anglican, Presbyterian, Reformed) believed that Christians are to keep the Sabbath (on Sunday), and they were - of course - familiar with Colossians 2. Indeed, the argument to come addresses and deals with that important passage in Colossians, so