Sabbath, Sunday and the Family
Integrating the Sabbath Commandment with the Fifth Commandment
The family is much in the news! From Pope Francis to Time Magazine’s focus on questions of family structure, social interest is being raised about the nature of contemporary family life. What insights might be gained by looking at “family” through the lens of Sabbath/Sunday?
This year’s conference of the Lord’s Day Alliance of the U.S. (LDA) focuses on the family as a way of drawing attention to the integration of the Fourth Commandment and the Fifth Commandment (“Honor your Father and Mother”). This theme recognizes the value of building an inter-generational society in the midst of social change… “That you may live long in the land”.
This year’s LDA conference (October 23) is held in concert with the twenty-eighth Reformation Day at Emory University (October 22) and its theme, Scripture and Reform: The Ten Commandments as Jewish Law, Christian Gospel, and Civic Code, which explores the role of the Ten Commandments in Scripture, Luther’s reform, and contemporary American life. Recognizing the role of the Ten Commandments in these three areas, what can be said about Sabbath, Sunday and the Family toward building an inter-generational society?
Friday, October 23, 2015 ◦ Emory University ◦ Candler School of Theology
Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 102, 1531 Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322
8:00 Registration
8:15 Welcome: Floyd Craig (President, The Lord’s Day Alliance of the U.S.)
8:30 Sabbath and the Ten Commandments as Practical Theology: David Sapp (McAfee School of Theology)
9:00 Panel, moderated by John Hinkle (Murfeesboro, TN)
Philip Thompson (ED, Aquinas Theol. Center)
Frank Woodson (Mission to Birmingham, AL)
Rabbi Loren Lapidus (The Temple, Atlanta)
10:30 Closing Plenary - Sunday and the Health of the Family in America (Matthew Sleeth, MD, ED, Blessed Earth)
11:30 Closure
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, saddened by the all-too-frequent occurrences of gun violence in the U.S., invites you on a journey of prayer, scripture, stories, and church teachings with this resource, A 60-Day Journey Towards Justice in a Culture of Gun Violence - an ELCA Resource Through daily observances, it calls us to work toward the prevention of gun violence as people of God who strive for justice and peace in all the world. It may be used for individual reflection, group Bible study, adult education sessions, and congregational daily devotions. This began on June 16 but can be used at any time.
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