Sundays

Continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house . . .

Acts 2:46

Evangelist Vance Havner wrote, “My father was faithful to the house of God. When he felt like it and when he didn’t, when the preaching was good and when it wasn’t, my father was there.”

Today’s crowd isn’t quite so faithful, nor is our society very helpful. A group of churches in New Jersey issued an appeal to public and private sports leagues to refrain from scheduling games before noon on Sunday. Fewer and fewer families were in church because of children’s sporting events.

A congregation in Andover, Massachusetts, conducted a marketing survey to find out when people could attend church. The most common response: Saturday at 5:00 p.m., because their Sundays were booked.

We need to be in church for many reasons, not the least of which is the mutual fellowship we have with other Christians. The body of Christ is a family whose members are involved with each other—encouraging and building up one another. The early Christians couldn’t seem to be together enough. They continued daily with one accord in the temple and from house to house.

Be in church this Sunday.