{"id":7337,"date":"2013-07-11T08:44:34","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2013-07-11T09:32:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-11T15:32:14","slug":"now-observing-the-fourth-commandment-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/buildingcathedrals\/2013\/07\/now-observing-the-fourth-commandment-sort-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Observing the Fourth* Commandment! 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Traditional if you like feel-good songs and Bible stories; Starbucks-style if sipping coffee and munching baked goods is your way of praying. Come as you are. If you want to. The Big Sugar-Daddy in the Sky is waiting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">* My husband, the cradle Catholic and historian, tells me \u201ckeep holy the Sabbath\u201d is the Third Commandment for Catholics and Lutherans who follow St. Augustine\u2019s synthesis of Exodus 20 &amp; Deuteronomy 5.\u00a0\u00a0 It is the Fourth Commandment according to the Septuagint, Talmud, Calvin\u2019s Institutes of Religion, and the Book of Mormon. Bible History on a Thursday morning, brought to you by Building Cathedrals.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the current sign outside the United Methodist Church in our neighborhood: Make no mistake, this Methodist church is filled with activity during the weekdays. 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