{"id":37964,"date":"2013-03-23T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T02:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=37964"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T02:43:59","slug":"do-the-churches-of-christ-observe-palms-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-the-churches-of-christ-observe-palms-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the churches of Christ observe Palms Sunday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Do the churches of Christ observe Palms Sunday?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Christians observe every Sunday in the worship of the Lord, but there is no teaching in the Bible to observe one Sunday differently from all other Sundays. Palms Sunday is a term used to refer to the day of Jesus&#8217; triumphal entry into Jerusalem, but it is not mentioned in the Bible as a special day of worship. You won&#8217;t find instructions in the New Testament for its existence or how worship on that day is supposed to be different from the other Sundays.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Response:<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Do the churches of Christ observe Palms Sunday? Answer: Christians observe every Sunday in the worship of the Lord, but there is no teaching in the Bible to observe one Sunday differently from all other Sundays. Palms Sunday is a term used to refer to the day of Jesus&#8217; triumphal entry into Jerusalem, but&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[342,469],"class_list":["post-37964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-holidays","tag-traditions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3821,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-there-liberty-in-how-we-give\/","url_meta":{"origin":37964,"position":0},"title":"Is there liberty in how we give?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a question concerning worship. 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Father God establishes his dominion and his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Answer&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28581,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-early-church-meet-on-any-other-days-than-sunday\/","url_meta":{"origin":37964,"position":5},"title":"Did the early church meet on any other days than Sunday?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"August 21, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: According to Hebrew 10:25, is there any example from the early churches meeting on any other days for Bible study or the like other than Sunday worship service? 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