Is it sinful to go to church too much?

This may seem like a strange question (above), given that this is an Ecclesiocentristic blogsite.

The answer to the question posed in the heading is, "It depends."

It is never sinful to go to a properly-constituted church service on Sunday, since this is the Lord's Day, the New Covenant Sabbath.

But it could very well be sinful to go to church during the week. First of all, God never commanded that there be church services during the week; and secondly, going to them could definitely be sinful.

"How?", you might be asking. One way is that by going to non-Sabbath church services, a person could well be skirting his clearly and truly God-ordained duties--as a husband, a father, an employee, a neighbor, or a citizen. Sometimes people seek to assuage their guilt by "out-Godding" God, through doing things that are patently religious (but never commanded by the Lord).

If people would simply do what God *does* command, like go to His worship, in church, on Sunday, they would be a whole lot better off.

God is never impressed by "hyper-religion." He prefers simple and sincere faithfulness over all forms of fanaticism.

Bring on the Sunday Christians!

Do any of you remember the stereotypical portrayal of the "Sunday Christian"? He was a bad guy, since his religion (allegedly) only went as far as Sunday. But the truth is: unless our Christianity indeed *does* get re-started every Sunday, we are no Christians at all.

The criticism was designed to imply that the best believers were more concerned about everything else in their lives--and less worried about the gracious privileges and duties inherent in the New Covenant Sabbath (Sunday).

Of course, the truth is precisely in the middle of this confusion. Sunday church worship is absolutely essential to authentic Christianity--but one's covenant life does not end there. When we properly worship God, as the church, on the Lord's Day, we are then in a position to be faithful throughout the week.

But there is no such thing as a "good" Christian who seeks to avert church, worship, and Sabbath observance.

Therefore, bring on the "Sunday Christians"!