Celebrating the Sabbath Celebrating the Sabbath: Sabbath and Celebration Read: Matthew 12:1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the sabbath; his disciples were hungry and they began to pluck heads of grain and to…
Celebrating the Sabbath Celebrating the Sabbath: Sabbath and Hospitality Read: Deuteronomy 5:12-15 But the seventh day is a sabbath to the LORD your God; you shall not do any work—you, or your son or your daughter, or…
Celebrating the Sabbath Celebrating the Sabbath: Sabbath and Creation Read: Genesis 2:1-3 So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all the work that he had done in creation (Gen. 2:3…
Celebrating the Sabbath Celebrating the Sabbath: Sabbath and Slavery Read: Exodus 31:12-18 The LORD said to Moses: You yourself are to speak to the Israelites: You shall keep my sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and…
Celebrating the Sabbath Celebrating the Sabbath: Why Should Christians Care about Sabbath? Introduction: Why on earth would contemporary Christians want to explore what it means to celebrate the Sabbath? Even the word “Sabbath” sounds like something from another century. And for the…
