Celebrating the Sabbath

  Read: Luke 13:10-17   When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your ailment.” (Luke 13:12, NRSV). Why is it so…

  Read: Isaiah 58   If you refrain from trampling the sabbath, from pursuing your own interests on my holy day, if you call the sabbath a delight and the…

  Sabbath and Community   Read: Acts 16:11-15   On the sabbath day we went outside the gate by the river, where we supposed there was a place of prayer;…

  Read: Exodus 16   The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey (Exodus…

  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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…