Let me read to you from Genesis Chapter 2. We have spent a number of weeks looking into Genesis Chapter 1, which gives to us the record of the creation of the world culminating in the pinnacle of that ...

How God’s grace turned my strict views upside down. I grew up in a Sabbatarian religion where we practiced Sabbath observance as a matter of law. My religious community was conscious of the minute ...

My friend and his wife were driving in the car talking about how their kids were learning the Ten Commandments at church. They wondered whether or not they too could recite the commandments off the ...

On Day 7 of the creation week, God rested from his work. Then, he blessed that day and made it holy, yet his rest was interrupted by man’s sin. So, God went back to work again to redeem his elect. He ...

God’s rest began at creation, continued in the covenant, and came to fruition at the cross. The writer of Hebrews then commented on God’s Sabbath rest: “Therefore, while the promise of entering his ...

“And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done" -Genesis 2:2 As we consider the events leading up to the death and ...

I feel like a hamster running on a wheel—constantly going but never getting anywhere. I needed to take time to recharge, but the daily demands of life beckon me to keep moving. Physically, emotionally ...

What do you think of when you hear the word “Sabbath?” Writing as a Christian, I have some very complicated feelings about this word. It is such a churchy word. Maybe some of you have it all figured ...

In connecting the two, the Torah makes Shabbat a symbol of compassion and humane treatment for those in need of liberation. No mention of creation or God resting or the blessing the Sabbath received ...

(RNS) — We must provide support and make space for kids to rest. In my family, this has involved recommitting to a weekly Sabbath observance. (RNS) — When I was in ninth grade, I developed a consuming ...