Two weeks ago I began answering a question sent in by a reader about which day we should set aside for worship. The first column was a list of Scriptural observations that points to the fact that ...

“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that ...

On the Sabbath, Jesus healed a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit, which angered the leader of the synagogue.

“Hypocrites,” Jesus exclaims. If the religious leaders lead their animals to water on the sabbath, why can’t a woman be freed ...

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 ...

Today is Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. It’s one of my favorite days of the year, as it concludes my busiest week of the year as a pastor: Holy Week. Though different ...

Another church in my hometown has been preaching a sermon series called “Jesus took naps. Be like Jesus.” The pastors at the church aren’t just being coy; they’re actually driving home an important ...

Last Sunday's Gospel seems rich in its simplicity and invitation: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest." Let us not be fooled. Although Jesus' words can ...

There remains, then, a sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that ...