How Should We Observe the Sabbath? God Intended for Us to Take a Day of Rest Each Week The Old Testament talks a lot about the Sabbath. God wants his children to work six days and then rest on the seventh. In fact, he commands that they observe...
Why Getting a Sunday Sabbath Rest Is Essential Something Is Wrong If I Wake Up Monday Morning Unprepared to Embrace My Week The Old Testament talks a lot about the Sabbath, the final day of the week. God—through the Old Testament writers...
Why I Don’t Dress Up for Church—Anymore May My Clothes Never Keep a Visitor from Encountering God My parents, especially my mom, taught me to dress up for church. That’s what people did when I was a kid, and I didn’t question it—even though I’m...
When Is the Best Time to Do Good? Helping others is one of many ways to worship God I like the stories about Jesus helping people in need, such as by feeding them and especially by healing them. Even more I like it when Jesus confronts the...
The Sabbath Day Sunday should not be a day of restriction but a day of freedom and celebration In the book of Exodus, God and Moses have a face-to-face meeting. That is significant. How cool would it be to have a direct conversation with the...
Why Do We Listen to a Sermon at Church Each Sunday? The Bible offers little support for a minister to preach a sermon to us at church Many changes occurred in church practices because of the Protestant Reformation some 500 years ago. One of those...
Considering the Sabbath: Are You Free or a Slave? Don’t be a slave to the Law or to legalism, but be free to accept Sunday as a gift from God The fourth of God’s Ten Commandments tells us to not work on the seventh day of the week and to keep it...
Don’t Be a Baby Christian Learn how to eat spiritual food and feed yourself The author of Hebrews (who I suspect was Paul) warns the young church, the followers of Jesus, that they need to grow up. Though many of them should be mature enough to...
What Does God Do On Sunday? After God finishes with his amazing creation he takes time on the seventh day to rest. He declares the day holy. Later in the Old Testament, God reminds his people to keep the Sabbath holy and to not work. Yea, a day...
What Do You Do On Sunday? What Should You Do on Sunday? People have different ideas about what you can and can’t do on Sundays, how you should and shouldn’t act. This ranges from Sunday being the same as every other day to Sunday being a solemn...
