Always in the ministry through the years that the Lord has given to me, I have been encouraged to see Scripture in detail, as you well know, sometimes bearing down with amazing relentlessness on one ...

Introduction121 Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, The Lords appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocationsMy appointed times are these: (Leviticus 23:2). The Lords appointed times are festivals and holy days that commemorate significant times and ...

What is the Sabbath day? Is the Sabbath day a day of rest, or a day of worship?

Introduction As I sat at breakfast with a friend this week, discussing this message, I told Don that I could not conceive of a way to teach on the Sabbath in less than two lessons. He confessed to me that he was wondering how I would fill up one message with the subject. The re...

Since the beginning of time, God has made rest serious business. Unlike many cultures today that are work-centered, our God is a God who values the Sabbath intensely.

Worship is the primary focus of the Heidelberg Catechism's exposition of the fourth commandment in question and answer 104. There is good reason for this, as the people of God have long associated Sabbath-keeping with ...

One thing that most Christian heresies have in common is a denial of the deity of Christ, often accompanied by the assertion that Jesus never claimed to be God. Now, it is true that the ...

Work hard and rest well. The latter is crucial for the former.

Why is sleep/sleeping necessary? Why did God create us with the need to sleep?