Sabbath | Resting In Christ

Get Some Rest!  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 1, 2002

GET SOME REST! Our most notorious industrial accidents in recent years—Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, the fatal navigational error of Korean Air Lines 007—all occurred in the middle of the night. When the USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian A300 airbus killing all 290 people aboard, ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 31:13-17

Tags: Labor Day, Giving Yourself, Commandments Sabbath, Workplace Balance

Sunday School  PRO

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Aug 15, 2002

[Sunday School] When Robert Raikes started the Sunday School Movement, the Archbishop of Canterbury called together the bishops to see what could be done to stop him, for, he said, it was a violation of Exodus 20:8. In the late 1700’s "Sabbath (or Sunday) School Societies" were started here and ...read more

Tags: Discipleship

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

F. A Preacher Rode By One Sunday Morning To See ...  PRO

Contributed by Davon Huss on Feb 12, 2003

F. A preacher rode by one Sunday morning to see a farmer and church member at work harvesting. “Brother,” the minister lectured him, “don’t you know that the Creator made the world in six days and rested on the seventh?” ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Once There Was A Church In Holland Once Which ...  PRO

Contributed by David Elvery on Nov 14, 2004

Once there was a church in Holland once which felt strictly bound to obey God’s commandment to keep the Sabbath holy. On a certain Sunday the area was threatened by high wind and ferocious waves. If the dikes were not strengthened, the people would not survive. The police notified the pastor of ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

Denomination: Baptist

The Sabbath Is Gods Present To The Working Man, ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The Sabbath is Gods present to the working man, and one of its chief objects is to prolong his lifeThe savings bank ...read more

Tags: Commandments Sabbath

One Writer Puts It Well When He Says, "Sabbath ...  PRO

Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on May 7, 2007

One writer puts it well when he says, “Sabbath is taking a day a week to remind myself that I did not make the world and that it will continue to exist without my efforts. Sabbath is a day when my work is done, even if it isn’t. Sabbath is a day when my job is to enjoy. Period. Sabbath is a ...read more

Tags: Sabbath, Rest

Denomination: Methodist