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Keep the Sabbath as day for family
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Sabbath-keeping is an essential component of the Judeo-Christian
story. And in our fast-paced, "you snooze, you lose" culture, it
ought to be reclaimed as an essential component of the human story as
well.
The admonition to keep Sabbath harkens to the earliest Hebrew
texts, first with the mention of God resting on the seventh day in
the creation story, followed by the story of God raining manna down
from heaven in Exodus 16, promising the Israelites bread for six days
as long as they w...
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Observing the Sabbath: What the Sabbath means to me
Charleston Gazette
; susanwilliams@wvgazette.com God commanded that we honor the Sabbath and keep it holy, and that we should do no work on the Sabbath. As soon as the Ten Commandments were hot off the slab, people tried to figure out how to get around them. What's work? And what's the Sabbath? From reading Bible
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Observing the Sabbath: Major religions keep the holy day special
Charleston Gazette
; susanwilliams@wvgazette.com For Rabbi Victor Urecki and his wife, the Sabbath is a day to slow down and to get close to family members, as well as the Sabbath's creator. Urecki said the Sabbath is "a gift, not a penalty." He said some people misunderstand the Sabbath as a day people must spend
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Is Anti-Judaism at Root of 'Sunday Sabbath'?
Israel Faxx
; By WorldNetDaily.com When Samuele Bacchiocchi, a Seventh-Day Adventist, immersed himself in the research of how the biblical Sabbath moved from Saturday to Sunday, he did so in an unlikely environment for a non-Catholic - the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He not only had open access to
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The Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday?
Redlands Daily Facts
; Q: Dear Professor Elder, Is the Sabbath Saturday or Sunday? Which day are we commanded to "keep holy"? Are emergency personnel (firemen, policemen, nurses, etc.) exempted from not working on the seventh day? Do you find it ironic that priests work on Sunday? A: Given the neighborhood I live in,
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The disciples and the sabbath.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin
; Mark 2:23-28 AS Jesus was passing through a field of grain on the sabbath, His disciples began to make a path while picking the heads of grain. At this the Pharisees said to Him, Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the sabbath? He said to them, Have you never read what David did when he
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