“Remember the Sabbath day,” decrees the Fourth Commandment. “When you’re a pastor, how could you possibly forget?” is the snappy 21st-century comeback. Yet this command presents a special dilemma for ...

One of the most foundational, but increasingly forgotten, principles in Scripture is God’s command to honor the Sabbath: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy…” (Exodus 20:8). While Christians ...

The concept of a seven-day week goes back several millennia, and in Judaism, the seventh day of the week was designated as the Sabbath. This was based on the book of Genesis where, over six days, God ...

Three divisions of U. S. citizens are compelled by their religious beliefs to abstain from all work and business from sunset Friday until sunset Saturday: orthodox Jews, Seventh-Day Adventists, ...

When I lived on campus last summer, I had an overwhelming amount of free time on the weekends. On Friday nights, I would go to Shabbat dinners hosted by Jewish friends. We would pack into sweltering ...