Sabbath

For the first half of my life, I believed if a person does not observe the Sabbath on Saturday as commanded through Moses, and instead goes to church on Sunday, then that’s a sure sign he is a “false Christian.” That view is still taught today by many Sabbathkeeping denominations like the one in which I was raised. For example, it’s plainly taught in a January 20, 2024, sermon entitled “The Biblical Definition of a Christian” by COGWA preacher Erik Jones: [Read More]

Growing up in a Sabbathkeeping church, naturally I heard many sermons about why the Sabbath is to be observed by Christians. To me, one of the arguments that boosted my confidence in the rightness of our practice was that the apostles observed the Sabbath. Luke, who penned the book of Acts, records several occasions when the apostles frequented the synagogues on the Sabbath day – after Jesus ascended into heaven. [Read More]