by Jeremy | Jul 19, 2024 | Sabbath Thoughts
How do you make something holy? Trick question—you can’t. You can keep something holy, like the Sabbath. God told us to “remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy” (Exodus 20:8).Once every seven days, we make an effort to maintain the holiness of the 24 hours God that...
by Jeremy | Jun 21, 2024 | Sabbath Thoughts
Before they were known as Christians, the early followers of Jesus Christ were identified as “belonging to the Way” (Acts 9:2, ESV). I love that. It was a path and a way of life. This strange new sect of Judaism was marked by the way the disciples lived. What about...
by Jeremy | May 31, 2024 | Sabbath Thoughts
I’m big into board games. If you know me, this is no surprise. Even if you don’t know me, it’s probably not much of a surprise. I’ve already shoehorned it into at least one Sabbath Thought, and this probably won’t be the last time, either. A good board game gives you...
by Jeremy | May 24, 2024 | Sabbath Thoughts
The year was 1089. A scribe sat down to finish his current project: a handwritten copy of the gospel accounts in Greek. He wasn’t the first to do it, and he wasn’t the last. He was a single link in a chain stretching back nearly a thousand years before his birth, and...
by Jeremy | May 10, 2024 | Sabbath Thoughts
On Sinai, God gave Moses verbal blueprints for constructing His tabernacle—the tent in which He would dwell with Israel during their time in the wilderness. The very first blueprint God described was for the ark of the testimony. This ornate golden box would be...
