Sabbath



Are “Sabbathers” Jews or Christians?

By David Larson

In this column I hope to elaborate an idea that surfaced in Alex Carpenter’s recent blog on “Sabbathing” and in the excellent comments that followed it. This is that celebrating Sabbath can be a powerful and much needed Christian affirmation of Judaism, on the one hand, and disaffirmation of religious coercion, on the other. Chuck Scriven, Monte Sahlin and probably others expressed themselves along these lines. I would like to join them without implying that all of us agree about everything.

( July 3rd, 2008 )
26 June 2008

Sabbathing

By Alexander Carpenter
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For Adventists, the Sabbath has set us apart, both from "the world" and from mainstream Christendom. While some, particularly a few ex-Adventists, attack us for our Sabbatarianism, I think they are missing the point.

Getting at that, a recent post at Cliff yesterday sparked some reflections on why I keep the Sabbath as a young Seventh-day Adventist.

14 June 2008

A good idea

By Alexander Carpenter
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The Atlantic has a list of interesting ideas in various categories. Who cares to argue with number four?

MODEST PROPOSALS FOR THE YEAR TO COME

■ Super-duper delegates for the Democratic Party

■ Nationality-specific ethnic restaurants in all foreign embassies

■ A Fulbright scholarship for Dick Cheney

■ A weekly Sabbath from the Web

■ An end to global warming

Mudhouse Sabbath: A Book About Those Things I Miss

Posted February 7th, 2008 by Shasta Nelson
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What do you do when you’ve walked away from one form of religion only to discover you miss, at least some aspects, of it? Seven years after converting from Orthodox Judaism to Christianity, Lauren Winner admits that, while she is in love with Jesus and his teachings, she misses the practices and rituals of Judaism.

31 January 2008

Souplantation and Sabbath Justice

By Jared Wright
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To eat out or not to eat out? On Sabbath. For many Adventists, it isn’t even a question.

We don’t go out to eat on Sabbath primarily because of an admonition by Ellen White that we ought to leave business plans and transactions aside on the Sabbath (see Patriarchs and Prophets, 307). Buying food on the Sabbath has traditionally been lumped together with business plans and transactions, and so by extension, Adventists typically avoid eating out on Sabbath.

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