What Does It Mean To Rest On The Sabbath
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Rest in the Lord
LEARNING TO REST IN THE LORD will maximize the power of God to change your life. The journey of life is filled with blessings and curses, truths and lies, peace and distress. The Scriptures speak of a constant state of being “... pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed” 2 Corinthians 4:8–9, NLT. All of us have or will experience life’s traumas (pressure, anguish, affliction) over the course of our lives. How we respond to trauma could alter the destiny that God had planned for your life. This book will aid mature Christian Believers, Pastors, Church leaders, or Deliverance / Ministry Team leaders who understand what the Apostle Paul calls the “meat of the Word of God.” The teachings in this book provide a deeper understanding and practical application of scriptures for counseling or ministry to people who are seeking healing from internal chaos, so that they can Rest in the Lord. This book is highly recommended, especially if you serve in any type of leadership role. As leaders, we certainly want to operate in our ministries and businesses out of a place of rest rather than striving, so that our impact upon others comes from the heart of God flowing through us rather than from our own striving for approval or affirmation.
What Does This Mean?
Author: Charles Degner
language: en
Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House
Release Date: 2024-09-24
How do I teach God's Word to my children? For centuries, Luther's Small Catechism has been and continues to be a valuable tool for both pastors and parents in their spiritual teaching roles. What Does This Mean? Exploring Our Christian Faith is written especially for families with grade school children. This remarkable book will remind you that the catechism is not simply a textbook; it is a book that connects you to the message of life in the Bible by helping you discover and study biblical teachings in a planned way. You and your children will better understand what Baptism means for you, the blessings of the Lord's Supper, the meaning of the Lord's Prayer, the power and love of our heavenly Father, the redemption that is ours in his Son, the significance of the Holy Spirit's work, and much more. Featuring one devotion for each question in the catechism, this book will help prepare your children for catechism class and prepare believers of all ages for a life of faith!
The Battle for the Sabbath in the Dutch Reformation
Author: Kyle J. Dieleman
language: en
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Release Date: 2019-01-21
Kyle J. Dieleman focuses on the doctrinal and practical importance of Sunday observance in the early modern Reformed communities in the Low Countries. My project investigates the theological import of the Sabbath and its practical applications. The first step is to focus on how Dutch Reformed theologians conceived of the Sabbath. The theology of the Sabbath, I argue, moves over time from an emphasis on spiritual rest to participating in the ministries of the church to a strict rest from all work and recreation. The next step is to explore congregants' actual Sunday practices. By attending to church governance records at the national, regional, and local levels the importance of proper Sabbath observance quickly becomes clear. The provincial synod records, classes' records, and consistory records indicate that church authorities were adamant that church members faithfully attend sermon and catechism services, refrain from sinful practices, and abstain from recreational activities. Equally as telling as the observance demanded of church members is how church authorities responded. The church records portray these authorities as fretting over the disordered and unregulated nature of improper Sabbath observance. Having established the importance of the Sabbath in Dutch Reformed theology and lived piety, I argue the emphasis on Sunday observance is best understood as resulting from two main factors. First, the emphasis on proper Sunday observance is a result of the Reformed church authorities attempting to maintain the pious reputation of the Reformed faith and establish the identity of the Reformed Church amid multiple other confessional identities. Second, proper observance of the Sabbath was important because it ensured order within the church and society more broadly.