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Study Papers About the Sabbath

What Do the Scriptures Say About the Sabbath?

• Overview Q&A article: Is the Sabbath required for Christians today? 
• The Sabbath in the Books of Moses
  • The "rest" of Genesis 2 
  • Does Leviticus 23 command Sabbath meetings? 
• The Sabbath in the Writings and the Prophets
• Jesus and the Sabbath
  • Jesus kept the Sabbath. Shouldn't we follow his example? 
  • Mark 2:27 - Was the Sabbath made for everyone? 
  • Does Mark 2:27 command Christians to observe the weekly Sabbath (longer article) 
  • Is the Sabbath a moral law or a ceremonial law?
  • What did Jesus mean, pray that your flight will not be on the Sabbath?
  • Bible study: the weekly Sabbath — Jesus' example
• Paul and the Sabbath
  • Bible study: the Sabbath in Acts and the Epistles
• Hebrews 4:9 and other questions
  • Does Hebrews 4:9 command the Sabbath?  — a study paper

“One person considers one day more sacred than another; another person considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his or her own mind” (Rom. 14:5).

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• Chapter 1: The Law and the Promise
• Chapter 2: The Law and the Spirit
• Chapter 3: Entering God's Rest
• Chapter 4: The Object of Worship
• Chapter 5: New Wineskins

Is there a Sabbath "principle" for Christians to keep? 
Can God's Sabbath law be "done away"? 

Should we meet on Sundays?
Q & A about practical realities of having two sets of days
Why the seventh day? - a response to an Adventist 
A second letter to an Adventist 
The covenants and the Sabbath, part 1: the Old Testament
The covenants and the Sabbath, part 2: the New Testament
From Sunday to Sabbath: the Puritan origins of Sabbatarianism

Sabbath and Sunday in Early Christianity by Michael Morrison