If you are like me, you probably think of chapters one and two of Genesis as the beginning of the Sabbath. After spending six days creating the world and the universe, Genesis 2:2-3 says: By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on Read more…
Last week we talked about “gentle Jesus,” who treated sinners with compassion and kindness. In the synoptic Gospels, we find another story that is noteworthy because of Jesus’ compassion—the story of a man with a withered hand, probably atrophied as a result of some type of paralysis.[1] Jesus encounters the Read more…
Eric Liddell, a young Scotsman, refused to compete in the 100-meter dash and two relay races in the 1924 Paris Olympics because he was unwilling to race on a Sunday. I am old enough to remember when people in the United States could buy little more more than groceries on Read more…