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Exploring the history and mystery of calendars, and the days that mark the rhythm of our lives: the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day.

SABBATH: FEAST OR FAST?

Marcion was born around 85 AD in the region of Pontus. On our maps that would be the north coast of Turkey, along the Black Sea. Some historians say he was a wealthy ship owner who converted to Christianity as an adult. Others claim that his father was a bishop. In...

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DATA TRUMPS ASSUMPTOINS

The Sabbath/Sunday debate often devolves into a contest between two equally naïve assumptions – both of which are faulty. Both betray a misreading of the historical data – or, in some cases, a woeful ignorance that the data even exists. On one hand, there’s the...

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The Worst Arguments Against the Sabbath?

There are all kinds of ideas kicking around about why Christians don’t need to keep the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment. Here’s one of the most popular: "We live under the New Covenant, are saved by grace, and therefore the Ten Commandments are irrelevant." Not only...

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One Day Above Another?

Was the Apostle Paul taking a stand against Sabbath observance when he wrote Romans 14:5? This verse is commonly used in anti-Sabbath arguments today. Let's take a look. "One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of...

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Seventh-day Sabbath Survived!

There is no New Testament authority for establishing Sunday as a holy day for believers. There are only eight references to the first day of the week in the NT, and six of those are part of the resurrection narratives. None of the eight can be reasonably construed as...

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A Year with no Easter?

Most of the converts to the new faith were Jews by birth, culture, and religion. All the original Apostles were Jews. Even after the influx of Gentile converts, leadership of the church was overwhelmingly Jewish. It comes as no surprise, then, that the calendar of the...

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Moonlit Easter

During the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD the Christian world was divided over the Easter question. Should the celebration be tied to Passover? That meant that it could come on any day of the week. Easter/Passover would be on the 14th of Nisan according to the Jewish...

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