sabbath observance

  1. GraceinTruth

    Honoring the Lord’s Day if I can’t go to church.

    Apart from the edifying reading of Scripture and hearing of sermons, and abstinence from work, what else can I do to sanctify the day?
  2. Tree

    Video games for youth group hangout time

    My youth group meets on Sunday evenings and has a 'hang time' of fellowship at the beginning and end for most of this hangout time all the youth play a video game together. Should I participate in it as fellowship or not because the time is mostly centered around the game not specifically...
  3. Travis Fentiman

    Recreation on the Lord's Day Article

    Friends, It is often thought Westminster Confession 21.8 prohibits all recreation on the Sabbath. On the contrary, I have written something of an academic article which appears as "Intro & Westminster Only Necessarily Prohibits Worldly Recreations on the Sabbath" on the Recreation on the...
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    • Forum: The Lord's Day or Christian Sabbath
  4. F

    Keeping the Sabbath With Others

    I'm fairly new to the practice of Sabbath keeping and have been keeping the Sabbath alone. But I would like to find a way to draw others from my church into the spiritual blessings and delights of the Lord’s day. Have you got any advice on how I can do this outside the context of public worship...
  5. Travis Fentiman

    Recreation on the Lord's Day

    As the whole of the Lord’s Day is to be set apart unto the immediate service of the Lord and spiritual duties, apart from necessities, so Isa. 58:13-14 says that: “If thou turn away thy foot from… doing thy pleasure on my holy day… Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord…” Hence...
  6. Travis Fentiman

    When Does the Sabbath Begin?

    Friends, When Does the Sabbath Begin? In the most comprehensive treatment to-date on the subject, I argue in this academic article from Scripture that the Sabbath has always been from dawn-to-dawn since Creation throughout the Bible, without exception. Fentiman, Travis – The Biblical Sabbath...
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Worship
  7. Texas

    Church When Travelling

    Does anyone know of a Presbyterian Church that holds 2 services on the Lord's day in the Biloxi, MS/Alabama area? We'll be traveling through this area this Summer.
    • Texas
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: General discussions
  8. Travis Fentiman

    Resources Available - Keeping the Lord's Day

    Friends, In light of the recent Super Bowl, how are we to keep the Lord's Day holy? What are the practical nuts and bolts of it? Is our main focus upon enjoying and worshipping the Lord only for public worship in the morning, or is it to extend to the whole day? Is it ok to eat out at...
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