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Grain-Gleaning and Sheep-Rescuing: Sabbath Works of Necessity

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  • David H. Kranendonk

How best can we keep the Sabbath? What is allowed on a Sunday? Are these some of the questions you have? This article will help you with ways to observe the Sabbath to the honour of God, and for the good of others and yourself.

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The Fourth Commandment The Ten Commandments Series: Part 4

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  • R. Albert Mohler Jr.

What is the purpose of the Lord’s Day? How should we celebrate the Sunday? Why do we worship on Sunday rather than on the Sabbath? This article answers these questions as it looks at the fourth commandment.

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The Fourth Commandment: Keeping the Sabbath Day

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  • Jim Klazinga

Christ's resurrection and the celebration of salvation are the reasons for the changing of the Sabbath day to the Lord’s Day. This article shows that we honour the fourth commandment by going to church and celebrating salvation with God’s people. 

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The Sabbath Rest

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  • Joshua Ng

This article considers the fourth commandment in the context of all of Scripture, as well as for today.

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The Fourth Commandment

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  • Sinclair B. Ferguson

This article considers how the fourth commandment relates to our sanctification.

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What about the 4th Commandment?

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  • Roland S. Barnes

Is Sunday the Sabbath? From Exodus 20:8-11 this article gives an account of the Sabbath in the OT context, in the teaching and practice of Christ while on earth, and in light of Christ's resurrection. It shows how the day moved from Saturday to Sunday.

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Keeping the Sabbath An Aid to Worship

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  • Michael P. V. Barrett

Looking at the fourth commandment, this article shows that the Sabbath was given by God as an aid to worship him.

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9 Thoughts on Two Sunday Services

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  • Wes L. Bredenhof

This article gives nine thoughts for calling Christians to observe the second service on the Lord's Day.

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The Lord’s Half-Day

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  • Harold Gibson

Lack of attendance at the evening service points to a lack of thankfulness and a lost sense of the privilege of worship. This article shows that the second service should be kept, in obedience to the fourth commandment.

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Sunday, Glorious Day of the Lord A Resource

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This article looks at the connection between the fourth commandment and Sunday. After showing the transition of the day of rest from Saturday to Sunday, the article gives principles that guide the celebration of Sunday, and maps the ethical implications of this celebration in view of economic and social developments.

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Ethos of the Lord’s Day

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  • Doug Van Meter

This article shows that the call to keep the Lord’s Day is rooted in the fourth commandment, which is still applicable today. It shows what it means practically to keep the Lord’s Day.

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The Fourth Commandment: Our Catechism, Calvin, and Ursinus

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  • Kenneth Koole

Does the way in which the Heidelberg Catechism deals with the fourth Commandment in Lord’s Day 38 leave you longing for more? The catechism does not say anything about what is forbidden on the Sabbath. Is this an issue? This article looks at Calvin's perspective on the fourth commandment and how this perspective influenced Ursinus. 

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Affirmation of the Christian Sabbath

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  • Eastwood PCA

The Lord's Day is intended to secure rest, blessing, and delight for the Christian. This article shows how keeping the Sabbath brings that, and it gives practical suggestions to keeping the Sunday.

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Affirmation of the Christian Sabbath

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  • Eastwood PCA

The Lord's Day is intended to secure rest, blessing, and delight for the Christian. This article shows how keeping the Sabbath brings that, and it gives practical suggestions to keeping the Sunday.

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On the Sabbath

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  • Drew Bennett

This is a study on the fourth commandment and its implications for the believer today. It looks at the meaning of Sabbath through the whole of Scripture in an attempt to show what the Christian attitude should be towards the Sabbath.

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Discovering God's Will: Paley's Problem with Special Reference to "the Christian Sabbath"

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  • Graham A. Cole

This article wants to consider the value of William Paley (1743-1805), Archdeacon of Carlisle, as Christian ethicist. Paley propagated theological utilitarianism that raises fundamental questions about the relationship between faith and ethics. Paley's problem was how to discover the will of God.

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