Wrestling with Rest (Part 1)

I’m bad at rest.  Not at sleeping.  I can sleep like no one’s business.  I can sleep in a bed, on a plane, on the ground, and on a train (which is really a great way to sleep if you’ve never experienced it.) Sleep I can handle.  Rest, not so much. The issue of Sabbath [...]

Rest Reflects Relationship

Continuing through Matthew 12, I encountered yet another Sabbath controversy for Jesus.  He’s just claimed that he is Lord of the Sabbath, and yet the people still want to test him to see what he’ll do–this time providing a man with a withered hand to be their case study. I was reminded today that Matthew [...]