Created to Rest: Entering Into Joyful Communion With God

God’s dual invitations to work and to rest validate the special bond between God, humanity, and creation.

Commanded to Rest: The Impact of the Fall

After the Fall rest becomes a necessary antidote to the harshness of work, yet rest is elusive because humanity’s perfect relationship with...

Why People Can’t Rest – Human Nature Revealed in the Hebrew Scriptures

The Fall makes work difficult, and creates a desperate need for people to experience both physical and spiritual rest. But people often...

How Rest is Restored – Sabbath & Jesus’ Redemption in the New Testament

The deeper problem with rest is not a matter of scheduling. It is a matter of trust in God. Somehow, people’s hearts...

Is a Weekly Sabbath Observance Expected of Christians?

Although people are free to choose when and how to rest, there are compelling arguments both for observing a weekly sabbath rest...

How Christians Can Experience Deeper Rest

Believers can give Jesus their burdens and experience deeper rest. However, it takes a full surrendering of minds, hearts, and wills.

God Limits His Work, Resting on the Seventh Day (Genesis 2:1-3)

Why did God rest from work on the seventh day?

God Sets Limits (Genesis 2:3; 2:17)

God sets limits to our work. It's up to us to discern those limits and live within them.

The Sabbath and the Work We Do (Deuteronomy 5:13)

The first part of the fourth commandment calls for ceasing labor one day in seven. On the one hand, this was an...

Work Within a Balanced Life (Jeremiah 17)

Jeremiah also turned his attention to the rhythm of work and rest. As always, the prophet began with God’s earlier self-revelation; in...

My Yoke Is Easy (Matthew 11:28-30)

As we walk through Matthew’s Gospel, we see that opposition to Jesus—his message and his actions—is increasing. It culminates in Matthew 12:1...

Working on the Sabbath (Matthew 12:1-8)

Making Time Off Predictable and Required Read more here about a new study regarding rhythms of rest and work done at the...

Mark 1:29–39. Rhythms of Work and Rest

Jesus’ healing in this episode occurs through personal touch.

Sabbath and Work (Luke 6:1-11; 13:10-17)

The Sabbath is an essential part of the biblical understanding of work, and Jesus teaches about the Sabbath in the Gospel of...

Sabbath Rest in Christ: Needed for Life’s Journey (Hebrews 3:7–4:16)

As much as the creation is therefore the good work of God in Christ, there is still a stark contrast between the...

How Do We Counter a Breathless Pace of Life and Move Towards Balance?

There are several ways to get our busy lives in better balance. Be focused on what is most important for your life...

Chapter 6 - Resting From Work: Taking a Break

What do you think of when you hear the word “rest”? Do you dream of quiet days in a deck chair on...

A Gift From God – Wayne’s Sabbath Year

I’d had a difficult year. Despite my intense commitment to working with unchurched young people, I was feeling tired and drawn. Everything...

Entertainment

In advanced industrial societies entertainment is virtually synonymous with leisure, since entertainment is the major form of leisure.

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