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What would you do for twenty-four hours if the only criteria were to pursue your deepest joy? Dan Allender’s lyrical book about the Sabbath expels the myriad myths about this “day of rest,” starting with the one that paints the Sabbath as a day of forced quiet, spiritual exercises, and religious devotion and attendance. This, he says, is at odds with the ancient tradition of Sabbath as a day of...

future state. Sabbath is not about time off or a break in routine. It is not a minivacation to give us a respite so we are better prepared to go back to work. The Sabbath is far more than a diversion; it is meant to be an encounter with God’s delight. The Sabbath mimics God’s response on the seventh day; certainly he was not tired from his busy creational enterprise.1 If we need to get downtime or chill, then we should use another day and not the Sabbath. In fact, if we enter the Sabbath with joy,
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