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Perspectives on the Sabbath: Four views is unavailable, but you can change that!

Perspectives on the Sabbath presents in point-counterpoint form the four most common views of the Sabbath commandment that have arisen throughout church history, representing the major positions held among Christians today. Skip MacCarty (Andrews University) defends the Seventh-day view which argues the fourth commandment is a moral law of God requiring us to keep the seventh day (Saturday) holy....

in at least seven places, recognizing the abiding validity of at least the verses it cites. And these range from the foundational calls to holiness and neighbor love (vv. 2, 18) to specific injunctions like not holding back a hired worker’s wages overnight and not showing partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich (vv. 13, 15).41 The Sabbath commands, however, like many other parts of the chapter, are not mentioned. A fourth main approach, finally, elevates the Ten
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