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A thorough but highly accessible guide to thinking more creatively and biblically about the theme of Sabbath Rest throughout Scripture. Homeward Bound examines the biblical theme of ‘rest’ and how this should impact on our understanding of faith and life. While many Christians today have focused on a Sabbath rest as somehow just relating to what we do or do not do on a Sunday, Goldsworthy takes...

a Christian Sabbath. After all, the Sabbath commandment says nothing about what an Israelite was obliged to do on that day other than to keep it holy; it only prohibits work. I suspect that mostly we tend to interpret the holiness of Sunday in accord with personal preference or the recently formed traditions of our local Christian subculture. As the apostle to the Gentiles, Paul never urged either circumcision or Sabbath-keeping on his converts or the churches. There is no way that the Sabbath could
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