Tabletalk Magazine, June 2011: 4 Views of the Sabbath (Biblia.com)

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The June 2011 issue of Tabletalk asks this question: How should Christians view and observe the Sabbath? This issue looks at four prominent views of the Sabbath and how it’s applied to the Christian: seventh-day sabbatarian, Sunday sabbatarian, Baptist, and Lutheran. Contributors include R. C. Sproul, John Piper, Carl Trueman, Collin Hansen, R. C. Sproul Jr., and Peter Hitchens.

Isaiah 58, however, following the thinking of those who hold the Continental view of the Sabbath. The distinction in Isaiah 58 is between doing what is pleasing to God and doing what is pleasing to ourselves in opposition to what is pleasing to God. Presumably, what is in view in the prophetic critique is God’s judgment against the Israelites for violating the Mosaic law with respect to the Sabbath day, particularly regarding involvement in commerce. There were Israelites who wanted to be able to

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