Tabletalk Magazine, June 2011: 4 Views of the Sabbath

by Ligonier Ministries

Publisher:

Ligonier Ministries

, 2011

Overview

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.

Contents

Top Highlights

“According to God’s eternal purpose, the day of rest became a weekly promise and reminder to sinners that He would provide redemption and rest.” (Page 16)

“The Puritan view argues against the acceptability of recreation on the Sabbath day” (Page 6)

“Jesus’ example teaches us that we may do works of mercy on the Sabbath but not that we must do such works on the Sabbath” (Page 7)

“doing what is pleasing to God and doing what is pleasing to ourselves in opposition to what is pleasing to God” (Page 7)

“God pictured the promised rest (eternal life) that He would provide for His people” (Page 15)

Product Details

• Title: Tabletalk Magazine, June 2011: 4 Views of the Sabbath
• Author: Ligonier Ministries
• Edition: 6
• Series: Tabletalk Magazine
• Volume: 35
• Publisher: Ligonier Ministries
• Print Publication Date: 2011
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Theology › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:TTJUN11
• Resource Type: Magazine
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:28:35Z

About Ligonier Ministries

R. C. Sproul is founder and president of Ligonier Ministries and president of Ligonier Academy. He also servers as the senior pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he has written more than seventy books including The Holiness of God, The Intimage Marriage, Essential Truths of the Christian Faith, Following the Cross, and the R. C. Sproul Exposition Collection.

Burk Parsons serves as editor of Tabletalk and associate pastor of Saint Andrew’s in Sanford, Fla., and he is editor of the books Assured by God: Living in the Fullness of God’s Grace and John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology.