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The Christological Sign of the Sabbath

Nov 2, 2023

The circumstances surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ provide further basis for our understanding of Jesus as the Rest Provider. Just as He looked back over His newly created world and pronounced it good, the Son of God looked back over the completed work of redemption and cried out, “It is finished” (Gen. 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31; John 19:27). Having finished His labor to provide redemption, Jesus rested as His body lay in the ground on the old covenant Sabbath day. When He rose on the first day of the week, Jesus ushered in the Christian Sabbath (i.e., the Lord’s Day of Rev. 4:3).

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The Bewitching Influence of Secularism

By: Nick Batzig Sep 13, 2022

Secularism is a religion. Make no mistake about it. Though many seek to advance it as a neutralizing alternative to a religiously structured society, it is, in its own right, a religion. A secular worldview is not content until it has permeated every fabric of society–from civic ethics to media to education. Just as the Christian worldview is meant to permeate all human activity, so secularism seeks to stand in the gap and block a truly consistent application of Christianity to every aspect of life. There is a bewitching element of secularism to which many–even many Christians–are blind.

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Nov 2

2023

The Christological Sign of the Sabbath

The circumstances surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ provide further basis for our understanding of Jesus as the Rest Provider. Just as He looked back over His newly created world and pronounced it good, the Son of God looked back over the completed work of redemption and cried out, “It is finished” (Gen. 1:10, 12, 18, 21, 25, 31; John 19:27). Having finished His labor to provide redemption, Jesus rested as His body lay in the ground on the old covenant Sabbath day. When He rose on the first day of the week, Jesus ushered in the Christian Sabbath (i.e., the Lord’s Day of Rev. 4:3).

Sep 13

2022

The Bewitching Influence of Secularism

By: Nick Batzig Category: Secularism

Secularism is a religion. Make no mistake about it. Though many seek to advance it as a neutralizing alternative to a religiously structured society, it is, in its own right, a religion. A secular worldview is not content until it has permeated every fabric of society–from civic ethics to media to education. Just as the Christian worldview is meant to permeate all human activity, so secularism seeks to stand in the gap and block a truly consistent application of Christianity to every aspect of life. There is a bewitching element of secularism to which many–even many Christians–are blind.