Passage: Hebrews 4:9-11

The Sabbath day, like may other Old Testament ordinances and rituals, pointed to a greater reality than itself. It foreshadowed the rest that God provides in Christ (Colossians 2:16-17). There is good news, gospel, for us in this idea of Sabbath.

 Passage: Mark 2:28

Jesus broke some rules, religious and cultural rules, but he was not a rebel. He is Lord.

Have you ever thought that a truly spiritual life sort of bounces from one ecstatic experience to another? That's dangerous and depressing. For years, preachers have used a couple of connected events in the Gospels to talk about that kind of expectation and its problems.

 Passage: 1 John 4:8 & 1 John 4:16

Life is about relationships. Whenever there is life, there are relationships. That's Bible.