- Does the Sabbath include resting and praying and worship?
Returning to the preview question, the hosts agree the Sabbath is about rest and doing something different from the week's labor, not a second shift of lighter work, and that holy means set apart rather than a pious performance. They argue the day need not be Sunday, citing that the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath, and quote Genesis on God resting the seventh day. They push back on equating Sabbath with church attendance, trace the American two-day weekend to competing Saturday and Sunday Sabbaths, and note 1 Corinthians 16's first-day-of-the-week gathering without treating it as a worship mandate.
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