A World Without the Sabbath

Kevin Swanson uncovers a front page Rocky Mountain News article from 1859, entitled “A World Without the Sabbath.” (The Rocky Mountain News is still Colorado's most popular newspaper.) For a moment, the author of this front page article envisions the horrible nightmare of a world without the Sabbath. “What would it do to the family? What would it to the nation?”

This spawns a discussion on the Christian Sabbath and the part that it has played in Christian culture for 2,000 years. Should it be celebrated on the 1st day of the week, or the some other day? Kevin Swanson also touches on the exceptions allowed by Christ for the deeds of necessity and mercy.