Dead Sea Scrolls Preserve Lunar Reckoning: Scripture, Qumran, Jubilees, and the Modern Calendar-Reset Theories By Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD In recent decades, small groups have promoted increasingly radical reconstructions of the Biblical calendar. One theory claims that the Biblical week resets with the lunar month, producing interrupted weekly cycles. Another appeals to the […]
The Biblical Sabbath Week Was Never Reset: Scripture, History, and the Modern Calendar Theories By Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD The Continuous Biblical Week — Before Getting Lost in Calendar Theories In recent decades, small groups on the internet have begun promoting increasingly complicated theories concerning the Biblical calendar. Some teach that the […]
Saint David of Wales, the Culdees, and the True Meaning of the ‘Lord’s Way’: A Defense of Celtic Sabbath Observance A small expose on the topic covered by Dr Stephen MK Brunswick ThD, PhD “Saturday Rest: the Christian Sabbath in Orthodox Faith”, page 35-36. Lord’s Way, Not Lord’s Day, proven The life and ecclesiastical […]
Chapter 12 from the book “Saturday Rest: Embracing the Christian Sabbath in Orthodox Faith” CONCLUSION God promised to keep a faithful remnant of Israel as His bride—a people who would continually observe the Sabbath of YAHWEH. The Sabbath is only one of many signs or “marks” of His true people, who are destined to […]
A quick rundown of reasons the New Testament church is admonished to participate in the wonderful Sabbath blessings. Please see the content at the bottom of this article, listing Scriptures that show Sabbath Keeping is about Blessings and Rewards. I hope you don’t miss out on these. True Freedom is called His law, only transgression […]
Keeping the Sabbath “Love Feasts” More Fully. Below is a chapter from the book “Sabbath in the Orthodox Church“. While most of the book is about church history, this chapter is more on Pastoral counselling. This book would be incomplete without a section that covers the benefits and practices by which a believer can increase […]
EXPANDED REFERENCE EDITION SATURDAY REST: EMBRACING THE CHRISTIAN SABBATH IN ORTHODOX FAITH By Rev. Dr. Stephen M.K. Brunswick, ThD, PhD Now substantially expanded with hundreds of historical sources and references throughout. This new Expanded Reference Edition restores important documentation and references from earlier editions while greatly expanding the historical sourcing of the work. Many chapters […]