Hope, Joy, and Peace be with you! by Executive Director, Rob Appel   “I am feeling overwhelmed.” Those were the words I used on this rainy March morning when I spoke with Ron Ochs, our Financial Officer. Ron simply said, “One step at a time.” Do you ever feel like giving up? Do you feel like your situation is so hopeless that the only thing you can do is...

Healing Sabbath by Scott Morris, MD          (The following is adapted from “Healing Sabbath” by Rev. G. Scott Morris, MD. Found in the Church Health Reader, Fall 2013.)   “Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy” is one of the Ten Commandments. Some are old enough to remember when nothing much happened on Sabbath in observance of this commandment....

Apr 23, 2014

Why so few Sabbatarians? by Rev. Madison Harry    “Why so few Sabbatarians?” As a newcomer to Seventh Day Baptists, Rev. Madison Harry asked this question in 1890. Harry went on to pose more questions and posit even more answers and theories. His article, “Why has not God blessed Sabbath-keeping Christians more?” appeared in The Sabbath Recorder on August...

Apr 23, 2014

My Journey to the Sabbath by David Johnson          David Johnson is pastor of Sabbath Chapel in Flowery Branch, Georgia, a branch church of the Metro Atlanta Seventh Day Baptist Church. A retired teacher, coach, and former pastor of a Southern Baptist Church, Pastor David became a Seventh Day Baptist when he joined the Metro Atlanta church in 2010.       ...