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The Sabbath, the law, and love, parts 3 and 4

Lynne Baab • Tuesday February 3 2026

Overall theme for the next few months: God’s law is love

Lesson 2, parts 3 and 4:The Sabbath, the law, and love (for parts 1 and 2, look here.)

Passage: Luke 14:1-6

Key verse: Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath, or not?” But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him, and sent him away. Luke 14:3-4

3. Reframing the Sabbath

Some Christians have argued that Jesus abolished the Sabbath, but most scholars argue that he redefined and reshaped it, returning it back to God’s original intent: a day of feasting and enjoyment that reflects the abundant love of...

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The Sabbath, the law, and love, parts 1 and 2

Lynne Baab • Tuesday January 27 2026

Overall theme for the next few months: God’s law is love

Lesson 2, parts 1 and 2: The Sabbath, the law, and love

Passage: (Luke 14:1-6)

Key verse: Jesus asked the lawyers and Pharisees, “Is it lawful to cure people on the Sabbath, or not?” But they were silent. So Jesus took him and healed him, and sent him away. Luke 14:3-4

2. Stepping into the Word

Imagine that you want to be healthier, so you decide to try to eat more vegetables. You wonder how to approach this commitment. Should you count the vegetables you eat? Should you make a list of different kinds of vegetables and try to...

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The Sabbath and prayer

Lynne Baab • Tuesday June 27 2023

John is in touch by email with friends from all over the world who work in various missions and ministries. Every time one of them sends him an email with a prayer request in it, he prints off the email and puts it in a stack on his desk. On Sundays, his Sabbath, he goes to church in the morning and in the afternoon he prays through all the requests in his stack of emails.

Sam goes to Bible Study Fellowship. He saves up all his homework for the week and does it on Sunday afternoon, his Sabbath. He knows that’s not...

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Holy Spirit disruptions: Detachment with love

Lynne Baab • Saturday September 11 2021

A few years ago a friend started attending Alanon. She taught me a phrase she learned there: “detachment with love.” In Alanon, the phrase is used to describe a stance that supports family members and friends who suffer from addiction, without enabling or rescuing. For me, those words unlocked a door I had been trying to get through for years, not so much with addicts but with people I find challenging. I had seen the kind of detachment that hurts: family members completely rejecting other family members, friends who completely turn away from friends. I had seen the kind of love...

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