Following these experiences, I reflected a great deal on the hostility of American Christianity toward the Sabbath. In the midst of our Sabbath experiment, I was in a meeting with our church’s financial board. Sitting there, it dawned on me that were I to cheat on my wife, I would lose my job. If I stole from the church, I would be run out of town. If I lied about the church finances, I would be in huge trouble. If I worshiped another god, I’d be removed. There are nine commandments that, if I chose to break, I might lose my ministry over. But if I did not keep a Sabbath day, I would probably
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