{"id":52682,"date":"2018-02-18T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T02:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=52682"},"modified":"2022-08-27T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T01:43:12","slug":"what-a-wonderful-explanation-about-sabbath-keeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-a-wonderful-explanation-about-sabbath-keeping\/","title":{"rendered":"What a wonderful explanation about Sabbath keeping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>Hello preacher Jeffrey,<\/p>\n<p>What a wonderful explanation about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/tag\/sabbath\/\">Sabbath keeping<\/a>. Surely we have been fed hamburgers for a long time. Your website has made me fold my hands and keep quiet for a while, praying to God to make a way for me to meet with you, sit next to you, and receive this plain truth. This is my prayer because I&#8217;m leading a group of members from two families in Bible study and discussion, which I feel should be fed on the right meal from the Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, it is our humble request to preacher Jeffrey to have us in your heart and let the will of God be done. God bless you.<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>Thank you for your kind words. Time and expense keep me from traveling much. I usually try to get one two-week trip in each year, and there are far more places I would like to go and teach than I can fit in that schedule. I do hold weekly classes with a number of people around the world via Skype, but that is all I can offer at this time.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Hello preacher Jeffrey, What a wonderful explanation about\u00a0Sabbath keeping. Surely we have been fed hamburgers for a long time. Your website has made me fold my hands and keep quiet for a while, praying to God to make a way for me to meet with you, sit next to you, and receive this plain&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[127,348],"class_list":["post-52682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-about-this-site","tag-sabbath"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66073,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ive-been-breaking-the-sabbath\/","url_meta":{"origin":52682,"position":0},"title":"I&#8217;ve been breaking the Sabbath","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'm kind of in a tough situation and I need some help with this. 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