The Sabbath - Delighting in Relationship

Since the weekly Sabbath was instituted at creation, people have either rejected it or turned it into an increasingly burdensome system of religious rules and regulations. During His earthly ministry, Jesus Christ demonstrated the true purpose of the Sabbath - the blessing it was meant to be for humanity.

Tony Stith grew up in the Pacific Northwestern United States. He has been a member of the churches of God all of his life, attending the Boise, Idaho, Lewiston, Idaho and Spokane, Washington churches of God. After graduating college in Pasadena, CA in 1990, he and his wife Elizabeth moved to Minnesota, where they now live in Woodbury, a suburb just to the southeast of St. Paul. They attend the Twin Cities United Church of God congregation.