https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
The stiff-necked Christians [Acts 7:51-54] What is stubbornness? It is dogged determination not to change one’s attitude or position on something (Internet). This word is used to actively present one's thoughts to other or is used to do what one thinks without listening to others. The Bible Exodus 32:9 says that the people of Israel are “a stiff-necked people.” What does it mean? It is a metaphor for human stubbornness and foolish arrogance that does not obey God. The word “stiff-necked” means obstinacy. This reminds us a yoked cow. When we try to yoke the cow, the cow has to bow its head. But since the cow doesn't want to, the cow stiffens its neck. In Acts 7:51 we can see the expression “stiff-necked”. As we meditate on the four ways in which a straight-necked Christian is doing, I pray that if we are a straight-necked Christian, we will have the opportunity to repe...