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The Forgotten Day

Dr. Desmond Ford
Newcastle, CA
© 1981


The unheralded classic of the 20th century on the Sabbath and the Gospel

An investigation of the ongoing significance of
the Sabbath of the Fourth Commandment for all


TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
Page No.
Preface
vii
1
 The Forgotten Day
 1
2
 Three Secrets of Happy Living
11
3
 God's All-Embracing Sign and Its Particular Relevance for the Twentieth Century 
19
4
 Ethics, Chaos, and Cosmos
35
5
 Should I, or Shouldn't I? How Can I Choose? 
How Relevant are the Ten Commandments Today?
49
6
 The Edenic Origin of the Sabbath
75
7
 God's Bulwark Against Apostasy From 
Eden to Eden 
87
8
 The Sabbath and Colossians 2:16
101
9
 Is the Seventh-Day Sabbath a Moral Test Today? 
137
10
 The Decalogue and the Law of Israel 
186
11
 The Sabbath and the Gospel 
197
12
 A Shorthand Summary of the Sabbath Question 
205
13
 Sabbath or Sunday? 
217
14
 Questions and Answers 
227
Appendix I
 Christ and the Sabbath 
267
Appendix II
 Romans 14:5,6
277
Appendix III
 Galatians 4:9,10 
283
Appendix IV
 Colossians 2:13-23 
287
Appendix V
 The Everlasting Ten 
291
Appendix VI
 The Historical Evidence for Christian Sabbath-
keeping in the Early Centuries
300
Select Bibliography
312
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