The Spiritual Discipline of Sleeping

Posted on July 3, 2026 
Filed under Edification, Resources

Mark Powell at AP, the Australian Presbyterian journal, writes about sleep and the gospel –

“It should go without saying—but ironically, it needs to be said—that the reason we can sleep at all is because of Jesus’ death and resurrection. The Saviour’s great promise to all who are weary and burdened is to come to Him and He will give us rest (Matt. 11:28). Contrast this with the tragic, and indeed horrific, fate of unbelievers as described in Revelation 14:11, which says that there is ‘no rest for the wicked’ and ‘the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever.’…”

– Read it all here.