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20. The Lord’s Day

May 21, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

While John was on the Isle of Patmos he testified, “I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day” (Rev. 1:10). This is the first place in the Bible […]

19. The Old and New Sabbaths Contrasted

May 14, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

The shadowy Sabbath was the observance of every seventh day. “The seventh day is the Sabbath” (Exod. 20:10). The new-covenant Sabbath is not the observance of this particular day. “One […]

Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?

May 7, 2020 Stephen Pitcher 2013-2 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

STEPHEN PITCHER Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from a new book by Stephen Pitcher on The Clear Word, a paraphrase of the Bible by Jack Blanco, which is […]

18. The Gospel Rest

May 7, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Sabbath” means “rest.” Sabbatarians admit this. Hear Uriah Smith (leading Adventist), “The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest.’ That is the one sole idea it conveys, first, last, and all the […]

Enjoy Sabbath Rest Today

April 30, 2020 Proclamation! 2011-4 Proclamation!, Feature, The Sabbath

SHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]

17. The Christian’s Law

April 30, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Law of God, The Sabbath

Sabbatarians are constantly crying, “We must keep God’s commandments.” This is true. But where they err is in applying the term “commandments” exclusively to the ten written on stone. […]

16. The Law of Christ

April 23, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Law of God, The Sabbath

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). “Jesus the mediator of the new covenant testament, margin “ (Heb. 12:24). […]

15. The New Covenant

April 16, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Behold, I make all things new.” This is the message of the gospel. Christ came to inaugurate a new creation, an entire new order of things. The seers of […]

14. The Jewish Sabbath Abolished

April 9, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.…Let […]

13. The Old Sabbath Repealed

April 2, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

By reading Rom. 2:12, 14-16, it is seen that there are two kinds of precepts: those that exist in man’s consciousness, independent of law to enforce them, […]

12. The Seventh-Day Sabbath as Mentioned in the New Testament

March 26, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

Since the “first” or “old” covenant—the law—that enjoined the observance of the seventh day, was abolished and ended at the cross, and the “new” and “better” covenant has taken […]

Pope Francis Promotes Saturday Sabbath

March 19, 2020 Colleen Tinker Adventist News, Feature, The Sabbath

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world so suddenly that many people are feeling “shock-y”. Last Friday our governor asked that public meetings be limited to groups not over 250 […]

11. The Decalog

March 19, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

The Seventh-day Adventists point the people to the Decalog as God’s eternal law, superior to all else, that which governs angels in heaven governed Adam in Eden, and will […]

10. Moses the Mediator of the Law

March 12, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Mediate. — To interpose; to intercede.” — Webster. Then, a mediator is one who interposes or mediates between parties, one who stands in the middle between two. Mesites is […]

God’s Judgment Source of Adventism’s Proof-Texting

March 5, 2020 Margie Littell Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Investigative Judgment, Margie Littell

By Margie Littell and Colleen Tinker One of the most profound ways we see God’s great love to us is in understanding that He has given us His eternal […]