9. Romans On the New Covenant
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Romans is quite a primer on the New Covenant, and I seem to notice something different each time I study it, though I don’t pretend to understand all […]
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Category: Books
8. Colossians and the Law
JERRY RECTOR | Physician The book of Colossians also has a purpose of refocusing the emphasis of these Gentile Christian churches back on the gospel from other elements that would lead them […]
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7. Galatians and the Law
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Let’s move from here then to the book of Galatians whose stated purpose is to respond to “Judaizing Christians” who were urging traditional Jewish worship on the newly […]
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6. What About Paul and the Sabbath?
JERRY RECTOR | Physician In the past, as a Sabbath keeper, I used the argument that since Paul kept the Sabbath, that was evidence that we should too. However, the Bible does […]
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5. The Law Fulfilled
JERRY RECTOR | Physician So, I think you’ll agree that what Jesus is stating in Matthew 5:17 is that He has come to fulfill the entire Old Testament. Then in verse 18, […]
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4. Jesus and Rituals
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Should our desire to follow Jesus’ example translate into Sabbath-keeping? I’d like to highlight a couple of points about how Jesus related to the rituals of his day. […]
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3. Israel Learns of the Sabbath
JERRY RECTOR | Physician There is no record of Joseph getting in trouble in Potiphar’s house or in jail for keeping Sabbath. No record of Pharaoh desecrating the Sabbath by making the Jews […]
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2. Did Abraham Keep the Sabbath?
JERRY RECTOR | Physician So we come to Abraham. God communes with him and they develop an amazing relationship. Paul says his faith was credited to him as righteousness, as […]
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1. Sabbath Not Changed
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Answering the question of why I no longer “keep” Sabbath in the manner I was raised is fairly common for me now days. Almost all other […]
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12. In Conclusion
As has been shown, The Clear Word (TCW) cannot be used as a Bible, nor can it be trusted as a helpful paraphrase of Scripture. It is a heavily adulterated […]
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11. More Bible Texts Compared
The purpose of this chapter is to collect a number of passages from The Clear Word and its editions that do not fit neatly into one of the subjects studied […]
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10. The Clear Word On Hell
The Seventh-day Adventist belief about hell is one of its distinctive differences from evangelical Christianity. Adventism says that hell is a temporary punishment resulting in the wicked’s being annihilated, never […]
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9. The Clear Word on Death and the Afterlife
STEPHEN PITCHER Within Adventism death and the afterlife are explained in one way: the dead, both the saved and the unsaved, remain in an unconscious state from the moment of […]
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8. The Clear Word On the Sanctuary, 1844, and the Investigative Judgment
The Investigative Judgment (IJ) is unique. No other church (except a few Adventist offshoots) teaches an IJ that began on Oct. 22, 1844, in the second compartment of the heavenly […]
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7. The Clear Word On the Sabbath
The seventh-day Sabbath is one of the distinguishing marks of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In fact, Sabbath-keeping has been at the heart of the “Adventist message” since the 1840’s after […]
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