14. The Church: What is the Church?
Fundamental Belief #12: The church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. In continuity with the people of God in Old Testament times, we are […]
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13. Growing in Christ: Growing or Belief?
Fundamental Belief #11: By His death on the cross Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. He who subjugated the demonic spirits during His earthly ministry has broken their power and […]
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11. Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ: Atonement Not Complete
Fundamental Belief #9: Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ—In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for […]
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10. The Great Controversy: God Needs to be Vindicated?
Fundamental Belief #8: The Great Controversy—All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the […]
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9. Nature of Man: Given Breath or Spirit
Fundamental Belief #7. Nature of Man—Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Though created free beings, […]
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8. The Creation: Where is Sabbath?
Fundamental Belief #6. Creation—God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity. In six days the Lord made “the heaven and […]
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7. The Holy Spirit: Person or Force
Fundamental Belief #5—The Holy Spirit: God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption. He inspired the writers of Scripture. He filled Christ’s […]
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6. The Son: Seated or Judging
Fundamental Belief #4—God the Son: God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is […]
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5. The Father: Spirit or Body
Fundamental Belief #3—God the Father: God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, […]
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4. God: Trinity or Tritheism?
Fundamental Belief #2: There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite […]
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3. Introduction to Adventism’s Doctrine of God
The nature of God matters. It matters a great deal. When I first left Adventism, I was offended by people claiming that Adventists worship a different god. I thought this […]
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2. Is it Really the Word of God?
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #1: The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote […]
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1. Introduction to the Adventist View of Inspiration
When I began writing the articles on the Fundamental Beliefs about a decade ago, I had to fit my comments within the size available for a column in the printed […]
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14. The Law of Christ
I have spent a great deal of time thinking and praying about the topic discussed in the last part of our study. In the past, I have been unsure as […]
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13. The Seal of God
In Chapter 12 we studied through Hebrews 3 and 4 and learned that we enter God’s true rest (sabbatimos) through faith in Jesus Christ. We enter that rest, not on […]
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