1. Created In the Image of God Includes a Spirit
JEREMY GRAHAM | 1. Man was created in the image of God with an immaterial spirit/soul (within the material body). Genesis 1:27: “God created [Heb. “bara”] man in His own image, in […]
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Category: Doctrine
Daniel 4: The Stump Bound By Iron and Bronze
PHIL HARRIS | Theme Passage For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can […]
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What Commandments Do Christians Follow?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Q: If the Ten Commandments came in with Moses and lasted only until Christ, as you say the new covenant teaches, then what […]
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Why do you object to the teaching that Satan is the scapegoat?
• ASK THE PASTOR COLUMN • DALE RATZLAFF | Answer: First, its very origin is framed in gross error. James and Ellen White and Joseph Bates accepted Hiram Edson’s cornfield vision […]
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How Did God Create Humankind?
Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 12 JORDAN QUINLEY | Previously, we discussed God’s work of creation. As we continue working through theRedeemer Catechism, we come next to question and answer to […]
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You Will Never Die
MARTIN CAREY | What do you believe happens to us when we die? As Adventists we had strong opinions and were very sure of the answer. Our doctrines of death […]
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Jesus Broke the Sabbath and Declared Himself God
MARGIE LITTELL with COLLEEN TINKER | Honestly, I find it difficult to read some online posts by Seventh-day Adventists with their spirit of superiority and their ridicule of the doctrines […]
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Proof That We Must Keep the Law?
DALE RATZLAFF Isn’t Matthew 5:17-19 proof that we have to continue keeping the law? Matthew 5:17-19 has been a proof text for many groups. It has also been a text […]
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The Incarnation Guarantees that We Always Have a Mediator
MYLES CHRISTIAN I recently heard a talk from an Adventist pastor on the subject of being prepared to stand before Almighty God without an intercessor. As the talk progressed I […]
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Is the Fourth Commandment a Moral Law?
COLLEEN TINKER The question was heartfelt—even a little desperate. The writer, a never-been-Adventist, was struggling to deal with the Sabbath arguments of a well-known Adventist theologian and writer who happened […]
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Adventism: Not Restoring, Not Reforming
RODNEY NELSON Heirs of the Reformation Seventh-day Adventism has historically believed itself to be the heir of the Protestant Reformation in that it combines the foundational teachings of the historic […]
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The Ethics of Darkness and Light
Q: Can I stay in the church and “make a difference” by teaching the gospel and ignoring the practices and doctrines with which I don’t fully agree? A: In the […]
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The Adventist Hope Isn’t Hope
ELMER WIEBE Just another denomination? We are told that Seventh-day Adventism is just another denomination with just a few obscure teachings. In the historical Christianity, the believer’s hope is to […]
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Comparing Adventism with Christianity
COLLEEN TINKER WRITINGS Adventism The Bible, including Adventist paraphrase The Clear Word. Over 600 published titles with divine revelations and counsel by prophetess Ellen G. White (1827–1915), including The Desire of Ages and The […]
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Stunned By Ty Gibson and David Asscherick
COLLEEN TINKER Last weekend I listened, stunned, to two Adventist sermons preached verse-by-verse. One was from the much-beloved 2 Corinthians 3 passage in which Paul contrasts the covenant of death […]
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