1. God Is One
CHRIS LEE | Contributor Understanding what God has revealed about Himself as a being is pivotal to understanding the rest of Scripture. An understanding of God as a triune being […]
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Category: Jesus
Was Paul’s Gospel Actually Christ’s Gospel?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) Can we be certain that the gospel Paul claims to have received “through a revelation of Jesus Christ” […]
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Overthrowing the Son: How Adventism Denies God His Glory
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary At times, we all ought to wisely stop rushing through our busy lives and ponder an important question, “What on […]
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This Man Receives Sinners
DALE RATZLAFF | Pastor and Founder, Life Assurance Ministries (1936–2024) One of the easiest sections of Scripture from which a hurried pastor can craft an acceptable sermon is Luke 15. […]
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What Is the Meaning of the Cross?
DALE RATZLAFF | Before exploring the meaning of Jesus’ atonement, I want to start with an explanation of my hermeneutical presuppositions. First, I believe the New Testament explains the Old,1 […]
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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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Adventism’s Fallacy: Jesus is the Little Horn Antichrist
RUSSELL EARL KELLY, PHD While most Christian denominations interpret Daniel 8:9-14 as a reference to Antiochus Epiphanes IV from the Greek Seleucids, Seventh-day Adventists teach three different methods of defiling […]
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Seeing the Real Jesus in Scripture
KASPARS OZOLINS The hit streaming series The Chosen has been described as the most successful crowdfunded TV series of all time. Tens of millions of dollars from thousands of donors […]
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Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation
COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]
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Jesus is the Scapegoat
[COLLEEN TINKER] It’s fascinating to me that one of the most stubbornly-defended Adventist doctrines—besides the obvious doctrine of the Sabbath and the slightly-less-obvious doctrine of “soul sleep”—is their almost-unseen doctrine […]
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Unborn Baby Worships Jesus—Ephesians 2, Part 2 | 82
Nikki and Colleen continue talking through chapter two of Ephesians. The unborn John the Baptist recognized that God was in the room. Transcription by Gwen Billington. Nikki: Welcome to […]
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Could Jesus Have Sinned?—Ephesians 2, Part 1 | 81
Nikki and Colleen start the amazing chapter two of Ephesians. Did you know that they were taught that Jesus had a sinful nature? Transcription by Gwen Billington. Colleen: Welcome […]
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The Colossians Educated on the Real Jesus – Colossians 1, Part 2 | 67
Colleen and Nikki walk through the second part of chapter one of Colossians, looking at the way that Paul taught concerning the real Jesus. Transcription by Gwen Billington. Colleen: […]
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The Incarnation: Example Jesus or Jesus the Sacrifice?
COLLEEN TINKER And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and […]
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Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
J. MARK MARTIN In his gospel, Mark describes the ministry of Jesus primarily to a Roman audience. Because his audience is Gentile, Mark is careful to explain the Jewish traditions […]
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