Rescued! How God Went Deep For Me
STANLEY ROUHE | Christ-Follower and Neurosurgeon (1943–2011) This is a story about salvation—a deep-water rescue. For years I believed that salvation and the judgment were to be determined by behavior. […]
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Library of Congress Responds to “The Desire of Ages” Myth
Letter to the United States Library of Congress Library of Congress 101 Independence Ave, SE Washington, DC 20540-4660 Dear Librarian, I was recently told at a Seventh-day Adventist prophecy seminar […]
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12. Isaiah, Revelation, and the Eternal Sabbath
JERRY RECTOR | Physician A last Sabbath argument comes from the last chapter of Isaiah. In fact, the last few chapters are devoted to the promise of heavenly redemption, the New Jerusalem, […]
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11. What About James and the “Royal Law”?
JERRY RECTOR | Physician A favorite Sabbath text, used by the late Adventist television evangelist George Vandeman and others is in James 2. The context of this passage is a warning against […]
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10. Hebrews and the Old Covenant Shadows
JERRY RECTOR | Physician Hebrews is the last scriptural area that I want to cover. It is directed to Jews, obviously, and uses familiar Old Covenant terminology to establish Jesus with the […]
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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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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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Into Adventism, Out of Adventism
BY “A DAUGHTER OF THE KING” | Introduction This story is a deeply personal and intimate reflection of my past: of the spiritual aspects of my childhood, what I think […]
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