August 3–9, 2024
Lesson 6: “Inside Out” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with they lesson: This week’s lesson covers Mark 7 through Mark 8:21—a passage which includes the accounts of the disciples’ […]
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Category: Adventist Doctrines
Unpacking My Adventist Brain
KELSIE PETERSEN | Contributor and a Boy-Mom Over the past couple of months, I’ve had the great pleasure of reconnecting with someone I knew briefly in my years as an […]
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July 27–August 2, 2024
Lesson 5: “Miracles Around the Lake” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is the fifth in the Sabbath School quarterly entitled simply, Mark. The […]
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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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False Abraham Created By Ellen White
KASPARS OZOLINS | Assistant Professor, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Growing up in a progressive Adventist household, I was not raised to read the writings of Ellen G. White. While she was […]
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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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June 29–July 5
Lesson 1: “The Beginning of the Gospel” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This new quarter’s lessons focus on the Gospel of Mark and are written by […]
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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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June 22–28, 2024
Lesson 13: “The Triumph of God’s Love” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This last lesson of the series on The Great Controversy covers chapters 39–42. Author […]
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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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June 15–21, 2024
Lesson 12: “Earth’s Closing Events” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson, based on chapters 37 and 38 of The Great Controversy, reminds readers that […]
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The Adventist/Protestant Dilemma
MYLES CHRISTIAN | Host, Answering Adventism What is the Law/Gospel Distinction? It has been the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s appeal since their inception that they stand on the shoulders of the […]
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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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June 8–14, 2024
Lesson 11: “The Impending Conflict” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson establishes Ellen White’s scenario for ushering in Satan’s final attack against the Sabbath. […]
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