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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Category: Adventist Doctrines
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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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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May 4–10, 2024
Lesson 6: “The Two Witnesses” COLLEEN TINKER | Editor, Life Assurance Ministries Problems with this lesson: This lesson is incredibly convoluted because once a major principle of Scriptural interpretation is […]
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Is Sunday Sacred?
ASK THE PASTOR WITH DALE RATZLAFF | Question: What do you say to people who advocate Sunday “sacredness” or keeping Sunday as a measure of one’s gratitude to God? This […]
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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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April 27–May 3, 2024
Lesson 5: “Faith Against All Odds” COLLEEN TINKER | Problems With This Lesson: This week’s lesson is based on chapters 7–11 of The Great Controversy. The background for this lesson […]
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What About the Ten Commandments
CHRIS BADENHORST | What is the role of the Law in the Christian life? Are the Ten Commandments still binding on believers in Jesus Christ? Is the Decalogue still the […]
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April 20–26, 2024
Lesson 4: “Standing for the Truth” COLLEEN TINKER | Before we launch into a look at this week’s lessons which are based on Ellen White’s The Great Controversy chapters 4–6, […]
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Adventism’s Unifying Theory: The Great Controversy
MYLES CHRISTIAN | I was recently having a discussion with a theology professor who was interested to hear more about Seventh-day Adventist theology due to his regular engagement with those […]
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What Are New Covenant Ethics? The Ten Commandments?
CHRIS BADENHORST | Introduction In a secular sense ethics can be defined as the science of conduct. It is a systematic attempt to consider the purposeful actions of mankind so […]
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5. Lost Souls Get Bodies For Eternal Punishment
JEREMY GRAHAM | 5. The Bible teaches that the spirits/souls of unsaved people will also return to their bodies and they will be resurrected and be punished eternally. 1 Kings […]
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April 13–19, 2024
Lesson 3: “Light Shines in the Darkness” COLLEEN TINKER | Problems with this lesson: This week’s lesson is based on chapter three of The Great Controversy by Ellen White. The […]
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An Appeal to Mark Finley
COLLEEN TINKER | This second quarter of 2024, the Seventh-day Adventist organization has published a new set of Sabbath School lessons entitled The Great Controversy. We have been doing weekly […]
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