13. Growing in Christ: Growing or Belief?
Fundamental Belief #11: By His death on the cross Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. He who subjugated the demonic spirits during His earthly ministry has broken their power and […]
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11. Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ: Atonement Not Complete
Fundamental Belief #9: Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ—In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for […]
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10. The Great Controversy: God Needs to be Vindicated?
Fundamental Belief #8: The Great Controversy—All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the […]
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9. Nature of Man: Given Breath or Spirit
Fundamental Belief #7. Nature of Man—Man and woman were made in the image of God with individuality, the power and freedom to think and to do. Though created free beings, […]
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8. The Creation: Where is Sabbath?
Fundamental Belief #6. Creation—God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity. In six days the Lord made “the heaven and […]
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7. The Holy Spirit: Person or Force
Fundamental Belief #5—The Holy Spirit: God the eternal Spirit was active with the Father and the Son in Creation, incarnation, and redemption. He inspired the writers of Scripture. He filled Christ’s […]
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6. The Son: Seated or Judging
Fundamental Belief #4—God the Son: God the eternal Son became incarnate in Jesus Christ. Through Him all things were created, the character of God is revealed, the salvation of humanity is […]
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5. The Father: Spirit or Body
Fundamental Belief #3—God the Father: God the eternal Father is the Creator, Source, Sustainer, and Sovereign of all creation. He is just and holy, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, […]
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4. God: Trinity or Tritheism?
Fundamental Belief #2: There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three co-eternal Persons. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite […]
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3. Introduction to Adventism’s Doctrine of God
The nature of God matters. It matters a great deal. When I first left Adventism, I was offended by people claiming that Adventists worship a different god. I thought this […]
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2. Is it Really the Word of God?
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #1: The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote […]
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1. Introduction to the Adventist View of Inspiration
When I began writing the articles on the Fundamental Beliefs about a decade ago, I had to fit my comments within the size available for a column in the printed […]
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14. The Law of Christ
I have spent a great deal of time thinking and praying about the topic discussed in the last part of our study. In the past, I have been unsure as […]
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13. The Seal of God
In Chapter 12 we studied through Hebrews 3 and 4 and learned that we enter God’s true rest (sabbatimos) through faith in Jesus Christ. We enter that rest, not on […]
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12. The New Day is Today
In Chapter 11 we saw that the written code and its regulations was taken out of the way and nailed to the cross. We saw that those things which were […]
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