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Revelation 18–19:5: Eternal Fall of Babylon

October 27, 2022 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

[PHIL HARRIS] Review and Introduction In chapter 13 we were introduced to the Dragon who brought up two beasts, one from the sea and one from the earth. These two […]

What Is Speaking In Tongues?

October 27, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature

[COLLEEN TINKER] We received a simple, one-sentence email this week. The writer has an Adventist background but is seeking biblical truth. I realized, as I read it, that many former […]

Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 2)

October 20, 2022 Kelsie Petersen Doctrine, Feature

[KELSIE PETERSEN] Last week, we looked at 10 of the 25 “vital truths” shared by Elder Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in a sermon at […]

Stand Against the Devil!

October 20, 2022 Martin Carey Doctrine, Feature, Martin Carey

[MARTIN CAREY] “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Those of us brought up in […]

Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 1)

October 13, 2022 Kelsie Petersen Doctrine, Feature

KELSIE PETERSEN While visiting family this past weekend, I happened upon a publication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In it was an article taken from Ted Wilson’s […]

Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation

October 13, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Jesus

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 […]

Truth is Immutable!

October 6, 2022 Nicole Stevenson Doctrine, Feature, Nicole Stevenson

[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]

Hell is Forever

September 29, 2022 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature, Hell, Richard Foster, State of the Dead

Coming to Grips With the Biblical Hell [RICHARD FOSTER] From the outset it might be asked why I have chosen to write about such an unpleasant subject as hell. But […]

How Does The Bible Reveal Its Central Theme?

September 15, 2022 Jordan Quinley Bible—The Word, Doctrine, Feature, Jordan Quinley

[JORDAN QUINLEY] Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 4 The Bible’s central theme—salvation by God in and through Jesus Christ—comes to us, not all at once, but over time and space, and […]

Revelation 17: A Marriage Made in Hell

September 8, 2022 Phillip Harris Daniel and Revelation, Doctrine, Feature, Phil Harris

[PHIL HARRIS] Introduction One of the angels who poured out God’s final wrath now takes us back in time to the two beasts and dragon of chapter thirteen, introducing important […]

Jesus is the Scapegoat

September 8, 2022 Colleen Tinker Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Jesus

[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 […]

Are Adventists “Spiritual Israel”?

August 25, 2022 Margie Littell Doctrine, Feature, Margie Littell

[MARGIE LITTELL] Hebrews is an interesting book written to the same people who cried for Jesus to be crucified, and it was written to them after Jesus returned to heaven. […]

Being Born Again Makes All the Difference

August 18, 2022 Richard Foster Doctrine, Feature

[RICHARD K. FOSTER] I can remember it vividly. Indeed, as an Adventist I went through it for years. You do something you “know” you shouldn’t do or you neglect something […]

What Is Seventh-day Adventism?

August 18, 2022 Colleen Tinker 2015-4 Proclamation!, Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Proclamation! Magazine Archive

[COLLEEN TINKER] The fall of 2015 has proven to be historic in unexpected ways. One of the most surprising unfolding events has been the campaign of retired Seventh-day Adventist neurosurgeon […]

In Hermeneutics, Even Little Words Matter

August 11, 2022 Elizabeth Inrig Doctrine, Feature

[ELIZABETH INRIG] Our youngest daughter Heather always wanted her hair long. It was blonde with a slight curl, and it wasn’t hard to manage—until it was time to wash it! […]