Proof That We Must Keep the Law?
DALE RATZLAFF Isn’t Matthew 5:17-19 proof that we have to continue keeping the law? Matthew 5:17-19 has been a proof text for many groups. It has also been a text […]
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Category: The Law of God
Is the Fourth Commandment a Moral Law?
COLLEEN TINKER The question was heartfelt—even a little desperate. The writer, a never-been-Adventist, was struggling to deal with the Sabbath arguments of a well-known Adventist theologian and writer who happened […]
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Can We Really “Lovingly” Obey the Law
COLLEEN TINKER We recently received an email revealing an ongoing confusion which, I believe, is common among many Christians and especially among former Adventists. The questions concerns God’s commands to […]
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Our Journey From Law to Grace
DANE AND NANCY REHIL My wife Nancy and I left Adventism in 1982 after years of study and soul-searching. We still have family and friends in the “church” and so […]
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3. The Clear Word On the Law
STEPHEN PITCHER One cannot fully understand Adventism and the content of The Clear Word on passages regarding law without understanding the centrality of the Ten Commandments in the religion’s great […]
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21. The Law of God Distorted
Adventism’s Fundamental Belief #19—The Law of God: The great principles of God’s law are embodied in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God’s love, […]
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The Law is Not For Us!
MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER If we cannot define, accurately, what the Gospel of Jesus is, we believe an anti-Gospel message. Let’s identify the gospel before we go any farther. […]
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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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7. The Intent of the Law
In Chapter 6 we saw that going back to the law is spiritual adultery. We are to die to the law so we can live for Christ by the Spirit. […]
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Are You Being Formed by Law?
RICK BARKER Seventh-day Adventists and Evangelical Christians have different vocabularies and, at times, different definitions of the same words. These differences create confusion during discussions between these groups and contribute […]
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How Paul Treats the Law
JORDAN QUINLEY Paul’s attitude towards the law of the Old Testament would have been quite simple before his conversion to Christianity; after his life-changing encounter with the risen Christ, however, […]
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Why Did God Give the Law?
MARGIE LITTELL Adventism claims that the law pre-dated creation, that it existed in heaven and established the standard of behavior that the angels themselves had to obey. They even claim […]
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20. What Law Are Christians Under?
When God speaks, is it not sin to disobey? Surely it is. Paul says: “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers […]
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17. The Law
The foundation of the Sabbatarian error, I believe, is the idea that “the law,” in all the strictness of the old letter, is binding on Christians. Hence, their constant theme […]
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New Priest Changes the Law—Hebrews 7 (second part) | 50
Colleen and Nikki continue their discussion through the book of Hebrews. They discuss the second part of Hebrews chapter 7 where the new Priest changes the law. Transcription by Gwen […]
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