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Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?

May 7, 2020 Stephen Pitcher 2013-2 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

STEPHEN PITCHER Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from a new book by Stephen Pitcher on The Clear Word, a paraphrase of the Bible by Jack Blanco, which is […]

May 9–15

May 7, 2020 Jeanie Jura Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 7: “How to Interpret Scripture: Language, Text and Context” This week, the lesson discusses the uses and limitations of language; as it rightly points out, many words and […]

18. The Gospel Rest

May 7, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Sabbath” means “rest.” Sabbatarians admit this. Hear Uriah Smith (leading Adventist), “The word ‘sabbath’ means ‘rest.’ That is the one sole idea it conveys, first, last, and all the […]

Enjoy Sabbath Rest Today

April 30, 2020 Proclamation! 2011-4 Proclamation!, Feature, The Sabbath

SHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]

Encouragement: The Antidote to a Hard Heart

April 30, 2020 Colleen Tinker Feature

This rarefied time of social distancing as the world shelters at home sifting through conflicting reports about the nature and progress of the coronavirus has given me opportunity to think. […]

17. The Christian’s Law

April 30, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Law of God, The Sabbath

Sabbatarians are constantly crying, “We must keep God’s commandments.” This is true. But where they err is in applying the term “commandments” exclusively to the ten written on stone. […]

May 2–8

April 30, 2020 Jeanie Jura Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 6: “Why is Interpretation Needed?” The lesson starts off well, if perhaps a little long-winded, with a discussion of the importance of hermeneutics—how we interpret and understand the […]

I Asked My Husband About Sovereignty

April 24, 2020 Nicole Stevenson Doctrine, Feature

One of the many blessings I’ve been thanking God for during this season of unknowns and quarantine mandates has been the unexpected time I’ve had with my husband to discuss […]

Leave the Shadows

April 23, 2020 Proclamation! 2006-6 Proclamation!, Feature

DAVID O. DYKES In the time of the apostles, there were people in the churches who were teaching that once a person became a Christian, he still had to obey […]

16. The Law of Christ

April 23, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Law of God, The Sabbath

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). “Jesus the mediator of the new covenant testament, margin “ (Heb. 12:24). […]

April 25–May 1

April 23, 2020 Jeanie Jura Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 5: “By Scripture Alone—Sola Scriptura” This week’s lesson is an amazingly well-constructed argument, and I must commend the author for how he put it together; and for how […]

Adventist Health Acquires Blue Zones

April 16, 2020 Colleen Tinker Adventist News, Feature

On April 8, 2020, Adventist Health announced that it had acquired “Blue Zones®, an organization that is a pioneer in taking a systemic and environmental approach to improving the health […]

Death To All Law-Breakers

April 16, 2020 Colleen Tinker Doctrine, Feature

I had a most surprising email last week from a 15-year-old Adventist who has begun reading about Adventism and is convinced it is wrong. This person wrote: “A lot of […]

April 18–24

April 16, 2020 Jeanie Jura Sabbath School Commentary

Lesson 4: “The Bible—the Authoritative Source of Our Theology” The lesson this week examines some of the things that can influence our thoughts, beliefs and behaviors. It lists them […]

15. The New Covenant

April 16, 2020 H. M. Riggle Feature, Sabbath and the Lord's Day, The Sabbath

“Behold, I make all things new.” This is the message of the gospel. Christ came to inaugurate a new creation, an entire new order of things. The seers of […]