April 25–May 1
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 […]
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Adventist Health Acquires Blue Zones
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 […]
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Death To All Law-Breakers
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 […]
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April 18–24
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 […]
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15. The New Covenant
“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 […]
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More Deadly than COVID-19
I won’t waste time setting the context we all currently find ourselves in. Each of us feels it more acutely than could ever be described in words. If even a […]
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Ripped Curtain, Empty Tomb!
As Easter approached this year, I pondered details about Jesus’ death and resurrection that were obscure to me in the religion of my youth. For several decades Easter was, to […]
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April 11–17
Lesson 3: “How to Interpret the Bible” This week continues the work of establishing God’s Word as truth and our only safe foundation of “doctrine, reproof and correction” (2 Tim. […]
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14. The Jewish Sabbath Abolished
“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross.…Let […]
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Sanctification Is Not My Work
Introduction In the last blog I wrote on the subject of godly love as being what distinguishes biblical Christians from all others here on earth. As I was completing that […]
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Truth Anchors Us In Strange Times
These are strange times. None of us alive today has lived through a pandemic in which countries around the world have been “shut down” to one degree or another. People […]
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April 4–10
Lesson 2: “How To Interpret Scripture” This second week sets out to establish the origin and ‘nature’ of the Bible. That is an important starting point as its very […]
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13. The Old Sabbath Repealed
By reading Rom. 2:12, 14-16, it is seen that there are two kinds of precepts: those that exist in man’s consciousness, independent of law to enforce them, […]
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Escape Into Beauty
The television news had been blaring nearly all day, pouring out fear, uncertainty, and anger over COVID-19. So many are afraid of their health, afraid for their loved ones, afraid […]
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Who is Telling the Truth?
The COVID-19 pandemic has catalyzed many old insecurities as our normal ways of life have been altered day by day over the past two weeks. The dizzying changes required of […]
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