“You can believe that if you want—and be wrong and burn in hell!” I shouted to a coworker while passionately pounding on the table we were both sitting at. It was our lunch break, and I was speaking to him about the Saturday/Sunday “Sabbath” debate we’d been having. I had clearly won this disagreement by sharing only the biblical proof texts and hi
We've all heard of the need to minister to "the least of these," but who is the least of the least? Notice what Jesus said: Then the King will say to those on His right hand, “Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me dr
It became Him for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in the redemption of the world to save sinners by the blood of the Lamb. The great sacrifice of the Son of God was neither too great nor too small to accomplish the work. In the wisdom of God it was complete; and the atonement made testifies to every son and daughter of Adam the imm
How Did This Happen? I would suggest that the ideas of Waggoner, Maxwell, Jennings, and others about sin, punishment, and atonement did not arise in a vacuum. They arose in environments of fear where the Good News of Christ’s substitutionary life and death were not adequately taught or emphasized in the right ways. The views they hold are overreact
He was about ten years of age when he moved to a foreign country, leaving behind his relatives, friends, and the place he used to call home. Somewhere on the way to his new homeland, he had to witness his mother’s burial. When the family reached Canaan, Joseph was a motherless child trying to make sense of the comings and goings of life and of his
What is sin? Why did Jesus die on the cross? How are we saved? Is God’s character both loving and just, wrathful and gracious? These are profound questions—ones that require humble, thoughtful study and biblical reflection. Two recent books by Seventh-day Adventist authors have sought to answer these questions in ways that occasion careful analysis
The sight of Shylock’s gleaming knife struck terror and fear into Antonio’s heart. Antonio had defaulted on a loan from Shylock, and as one of the conditions of the contract, Shylock had stipulated taking a pound of Antonio’s flesh. Standing before the jury, Antonio is now overwhelmed with the dreadful thought of Shylock’s sword. These fears domina
