Author: Tim Jennings, M.D.

  • Addictions – Does Conversion Heal the Brain?

    Addictions – Does Conversion Heal the Brain?

    If there are pathways in our nervous system laid down with addiction, are they destroyed at conversion. or as we walk on a daily basis with CHRIST, or are they always there? In other word once an addict always an addict?

  • Circumcision & Feast Days Should We Do It Today?

    Circumcision & Feast Days Should We Do It Today?

    “As Adventists, our principle is that we base our doctrine on God’s Word and not human opinion or human authority – right? Some would say we keep the Sabbath because God commanded it and never withdrew that command. That is only reasonable if we are consistent in applying the criterion. Yet we have dropped many…

  • Why is Jesus Death Necessary for God to Heal Me?

    Why is Jesus Death Necessary for God to Heal Me?

    If God’s position is that sin is a condition that makes us humans out of harmony with His law of love, then it’s not clear to me why it was […]

  • Does Sexual Arousal Outside Marriage Damage the Brain?

    Does Sexual Arousal Outside Marriage Damage the Brain?

    Recently, at our church, we were blessed with a lecture on 12 things that can damage the frontal lobe of the brain. These, according to the presenter, include lack of water, a raised CO2 level, poor blood flow, etc… The one that got me thinking was about sexual arousal outside of marriage as a “hit”…

  • Hypnosis – Helpful, Harmful or Hoax?

    Hypnosis – Helpful, Harmful or Hoax?

    I would greatly appreciate your views on the following:  I have been investigating the medical aspects of hypnotherapy, to be more specific hypnosis as an adjunct to chemical anesthesia.

  • Does God Choose Our Life Partner?

    Does God Choose Our Life Partner?

    Is it true that God has created one person for each of us? what if i miss out on him and marry someone else, what happens then? How do I know that such and such person if the right one for me?

  • How to Care for Self Without Being Selfish

    How to Care for Self Without Being Selfish

    I do have a matter that presses on my heart that I would like some clarification on.  It is that of self-care. I know you encourage self-care and I do understand the importance of what I think self-care is, however, in this day and age of people crying out for “me” time, are there any…

  • Seven Last Plagues – Why?

    Seven Last Plagues – Why?

    My question is ‘why will God pour out the last seven plaques and how do we answer a person who will use this event to prove God is wrathful’?

  • Is Cancer Your Own Fault?

    Is Cancer Your Own Fault?

    Some friends of ours swear that they heard you say that if you get cancer it is your own fault (It is a sensitive topic because their mom recently passed away from cancer). I do not believe that you would have said that.

  • Fasting: What’s the Point?

    Fasting: What’s the Point?

    Please explain Fasting to me. I have never understood this topic too well. It seems that fasting is a way to make God answer your prayer when He wont answer it otherwise.

  • Interracial Marriages

    Interracial Marriages

    I had the privilege of getting into a relationship with one of my fellow youth members. He is half Indian and I am white. My culture does not permit it in any way, and finds it a disgrace and a sin. I know the Bible states that we should not be in relationships with non-believers,…

  • Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory!

    Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory!

    I would like to know from a psychological and also from a Biblical point of view, does a Christian really have two natures? In other words can a converted person have a new born again nature and an old carnal nature at the same time or is a born again person completely free from the…