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Table of Contents
- “My Blood, Father!” How Do We Understand Such Words? • April 16, 2010
- ‘One With You’ Poem • October 17, 2024
- 10 Simple Steps to a Healthy Brain • April 2, 2012
- 7 Steps to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Mind Sharp • June 13, 2018
- 8 Steps for Successful Bible Study • September 13, 2010
- A Call for Help • January 18, 2008
- A Kitten, a Scorpion, or a Dragon: How Do You See Your Government? • October 28, 2021
- A Remedy for Loneliness • January 7, 2018
- A Scriptural Healing Plan for Overcoming Addiction • April 29, 2020
- A Summary List of What We Believe at Come And Reason with Resource Links • June 29, 2023
- Abuse, Christian Reconciliation, and Boundaries • May 15, 2012
- Addictions – Does Conversion Heal the Brain? • September 3, 2010
- ADHD • June 26, 2009
- Adventists are for Health—Not the Herd • November 12, 2021
- Alzheimer’s, Cholesterol, and Genetics – How to Reduce Your Risk for Dementia • October 25, 2018
- Amusements and Jewelry • September 11, 2009
- An Attitude of Gratitude • November 19, 2019
- Anger — Righteous Indignation or Selfish Retaliation? • May 9, 2019
- Anointing with Oil: Real Medicine or Superstitious Ceremony? • July 6, 2018
- Anxiety: A Symptom Made Into a Disorder • April 3, 2025
- Appeasing an Offended God, What It Really Means! • November 4, 2013
- Are Jesus and Michael One and the Same? • November 16, 2011
- Are Sins Passed Down to Our Children? • February 12, 2010
- Assurance of Salvation • December 5, 2008
- Atonement Models: Thoughts and Questions • June 14, 2008
- Authority and Satan’s End-Time Deception • August 29, 2024
- Babylon, Popery, and Your Church—A Call to Come Out • October 12, 2023
- Babylon, the Mother of Harlots: Time To Come Out! • February 11, 2021
- Baptism – Necessary or Not? • March 4, 2011
- Becoming Like Little Children • September 26, 2019
- Being a Member of God’s Family on Earth • February 16, 2023
- Being a Priest of God • May 25, 2018
- Beware the Methods of the Crucifiers • April 14, 2022
- Beware: A Method of Seeking Union with Christ that Cuts One Off from Him • May 1, 2025
- Beware: The Current Claim of “Institutional Racism” Is Really an Attack on Christianity • July 27, 2020
- Bible Genocide & A God of Love • November 25, 2013
- Bible Language and Judgment • February 27, 2009
- Bible Mistranslations • December 4, 2009
- Bible Perfection and Ongoing Sin • April 17, 2025
- Bible Prophecy: The Overarching Theme • July 7, 2020
- Biblical Approach to Addictions • May 29, 2009
- Biblical Justice: What Is It? • March 12, 2012
- Biblical Keywords: Comparing Definitions • May 12, 2013
- Building on the Rock • November 18, 2021
- Calling Someone Fool or Raca: What’s The Difference? • October 28, 2011
- Changing Your Mind: Pornography and the Brain • March 31, 2018
- Christ Our Remedy To Sin (handout) • May 26, 2010
- Christ Our Substitute • November 21, 2008
- Christ Pleading Before His Father • March 22, 2008
- Christ’s “Effectual Plea” – To Whom Is He Pleading? • October 9, 2009
Chronological
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Understanding Ellen G. White’s Quote About the Righteousness of Christ and the Sinner’s Account
When I read passages like, “The law demands righteousness, and this the sinner owes to the law; but he is incapable of rendering it.” (R&H, Nov 4, 1890), I find it helpful to ask, “When Adam sinned, did God get changed or did God’s law get changed?” So let’s look at this through Design Law.
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How Jesus Treated the Samaritans and Lessons for Today
Most Jewish religious leaders through history, including in Christ’s day, believed that the Samaritan religion was a false one, a counterfeit of what God gave through Moses and His prophets. While I agree with this conclusion, the question I want to ask today is: How did Jesus treat the Samaritans?
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The Conversion and Salvation of Peter
Despite Peter’s belief, what he knew to be true, and his choice to follow Jesus, he was still not fully converted. Have you considered why Peter needed the experience of Christ admonishing him to “feed My sheep”?
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Who Are the Remnant of God?
The word translated as “remnant” in Scripture refers to those who remain, the last portion of a group. But who are these end-time remnant?
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Pastors Faithful to Jesus Think for Themselves
Pastors fall into two general camps: those faithful to Jesus and those faithful to something else. I am focusing on them in this blog because they are in a place of spiritual leadership, where their influence cascades down.
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The First Death: A Manifestation of God’s Grace
The imposed-law view understands death as being inflicted by God as punishment for sin. Those who want to present God in the best possible light rightly reject the idea that God is the source of death or would act in a manner as His enemy. The problem is a misunderstanding of imposed law, design law, and differentiate between first death and second death.
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What Makes the Sabbath Holy?
Are all of God’s laws, including the fourth commandment, truly design laws, protocols built into reality, or are some of His laws arbitrary, simply made-up rules imposed by God by His declaring it to be so?
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God With Us—Forever!
Be in awe, stand amazed, let your heart be humbled in adoration and love, for our Creator God is not ashamed of us and will never be ashamed of us.
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The Psychodynamics of Saul Becoming Paul
The experiences of Saul of Tarsus (up through the events on the Damascus Road) are quite instructive to us when considering how God works through events and circumstances to present opportunities for people to experience His healing and how He works to win us to salvation.
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Storms and Other Disasters: Are They From God?
In the aftermath of 2024’s hurricane Helene and other extreme events, multiple people have asked me whether these storms are from God, the devil, or just the natural processes of nature. Let’s find out.
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Dr. Jennings Answers a Concern About Materials and Comments Being Racist
I thought it might be helpful to post my response to a passionate, but mature and reasonable, email I received in response to my Critical Race Theory magazine.
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Drinking the Living Water
Let’s examine some of the Bible’s object lessons about water that can teach us about the living water Jesus offers us.
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