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Table of Contents

  1. Living Stones in God’s Temple December 11, 2009
  2. Loneliness: Its Cause and Cure May 6, 2021
  3. Look to Jesus June 16, 2022
  4. Love and Boundaries November 7, 2008
  5. Love Compels to Discipline, but Law Compels to Punish November 14, 2024
  6. Love, Don’t Hate, the Liars November 9, 2020
  7. Love: A New Command – Part 1 November 2, 2023
  8. Love: A New Command – Part 2 November 9, 2023
  9. Loving Others First December 7, 2007
  10. Loving Others — What Does It Look Like? February 4, 2020
  11. Maintaining a Healthy Brain February 9, 2008
  12. Manicures and Spas: Should I Feel Guilty October 22, 2010
  13. Marijuana – The Science Behind the Smoke February 6, 2018
  14. Marijuana – What Affect Does It Have? May 20, 2010
  15. Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage July 17, 2009
  16. Mass Delusion: How It Happens and How to Protect Your Mind January 13, 2022
  17. Mass Shootings — The Real Cause August 13, 2019
  18. Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action January 21, 2013
  19. Meekness Is Not Weakness April 28, 2022
  20. Meeting in Person During the Pandemic September 16, 2020
  21. Merry CHRISTmas December 23, 2021
  22. Metaphors of the Atonement April 23, 2011
  23. Miracle Healing Via Dead Spirits? What’s Going On? May 7, 2010
  24. Misunderstanding the Truth June 19, 2009
  25. Modern Science Upends the Scopes Monkey Trial Verdict October 31, 2024
  26. Mother’s Stress & Her Child’s Brain January 11, 2011
  27. Music and the Brain May 8, 2011
  28. My Sin Is Not as Bad as Your Sin April 22, 2021
  29. Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us December 21, 2023
  30. Near Death Experiences February 6, 2009
  31. Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace December 14, 2023
  32. New Wine in Old Skins February 20, 2019
  33. No One Escapes the War Between Good and Evil May 19, 2022
  34. Only God Is Infallible July 7, 2022
  35. Open Theism November 1, 2008
  36. Our Resistance and God’s Persistence January 4, 2024
  37. Our Two Natures: Gaining the Victory! June 20, 2010
  38. Overcoming Evil March 13, 2025
  39. Parables of Jesus – The Overarching Theme August 25, 2020
  40. Parents Represent God to Their Children June 8, 2023
  41. Pastors Faithful to Jesus Think for Themselves January 16, 2025
  42. Peace and Victory When Evil Abounds January 5, 2023
  43. Peace in a Violent World February 14, 2019
  44. Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference? July 18, 2018
  45. Penal Substitution: Modern Baal Worship May 12, 2020
  46. Perfecting Christian Character January 22, 2012
  47. Politics and the Gospel July 6, 2023
  48. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder March 25, 2020
  49. Prayer Beads: The Upside and Dangers April 3, 2009
  50. Pre- or Post-Tribulation Rapture? October 17, 2019

 

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  • Truth — How It Unfolds and Advances

    Truth — How It Unfolds and Advances

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    Do you want to be a person of truth, someone who loves the truth, who is able to comprehend the truth and move forward in truth as it is revealed? The Bible tells us that those who are lost are lost because “they refused to love the truth and so be saved” (2 Thessalonians 2:10).


  • Sincerity in Rule Keeping Can Destroy

    Sincerity in Rule Keeping Can Destroy

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    In the 1964 epic movie, Zulu, starring Michael Caine, the battle of Rorke’s Drift is depicted. This battle occurred in South Africa in 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu war. The movie depicts the true events of 150 wounded and sick British Soldiers, successfully defending themselves against 4,000 Zulu warriors.


  • The Two Ditches: Atheism on the Left, Imperial Dictator God on the Right

    The Two Ditches: Atheism on the Left, Imperial Dictator God on the Right

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    God is Creator — builder of all reality (space, time, energy, life) — and God’s laws are the laws upon which reality are constructed to operate — the laws of physics, health, and the moral laws.


  • Transgender People and Our Community – A Rational Understanding and Approach

    Transgender People and Our Community – A Rational Understanding and Approach

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    Over the last several years, there has been much in the press about transgender individuals, transgender rights, and legislators battling over various issues (public bathrooms, etc.). In my practice, I have had a number of patients who are transgender, and even more family members of transgender individuals struggling with some aspect of this issue.


  • Alzheimer’s, Cholesterol, and Genetics – How to Reduce Your Risk for Dementia

    Alzheimer’s, Cholesterol, and Genetics – How to Reduce Your Risk for Dementia

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    It has been known for more than two decades that elevated cholesterol was associated with increased risk for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).[1] It is also known that the ApoE gene produces a protein that transports fats, including cholesterol, into brain cells.


  • Does God Make People Deaf and Blind?

    Does God Make People Deaf and Blind?

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    This is Anisha, and I’m thirteen. I loved reading your book, The God-Shaped Brain, but I still have some doubts that needed clarification. Dr. Tim, in chapter 8, pages 116 to 118, you explained that God does not create all the health disorders that the human race suffers today, so how are we to fit the following verse in?


  • Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result

    Priests and Child Abuse — A Predictable Result

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    Most of us read with great sadness the distressing headlines of the Pennsylvania grand jury findings that over 300 Roman Catholic priests had molested more than 1000 children over 70 years — followed by a massive coverup by the organized church authorities.


  • Does God Create Evil?

    Does God Create Evil?

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    I received an email asking how we understand Isaiah 45:7: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” And wondered if God creates evil. KJV (emphasis mine)


  • Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference?

    Penal Substitution versus Design Law – What’s the Difference?

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    An online listener wrote: What is the difference between penal substitution and design law? How do we explain the difference and reason with someone who believes in penal substitution?


  • Anointing with Oil: Real Medicine or Superstitious Ceremony?

    Anointing with Oil: Real Medicine or Superstitious Ceremony?

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    I received this question from an online listener: I’m wondering if you could address the biblical teaching of anointing the sick referred to in the book of James from the design-law perspective? I just don’t understand this teaching having heard of many anointing services and seeing very few people healed. What’s the point? There must be more to it than just “blind faith.”


  • Did God Create Adam and Eve with a Defective Void?

    Did God Create Adam and Eve with a Defective Void?

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    I received the following question from an online listener: Was mankind created (before the fall) with a void inside? Is that how Satan appealed to Adam and Eve, as far as the temptation in the Garden of Eden? Did Satan appeal to that hole or void inside mankind?


  • 7 Steps to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Mind Sharp

    7 Steps to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Mind Sharp

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    Keep your brain healthy and your mind sharp! Americans are living longer than ever before, but with longer life comes concerns about maintaining vitality, and retaining one’s mental fitness. The good news is that we can make choices to slow the decline in vitality and keep our brains healthy and minds sharp.


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Testimony 15

I have been sharing Come And Reason Ministries Bible study lessons with several folk. You have such a beautiful view of the plan of salvation. If we had this message preached when I was young, my generation would still all be in church.

H. R., New Zealand

Testimony 70

I have been watching you for many years and have learned to love God with all my heart. I was raised by a loving Christian mother that had been lied to about who God really was, so our religious upbringing was hell fire and damnation. As soon as I was old enough and moved out, I not only left the church, I ran as fast as I could to get away from it. Sad to say, it wasn’t until the past couple of years that I learned and understand who my Father really is and how much He loves me. I understand God’s Design Laws (which make sense) and when I’m teaching my church Bible study class, I’m able to really put to use the things I’ve been learning and Holy Spirit is leading. Thank you for introducing me to my Father of true, pure love. Everyday with Him is new and exciting. One thing that breaks my heart is that I didn’t know Him sooner. God Bless you and your ministry!

Judy Phelps, Reno, NV, USA

Testimony 64

I’ve been reading the bible and walking with Jesus since I was around 16. I’m 42 now. I’ve mostly been alone in my walk although I went to several churches in different denominations. For the past 3 years God has been showing me His character of agape. It’s been a blessing and changed how I view God and my walk with Jesus. About a year ago I came across the power of love and the principles of design law. These teachings changed how I read scripture and have been such a beautiful blessing. I’m very excited and grateful for these truths. We share these truths of agape, design law and the reality of the principles of the two trees in the garden of Eden with people on Facebook and YouTube. People all over are learning to trust God and His agape design law which makes life possible. Thank you for everything you shared with me. May God continue to bless your ministry and lives.

Bradley M., Hinsdale, NY, USA

 

Testimony 67

I was introduced to Come And Reason by a friend of my mother-in-law, who gave me several CD’s of Dr. Jennings. The clarity of the message and recognition that God’s is a God of love was so clear, advancing beyond Dr. Maxwell’s message. However, grappled with Maxwell saying God used emergency measures for the fallen world. Now after several years of being a regular listener of the Come And Reasoning bible study class and attending Jennings’ meetings in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX, things are becoming clearer for me. Design law versus imposed law has added so much to my personal understanding of theology. This message has really impacted my work in counseling so many people miserable because they are searching for and trusting human governments to create order and peace or believing in a God who says love Me or I will kill you. I am grateful that I have an alternative view to offer my clients that makes sense. I teach a bible study class on a semi-regular basis and I value the materials that Come And Reason so freely offers to aid me in presenting this vital message. Thank you for continuing to provide advancement in our very limited understanding of a Infinite God that is rational and believable.

Dr. Roger D, Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 72

I am blown away by the truth that you present. God’s Design Law makes so much sense! You have validated my impression that, if God is love, He would not kill those who don’t want to know him. If God gives us choice, then how can He destroy us if our choice is not to follow him. Thank you for opening my eyes and heart to the pure love of God seen through Jesus. The love I now have for Jesus is deeper and free from condemnation. My heart has been opened to love others as Jesus loves me. May God continue to bless your God-given insight into His word and your ministry. The truth has set me free!

H. Miller, Centereach, NY

Testimony 14

We really appreciate your views on the judgment and they make good sense considering our free choice.

Anonymous

 

Testimony 47

I can’t even begin to thank you and your ministry enough for introducing me to the Truth about a loving and merciful God! I have my daughter and her in-laws to thank for sharing with me “The God-Shaped Brain” as well as your website. I listen to the Bible study class lessons on my daily walk. May God continue to bless your thirst-quenching ministry!

Liz H., Port Angeles, WA, USA

 

 

Testimony 62

I would like to express my thanks to the C&R team for creating a platform from which people can learn to trust in God and grow. My life is a witness to the effectiveness of this ministry. Without believing the truth about God as you have shown, I don’t know what my life would be like. I had given up on God helping me with certain sins – it was all useless. Given that the scripture is clear and God is so good, how could I have betrayed him so many times? I was a yo-yo christian; spinning up and down. My faith and enthusiasm was driven by discoveries/threats that prophecy is about to be fulfilled. But when I watched your “Healing the Mind” seminar, it was like a light finally went on. I could see God had no plan to hurt me, the danger came from sin, and that He is working to protect me and strengthen me. Thank you for allowing God to use you. The message God gave C&R saved my life!

Antony N. – Hobart, Australia

 

Testimony 50

After coming into contact with Come And Reason Ministries, I can finally say that many of my unanswered questions have fallen into place. I discovered that my view of God’s Law was “imposed laws and rules” with “imposed punishments” and that this was the major culprit of my many unanswered questions. Thanks be to God for using you and those around you to help us who have struggled with this “infection” of thought. I have now rejected the “imposed law” concept to fully embrace “Design Law”… to look thru “Design Law,” instead of “imposed law,” is a relief.

Viliami L., Australia

 

Testimony 18

The Healing the Mind DVD set tarted me on a journey that has changed my relationship with our loving God more significantly than any other study, and brought me to your book and Bible study podcasts, which I now listen to daily, thanks to the availability of archived content on your site and on iTunes.

Anonymous

 

Testimony 31

It was very touching to hear the testimony of your class share how viewing God’s true character has changed their lives. My feelings are the same – there is so much freedom in knowing that God LOVES me – regardless of my… just, REGARDLESS! I’m still blown away by the true gospel, the fact that God is not ready to strike us when we fail. He is not arbitrary. He simply loves us and warns of the natural consequences because He can’t stand to see us suffer. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS GOD!!!

Ceil V.,  UT, USA

 

Testimony 13

I borrowed “Healing The Mind” DVDs from a friend and showed them at my home for a small gathering of women friends. Neither of my friends are Adventist, but they both enjoyed and embraced the messages you taught. In fact, one of the ladies prayed out loud in our group and that was the first time she had ever had public prayer.

J.B. ,Dalles, OR, USA

 

Testimony 17

The blessings of clarity and understanding you and your class inspire me to take from the word of God have impressed upon me so greatly the true, loving character of our Creator. I have found amazing freedom and joy through building a stronger, more intentional relationship with Him. What is new is that this is now a relationship built on love, reverence and respect rather than fear and obligation, and as such my eyes have been slammed OPEN as I am continually impressed by the manifestations of God’s true character in His provisions for fallen man.

T.E.H., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

 

Testimony 19

I truly believe that to know who God really is the first step to understand ourselves in a balanced and kind way, so the healing can take place. Your approach really makes sense – Thank you for your ministry!

A.M., Pittsburg, PA, USA

Testimony 46

Over the past couple of years God has been expanding my view of Himself and His character. Along my approximately 40-year journey, I have often had questions, but was hesitant to voice these and step outside the traditionally accepted thinking, for fear of admitting that I may in fact be eternally lost. In the recesses of my thinking has been the thought – if one blindly accepts (which is widely regarded as “real faith”) and does not question, is this really ‘truth?’ I often find it challenging to grapple with very theological ‘speak,’ but Dr. Jennings has a real gift of explaining spiritual concepts with clear practical examples. The weekly discussions are growing my Christian experience and slowly changing my view of how to live as a child of God in today’s complex world. Finally the whole Old Testament sanctuary teaching moved in my mind from fantasy to reality!

Beverly S., South Africa