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Table of Contents

  1. Simple Solutions For Smoking Cessation  • December 8, 2009
  2. Sincerity in Rule Keeping Can Destroy  • November 29, 2018
  3. Six Steps to Dialogue with Those Who Disagree with the Healing Model  • July 29, 2021
  4. Social Justice — The Battle for Hearts and Minds  • August 12, 2021
  5. Solutions for Sick Societies  • August 21, 2019
  6. Soy Beans, Fish Oil and Obesity  • December 13, 2012
  7. Spiritual Warfare, Angels, Demons, and How to Find Truth  • March 20, 2025
  8. Storms and Other Disasters: Are They From God?  • December 12, 2024
  9. Subpoenaed By God  • May 1, 2012
  10. Suicide and Salvation  • December 3, 2010
  11. Suicide and the Myth of Lost Salvation  • December 3, 2017
  12. Suicide: Risk and Prevention  • July 10, 2019
  13. Sunlight  • July 18, 2008
  14. Tapping into God’s Power  • June 30, 2020
  15. Thankfulness and Your Health  • November 25, 2010
  16. Thanksgiving  • November 25, 2021
  17. Thanksgiving and Blessings for Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine  • April 27, 2023
  18. The “Infinite Price” Paid – Is it Legal & Is Christ still Omnipresent?  • January 16, 2011
  19. The Attack on Your Mind by Modern-Day Sorcerers  • October 10, 2024
  20. The Benefits of Work  • January 22, 2018
  21. The Bible and Judgment  • May 26, 2010
  22. The Big Things and Little Things  • March 30, 2023
  23. The Blindfolds and Veils Satan Uses to Blind the World  • August 17, 2023
  24. The Christian and Culture: Is All Culture Equally Healthy?  • December 14, 2020
  25. The Christian and Post-Election Blues  • November 1, 2020
  26. The Con of Consensus Statements  • June 15, 2023
  27. The Contrast Between God and Satan  • August 31, 2023
  28. The Conversion and Salvation of Peter  • January 30, 2025
  29. The Corrupting of Minds  • October 19, 2023
  30. The Court in Daniel 7: Royal or Judicial?  • January 2, 2009
  31. The Cult (Culture) of Godlessness—A Cancer Destroying the World  • October 5, 2023
  32. The Culture War: Why Christianity Appears to be Losing!  • March 12, 2018
  33. The Damaging Effects of Social Isolation During COVID-19  • November 30, 2020
  34. The Days of Noah & Today’s Climate Change  • October 23, 2019
  35. The Death Penalty in Old Testament Times  • December 7, 2023
  36. The Design Laws of God  • September 4, 2019
  37. The Difference Between Clinical and Situational Depression  • February 1, 2024
  38. The Economy a sign of the End?  • October 11, 2008
  39. The False Allure of Universalism  • April 18, 2019
  40. The First Death: A Manifestation of God’s Grace  • January 9, 2025
  41. The Flag and the Sabbath  • April 21, 2022
  42. The Flood and the Question of Whether God Kills – Part 1  • December 11, 2019
  43. The Flood and the Question of Whether God Kills – Part 2  • January 15, 2020
  44. The Four Judgments  • July 22, 2021
  45. The God-Shaped Brain Changing Lives  • June 6, 2013
  46. The Gospel for Today  • February 16, 2012
  47. The Gospel Is the Good News About God  • May 26, 2022
  48. The Great Controversy and COVID  • August 5, 2021
  49. The Green Delusion  • April 15, 2021
  50. The Healing Substitution Model  • June 4, 2010

 

Chronological

  • Why Does the Law Demand the Life of the Sinner?

    Why Does the Law Demand the Life of the Sinner?

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    How do we harmonize quotes like this one, or perhaps is there a better way to say it?: “On the Day of Atonement the high priest… went into the most […]

  • Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life

    Psalms 23 – The Path to Eternal Life

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Several months back, in one of my Bible Studies I shared my understanding of the meaning of the 23rd Psalm – that is is a Psalm of the experience of salvation from sinner to eternal life. Several have emailed me and asked for my take on this psalm, so I have summarized it here.  “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want” God is watching out for me and I don’t need to worry about where my support will come from. He will provide all my soul needs.

  • Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action

    Medical Marijuana and Psychiatric Illness – A Call to Action

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Dr. Jennings submitted the following article to Psychiatric News to consider for publication in their paper, however after several months he has not had a response and is posting it […]

  • School Shootings – Why All the Violence?

    School Shootings – Why All the Violence?

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    In the aftermath of the tragic shooting of 20 children and 6 adults, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, in Newtown, Connecticut people are searching for answers – why? Why did this tragedy happen? Why all the shootings[i] – Columbine, Nickel Mines Village, Clackamas Town Center Mall, Virginia Tech, a movie theater in Colorado and far too many more – why?

  • Soy Beans, Fish Oil and Obesity

    Soy Beans, Fish Oil and Obesity

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Over the last 100 years dietary patterns in many westernized countries have changed. In the US, there has been a significant shift in the percentages of dietary oils ingested, away from healthy oils to more obesity promoting fats. Historically, the human diet containing no more than 1% of an oil known as linoleic acid (LA), which is an omega 6 fatty acid found in a variety of foods, but is highly concentrated in soy bean oil. Over the past century the US dietary intake of LA has increased from 1% to 8% of daily caloric intake.

  • Forgiving Self – Why Is It So Hard?

    Forgiving Self – Why Is It So Hard?

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Hello, I am from Malawi but live in the UK. I have been following your class for about a year now. I must say I am impressed with how your ministry has grown… you have taught me how to forgive myself. This has set me free indeed… [but my] question is “Why is it so hard to forgive ourselves?” Can you please help me shed light on this?

  • What Angels Saw at the Cross

    What Angels Saw at the Cross

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Revelation 12:10-12 says, “Then I heard a loud voice in heaven say: ‘Now have come the salvation and the power
and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They triumphed over him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.

  • Creation, Evolution, and Evidence Based Thinking

    Creation, Evolution, and Evidence Based Thinking

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    As a Christian physician and scientist (one who forms beliefs based upon objective evidence, which is testable and reproducible, while remaining open to modifying those beliefs as more evidence becomes available), I am struck by the level of non-evidence-based thinking and believing rife within both religious and scientific communities.

  • Women’s Ordination

    Women’s Ordination

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Recently I was asked to read an article that addressed the issue of ordination of women. The article, while advocating for female pastors, opposed ordination for women as ordination included “church authority” to baptize and establish churches. The author appealed to the example of Lucifer in heaven being jealous of Christ and Korah being jealous of Aaron and neither being content with their position as evidence that God has selected men to be ordained and women should not be jealous of ordination but content with their position.

  • Retribution or Rehabilitation

    Retribution or Rehabilitation

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    As I was reviewing this week’s [bible study] lesson on Final Events, you make the statement in your outline…”When one accepts that God imposes law, then one must conclude that the consequences one experiences for disobedience to God’s law is imposed by God, or that God’s wrath is something that he inflicts to punish for sin.” Since I am developing in law school my views of criminal punishment and civil sanctions, should I relate my view of God into the courtroom?

  • Effective Communication

    Effective Communication

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    Writer Charles Swindoll once found himself with too many commitments in too few days. He got nervous and tense about it. “I was snapping at my wife and our children, choking down my food at mealtimes, and feeling irritated at those unexpected interruptions through the day,” he recalled in his book Stress Fractures. “Before long, things around our home started reflecting the patter of my hurry-up style. It was becoming unbearable.

  • Salvation & Sanctification

    Salvation & Sanctification

    by

    Tim Jennings, M.D.

    The following is a short exchange with one of our online listeners: Nelson: I just listened to 2012 Q3 Lesson 4 and I’m a little confused about your last statement before the prayer. You mentioned that Peter wasn’t saved until he died to self (I’m paraphrasing). I’ve always thought that salvation comes from accepting (believing) Christ as your Savior (John 3:16) and that sanctification is the process of dying to self and becoming more like Christ. Can you explain to me a little more what salvation is?

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Testimony 5

We listen to your bible studies lessons in our class in Montana. You actually were the main reason I decided to get a laptop, so I can go to your site and listen, read, learn, and print the class notes. I am so grateful to learn the correct view of God and his character. Now, to just have others have an interest in knowing, so I can share it with them. Good thoughts your way.

R. N., MT, USA

 

Testimony 51

I Love This Ministry!!!!!!! I see first hand how this message is desperately needed, how erroneous beliefs about God and His Character negatively affect humanity at every level. I thank God for your ministry, as I was searching on my own and was discovering some of your same beliefs and was blown away when I found your ministry. I know you hear it all the time, but it is truly life changing. May God continue to reveal His Will to you and Bless you!

Eric S., Sanford, FL, USA

 

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 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 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 71

When I was 9 years old, I remember setting at our devotional table with a hunger and thirst for God that wanted more, deeper, BETTER. I can remember literally crying and pounding on the table, “I know these teachers didn’t mean to give us error. They taught what THEY had been TAUGHT, but didn’t ANYBODY READ THE BOOK?!?!?” It mattered to me then. It mattered to me as a teenager. It matters now as I teach bible classes. It didn’t have to be so hard as I watched so many give up and lay God’s great plan and gift of salvation aside as being “impossible.” Then, a friend sent me a link to Come And Reason’s website. I grew excited. YES! FINALLY! Then another friend told me to stay away, saying her son had just broken up with a girl because she was involved with Come And Reason and that “Tim Jennings preaches a false gospel.” But, AFTER many years of developing an authentic and, dare I say FUN relationship with Jesus, through the Holy Spirit I see this message has been around a LONG time, since the apostle Paul, Ellen White, Graham Maxwell, Ray Foucher, and yourself (though I admit, you’ve made me back up, rewind and replay the clips, and get out my well-worn Bible on a few things.) I’m so thankful I have found LIGHT during these DARK days. I am not alone.

Vicki DiNitto

Testimony 11

I would love to have a copy of “Healing the Mind” DVDs to have in my therapy office. I enjoy having clients check out materials to enhance their therapy experience. I have sat under Dr. Jennings’ teaching at an American Association of Christian Counselors convention and respect his work greatly.

K.B., LA, USA

 

Testimony 41

I have been blessed by your ministry. I have experienced personally, and deeply resonate with, the God of love and the beautiful picture of God’s character that you present. I have seen your seminar series on YouTube, read ‘The Journal of the Watcher’ book, used your mobile app, and also listen/study the bible study lesson with you each week. I concur with many of the thoughts and perspectives that you share. I understand your conclusions on natural laws vs imposed law and the legal/penal substitution (incorrect diagnosis). This makes perfect sense to me.

Bless you for all you do.

Melissa L.

 

Testimony 53

I was so blessed by a friend who gave me your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” while I was sitting in church asking God to please help me learn more about Him and help me not to be so confused and scared. That was about 2 years ago. Your books have helped me to love God even more. I’m not confused or scared anymore! I have listened to all of your bible study classes and feel like I know the wonderful people that attend every week. Thank you for all that you’re doing in spreading the true message about God and His law of love. God bless you and your whole class.

Elssy P., Modesto, CA, USA

 

Testimony 33

I was invited over a friend’s house to see the “God and Your Brain” seminar today. I became [a christian] 36 years ago at the age of 19, but have struggled with the concept of God taking His ‘pound of flesh’ out on His Son to be appeased. Wow. Your seminar has been an incredible revelation and breath of reason and fresh air! I have your book, “The God Shaped Brain,” and it is SO eye opening. Finally, after 36 years enlightenment has come! Praise the Good Lord! What can I say, but that the Real Gospel is truly “Good News!” Thank you for your efforts in giving the Gospel a clear sound!

Paul C.,  Springfield, MA, USA

 

Testimony 42

I am just writing to say that I have been so blessed by the teachings of Come And Reason Minitries recently. I watched last week’s bible study lesson on Youtube and am thankful that the error in the printed lesson guide you use was pointed out and this week’s study was of equal benefit, if not more so. My understanding of God’s nature has been very confused of late and I am so grateful for clarity in this matter. I have never really fully understood previously how a good God can cause bad things to happen and now I realise that He doesn’t, it’s a natural consequence of sin. May the almighty Father and His Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, continue to bless your ministry.

Laura P., United Kingdom

 

Testimony 56

I cannot thank you enough for opening my understanding to the beautiful truth of God’s Law of Love and how it applies to everything. I have been a Christian for over forty years, but I feel like I am only now seeing with my eyes open. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

Tammy Cinzio, Australia

 

Testimony 8

Thank you for the ministry you are sharing with us, it is a real blessing to us and especially to my husband and myself! You are encouraging us to think for ourselves and not just to except everything, without thinking it through, with God’s word!

M.K., USA

 

Testimony 30

God lead me to your book “The God-Shaped Brain” while I was searching for another book about the brain and then to your interview about your book on HeartWise Ministries [where] I found out about [Come And Reason Ministries]. I’m now devouring the webcasts of your Bible studies. I have been so greatly blessed and I thank God so much for your courage to speak the Truth in love no matter what. Listening to you contrast the two opposing systems (laws) and digging deep to unearth the hidden treasures in the Bible makes me so incredibly happy and I feel very blessed to be part of your Bible Study Group although I live far away. I am just so excited that there is a group of people that is spreading the Truth about the character of God and it saddens me how few realize what our Father in Heaven is really like.

Kessy B., Australia