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Table of Contents

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

 

Chronological

  • Who Are the 144,000?

    Who Are the 144,000?

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    There has been much speculation throughout history as to whom comprises the 144,000 of Revelation chapter seven. Do they represent the totality of the saved or just a subset of the saved? Are they the literal biological descendants of Abraham? Is this a literal or symbolic number?


  • The Difference Between Clinical and Situational Depression

    The Difference Between Clinical and Situational Depression

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    Clinical depression is treatable! The best treatment outcomes occur when a holistic approach is taken and the underlying contributing factors are identified and resolved. Read how in this blog.


  • God’s Wrath Versus Satan’s Wrath—What’s the Difference?

    God’s Wrath Versus Satan’s Wrath—What’s the Difference?

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    What does it mean to love ourselves, without becoming selfish, and how do we do that in a God-designed way? Answering this question requires that we define what love is and what selfishness is.


  • How to Love Oneself

    How to Love Oneself

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    What does it mean to love ourselves, without becoming selfish, and how do we do that in a God-designed way? Answering this question requires that we define what love is and what selfishness is.


  • When God Tests Us

    When God Tests Us

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    When the Lord puts someone to the test, what is He testing?


  • Our Resistance and God’s Persistence

    Our Resistance and God’s Persistence

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    My goal as we start this New Year is to listen to God’s voice and follow wherever He is leading, for He has proven to me that He is love, He is trustworthy, and He always has a better plan for me than I could devise for myself.


  • Light Becoming Darkness

    Light Becoming Darkness

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    So how exactly does heavenly light become darkness to people?


  • Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us

    Naaman: An Object Lesson for Us

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    God is waiting for His people to no longer bow down to Baal. He’s waiting for us to call attention to the difference between Him, the Creator God of love, who does not require payment to be made to Him, and this pagan counterfeit. Do we today want to act the part of Naaman?


  • Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace

    Nebuchadnezzar—Lessons in God’s Grace

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    Scripture provides especially poignant evidence of God’s love for all human beings and His desire to save all human beings through its story of the heathen king Nebuchadnezzar.


  • The Death Penalty in Old Testament Times

    The Death Penalty in Old Testament Times

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    How we understand the Bible often depends on the presuppositions we hold as we read it. Do we understand the setting in which the inspired message was given? What do we understand the problem being addressed to be?


  • Jesus: The Right Hand of God

    Jesus: The Right Hand of God

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    While the Bible is a book of history, a record of what has actually transpired in human history, it is also filled with God-inspired metaphors, object lessons, symbols, and parables. Let’s explore a deeper meaning to the expression the Right Hand of God, or God’s Right Hand.


  • God’s Leading: A Thanksgiving Reflection

    God’s Leading: A Thanksgiving Reflection

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    Over the past couple of years, Philippians 4:4–7 has come to be a staple in my daily spiritual life. The following is just a short synopsis of God’s wonderful leading in recent years.


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Testimony 61

I grew up in a prominent protestant church and had what I like to call religious anxiety. I’ve always had questions about God and Salvation that no one could seem to answer.  I didn’t know how to find resolution. During 2020, at the height of my anxiety, I fell to my knees and begged God to show me truth and light and to give me the hope that I’ve been longing for. Days later, I stumbled upon your online videos and it was like a veil was lifted and EVERYTHING made sense! For the first time in my almost 39 years of life, my religious/spiritual anxiety has lessened. I feel a sense of freedom and peace I’ve NEVER had before… and it’s all because my view of God has changed. Thank you!

Ashleighn C.

 

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 38

Since November 2015, when I started studying Gods word from this God Is Love point of view, my life has been transformed. My troubled marriage of 15 years has been healed and my husband and I are truly happy for the first time in 15 years. Now When I read the word of God I understand it so much better and I can’t help but see Gods love radiating through the pages to humanity. Gods word is living and active and I am blessed beyond measure to be having this amazing experience. God has given me a beautiful understanding of Jn 3:16 that amazes me more and more each day. Thank you again for your ministry.

Helen D., London, England

 

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 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 36

Thank you and may God continue to bless you as you share with others the intricacies of how we are all “fearfully and wonderfully made”. I must share that you have opened a whole new world to me, and I have found tremendous healing through what you have shared in two of your books, “Could It Be This Simple?” and “The God Shaped Brain.” I praise God for what you shared, what I have learned, and how I have grown and healed! My prayer is that My Precious Jesus will be seen by others in the way I live, act, talk, etc. and they may be encouraged to know He is truly a GREAT God of LOVE, desiring that no one should perish! God Bless you in your continued endeavors to present Him as He really is!

Joleen H. GA, USA

 

Testimony 55

I was born [into the church], then I left it for many years. 10 years ago, I came back, but I could not take the hypocrisy and the lack of answers to the missing pieces. I struggled, but I did not abandon my commitment to know the truth. God is leading me to the simple understanding of his relevance and I am relearning what the church taught me as a youth… that he loves me, that he has led me to a knowledge of him such as I have never known. He is using Dr. Jennings to connect the dots that are now so apparent and hiding in plain sight!

Dean P., Arlington, TX, USA

 

Testimony 69

After reading your book, ‘Could It Be This Simple,’ someone was explaining Christianity in a way that made sense to me for the first time in my life. One morning, I simply prayed “I’m sorry and I love you.” As soon as I silently said that, I could literally feel God’s presence and light flood down on me from above and fill me up with love and joy. I sat there crying my eyes out, because I was so overpowered with this feeling of love and joy. It was just so incredible. I hope that more people can read this book and get a blessing from it. It’s really amazing.

Rachael H.

Testimony 60

Just watched watched lesson 10 in the 1st quarter 2021 bible study classs on Isaiah. I want to thank you for your intellectual spirituality; it’s not an oxymoron! From the point of view of a teacher I also enjoy seeing how much personal pleasure you clearly take in not just tasting, but feasting on God’s word – it reminds me of Jeremiah not being able to hold it in! It makes me smile that your cup is so full and overflowing that you make it to Tuesday’s lesson (on a good day). It just goes to show the richness of God’s Word.

God bless the Come and Reason Team from our church here in Great Britain.

Andrew H., Great Britain

 

Testimony 57

You have helped make sense of thirty two years of confusion. The material you freely provide reorganized so much of my life into such a beautiful pattern that has always been hinted at from within, but misguided with my training and what I was experiencing externally. My filipno parents, who were converted from Catholicism to SDA, were sincere and did their best to raise me the right way and I have deep respect for them. However, being immigrants and not understanding the language made for a difficult transition as I was growing up, which also applied to my spiritual growth as I learned the patterns of religion. I have been listening to as many bible study classes and reading blog posts as my time in a work truck will allow, searching for the practical applications of where spirituality and reality meet, and I thank you for helping me find that. You have helped me reach a point in which I can truly say that I love God, that I believe He loves me, and, like David, I delight in His law. God bless.

Emmanuel V., Calgary, AB Canada

Testimony 14

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

Anonymous

 

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 45

I have been confused for years about what [christianity] calls [its] most disgusting teaching. It has never made much sense to me and for that reason has been evermore empty. I have listened to your class off and on and have struggled determining what is truth, because of the resistance design law encounters in the church. So, I thank God for your ministry. What you teach makes sense. It’s logical and backed up by the power of love. I have never seen that in Christ until now. I am astounded by the insight that is found when we look at God’s ministry through design law. All strength to this message, as I believe it to be the power of God.

Brendon S.

 

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 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