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Waiting for Christ’s Return: Faith, Vigilance & Readiness
Attitude of Those Who Watch and Wait for the Second Coming –We anticipate the solemn event [Christ’s second coming]. We are not, because we are in the attitude of waiting and watching, to be indolent, doing nothing. But as we view the great event of Christ’s coming, and as we see the necessity of watching and…
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Come to Jesus: Worship, Faith, and the Hope of His Return
Christ Our Righteousness It’s About Jesus, Only Jesus “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9. God requires that we confess our sins, and humble our hearts before him; but at the same time we should have confidence…
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Seventh-Day Sabbath Worship or Eighth-Day Sunday Worship? What Does the Bible Say?
Written into stone millennia ago, God’s fourth commandment is well known: “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or…
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Christ’s Return: Pack Your Spiritual Survival Kit Today
Judgment day is coming! Yes, we are talking about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. The doomsday warning in 2011 screamed across the U.S.A. through hundreds of billboards, posters, and electronic advertisements. According to Harold Camping, sponsor of the ads and founder of Family Radio, all of God’s people will be “raptured” on May 21,…
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Patriotism and National Ruin: The Sabbath Test of End-Time Faith
CITIZENS of the United States have realized some distinct and unique advantages in living and participating in a country that has enjoyed a special relationship with the great God of heaven and earth. It must be admitted, of course, that this relationship has been unbalanced and one-sided, but in spite of national coldness and unresponsiveness…
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Blue Laws History: Prophetic Insight into End-Time Worship Laws
They are known by a variety of names — blue laws, Sunday blue laws, Sunday-closing laws, Sunday statutes. They affect a variety of activities on Sundays, ranging from liquor sales to hunting to car-buying. Many blue laws are county and city ordinances, though some are statewide statutes. Some of the laws apply to commerce generally,…
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Blue Laws: How U.S. History Connects to End-Time Prophecy
Revelation 13:8 contains a profound prediction: A day is coming when “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.” Two important features stand out in this verse. First, the phrase “all inhabitants…
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Parousia Revealed: Signs and Prophecies of Christ’s Return
Attitude of Those Who Watch and Wait for the Second Coming We anticipate the solemn event, Parousia or the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. We are not, because we are in the attitude of waiting and watching, to be indolent, doing nothing. But as we view the great event of Christ’s second coming, and as…
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Signs of the Second Coming Revealed: How Close Are We to Christ’s Return?
When Christ shall come the second time, the whole world will be represented by two classes, the just and the unjust, the righteous and the unrighteous. Preceding the great sign of the coming of the Son of man, there will be signs and wonders in the heavens. Already sprinklings from the vials of God’s wrath…
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The Biblical Basis for the Righteousness of Christ
The Biblical Basis for the Righteousness of Christ Read by Elders E.J. Waggoner and A.T. Jones at the Ministerial Conference in 1888 Jeremiah 23:5-7 Ephesians 2: 4-8 Galatians 2: 16-21 Romans 11: 1-33 Romans 1: 14-17 Romans 2: 13-29 Galatians 3 Romans 3 Galatians 5: 16 Romans 9: 7-33 Galatians 2 Romans 4: 1-14 Romans…
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What the Bible Says About Israel Today: Insights on the Israel–Hamas War
Judgment day is coming. The end of the world is at hand and the return of Jesus Christ is imminent. God’s patience and forbearance has been great. There are signs of the second coming that are fulfilling before our very eyes, with earthquakes, floods, wars and rumors of war. It has been said: There is…
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Natural Calamities: Are Tornadoes and Hurricanes Signs of the End?
The news is filled with stories of natural and manmade disasters that include global warming, wars, tornadoes, drought, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural calamities. So, what does that mean to humans on planet earth? Are these disasters occurring at a greater frequency and or do they portend something ominous is going to occur? What…
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Religious Nones: The Rise of the Unaffiliated Among Younger Generations
The United States is steadily becoming less Christian and the number of people with no religion is rising. Those are the twin headlines from the latest Pew Research report released Thursday (Oct. 17), which shows a dramatic decline in American religious habits over the course of a decade. The report, an aggregation of yearly political…
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Paula White: Did She Lead President Trump to Christ?
Paula White is a televangelist and recently recounted one of her favorite stories — about when Donald Trump reached out to her in 2011 for guidance on a possible White House run. “Would you bring some people around me to pray?” she said he asked her. “I really want to hear from God.” Paula White…
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Laudato Si: Pope Francis’ Call to Care for Our Common Home
“LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”.In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through…
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Five Solas: Core Principles That Sparked the Reformation
These five statements sum up what lies at the heart of Protestant belief: By Grace alone (Sola Gratia) Through Faith alone (Sola Fide) In Christ alone (Solus Christus) According to Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura) For God’s Glory alone (Soli Deo Gloria) Sola Gratia (Grace alone) Salvation is the free gift of God to man. It is given by God’s Grace alone…
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Five Solas of the Reformation as the Foundations of Protestant Faith
Sola Scriptura: The Scripture Alone is the Standard The doctrine that the Bible alone is the ultimate authority was the “Formal Principle” of the Reformation. In 1521 at the historic interrogation of Luther at the Diet of Worms, he declared his conscience to be captive to the Word of God saying, “Unless I am overcome with…
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Interfaith Relations: The Seventh-day Adventist Approach Explained
The questions are still asked: “Why mingle with other Christians? Is this not a betrayal of Adventist identity, message, and mission?” To these, our unequivocal answer is no, it is not. The mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church cannot be fulfilled without mingling as Jesus did. Fears and objections are part of human experience, but…
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Adventist Religious Liberty: A Case Reaches the U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. government’s top Supreme Court lawyer has recommended the Court hear a case with potentially far-reaching implications for Sabbath-keepers in the workplace. Noel Francisco, the U.S. Solicitor General, filed the brief December 9, 2019, in a case brought by Seventh-day Adventist church member Darrell Patterson against the national pharmacy chain Walgreens. Francisco, whose brief…
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Washing Feet in the Bible: Uncovering Its Deeper Spiritual Meaning
Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost. His instruction was confined to the wants of their own condition in practical life. The curiosity that led them to seek for something they had not, when they came to him with prying questions, he turned into occasions of most solemn, earnest, vital appeal.…
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Jesus’ Foot Washing: Servant Leadership and True Discipleship
“And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. And he said unto them, This is my…
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Foot Washing as a Lesson in Humility from the Last Supper
Those who come to the sacramental service with their hearts open to the influences of the Spirit of God will be greatly blessed, even if those who officiate are not benefited thereby. Christ is there to make the heart susceptible to his Holy Spirit, and to discern the entire dependence of his people upon him…
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Lord’s Supper: Its Meaning and the Practice of Foot Washing
“Then came the day of unleavened bread; when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there…
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Is Trump a Christian? Examining the Former President’s Faith
The following is from the Washington Post February 14, 2020: “In September 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump gathered evangelical pastors, whose support he had courted assiduously, to discuss the political beliefs that they shared. The Rev. Robert Jeffress, who leads the megachurch First Baptist Dallas and would preach at the church service Trump attended on…