The disciples’ question in John 9:2 reflects an explanatory framework widely attested in Second Temple Judaism: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (RSV). Jesus’ response in John 9:3, however, raises an interpretive problem of considerable interest: “. . . but t...

Introduction Jesus is the center of history, both theologically and chronologically. While His birth divides the Western calendar into before and after Christ (BC and AD), His death and resurrection mark a new chapter not only for human redemptive history, but also for all creation. Surprisingly,...

The great controversy is premised on a question about God's character. Is He just? Is He loving? Is His government established upon voluntary love, or merely required compliance? Consider any war between two sides. Two nations. Two armies. Both are looking for the same thing: an edge, the one a...