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To Know Christ and to Be Found in Him: Our Identity and Mission
Identity Crises There are moments in life when we are faced with the question of our identity. Who are we really? Think of the person who, after years of hard work and personal sacrifice, unexpectedly loses a job that had become central to who they are. Or a cancer diagnosis that leads to reorde...
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View all“From Cause to Manifestation”: Rereading John 9:3
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...
Celebrating the Baptism of Jesus: A Chronological Case for AD 27
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,...
Religious Liberty and the Character of God
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...