Jesus Christ

In books on Pauline theology, it is common to speak of the “in Christ” motif. Usage of this expression is fine when “in Christ” is understood as a general phrase for a comprehensive idea. To be more accurate we should speak of the “in Him” concept, for it is a complex idea with a double reference...

Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #15: The Lord’s Supper: The Lord’s Supper is a participation in the emblems of the body and blood of Jesus as an expression of faith in Him, our Lord and Saviour. In this experience of communion Christ is present to meet and strengthen His people. As we pa...

Mel Gibson’s film “The Passion of the Christ” has triggered a number of quite different responses. The film focuses on Jesus’ twelve hours before his death, climaxing in his crucifixion. Languages used are Latin and Aramaic. Subtitles are in English or other modern languages. The film is unique i...

The Incarnation, together with the cross, is and will remain an unfathomable mystery of the nature of God’s sacrifice for the human race. Our explanations will always be incomplete and could even distort it. Your question seeks to understand what happened when God became a human being. I do not h...

In a matter of only two weeks last October the news of a major archaeological artifact hit the major newspapers of the world. A bone box known as an ossuary, used for burials during the first century A.D., had the intriguing inscription “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.” New Testament conn...

The first verse of the temptation narrative contains the strange remark that Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness in order to be tempted by the devil. Obviously the Spirit is the same “Spirit of God” who had just been mentioned in Matthew 3:16 and who descended on Jesus when he was bap...

This is our second Bible study. It can be used by pastors and lay persons when meeting with people who are interested in studying Scripture. Many people have heard about Jesus. Some believe that he was a good man, others that he was a prophet, still others that he was the founder of a new religio...

Seventh-day Adventist confess with their name that they believe in Jesus' soon return. I would like to take a look at Revelation and ask what this book tells us about the second coming of Jesus. First, I will focus on the most important words connected to the second coming. Then I will evaluate this data.

A. Introduction Justification is an image, used to interpret the significance of Christ's death, taken from the court of law. Two passages (2 Cor 5:18-21; Rom 5:8-9) bring together reconciliation and justification by faith. The two terms are almost synonymous; but they express different ideas. Th...

What backgrounds do the early church councils provide for our current debate on the nature of Christ? What do the key New Testament passages indicate about the kind of human nature He took? Why did He take human nature, and what does this reveal about the kind He took? by Kenneth Gage In the earl...