New Testament Texts

While a number of Christians hold that Romans 1:26-27 describes homosexuality and rejects it in all its forms, considering it to be sin, others acknowledge that the passage is dealing with homosexuality but they claim that the issue in Paul is idolatry and pederasty, and that Paul could not have ...

Most people do not want to appear in court. Although some criminals manage to go unpunished by earthly tribunals, they will not escape God’s judgment (2 Tim. 4:1). The final “reward” is inevitable. I. The Context In Revelation 19 Christ’s second coming is described in symbolic terms (v. 6-11). Th...

In Hebrews 10:35 the readers are called not to throw away their confidence, for those who persevere will receive the promise, the focus of which is the second coming of Jesus and final salvation (10:36-39). How is this possible? By faith! Heb 11:1 stresses that faith is “seeing” the unseen. Faith...

Some Adventists are reconsidering the church’s system of prophetic interpretation, promoting a mixture of historicism and futurism. Occasionally they argue that the prophetic periods of Revelation are referring to different events and that in some cases they should be interpreted as future literal days. Jon Paulien examined the prophetic periods in Revelation in order to determine exegetically whether they are all referring to the same historical period or not. Here we share with you the results of his careful analysis of the biblical evidence.

1 Peter 3:18-22 belongs to the more difficult passages in the NT. It has received various interpretations throughout church history. Some have concluded from this passage that there is an immortal soul, that people have a second chance of salvation after death, and/or that Jesus descended into he...

In Colossians 1:15 Paul states that Jesus is “the firstborn of all creation.” This text has often been understood in the sense that Jesus was born before the creation of humankind and in one way or another emanated from God the Father in ages past, or that Jesus was created by the Father and then...

Review and author of a number of books, has made another contribution to the understanding of the New Testament by writing Mark: The Gospel of Jesus . This work was designed as companion book to the Sabbath School Study Guide of the second quarter of 2005, but, as with other companion books, it ...

The number 666 found in Rev 13:18 has always intrigued people. For a number of years now, a new suggestion has been circulating which was treated by some as “new light” and seemed to be attractive to a number of church members. It was proposed that the number 666 has to do with papal names. The s...

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...

In the book Salvation Outside the Church? Peter Stravinskas, a Roman Catholic priest, defends the document Dominus Iesus ("The Lord Jesus"), issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on August 6, 2000. On the issue of salvation outside of the church he writes, "Men may be saved...