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Is There a Pre-Advent Judgment of God’s Loyal People in Daniel 8:14?

George Knight’s warning in his new book, The Apocalyptic Vision and the Neutering of Adventism, of Adventism’s progressive loss of vision and consequent slide to impotence in fulfilling our mission is on target, and so is his biblically-balanced call to recapture holy urgency that focuses on an...

Crucial Questions of Interpretation in Genesis 1

Many issues, both theological and scientific have been raised in connection with the account of creation in Genesis. These issues are related and have resulted in numerous attempts at answering the many interpretative questions involved in an understanding of Genesis 1 and 2. Having dealt with th...

Zdravko Stefanovic, Daniel

Zdravko Stefanovic is professor of Old Testament languages and biblical studies at Walla Walla University. His commentary on the Book of Daniel is an in-depth study of the Hebrew and Aramaic text of Daniel, along the lines of the Anchor Bible Commentary on Daniel, i.e., each text passage is follo...

George R. Knight, Exploring Ecclesiastes & Song of Solomon: A Devotional Commentary

Exploring Ecclesiastes & Song of Solomon is the fourth volume in the Exploring Series but the first Old Testament easy-to-use devotional commentary in that series which is especially addressed to church members. This publication contains an interpretation of two biblical books: Ecclesiastes (143...

Roy Allan Anderson, Unveiling Daniel and Revelation

This commentary on Daniel and Revelation is an attractively bound reprint of R. A. Anderson’s books Unfolding Daniel’s Prophecies and Unfolding the Revelation . That Anderson wrote these books in the 1960s, when the cold war was at its height, is evidenced by the fact that he prefers to identi...

The Abomination That Causes Desolation

The recent incursion of futurism among Adventists has led some to reinterpret the use of the phrase “the abomination that causes desolation” and the “continual” in the book of Daniel. Here we will concentrate on the phrase “the abomination that causes desolation.” The phrase is found in Dan 11:31...

Jon L. Dybdahl, A Strange Place for Grace

The author of this book, the theme of which is expressed in the subtitle “Discovering a Loving God in the Old Testament,” was for many years a missionary in Singapore and Thailand, professor of world mission at Andrews University, and more recently president of Walla Walla College. Apart from the...

William H. Shea, Daniel: A Reader’s Guide

This volume on Daniel is a reprint of the two volumes W. H. Shea wrote for the Abundant Life Bible Amplifier Series ten years ago. The body of the earlier work has remained unchanged. The new volume has a new introduction and the specific characteristics of the Abundant Life Bible Amplifier Serie...

Mike Tucker. Journal of a Lonely God: The Book of Genesis Reveals God’s Deepest Longing–You!

Mike Tucker’s book is not a commentary on selected passages of Genesis, but a sermonic and devotional treatment of Gen 1-3, 6-8, 12, 16, 22, 27-28, 32, 37-39, 46-50 with references to the NT. Although quotations are found frequently, they lack references. Readers who expect a careful exposition o...

Seventh-day Adventists and the Lord’s Supper

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...

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Ellen G. White’s Insights into Scripture Affirm the Original Biblical Languages*

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BRI Participates in First Bible and Research Conference Held at Fulton Adventist University College, Fiji

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