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Spiritual Gifts

Stewardship of Gifts and Talents

Newspapers and magazines are filled with reports about sports “heroes,” especially during world championships and the Olympic Games. We admire their skills, strength, and tenacity. The same is true for top musicians, artists, and writers. There are the actors with their incredible ability to play...

Hoffnung, die uns trägt: Wie Adventisten ihren Glauben bekennen (Hope that Sustains Us: How Adventists Confess Their Faith)

This book deals with the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of Seventh-day Adventists and was published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Germany in conjunction with the German Adventist publishing house. The author is a professor of systematic theology at Friedensau Adventist University. After a forewo...

Speaking in Tongues

Acknowledgements Scriptures quoted from AMP are from The Amplified Bible. Old Testament, copyright © 1965, 1987 by The Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament, copyright 1958, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Scriptures quoted from NEB are from The New English Bible...

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Tithing as a Christian Practice

Is tithing normative for Christians? For some, a cursory look at the passages on tithing shows that in biblical times the tithe functioned primarily to sustain the Levites and priests as their reward for the service of the sanctuary and, therefore, because Jesus’ death brought an end to the sacri...

The Character of God through the Lens of Creation

The Genesis creation account not only explains the origins of the world and humanity; it also offers profound insight into the character of the Creator. At the outset, we should note that the placement of Genesis 1 at the opening of Scripture is profoundly significant. As J. Richard Middleton obs...

Why Didn't Adam and Eve Die Immediately?

Because Adam and Eve did not die on the exact day that they ate of the forbidden fruit, it is sometimes claimed that since one day is with the Lord as a thousand years (2 Pet 3:8) and Adam lived less than a thousand years (Gen 5:5), Adam, therefore, did die within that one-thousand-year “day.” An...

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