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by Dr. Glenn Peoples Souls are on the way out. Not just in our culture or in science, where some Christians may suspect “naturalism” as the culprit, but souls are on the way out of our Bibles. This is because of the ways in which our translations are getting better at conveying what was originally [...]

by Jefferson Vann to be human is to depend on God for life Human beings are creatures, created by God and subject to the same limitations as other creatures. Presupposing that we were created immortal, and then approaching Scripture from that presupposition has led to gross misinterpretations of several texts. We can only truly understand [...]

by William Kilgore Central among the theological crises of the Protestant Reformation were the doctrines of the authority of Scripture and justification by faith alone.[1] Nevertheless, there were several less visible theological crises during the same period that were possibly obscured by the priority of the more central doctrines. One such crisis involved the doctrine [...]

by Rev. Jefferson Vann The Bible is somewhat unique compared with the sacred books of other religions in how it honors the women who have served the Lord throughout history. It commends the service of these faithful female saints who took upon themselves roles normally expected of men: roles like that of prophet,[1] judge,[2] warrior,[3] [...]

ANTHROPOLOGY: TO BE HUMAN (Looking Ahead to issue XLI/1) by Rev. Jefferson Vann The Spring 2015 issue will feature articles about the nature of humanity. We are looking for articles describing human nature. In the past, Advent Christians have debated the question of the components of human beings (whether we are best described as bipartite [...]

By Dr. Steve Brown Introduction – The Issue: A “Paradigm Shift” More than six years ago I met Jeff Reid and Steve Kemp, who talked a lot about paradigms and paradigm shifts. As I listened to them, my thinking about the church, church history, Christian education, leadership development, hermeneutics and missions began to change substantially. [...]

By Rev. Jefferson Vann the immeasurable one If someone asked you to describe an automobile, it should not be too hard to do. You need merely describe it using common traits of autos, like make, model, chassis type, color, engine type, transmission type, or even the VIN number. We define things based on their similarity [...]