A note on citations: In preparing this talk I cited the sources for some of my assertions in endnotes. WordPress has stripped them out here. For anyone who wants to see them, I will send a PDF file that includes the citations and endnotes. I’d post it here as a downloadable link, but I don’t…

Last week, we explored Jesus’ resurrection. The awesome light of Easter and Christ’s victory—“never to die again” (Romans 6:9)—mark a radical shift: God’s righteousness is now revealed in grace, not reserved for a final judgment at the end of time. This is the new covenant—the life of resurrection not simply for God alone, but for…

Excerpts from Jürgen Moltmann’s The Crucified God are interspersed throughout this essay. In previous classes, we talked about the crucifixion. In the Christian narrative, the crucifixion of Christ demonstrates the judgment of God. The death of Jesus on the cross is the wages he paid for our sins. The Lamb of God carried the sins…

Today, I would like to reflect on two fundamental Seventh-day Adventist beliefs, 19 and 20, through the lens of grace. At their core, these two beliefs are about Christian living. Belief 19 talks about the Law of God, and belief 20 talks about the Sabbath. These two beliefs center around a vital question: If a…

John 19:30 (NIV) When He had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. This weekend, Christians around the world pause to reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. As part of that reflection, many turn to Jesus’ final words on the cross: “It…

Don: A few weeks ago I asked Kiran to look at the 28 fundamental beliefs of Adventism, and find how grace can be seen in each of these fundamentals, not because I’m trying to proselytize anyone to Adventism (although I think it’s been a very helpful thing for me) but because I wanted to see…