Sakae Kubo
Reviewed by Sakae Kubo, retired vice president for academic affairs, Atlantic Union College, now living in Chico, California.
Articles by Sakae Kubo
Guiding Royalty Healthwise
February 1947
During the five years I spent at the imperial palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, I had many opportunities to introduce a more healthful way of living. I found that His Majesty took a great interest in healthful…
The Original Language of the New Testament
April 1963
The main part of the controversy over the original language of the New Testament took place in the twenties and thirties of our century. The question was discussed from many different angles, and a new discussion on the same basis…
"Knowledge Puffs Up, But Love Builds Up"
December 1967
NOW concerning food offered to idols: we know that 'all of us possess knowledge.' Knowledge' puffs up, but love builds up. If any one imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if one loves God, one…
Tempted Like As We Are
January 1961
Recent emphasis on the sinless nature of Christ has provoked a question in people's minds regarding how Christ really could have been tempted as we are. Such statements as the following from the Spirit of Prophesy have raised this question.
Be…
The Fruitage of Faith
May 1977
MUCH CONFUSION exists about the relationship of works to salvation. And the distinction of time must be kept. There are absolutely no works in justification. Neither are works needed to supplement faith. The individual who has responded…
Love that will not let me go
September 1979
Of the many wonderful and precious promises in the Bible the greatest of all, for me, is the promise found in Romans 8:38 and 39: "For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things…
Man's first full day
November 1980
Why then the law?
March 1980
Grace is a most important concept in the New Testament. It is the quality of God that makes salvation possible for us. But we cannot truly understand grace aright unless we understand precisely its relation ship to law. Law and grace are…
The Sabbath, sign of a relationship
June 1983
The Sabbath is valueless in itself. In isolation it can be only a symbol of legalism. Keeping the Sabbath does not guarantee spirituality. People who kept the Sabbath rejected Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, and ultimately crucified Him.…
The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Edi tions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism
March 1988
Every minister needs some knowledge of the history of the New Testament text since the issue of manuscripts and translations is one that he will frequently face, for the Bible is basic to the spiritual life of our members. This book and one…
Christology in Context: The Earliest Christian Response to Jesus
July 1989
How did the earliest Christians view Jesus? The author writes from a view point shared by most scholars that the New Testament writings, as we now have them, were put together at least 20 years after the time of Christ. He feels that these…
Israel's Law and the Church's Faith: Paul and His Recent Interpreters
June 1991
This book deals with the place of law in Paul's thought. Paul regards the law in a pejorative way in most cases, and yet he talks about fulfilling the law and living out its ethical content. The question is, How does Paul view law?
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