Richard Rice

In The Love of God: A Canonical Model, John Peckham,…

The assurance that we are connected to a power mightier than any of its foes, and any of our foes, can be an immense source of comfort and strength.

 One of my favorite college teachers was a professor of…

Recently Adventism's understanding of the relationship between sanctification and justification has come under fire both from within and without the church. According to the critics, any attempt to synthesize the two inevitably leads to the…

Can a thinking person be religious? Can a believer be intellectually honest? Is there evidence for religious beliefs? Does it matter? Can we go ahead and believe, whether or not it makes sense?

Questions like these raise one of the…

Have you ever noticed how many public figures have problems with their voices? President Clinton often sounds strained and sometimes has to rest his voice completely. Several months ago Pete Wilson, governor of California, underwent surgery…

In contrast to some other Seventh-day Adventist doctrines that have undergone change, the Trinity has not been a source of notable controversy over the years. The church’s affirmation of righteousness by faith emerged during the 1888 General…

Seventh-day Adventist Statement of Faith #25. The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state for all people. When Christ,…

Few passages in Paul’s writings have received more attention or generated a wider divergence of interpretations than Romans 7:7–25.¹ The passage speaks of a profound struggle, a conflict that lies deep…