Part 1: Evidence for the Virgin Birth The teaching of Scripture is that Jesus is the Son of God by Divine Conception. God impregnated Mary, and the child Jesus was born from that conception. Adoptionism: There has been a long...
Category - Issue: 3rd quarter 2015
A Response to the Doctrine of Adoptionism, part 2
Part 2: Adoptionist Claims Did God Commit Adultery? One reason Adoptionists say that God cannot be the father of Jesus is that since Mary was betrothed to Joseph, if God impregnated Mary, He would be an adulterer. That claim...
A Response to the Doctrine of Adoptionism, part 3
Part 3: Human Genetics and the Sin Nature The Messiah and Genetics There has been wild speculation about the genetics and DNA of Jesus Christ, and also about how genetics plays a part in the transfer of the sin nature from the...
Being Other-Focused
Article by: Kelly Young This past spring, we had to do some intensive training with our dog, Oliver, a 3-year-old Great Dane mix that we rescued as a puppy. He has always been a wonderful and loving dog, but over the spring he...
Unity and the Role of Doctrine
The two thousand years of recorded Christian history have, for the most part, been rife with factious infighting, bickering, and turf wars between the various followers of Christ. Contrary to God’s desire for unity in His family...