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1: The Word
2: The Origin of Evil
3: What is God Like?
4: God Wants to be Your Friend
5. Sin, the Enemy of Good
6. Forgiveness
7. Death
8. The Second Coming
9. The Millennium
10. Lost Forever
11. The Passion of Christ
12. The Second Death
13. The Healing Model
14. The Blessing of Health
15. The Sabbath Rest, Part 1
16. The Sabbath Rest, Part 2
17. Commitment
18. The Church
Bible Study
Introduction
How to Read the Old Testament
(or how not to read)
Bible Study
in the 21st century
Bible Introduction Audio, 2007
The Bible in Translation
Genesis
Genesis 20-50
the low road
Genesis 18-19
sodom & gomorah
Genesis 12-22
strange times
Genesis 5 - 11
the flood
Genesis 3 & 4
emnity
Genesis 3
what is sin?
Genesis 1 & 2
tohu wabohu
Genesis
audio 2007
Exodus
Exodus 32
God comes to kill
Exodus 20-33
punishing to the fourth generation
Exodus 20
rules for the unruly
Exodus 5-20
egypt to sinai
Exodus 1-4
down is the way up
Exodus
audio 2007
Leviticus
Leviticus: Part 2
your mission, should you choose to accept...
Leviticus: Part 1
the spiritual temple
Leviticus
audio 2007
Numbers
Numbers 20-25
stricken rock and donkey
Numbers 20
face-to-face with God
Numbers 12-21
desert mutiny
Numbers 14
forgiveness in numbers?
Numbers 1-14
little faith, lots of miracles
Numbers
audio 2007
Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy
inspiration for the uninspired
Deuteronomy
audio 2007
Job
Job Part 2
God's non-use of power
Job Part 1
evidence for conviction
Job and the Great Controversy
article
Job
audio 2007
Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Judges 12-22
still, I stuck with him
Judges 1-11
warning: graphic violence and cruelty
Judges & Ruth
Joshua
God of war?
Joshua
audio 2008
Samuel & Chronicles
1st Samuel 10 - 26
saul kept a jealous eye on david
1st Samuel 8 - 12
flag 1, cross 0
1st Samuel 6 - 8
give them a king
1st Samuel
the Lord sent an evil spirit
1st Samuel Introduction
roger ebert and the unknowable God
2nd Samuel & 1st Chronicles
audio 2008
1st Samuel
audio 2008
Psalms & David
David
a man after God's heart?
Angry Psalms
may they be like snails that dissolve into slime
David and the Psalms
audio 2008
Proverbs - Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes
an old foolish king?
Proverbs
what is wisdom?
Song of Solomon
human or divine love story?
Solomom
in proverbs - ecclesiastes
Kings
1st Kings 13 - 22
micaiah: lying spirits and false prophets
1st Kings 17 - 19
mount horeb to the mount of transfiguration
2nd Kings 1 - 13
elisha's greatest miracle
Elijah & Elisha
Splitting of the Kingdom
Jonah & Amos
Amos 5:24
what I want is justice!
Amos 4:12
get ready to face my judgement!
Jonah's Sign
versus Jesus' sign
Jonah & Amos
video 2008
Jonah & Amos
audio 2007
Hosea & Micah
Micah
this is what the Lord requires
Hosea
love me, or else?
Hosea & Micah
video 2008
Hosea & Micah
audio, 2008
Isaiah
Isaiah 1: 24, 25
God's refining fire
Isaiah 14:20
you killed your own people
Isaiah 52:15
shocked into silence
Isaiah 40+
the gospel prophet
Isaiah 1 - 39
video 2008
Isaiah
audio 2008
Jeremiah & Lamentations
Jeremiah
human suffering
Jeremiah
hinnom valley and hell
Jeremiah
a glimpse of God's wrath in action
Jeremiah
a story about God
Jeremiah 22
knowing God is to love others
Jeremiah & Lamentations
audio 2008
Ezekiel
Ezekiel 27 & 28
the king of tyre
Ezekiel 20:25
article: God's "bad rules"
Ezekiel's Vision
of wheels, creatures, and God
Ezekiel
video 2008
Ezekiel
audio 2008
Daniel
Daniel 7
the heavenly court in judgment
Daniel 8:12
truth was thrown to the ground
Daniel 4
daniel's conversion of nebuchadnezzar
Daniel
video 2008
Daniel
audio 2008
Nahum & Habakkuk
Habakkuk
what are you doing God?
Nahum 3:19
your wounds cannot be healed
Nahum & Habakkuk
audio 2007
Joel & Zephaniah
Joel 1:15
locusts and the divine destroyer
Joel and Zephaniah
audio 2007
Haggai & Zechariah
Zechariah
previews of the messiah
Zechariah 1 - 3
the apple of God's eye
Zechariah 7 - 8
God's justice
Haggai
what is God's glory?
What is God's Justice?
GNT - Chattanooga, 2008
Haggai & Zechariah
video 2008
Zechariah
audio 2008
Haggai
audio 2008
Haggai & Zechariah
2007
Ezra & Nehemiah
Nehemiah
building contractor for God
Ezra
kohlberg's states of moral development
Ezra & Nehemiah
video 2008
Ezra & Nehemiah
audio 2008
Ezra & Nehemiah
audio 2006
Esther & Malachi
Malachi
I loved jacob...I hated esau
Esther
and the tank man
Malachi
audio 2008
Esther & Malachi
audio 2008
God of the Old Testament
Matthew
Matthew 3
the fire that never goes out
Matthew 5-7
the sermon on the mount
Matthew 6
The Lord's Prayer
Matthew 12
"He will lead justice to victory"
Matthew 23
Jesus on legalism
Matthew
video 2009
Matthew
audio 2008
Matthew
audio 2007
Mark
Mark 15
"Why have you abandoned me?"
Mark
audio 2008
Mark
audio 2007
Luke
Luke 4
the wilderness temptations
Luke 15-16
the rich man and lazarus
Luke
video 2009
Luke
audio 2008
Luke
audio 2007
John
John 2:4
what is "the hour" in John's gospel?
John 13:27
"Satan entered into him"
John 17:3
the atonement
John 18:36
"My kingdom is not of this world"
John 21:16
"Simon...do you agape me?"
John 21:24
John as an eyewitness account
John
audio 2007
Atonement Debate in the News
Acts
Acts
video 2009
Acts
audio 2009
Acts
audio 2007
Romans
Romans 3:3
God's Faithfulness
Romans
video 2009
Romans
audio 2009
Romans
audio 2007
1, 2 Corinthians
1st & 2nd Corinthians
rebellion in corinth - video 2009
1st & 2nd Corinthians
audio 2009
Galatians
Galatians
the law and freedom
Galatians
audio 2009
Galatians
audio 2007
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
Ephesians 5:1
"you must try to be like him"
Colossians 2:15-17
"disarming the cosmic rulers"
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
video 2009
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
audio 2009
Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians
audio 2007
Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus
Thessalonians, Timothy, Titus
audio 2007
Hebrews
Hebrews
audio 2009
Hebrews
audio 2007
James
James
audio 2007
Peter
1st & 2nd Peter
audio 2009
1, 2, 3 John
1 John 3:8
Jesus' miracles: destroying the works of the devil
1st, 2nd, & 3rd John
video 2008
Revelation
Introduction
Thoughts on the Book of Revelation
Guidelines of Interpretation
Numerical Patterns in Revelation
Revelation 1
Revelation 1
your mission, should you choose to accept...
Revelation Overview
to be saved is to be healed
Revelation 1
saved by blood or saved by jesus?
Temple Imagery in Revelation
just furniture?
Revelation 2 - 4
Revelation 2-4
the ultimate 'back-stage pass'
Revelation 4 - 5
Revelation 4-5
who is worthy?
Revelation 4-5
challenge to the throne
Revelation 5
"the center of the throne"
Revelation 6
Revelation 6
don't trust every rider on a white horse
Revelation 6
the 5th seal, theodicy 101
Revelation 6
hide us from your face
Revelation 6
the wrath of the lamb
Revelation 6-8
the seven seals
Revelation 7
Revelation 7
center of the throne
Revelation 8 - 9
Revelation 8
silence in heaven part 1
Revelation 8
silence in heaven part 2
Revelation 8-9
the seven trumpets
Revelation 8-9
the seven trumpets (article)
Revelation 10 - 11
Revelation 11
one-tenth and seven thousand
Revelation 12
Revelation 12
vantage point
Revelation 12
center of the chiasm
Revelation 12
who is God?
Revelation 12
cosmic conflict theology
Revelation 13
Revelation 13
the mark of the beast
Revelation 14
Revelation 14
the three angels' message
Revelation 14
"tormented with fire and sulfur"
Revelation 16 - 17
Revelation 17
war theme and harmagedon
Revelation 17
the devil is in the details
Revelation 17
divine vs. demonic identity
Revelation 17
embrace of church and state
Revelation 17
john is appalled
The Real 'Mother of all Wars'
Revelation 16
the seven bowls of God's wrath
Revelation 16
the doctrine of divine retribution
Revelation 18 - 19
Revelation 19
demonic self-destruction
Revelation 19
whose blood is on jesus' robe?
Revelation 19
who is the audience?
Revelation 18
absolute power corrupts absolutely
Revelation 18
who destroys babylon?
Revelation 20 - 22
The Ending of Endings
silence in heaven
The Message of the Bible in one Word
Revelation 22
the healing river
More Than Paradise Regained
Revelation 21
the meaning of the new city
Nietzsche's Critique of Christianity
Revelation 20:
timeline and plot retrospective
Revelation 20:
the great white throne
Revelation 20:
how is satan destroyed?
The Millennium
golden age or wasteland?
Revelation 20
why 'must' satan be let out?
Revelation
audio 2009
Revelation
audio 2007
Cosmic Conflict Lab
Dr. Jean Sheldon
Freedom vs. Force
"It is Finished"
Freedom vs. Force, part 2
"It is Finished"
Freedom vs. Force, part 3
"It is Finished"
Freedom vs. Force, part 4
"It is Finished"
Freedom vs. Force, part 5
"It is Finished"
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 1
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 2
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 3
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 4
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 5
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 6
Principles of Interpreting EGW, part 7
Drs. Brad & Dorothee Cole
The Two Kingdoms in the Cosmic Conflict
Cosmic Conflict in the Old Testament?
God's Two Arbitrary Commands?
Dr. Sigve Tonstad
The Sabbath
in genesis
The Sabbath
and the world plot
The Sabbath
and non-human suffering
The Sabbath
divine commandment or commitment?
The Sabbath
and the revealer, part 1
The Sabbath
and the revealer, part 2
The Sabbath
and the revealer, part 3
The Sabbath
and the revealer, part 4
The Sabbath
and the revealer, part 5
The Sabbath
hour of victory in the cosmic conflict
The World as I Find It...
Re-Acceptance of the Mother
Accountability, Infallibility, and Coercion
The Future of America
part 1
The Future of America
part 2
The Future of America
part 3
The Future of America
part 4
The Early Christians
Dr. Harvey Elder
Participating in the Cosmic Conflict
Dr. John Webster
Models of Salvation
part 1
Models of Salvation
part 2
Models of Salvation
part 3
Jerald Whitehouse
Islam & the Cosmic Conflict
part 1
Islam & the Cosmic Conflict
part 2
Islam & the Cosmic Conflict
part 3
Islam & the Cosmic Conflict
part 4
Melissa Brotton
Charles Dickens and the City of God
John Milton
and the english revelation
John Milton
how satan works
David Werner & Richard Reed
Conversations about Job
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