The Adventist Theological Academy seeks to strengthen the faith of pastors and church members around the world by providing some of the best biblical scholarship in the Adventist church in a format that is clear and easy to understand.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 1: The Sola Scriptura Principle
Felix H. Cortez, Richard M. Davidson, and John C. Peckham
When it comes to a relationship with God, is the Bible the only thing that we need? Or do we need other books, other tools, to understand God better and what He wants from us? This is Faithful to the Scriptures and today we are going to study the Sola Scriptura principle.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 2: Faith and Reason
Felix H. Cortez and Edward Zinke
What is the correct relationship between faith and reason? This is Faithful to the Scriptures.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 3: Biblical Canon
Felix H. Cortez and John C. Peckham
Have you ever wondered if we have the right books in the bible? Or how do we know that we have them? This is Faithful to the Scriptures and today we are going to study the biblical canon.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 4: Biblical Hermeneutics
Felix H. Cortez, Richard M. Davidson, and Jiri Moskala
Why is it the case that even if we have the same bible and read the same bible we sometimes comes to different conclusions? Today we are going to talk about biblical interpretations.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 5: The Pentateuch (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Jacques R. Doukhan
Genesis is the first book of the bible and absolutely necessary for our understanding of the rest of the scriptures.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 6: The Pentateuch (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Richard M. Davidson
The books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy contain many laws, many rules that seem strange to us, how should Christians today relate to these rules?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 7: Historical Books (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Efraín Velázquez
The books of Joshua to Samuel tell us a story that goes from slavery to kingship, what is the message there for us?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 8: Historical Books (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Efraín Velázquez
The books of Kings and Chronicles describe how the people of Israel broke their covenant with God, is there still hope for them?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 9: Wisdom Literature (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Lael Caesar
Job once said that God destroys both the wicked and the blameless, how could he be right? Today we are going to study the books of Job and Psalms.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 10: Wisdom Literature (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Jacques R. Doukhan
The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that both the wise and the fool, the righteous and the wicked perish in the same way and that everything is vanity. How should we understand this book of the bible?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 11: Major Prophets (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Jiří Moskala
Who is really a prophet? How can we identify if a person has a prophetic mission? Today we are going to study the Major Prophets.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 12: Major Prophets (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Jiří Moskala
If you have read the book of Jeremiah, you will notice that there are many sad messages in it, but is Jeremiah really a sad book? Today we are going to study the book of Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 13: Daniel (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Jacques B. Douhkan
The book of Daniel is full of strange images, visions that contain beasts, statues and other things that seem strange to us, how can we interpret this book of the bible? How can we understand its message for us?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 14: Daniel (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Jacques B. Douhkan
How should we understand each one of the prophecies that are found in the book of Daniel? Today we are going to go through each one of them and explain God’s message for our lives.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 15: Minor Prophets (Part 1)
Felix H. Cortez and Jiří Moskala
Towards the end of the Old Testament we find 12 books that are called the Minor Prophets. In what sense are they minor?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 16: Minor Prophets (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Jiří Moskala
When you hear the word judgement, what comes to your mind? Does anxiety, fear or joy and hope? Today we are going to talk about judgement in the Minor Prophets.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 17: The Gospels (Part 1)
Felix Cortez and Thomas Shepherd
Have you ever thought, why do we have four gospels? Why are they different and sometimes contradict each other? We are going to study that today.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 18: The Gospels (Part 2)
Felix H. Cortez and Thomas Shepherd
Today we are going to talk about what is unique about each one of the four gospels that we have.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 19: The Pauline Epistles (Part 1)
Felix Cortez and Carl P. Cosaert
Today we are going to talk about the Apostle Paul. Many people believe that he is the most important figure of early Christianity outside of Jesus Christ.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 20: The Pauline Epistles (Part 2)
Felix Cortez and Carl P. Cosaert
Did you know that once Apostle Paul sent back a runaway slave to his master? Why would he do that? Today we are going to talk about the Prison epistles.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 21: The Pauline Epistles (Part 3)
Felix Cortez and Carl P. Cosaert
Today we are going to talk about the epistles of Paul to timothy and Titus. These are very interesting epistles because they have certain instructions of Paul that are difficult to understand.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 22: Hebrews
Reimar Vetne and Felix Cortez
Have you ever wondered what Jesus is doing in the heavenly sanctuary? Welcome to this episode of Faithful to the Scriptures, we are going to look at the epistles to the Hebrews.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 23: Acts and the General Epistles (Part 1)
Efraín Velázquez and Felix Cortez
The Pauline epistles have received a lot of attention, nevertheless the so called Catholic Epistles are seldom mentioned or studied what about their message, their relevance for today?
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 24: Acts and the General Epistles (Part 2)
Efraín Velázquez and Felix Cortez
You got mail, there’s a letter for you; but it’s not in your inbox, it’s the bible. And the last catholic letters speak on issues like migration, hospitality, and sinlessness.
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Faithful to the Scriptures, Episode 25: Revelation (Part 1)
Felix Cortez and Ranko Stefanovic
The book of Revelation is full of strange images, mysterious symbols that are difficult for us to understand.