In the banishment of Satan from heaven, God declared His justice and maintained the honor of His throne. But when man had sinned through yielding to the deceptions of this apostate spirit, God gave an evidence of His love by yielding up His only-begotten Son to die for the fallen race. In the atonement the characterContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 3”
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The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 2
God in His great mercy bore long with Lucifer. He was not immediately degraded from his exalted station when he first indulged the spirit of discontent, nor even when he began to present his false claims before the loyal angels. Long was he retained in heaven. Again and again he was offered pardon on condition ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 1
To many minds the origin of sin and the reason for its existence are a source of great perplexity. They see the work of evil, with its terrible results of woe and desolation, and they question how all this can exist under the sovereignty of One who is infinite in wisdom, in power, and inContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The Origin of Evil—Chapter 29, Part 1”
Narcissism and the Breastplate of Righteousness
In more recent years, much has been discussed about the topic of narcissism. Is it because narcissism is on the rise? There seems to be a growing sense that it is. There certainly is an increase of interest in the term and a surge in debate about it. But what do we know of itsContinue reading “Narcissism and the Breastplate of Righteousness”