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Author Chip Hinds

Chip Hinds is the Southwest District Superintendent of the General Conference of the Church of God (Seventh Day), and also serves Artios Christian College as the Kenneth G. Knoll Distinguished Chair of Christian Leadership.
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Categories BA July August 2024 Q&A

The prophets critiqued the establishment of their time. What would be their criticism of the church today?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • June 28, 2024

Questions & Answers The prophets critiqued the establishment of their time. What would be their criticism of the church today? Notable is that “criticism” by…

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Categories May June 2024 Q&A

What are the imprecatory psalms? How are they applicable to Christians today?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • April 28, 2024

What are the imprecatory psalms? How are they applicable to Christians today? The imprecatory psalms are those that imprecate. They invoke judgment, calamity, or curses upon…

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Categories March April 2024 Q&A

In the conquest of Canaan, did God command genocide? If so, does that justify national aggression today?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • February 26, 2024

In the conquest of Canaan, did God command genocide? If so, does that justify national aggression today? No, God did not command genocide, nor does…

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Categories BA November December 2023 Q&A

Does the New Testament equate Jesus with the Lord (Yahweh) of the Old Testament?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • October 27, 2023

Questions & Answers Does the New Testament equate Jesus with the Lord (Yahweh) of the Old Testament? If so, where? Yes to the first question,…

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Categories BA Q&A September October 2023

What does “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father” mean?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • August 25, 2023

What does Peter mean when he writes about the “elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father”? This question may address the omniscience of…

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Categories July August 2023 Q&A

Is sanctification essential for salvation?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • June 30, 2023

Is sanctification essential for salvation? Salvation is what God does for humanity. Based on His sovereign will, He reconciles those to be redeemed to Himself…

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Categories May June 2023 Q&A

How can Jesus be both all God and all man?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • April 27, 2023

How can Jesus be both all God and all man? Does the Church of God (Seventh Day) teach this? First, it is important to understand…

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Categories March April 2023 Q&A

Did Adam’s sin cause him to stop being the “son of God”?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • February 24, 2023

Did Adam’s sin cause him to stop being the “son of God,” and thus all descendants of his since?   In a word, no. But…

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Categories January February 2023 Q&A

How do we reconcile the Bible’s teaching of a God of love and a God of wrath?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • December 29, 2022

How do we reconcile the Bible’s teaching of a God of love and a God of wrath? There is no reconciliation to be made in…

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Categories Lead Up Leadership Life+Leadership

Leading and Managing: What’s The Difference?

  • By Chip Hinds
  • September 15, 2020

(Excerpt borrowed with permission from the Southwest District Superintendent’s Blog) Are you acting in the roles of leadership and/or management? Last week, in discussion with…

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