Hans K. LaRondelle: a lifelong journey of theological discovery -- Back to the beginning: Genesis 1-3 and the theological center of Scripture / Richard M. Davidson -- Finding the hidden treasure of the Pentateuch: relevance, meaning, and function of Biblical ritual / Gerald A. Klingbeil -- Why was Christ sorrowful over Jerusalem? conditionality of God's covenant with Israel / Norman R. Gulley -- John the Baptist as forerunner: a narrative analysis of Mark 6:14-29 / John McVay -- Jesus and Moses in John's gospel: contrast or continuum? /Beatrice S. Neall -- The miracles of Christ: impetration or inherent omnipotence? / Rex D. Edwards -- The law in Romans 7:7-25 / Richard Rice -- Reconciliation, new creation, and new lenses: reflections on 2 Corinthians 5:14-6:2 -- "Der beste Wein Kommt noch". Beobachtungen zum Verhältnis vom hermeneutischen Zirkel zur eschatologischen Struktur der Zeit / Christian Wannenmacher and Viktor Golinets -- Union with Christ -- Luther, Wesley, and orthodoxy in a theosis conversation: "Christ as favor and gift" / Woodrow W. Whidden -- The priesthood of Christ according to Martin Luther / Alberto R. Timm -- Martin Luther's legacy on English translations of Paul: Romans 1:16-17 revisited / W. Larry Richards -- Does Adventist theology have, or need, a unifying center? / Rolf J. Pöhler.

The interpretation of prophecy and the Advent movement / P. Gerard Damsteegt -- "The matchless charms of Christ": theological significance of this phrase in Ellen White's writings / Peter M. Van Bemmelen -- Die Bedeutung der Geschichte in der Theologie Rudolf Bultmanns / Daniel Heinz -- Tauferneurung und Widertaufe als theologische Herausforderung im ökumenischen Dialog / Frank M. Hasel -- "The end" ('ahron) in Job 19:25 / Gordon E. Christo -- Job in eschatological context / Lael O. Caesar -- The historical-eschatological/aposcalyptic fulfillment of the Gog and Magog prophecy in Ezekiel 38-39 / Jiří Moskala -- "The sign of the Son of Man in heaven" (Matthew 24:30): an Adventist perspective / Roberto Badenas -- Did Christ predict that he would return in the first century? reflections on Luke 21:24b and its phrase "times of the Gentiles" in historicist perspective / John T. Baldwin -- Christ and the church as the emerging new eschatological temple: James' testimony in Acts 15 / G.K. Beale -- The sealing of the scroll in Revelation / Ranko Stefanovic -- The central prophecy of Revelation as the transition from apocalyptic history to eschatology / William H. Shea -- Exodus and Apocalypse: deliverance then and now / Larry L. Lichtenwalter -- The 1260 days in the book of Revelation / Jon Paulien -- The timing of the death decree in Adventist eschatology / Gerhard Pfandl.

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