Passing of an Adventist Leader
[KASPARS OZOLINS] Former North America division (NAD) president Daniel R. Jackson passed away suddenly on July 23, 2022. The news was sudden to me, at least, because he had only […]
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Author: Kaspars Ozolins
Kaspars Ozolins was born in Latvia to an Adventist family. They moved to Los Angeles where Kaspars attended Adventist elementary and high schools in Glendale, California, and his father was an Adventist pastor. He met Ieva, his wife, while studying in Latvia before pursuing a doctorate at UCLA in historical linguistics. After Kaspars completed an M. Div. at The Master’s Seminary in Sun Valley, California, he served as a research associate at Tyndale House in Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. He is now on the faculty at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as Assistant Professor of Old Testament Interpretation.
Is Ted Wilson the Face of Adventism?
HEADER PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEF KISSINGER © 2010 JOSEF KISSINGER, SUPPLIED BY ADVENTIST NEWS NETWORK. USED BY PERMISSION. PHOTO HAS BEEN MODIFIED. KASPARS OZOLINS The 61st session of the General Conference […]
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Why We Fight Against Adventism
KASPARS OZOLINS Scripture calls life a “vapor” and repeatedly stresses how short the time that we have on this earth is. That is why I have always appreciated each new […]
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Adventism’s Forebears Unmasked
KASPARS OZOLINS The introductory page of LeRoy Froom’s work The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers notes that the writing was “[p]repared under assignment from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, […]
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The Quest for Eternal Life
KASPARS OZOLINS An influential news outlet here in the UK recently reported on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ “quest for eternal life.” That’s no joke. This is how the article begins: […]
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Left Adventism—So What?
KASPARS OZOLINS Not all “former” Advent-ists and –isms are alike. One might be tempted to assume a similarity, though it doesn’t take much thought to realize that such an assumption […]
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Levitical Food Laws Teach Grace
KASPARS OZOLINS For former Adventists, the subject of SDA dietary teachings evokes many strong reactions. Central to leaving Adventism for us has been a proper understanding of biblical covenants, and […]
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Disentangling the Adventist Health Message
KASPARS OZOLINS Last month, an eye-catching Christianity Today headline was shared on social media by a number of Adventists and formers familiar to me: “Many Adventists in Asia and Africa […]
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An Open Letter to Allen Parr
BY KASPARS OZOLINS Dear Allen, I have only recently gotten to know you because of the controversy that has been stirred up by your videos regarding Seventh-day Adventism. I apologize […]
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How Adventism Infiltrated the ETS with Openness Theology
Last month the Evangelical Theological Society held its annual meeting (for the first time online virtually) which I attended, and I also presented a paper. The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) […]
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What About the Son’s Obedience to the Father?
The Lord Jesus says the following words in John 6:38: “For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent […]
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An Open Letter to Loren Seibold
Dear Mr. Seibold, Although I have never met you, I feel as though it might be appropriate for me to write to you by means of an open letter, since […]
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Seibold’s “Abusive Eschatology” Reviewed
Loren Seibold is angry about Seventh-day Adventist “abusive eschatology” (see his article here). In recent years, this executive editor of Adventist Today (and occasional contributor to Spectrum Magazine––both progressive outfits) […]
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Evaluating a Deceptive Dialogue with Adventists
Of all the 19th century Restorationist movements (including Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses––just to name the two most familiar to evangelicals), Seventh-day Adventism has undeniably made the most headway toward evangelical […]
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More Deadly than COVID-19
I won’t waste time setting the context we all currently find ourselves in. Each of us feels it more acutely than could ever be described in words. If even a […]
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