No Compromise!
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast After being born again my sense of identity and reality was permanently changed. I knew I had a new Father—a new God! I knew I […]
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Author: Nicole Stevenson
Nicole Stevenson lives in Southern California with her husband Carel and her two children, Joshua and Abigail. Nicole graduated from La Sierra University with a degree in social work and is currently staying home to raise their kids. Nicole, with her husband Carel, was on the launch team of Redeemer Fellowship, an evangelical church in Loma Linda, California.
Truth Triumphs Over Terror
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast One of the Apostle Paul’s great desires for the church was that we would be a growing people with lives shaped by the gospel. Led […]
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Where is the Comfort For My Grief?
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast Grief has entered into my life yet again. I won’t go into the details of this trial as it isn’t mine alone. I will say […]
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Trust the Bible, Please!
NICOLE STEVENSON | Co-Host, Former Adventist Podcast Recently I had the opportunity to visit with another believer whom I hadn’t seen in some time. As we talked, questions came up […]
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We Can’t Stay To Make a Difference
NICOLE STEVENSON | I have been thinking a lot lately about those of you who are new to leaving Seventh-day Adventism to follow Jesus. I remember those early days and […]
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Rejoice Together at the Former Adventist Conference
NICOLE STEVENSON Moments ago I left Richard and Colleen Tinker’s home after recording the podcast episode covering Revelation 16 and the 7 bowls of God’s outpoured wrath. To say that […]
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We Give Thanks In All Seasons
NICOLE STEVENSON We all know that Thanksgiving is a season that calls us to reflect on the things we’re grateful for. For one month even secular culture is abuzz with […]
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Our Glorious Christ Revealed
NICOLE STEVENSON As Colleen Tinker and I have been working our way through Daniel and Revelation for the Former Adventist Podcast, I’ve noticed my heart changing in unexpected ways. I […]
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Post-Cult Doubt in a Post-Christian Culture
NICOLE STEVENSON Now what? I remember thinking. I’ve spent all my life believing lies. Everything I’ve built and planned for centered on what I believed in Adventism! How could I […]
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Ellen White Is Used to Suppress Jesus
NICOLE STEVENSON I probably would have forgotten about the practice altogether if it hadn’t suddenly come to mind while I was singing at church recently. There I was, worshiping in […]
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“I’m sorry that you were hurt in Adventism”
NICOLE STEVENSON Have you ever been told that you left Seventh-day Adventism because you were hurt? Or that you left because you didn’t understand it? I suspect that if we […]
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Facing Our Former Commanders
NICOLE STEVENSON I’ll never forget the moment. It was early 2010 and I’d only recently left Adventism and discovered the true gospel. It was a quiet afternoon, and I had […]
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I Thank God for You
[NICOLE STEVENSON] Sometimes it’s overwhelming to see all the emails and comments from formers or from critics of Life Assurance Ministries (LAM). The work of preparing podcasts and writing blogs […]
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Truth is Immutable!
[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]
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Gardening Taught Me Truth About Fear
[NICOLE STEVENSON] I vividly remember sitting in my friend Sarah’s bedroom looking out her picture windows into the woods that surrounded her home. She was telling me how she was […]
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