Legalism is NOT the Problem
You might be surprised to hear me say that I don’t believe that the problem with Adventism is legalism. I’m not saying that Adventism if free from legalism, merely that the problem with Adventism […]
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Author: Rick Barker
Rick Barker is a native of Southwestern Ohio and led a weekly Bible study for former SDAs in the area for over 10 years. Rick graduated from Andrews University in 1987 and received a Masters degree from the University of Dayton. He previously served on the staff of the Thomas Bilney Institute for Biblical Research and volunteered on the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry website. He is an active member of his local Lutheran church, having served as an elder as well as both an adult and youth Sunday school teacher. Rick was a volunteer for 6 years and remains a participant on the discussion boards. Rick and his wife Sheryl formally left the SDA church in 2004. Prior to this they had been active in the Miamisburg and Wilmington Ohio churches.
Defending from the Wolves
Sound doctrine is essential to health growth as a Christian
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Jesus Knows Our Hearts
How should we respond to the knowledge that Jesus knows our hearts? I have often heard the idea presented that God will forgive our sins because He knows our hearts. It […]
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Common Defenses of the Sabbath, 4 of 4
Last year my wife wrote an outstanding article on the Sabbath for Proclamation! magazine. As you might expect we received responses from readers, including some that were articulate in their reasons for disagreeing with […]
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Common Defenses of the Sabbath, 3 of 4
Continuing to examine the common SDA defenses of the Sabbath.
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Grace for Gays?
Discussing the salvation for a controversial group, such as homosexuals, lays bare our theology. Salvation that is by grace alone through faith alone applies to all sins. My “little” sins aren’t any different, or smaller in God’s eye, than the “big” sins of others.
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Common Defenses of the Sabbath, 2 of 4
SDAs have a number of common objections to the teaching that the Sabbath day is a shadow of Christ and has been fulfilled. This series examines some of these objection raised in response to a Proclamation Article on the Sabbath.
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Modern Paganism Controls
Man desires to control God, yet the heart of Christianity is surrender to God.
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Religion, Politics, and God
What is the message of the church, voting instructions or the Gospel?
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Common Defenses of the Sabbath, 1 of 4
SDAs have a number of common objections to the teaching that the Sabbath day is a shadow of Christ and has been fulfilled. This series examines some of these objection raised in response to a Proclamation Article on the Sabbath.
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Going Deeper into Adventism’s Trinity Doctrine
An expansion on the recent article in Proclamation covering the 2nd SDA Fundamental Belief.
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The “Inside” Story of Adventism
Adventists believe the Great Controversy theme explains much of Scripture, yet SDAs rarely share the details of this doctrine.
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Are Some Bible Passages More Inspired than Others
Questioning the absolute accuracy of God’s Word is the foundation for sin entering our world. Yet that is exactly what some views of Biblical inspiration do.
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Sometimes Words Have Two Meanings: “Righteousness by Faith”
Seventh-day Adventists speak the same words as other Protestant Christians, but don’t always mean the same things by these words. “Righteousness by faith” is a good example. Protestants would typically […]
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Establishing the Law
The only people who can truly uplift the Holy requirements of the Law, the only ones who can establish the Law, are the people who believe that righteousness and ultimately salvation are not based in any way on observing the Law.
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