Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?
STEPHEN PITCHER Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from a new book by Stephen Pitcher on The Clear Word, a paraphrase of the Bible by Jack Blanco, which is […]
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Category: Adventist Doctrines
Enjoy Sabbath Rest Today
SHERYL BARKER Introduction The common understanding of Sabbath today is influenced primarily by the fourth commandment. Christians vary, however, in their interpretation of how Sabbath rest fits in the new […]
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Pope Francis Promotes Saturday Sabbath
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world so suddenly that many people are feeling “shock-y”. Last Friday our governor asked that public meetings be limited to groups not over 250 […]
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God’s Judgment Source of Adventism’s Proof-Texting
By Margie Littell and Colleen Tinker One of the most profound ways we see God’s great love to us is in understanding that He has given us His eternal […]
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Which “Sabbath” is Paul Referencing?
Does Paul say no one should judge us regarding the Sabbath? One of the recurring questions we receive concerns Colossians 2:16–17 where Paul says not to let anyone judge a […]
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How Ephesians Contradicts Adventism #12
Adventism Warps Our Understanding of Scripture Ephesians 4:17–32 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility […]
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Moving Away from Legalism
When one learns the gospel and leaves an adventist sect such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, Christadelphians, or the old-style Worldwide Church of God, he or she often feels adrift, unable to understand or even to evaluate how to find a Christian church to attend.
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My Struggles with Adventism’s “Non-Assurance”
By Dennis L. Palmer, PhD In nearly every worship service, Dennis Hester, the Senior Pastor of a Texan Southern Baptist church, offers an invitation for those who are not sure […]
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Debunking the Cosmic Conflict Paradigm
As the story goes, Samuel Chadwick, a 19th century English pastor, was walking in his village one day, trying to find inspiration for a sermon illustration he needed the following […]
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The Scapegoat Has Carried Our Sins Away
Introduction The theme of this blog concerns God’s mercy as provided through the work of the scapegoat. Throughout the Old Testament—including in this particular quote from one of King David’s […]
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Relearning the Story of Eve in the Garden
We all grew up with the story of the Garden of Eden and of how Adam and Eve were tempted and ate the forbidden fruit. Looking at this story again […]
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Adventism Explored
PHILLIP E. HARRIS PREFACE The basic doctrinal format of this article is derived from Walter Martin’s book; The Truth About Seventh-day Adventism. For historical and biographical information, use has […]
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Seven Sabbath Myths Perpetuated by Adventists
RICK BARKER In this blog I will address seven Adventist arguments used to justify their keeping the seventh day Sabbath. Jesus observed the Sabbath thereby obligating all of His followers […]
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Was Sabbath Created?
A LOOK AT ADVENTISM’S USE OF MARK 2:27 From time to time I have had discussions with a sabbatarian scholar who takes me to task for doing an “inductive” study […]
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Prophet or Not
JULIE TIVY BONEY Abstract This article examines the Biblical test of a prophet as it relates to Ellen White. I encourage you to invite the Holy Spirit to enlighten […]
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