EASTER IS DIFFERENT
By Colleen Tinker What does Easter have to do with the new birth? I wish I had an easy way to explain why Easter is different now. I used to […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #69
With Dale Ratzlaff John 17:9-10 I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are […]
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USING PROPER HERMENEUTICS FOR ROMANS 3:31 AND 7:21
By Colleen Tinker This week a letter to Life Assurance Ministries asked that familiar question almost everyone has faced as they begin to question Adventism. The writer said: “I have […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #68
With Dale Ratzlaff John 17:7-8 Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given […]
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DESMOND FORD: A MIXED LEGACY
By Colleen Tinker Desmond Ford, one of the most controversial Adventist figures within the last 50 years, died on March 11, 2019. His wife Gillian announced his death on Facebook […]
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OUTDOORSMAN PLANTS (THE) CHURCH
By Margie Littell You’ve got to love Peter! He was a fisherman. He was probably a strong man, respectful and fearful of the sea, able to pull heavy nets of […]
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THE GOD WHO KNOWS
By Nicole Stevenson This year spring “break” is a bit of an oxymoron in my home. While Instagram is currently cluttered with images of other people’s family vacations, my mind […]
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JESUS IS OUR SABBATH REST
By Phil Harris Prolog While the questions revolving around the old covenant Sabbath command have been explored fully in many other venues, it seems worthwhile to do so here as […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #67
With Dale Ratzlaff John 17:6 I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #66
John 17:1-5 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, even […]
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MOBILITY CART SHOWS GOD’S CARE
By Colleen Tinker “After your surgery, you can ride in one of those electric carts when we shop at Costco,” Richard said to me with a little more enthusiasm than […]
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND US!
By Colleen Tinker I’d put it off as long as I could. “Bone on bone”, my orthopedist told me at least four years ago when the pain in my left […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #65
With Dale Ratzlaff John 16:29-33 We come now to Jesus’ final words of instruction to His disciples. We also have the record of the elevens’ final confession of faith in Christ. […]
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OPENING ORION
By Martin Carey “Can you show us the open space in Orion?” The earnest question came from a young couple approaching the telescope in the dark. It was a crisp […]
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JESUS WAS NOT EXALTED ABOVE LUCIFER
By Colleen Tinker A few months ago I was corresponding with a fairly-recently-out former Adventist. She told me she was talking online with an Adventist friend about some of her […]
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