Trusting in New Ways
KELSIE PETERSEN Last month, I wrote about the safe and convenient “box” that Adventism provides. It is a neat and tidy place to be, one that provides all the answers as […]
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Category: Devotional
One Blood, One Family in Jesus Christ
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Many years ago, I was listening to a morning news, commentary, and opinion radio show when a man calling himself Davey called in to give his opinion on […]
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Interviewing the Kids of Former Adventists
This week as I was considering topics for this blog, my thoughts were interrupted by the noise of unabated laughter in the back rooms of my home. Our kids, Joshua […]
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How the Lord Broke Through My Pride
DARREL CARSON “I go to church over there,” I said, pointing to the little white church nestled among the trees on the other side of the field. “You worship the […]
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There Is a New Country!
ROLAANT MCKENZIE In Peter Jackson’s 2003 movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the Dark Lord Sauron sent an enormous force of […]
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Intervention for a Frightened Father
MARTIN CAREY When we are confronted with difficult challenges that nothing prepared us to handle, how should we seek God’s guidance? We know that He has promised never to leave […]
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Missing My Box
KELSIE PETERSEN When I think back on my years as an Adventist, I realize that Adventism gave us a framework, a rule book. A box. There was an answer for […]
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Perseverance Is Never Obsolete
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Most Americans and Canadians probably still remember the popular anthology television series called The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling, which aired from 1959 through 1964, and continues […]
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How Can I Know If I’m Saved?
COLLEEN TINKER The moment is emblazoned in my memory. Richard and I were sitting in a classroom in an Adventist church in San Diego County one Sabbath afternoon in 1996. […]
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The Heavens Declare God’s Majesty
BY ROLAANT MCKENZIE “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. […]
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Freedom to Celebrate!
BY KELSIE PETERSEN Celebration. The word conjures images of smiling groups of people, whether gathered around festively decorated tables or in a backyard with brightly colored tablecloths spread with summer […]
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Resolving End-Time Fear
BY COLLEEN TINKER It happened again today. The phone rang, and a former Adventist who is firmly grounded in the finished work of Jesus asked, “What do you all believe […]
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It Is For You, Too!
ROLAANT MCKENZIE One of my favorite stories at Christmas time is A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, which has been re-interpreted in many movies since then. It […]
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Do You Fear Death or God?
RICHARD TINKER WITH COLLEEN TINKER It happened so fast. The doctor who did my biopsy in December was not alarmed, and four weeks flashed by before my follow-up appointment. His […]
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A Trip Through Holy Week
COLLEEN TINKER This information is gleaned from the book A Harmony of the Four Gospels by Orville E. Daniel. I will use Daniel’s harmony as my resource to describe the […]
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