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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A Common Thread in Unity and Adventism
CHERYL GRANGER It all started with a little blue cookbook illustrated with drawings of happy little vegetable people.1 I acquired it when I was a devout Seventh-day Adventist; it was […]
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We got mail…
The Bible Is Starting To Make Sense I just wanted to drop a quick note to thank you for all the information. I’m immersing myself in your podcasts and coming to […]
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3. Introduction to Adventism’s Doctrine of God
The nature of God matters. It matters a great deal. When I first left Adventism, I was offended by people claiming that Adventists worship a different god. I thought this […]
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January 21–27
Lesson 4: “Offerings for Jesus” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The author separates offerings from tithes and makes offerings the sign of our gratitude to God. The lesson […]
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Are We Against Catholics?
COLLEEN TINKER Recently I received an email from a woman who was, it turned out, a Catholic apologist. She was a convert to her religion, and interestingly, she is also […]
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Healed From My Shame
LIZ CHURCH My story is similar to that of the blind man whose story is recorded in Mark 8:22-26. Jesus healed him in “stages”, first giving him partial sight so […]
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Thank You For the Content I have been watching/listening to the Podcast series on Galatians. Even after 17 years out of Adventism I am still learning so much. You cannot imagine how […]
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2. Is it Really the Word of God?
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #1: The Holy Scriptures, Old and New Testaments, are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote […]
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January 14–20
Lesson 3: “The Tithing Contract” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: This lesson ignores the hermeneutical principle of prescriptive and descriptive passages. This week’s argument is based on the […]
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Martin Luther vs. Erasmus (and Adventism)
KASPARS OZOLINS Toward the end of his life, the famous German Protestant Reformer Martin Luther remarked that he would not care much if most of his theological writings were forgotten […]
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1. Introduction to the Adventist View of Inspiration
When I began writing the articles on the Fundamental Beliefs about a decade ago, I had to fit my comments within the size available for a column in the printed […]
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Finally Forever Free in Jesus
Former general counsel for Loma Linda University Medical Center BILL ZIPRICK Come with me while I share the journey on which God took me when I came out from Adventism […]
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We got mail…
Sabbath In the New Covenant? I’ve just came across a debate between Chris Rosebrough and Jim Stanley in regards to the subject of the Sabbath on YouTube and am curious […]
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January 7–13
Lesson 2: “God’s Covenants With Us” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The foundation of the lesson is wrong: God’s covenants are misdefined and misapplied. The author arbitrarily […]
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