Spiritual Abuse Among Religions
JOANIE YORBA-GRAY, MSW, WITH COLLEEN TINKER For many of us Christians, church represents God. Whether it is right or wrong to have this expectation, church is supposed to be a […]
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10. The Papacy and The Lord’s Day
“The Papacy changed the Sabbath.” (Replies to Canright, p. 119) This is a leading tenet in the Seventh-day Adventist faith, strongly urged in all their teachings. Here is a sample […]
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Stronger Together in Jesus
ROLAANT MCKENZIE In the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle, a wicked ape named Shift persuaded a naïve donkey called Puzzle to […]
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Revelation 1: The Unveiling of Jesus Christ
PHIL HARRIS Purpose Understanding that many people are troubled concerning what is revealed in the book of Revelation, we begin an exploration of this last book from the apostle John. […]
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9. The Lord’s Day at the Councils of Nice, A.D. 325, and Laodicea, A.D. 364
This world-renowned council was held at Nice in Grecian territory near Constantinople, A.D. 325. It was the first general council of the Christian Church. Dean Stanley, in his History of […]
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Who Shall Separate Us?
MARTIN CAREY Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35) The Adventist message […]
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Filleted by God’s Word
DARREL CARSON This time of year I get up around midnight to put wood on the fire. Sometimes I go right back to sleep, and other times, I lay there […]
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8. Constantine’s Sunday Law, A.D. 321
Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, issued the following edict in A.D. 32: “Let all the judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades, rest on the […]
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Eternal, Immortal, Invisible God
KELSIE PETERSEN I‘m nothing if not human, of that I am sure. As the deadline for this piece neared, I noticed that I was feeling an increasing sense of futility […]
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Grappling with Hell
COLLEEN TINKER For many of us former Adventists, the doctrine of hell is the last one to fall into place as we sort out our Adventist worldview. Because this subject […]
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Adventism’s New Earth
BY RICK BARKER Adventism’s Fundamental Belief #28: The New Earth On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells, God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a […]
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What the enemy meant for evil…
BY “A FORMER ADVENTIST” I have been listening to (and being ministered to by) the podcast, and I just want to say how GRATEFUL I am to have found a […]
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6. Historical Evidence That Our Lord’s Day Was Observed From the Time of the Apostles
We will now present historical evidence, proving that the observance of the first day of the week, as a day of worship, was universal among Christians in the days immediately […]
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End Times: Where Are You Watching?
NICOLE STEVENSON As most of you know, last weekend was the 2021 Former Adventist Fellowship Conference. This year we “gathered” online only due to Coronavirus restrictions and concerns. While it […]
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Anniversary Reflections on Cancer and Covid
COLLEEN TINKER Today is Richard’s and my wedding anniversary. I would marry him again in a heartbeat. Ours is a second marriage for both of us, and statistics stacked the deck […]
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