He Leads Us Through, Not Around
It’s only a week into 2021, and it seems that the hope for the new year to be a source of relief from the difficulties that marked 2020 is dimming […]
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Category: Feature
Heartbreak In Switzerland
This poignant email came to us this week from a never-been-Adventist Christian in Switzerland. The writer has been studying with an Adventist family, doing her best to help them understand […]
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13. Expanding Ministry
When I was pastoring the Sedona Christian Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona, one day Don and Vesta Muth, whom we had known for many years, both before and after we all left […]
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The Adventist Millennium
Adventism’s Fundamental Belief #27: The Millennium and the End of Sin “The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. […]
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Israel Rejected Jesus
Margie Littell with Colleen Tinker We former Adventists are often accused of being harsh. Adventists admonish us, “Jesus didn’t speak harshly to people; He was loving and kind.” People, however, […]
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12. Encounter With the Holy Spirit
After the experience I had with the lesbian lady and the “holy spirit,” I backed off from my openness to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. I had, so to speak, […]
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What Child is This?
From the start of my new life in Christ, the music of Christmas has increasingly captivated me with its rich theology in repetitive phrases. As I listen, my days are […]
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News from Bethlehem
Our bus traveled south from Jerusalem and headed toward the wall. We stopped while young soldiers with guns slung casually over their shoulders checked our passports. O little town of […]
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11. The Sabbath Revisited
We had now changed the name of our little church from BAC to BFC standing for Biblical Fellowship Church. We did this for two reasons. First, we were getting flack from […]
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What John the Baptist Knew
This month Nikki Stevenson and I have been podcasting through Ephesians 2:1–10, and I have been overwhelmed at what is ours because Jesus came as the incarnate God the Son. […]
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Someday, the Smog Will Clear
By Kaye-la Maree Sanford When I left the false fold, the peoplewho knew me fadedinto the darkness slowly,their love vanished with their stepsand their words brandisheda subtle scornful edge:Nothing outright,Nothing true,Nothing […]
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10. Free—To Discover
I will never forget the feeling of emancipation I experienced after my decision—forced as it was—to resign. To be out from under the weight of all the denomination hassle I had […]
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Thanking God for Jesus in Stressful Times
ROLAANT MCKENZIE There are some years that are particularly challenging, where multiple situations and events arise that are overwhelming to the soul. 2020 is such a year. Pandemic fears have […]
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How Adventism Infiltrated the ETS with Openness Theology
Last month the Evangelical Theological Society held its annual meeting (for the first time online virtually) which I attended, and I also presented a paper. The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) […]
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9. Decision Day
Not long after camp meeting, I was told by Charles Cook that I would have to agree to teach all 27 doctrines as listed in the Fundamental Beliefs of SDAs or […]
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