Experiencing the New Covenant at the FAF Conference
I have not been a former Adventist for very long, only a few years. Nevertheless, much has changed in my life during this relatively brief period of time. I have […]
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Adventism Can’t Retain its Members
Once again the Adventist leaders have asked the question, “Why are so many leaving the church?”, and once again, they have not addressed the reason so many leave: doctrine. On […]
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Which “Sabbath” is Paul Referencing?
Does Paul say no one should judge us regarding the Sabbath? One of the recurring questions we receive concerns Colossians 2:16–17 where Paul says not to let anyone judge a […]
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The Journey is Long
This month marks 15 years since my husband and I knew we were finished with Adventism. The year we had just left behind had been a whirlwind of job uncertainty […]
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If You Have Love for One Another
Prologue This blog is intended to be a study of the central importance of godly love in the life of a Christian. I will draw my conclusions by examining the […]
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Get Out of Jail—Free!
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, […]
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Is the Clear Word Official?
STEPHEN PITCHER What is The Clear Word ? Is it an official Bible of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? What status does The Clear Word have among Adventists? What kind of […]
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How Ephesians Contradicts Adventism #12
Adventism Warps Our Understanding of Scripture Ephesians 4:17–32 Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility […]
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Are you sitting in a faulty chair?
This weekend our minister taught me a wonderful lesson. He came onto the platform with a wooden chair in each hand. He placed one on each side of the pulpit, […]
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Chapter 4: The Sabbath on a Round Earth
In their very nature all purely moral laws are universal and eternal in their application, are binding in heaven, in Eden, on Jews or Gentiles, saints or sinners, now […]
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Moving Away from Legalism
When one learns the gospel and leaves an adventist sect such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-day Adventists, Christadelphians, or the old-style Worldwide Church of God, he or she often feels adrift, unable to understand or even to evaluate how to find a Christian church to attend.
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My Struggles with Adventism’s “Non-Assurance”
By Dennis L. Palmer, PhD In nearly every worship service, Dennis Hester, the Senior Pastor of a Texan Southern Baptist church, offers an invitation for those who are not sure […]
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Chapter 3: The Jewish Sabbath Ceremonial in Nature
“Ceremony. Outward rite; external form in religion.”—Webster. “An outward form or rite in religion; anything or observance held sacred.”—International Encyclopedic Dictionary. This is exactly what the observance of the […]
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Suffering with the Body of Christ
It’s January and my turn to blog. I knew this date was coming, but with all the busyness of Christmas vacation, I decided to wait to work on it […]
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Chapter 2: The Sabbath a Jewish Institution
Law-teachers try in every way possible to evade the fact that the Sabbath was only Jewish. To admit this would prove that they are trying to revive an abolished institution […]
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