NEVER WITHOUT BLOOD
By Martin L. Carey Jesus was born to die for you “You are the man!” Those words struck the king like a club and brought him to his knees. […]
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DESTROYING DOUBT WITH TRUTH
BY NICOLE STEVENSON Doubt is not unique to those who have left cults, but as a former Adventist, I have a unique grab-bag of doubts that other Christians don’t […]
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I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS
By Kelsie Petersen Here we are, in the harried weeks heading up to Christmas celebrations. “Family” is a word that is hard for many of us who have left […]
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GOD ISN’T FAIR
There is a common belief that God should be fair. We value fairness; we think that fairness is a good thing. Therefore, if God is good, we reason that He […]
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MY HAPPY PLACE
BY CHRIS LEE Cool white sheets; tropical breeze whistling across the balcony; marble floor turning golden as the sun crests the rim of the ocean. Sand between toes; waves […]
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HOW CAN I THANK GOD FOR THIS?
BY COLLEEN TINKER “Thanksgiving morning is my favorite morning,” Richard said to some friends a few days ago. “When I wake up, the whole house is filled with the […]
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THE STARS ARE TALKING
MARTIN L. CAREY What does it mean for the heavens to declare the glory of God? Even with only a vague idea of what God’s glory is, we sense His […]
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What Do We Do with Heresy?
COLLEEN TINKER The book of Acts contains an almost-forgotten story that occurred when Paul was preaching in Ephesus. When he first came to that city, he entered the synagogue and […]
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WHAT ADVENTISM HIDES FROM OTHERS
I have read and/or edited a number of different pastoral “reviews” of Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, and I am struck by how many highly-trained evangelical theologians have not been able to […]
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ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22: CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #22 We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with the principles of heaven. For the Spirit to recreate in […]
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PROTECTION OR LIES?
BY CHRIS LEE I recently re-watched M. Night Shyamalan’s 2004 film The Village. Though arguably one of his lesser works, I found myself unexpectedly weeping during the denouement […]
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WHAT CHRISTIANS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FORMER ADVENTISTS
By Colleen Tinker This last week, a former Adventist posted in an online forum that she was presenting a talk at a conference for family therapists. Her goal […]
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WHAT WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS?
By R.K. McGregor Wright The occasion There are several ideas circulating among Bible-believing Christians about the status of something variously referred to as “the law of God,” the […]
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THE BIBLE IS NEW
by Kelsie Petersen Ever since my early teen years, I have wanted to read through the entire Bible. As a child and teenager, I spent countless Sabbath afternoons […]
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HOW EPHESIANS CONTRADICTS ADVENTISM #1
In this blog post I will be comparing Paul’s clear theology as stated in Ephesians 1 with Adventist theology as state by Ellen White and as taught by the Seventh-day […]
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