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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I’M DYING AS YOU READ THIS
by Sarah Luke I became an Adventist in 1972. I had had a very sad, abusive life and was actually at the end of my rope, so to speak. I had […]
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WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LEAVE A CULT
By Ann Roberts Editor’s Note: Ann Roberts grew up in a small Millerite offshoot called the International Bible Students. Her cult descended from the original Watchtower Society founded by Charles Taze […]
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UNDER HIS WINGS
By Martin Carey “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, ‘My refuge and […]
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HOW TO EVANGELIZE ADVENTISTS WELL
Helpful tips from years of experience doing the very opposite: by Lisa Winn Not long after I left Adventism, I went on a camping trip to Death […]
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THE DILEMMA OF A FALLIBLE AUTHORITY
It is my contention that when it comes to theological authority, the idea that this authority can be fallible is oxymoronic, whether we are talking about the Bible, the Early […]
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KELLOGG’S CORN FLAKES GREW FROM HEALTH MESSAGE
By Colleen Tinker Kellogg’s Cornflakes, a breakfast staple for the last century, are as American as apple pie—and as Adventist as Ellen White and her health message. In […]
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IT WAS FOR FREEDOM
By Chris Lee I recently ran across an article reporting that a man had intentionally run over a Ten Commandments monument with his vehicle. The three-ton statue had […]
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