October 28–November 3, 2023
Lesson 5: “Excuses to Avoid Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Once again, the real point of the story of Jonah is obscured by the fact that adventism is […]
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We Got Mail
Why Do We Worship On Sunday If the Catholics Changed the Day? Good morning. I need to have a podcast that talks about the Catholics changing the Sabbath from Saturday […]
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Daniel 2: A Dream Certain and Sure
PHIL HARRIS Introduction The Bible as well as secular history indicate that there were two, father and son, who went by the name Nebuchadnezzar. While the father sat on the […]
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Taking Off Adventist Sunglasses
TOM AND JUDY SHEWMAKE We were born into the Seventh-day Adventist subculture but during a church evangelistic series we found ourselves examining our beliefs. When we opened our Bibles to […]
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11. More Bible Texts Compared
The purpose of this chapter is to collect a number of passages from The Clear Word and its editions that do not fit neatly into one of the subjects studied […]
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October 21–27, 2023
Lesson 4: “Sharing God’s Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: Abraham is represented as an example of great love for his neighbors and as an intercessor for the […]
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We Got Mail
What Bible Translation Should I Use? Could you spare a minute or so and let me know the Bible version you might recommend that is similar to the New King […]
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Jesus Claims the Keys
MARTIN CAREY On one fateful afternoon of darkness, three men hung on their crosses, waiting for the end. That afternoon marked not only the end of their lives; but also […]
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Cora’s Resignation of Membership
CORA HOLDER Loma Linda University Seventh-day Adventist Church Board and Pastors: I am writing at this time to request that my name be removed from all Seventh-day Adventist denominational records. […]
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10. The Clear Word On Hell
The Seventh-day Adventist belief about hell is one of its distinctive differences from evangelical Christianity. Adventism says that hell is a temporary punishment resulting in the wicked’s being annihilated, never […]
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October 14–20, 2023
Lesson 3: “God’s Call to Mission” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: The lesson uses Abraham as the central example of being called for “mission”, an appropriation of the […]
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We Got Mail
Adventist Neighbors Shared “Testing the Prophet” Nearly three years ago we moved into our current home. Our close neighbors are a couple in their 50’s who are devout Adventists. Prior […]
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Jesus Worked in the Tomb
MYLES CHRISTIAN One doesn’t need to interact with a Seventh-day Adventist for very long before running into the claim that Jesus was “resting in the tomb on the seventh day […]
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Letters of Resignation Show Faith
ROLAANT McKENZIE Resignation from Membership in the Seventh-day Adventist Church Saturday, May 13, 1995 Don Weikum, Head ElderSaginaw Seventh-day Adventist Church2755 North Center RoadSaginaw, MI 48603 Dear Elder Weikum: Greetings! […]
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9. The Clear Word on Death and the Afterlife
STEPHEN PITCHER Within Adventism death and the afterlife are explained in one way: the dead, both the saved and the unsaved, remain in an unconscious state from the moment of […]
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