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KELSIE PETERSEN While visiting family this past weekend, I happened upon a publication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In it was an article taken from Ted Wilson’s […]
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Why Are Nine Commandments In the New Testament? Greetings, I hope this mail finds you well. Please help; I’ve been confused about the covenants and the law. If the Ten […]
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COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]
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Last time we saw the Old/Mosaic Covenant had the following elements: Promise – God’s special people/The Land Condition – Obedience Sign – Sabbath observance We also reviewed a number of […]
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Lesson 4: “The Old Testament Hope” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: Because of Adventism’s worldview and its belief that humans have no immaterial spirit and that death equals […]
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The God of Annihilation and Passive Agreeability I really liked Richard Foster’s article on hell. I too find hell comforting, strange as that might sound coming out of the mouth […]
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[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]
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MICHAEL PURSLEY There is an old story that emerged years ago from the stockyards in Chicago. The stock handlers could not find an effective way to get the sheep from […]
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Last time we learned that covenants usually have a promise or promises and a sign. Some covenants are conditional and some are unconditional. We briefly looked at two biblical covenants, […]
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QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 3: “Understanding Human Nature” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems With This Lesson: This classic Adventist apologetic for the physicality of man […]
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Walter Martin and My Discovery of Galatians I always read with great interest the testimonies of how the Lord delivered formers from the cult of Adventism. Every former Adventist has […]
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Coming to Grips With the Biblical Hell [RICHARD FOSTER] From the outset it might be asked why I have chosen to write about such an unpleasant subject as hell. But […]
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[MANUELA BOSCIA WITH COLLEEN TINKER] Editor’s Note: This email came to Life Assurance Ministries this week. We reprint it here with the author’s permission. I’m a 37-year-old woman; I live […]
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Introduction Growing up in Seventh-day Adventism, I was taught what is often referred to as the “proof-texting” method of Biblical interpretation. Because I used the Bible in a very fragmented […]
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QUARTER FOUR—ON DEATH AND DYING AND THE FUTURE HOPE Lesson 2: “Death In a Sinful World” [COLLEEN TINKER] Problems with this lesson: The lesson opens with Lucifer being envious […]
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