The Agnostic Pharisee
MARTIN CAREY When I was seven years old, I saw a Harry Anderson painting of Jesus standing over a large city, holding out His hands. It was entitled, “Christ Of […]
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MARTIN CAREY When I was seven years old, I saw a Harry Anderson painting of Jesus standing over a large city, holding out His hands. It was entitled, “Christ Of […]
Read moreLesson 5: “The Stranger In Your Gates” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It equates the restatement of the Mosaic Covenant in Deuteronomy with the idea of the “new covenant”. […]
Read moreIs “Die” A Metaphor? Admittedly, the Christian concept of death was the hardest for me, as a former since 1995, to get settled in my mind. The idea of man […]
Read moreKELSIE PETERSEN A year ago, I wrote a post about changing seasons and the unchanging nature of God. I’ll confess, the “season” of life here has been more “winter” than […]
Read moreRICK BARKER Seventh-day Adventists and Evangelical Christians have different vocabularies and, at times, different definitions of the same words. These differences create confusion during discussions between these groups and contribute […]
Read moreLesson 4: “To Love The Lord Your God” COLLEEN TINKER The main problems with this lesson are: Ignoring the context and the first audience of Deuteronomy and applying it to […]
Read moreDoes Body Minus Breath Equal Missing Person? When most biblical Christian teachers explain what Adventists believe about death, they say what I thought myself: that the immaterial part of a […]
Read moreBY RICK BARKER Because I find it common that people will use the phrase “Scripture alone” without actually practicing that belief, I believe that this discussion starts with understanding what […]
Read moreBY MARTIN CAREY “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” No other man could have spoken words like these. They are […]
Read moreLesson 3: “The Everlasting Covenant” BY JEANIE JURA This week’s lesson is so twisted and contradictory that it is difficult to know where to begin. Perhaps it would be […]
Read morePodcast episodes are linked below where Colleen and Nikki respond to each of the Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist organization, as presented in the Adventist-published book Seventh-day Adventists Believe (Third […]
Read moreColleen and Nikki continue Chapter 12 of Hebrews, discussing that believers come to Jesus and the church; they don’t go to the mountain of Sinai. Transcription by Gwen Billington. […]
Read moreColleen and Nikki begin Chapter 12 of Hebrews, discussing discipline that comes because you are in God’s family. Transcription by Gwen Billington. Colleen: Welcome to Former Adventist podcast. I’m […]
Read moreWith the Lord In Death Is Satan’s Deception Colleen, I just read several articles of yours online concerning the Sabbath and death. Wow! Someone who has been Adventist no doubt […]
Read moreReveals Adventist Leaders Have Never Agreed On Ellen White’s Prophetic Authority—Includes Full Transcript BY COLLEEN TINKER Four years after Ellen White died, the Seventh-day Adventist organization held a Bible Conference in […]
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