Experiencing New Covenant Life
You Are Formed by Jesus DALE RATZLAFF Today we have hope for true transformation only by focusing on the glories of the gospel, the many declarations that God has made […]
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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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October 23–29
Lesson 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”. […]
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Is “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 […]
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Take This World But Give Me Jesus
KELSIE 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 […]
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Are You Being Formed by Law?
RICK 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 […]
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October 16–22
Lesson 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 […]
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Does 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 […]
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Sola Scriptura With Additional Authorities?
BY 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 […]
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Are You Formed by Disciplines?
BY 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 […]
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October 9–15
Lesson 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 […]
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Inspecting Adventism’s Beliefs
Podcast 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 […]
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Don’t Go to the Wrong Mountain—Hebrews 12, Part 2 | 64
Colleen 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. […]
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Are You Being Disciplined?—Hebrews 12, Part 1 | 63
Colleen 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 […]
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With 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 […]
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