October 17–23
Lesson 4: “The Eyes of the Lord”: The Biblical Worldview We start out well with an explanation of how our worldview affects our understanding of the world around us: […]
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I Disavow Therapeutic Forgiveness
“Forgive quickly, it’s the Christian thing to do.” This is a popular saying and is often accepted and quoted without close examination. God forgave us of our sins, the reasoning […]
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Rescued from The Curse of Something Good
By Terialynn Manzano Even before escaping the birth canal, I began attending church with my parents. Soon after outgrowing diapers, I bounded up our church platform’s red-carpeted steps and commanded […]
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October 10–16
Lesson 3: The Law as Teacher This week’s lesson is painful to read as it blatantly contradicts the grace of Christ to force us back under the Law that […]
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13. A Word to Aspiring Prophets
“As professed teachers from God come to us declaring that they have a message from God, it is proper to inquire carefully, How do we know that this is truth? […]
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Season of Change and an Unchanging God
Yesterday afternoon my seven-year-old son and I walked the mile to the neighbor’s house for coffee (juice and brownies for the kids). His older brothers had ridden ahead on their […]
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Sunday Legislation and the Golden Calf
Coming out of Adventism is a bit like navigating a moral minefield. Because we were taught a false worldview, because everything Christians believe was redefined and falsified to keep Adventists […]
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October 3–9
Lesson 2: “The Family” Before moving into this week’s lesson, we need to review what the Bible says about adding to and removing from (or changing) God’s Word. First, […]
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Is God Just or Fair?
It is easy to conclude that justness and fairness are the same thing. A quick search of online dictionaries will show us that fairness is a synonym of justness. However, […]
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Living in the Church, the Body of Christ
…we have one concern that I want to address in this short article. Some of the “formers” we met are not regular in church attendance. Some have not been in […]
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September 26–October 2
Introduction and Lesson 1: “Eden” Education—a worthy endeavor and goal and hopefully something we never completely finish. We start learning the moment we are born (and probably start even […]
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Who Is God?
“What comes into your mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.” -A.W. Tozer The longer I’ve walked with the Lord the more I’ve understood […]
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Addressing Adventist Fear
When we begin to question Adventism, our internal reality shifts. Things we believed were absolutely true now seem doubtful. On one hand we begin to see that Scripture seems to […]
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September 19–25
Lesson 13: “A Step in Faith” All through this quarter we have been studying the idea of making friends for God which, presumably, means telling them about Jesus. But […]
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Two Reasons Adventism Is A Cult
By Anthony Andreola Years ago when I left Adventism I was sure I had written a letter asking for my membership to be removed. Perhaps they never got the […]
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