Adventism Can’t Retain its Members
Once again the Adventist leaders have asked the question, “Why are so many leaving the church?”, and once again, they have not addressed the reason so many leave: doctrine. On […]
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Chapter 8: The Law
Sabbatarians are continually preaching, talking, writing, and arguing about “the law.” Yet in all the New Testament, while we have “preach the kingdom” eight times, “preach […]
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February 28–March 6
Lesson 10: “From Confession to Consolation” This week we deal with Daniel 9 which consists of two separate parts. First, there is Daniel’s prayer followed by God’s answer which […]
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Which “Sabbath” is Paul Referencing?
Does Paul say no one should judge us regarding the Sabbath? One of the recurring questions we receive concerns Colossians 2:16–17 where Paul says not to let anyone judge a […]
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Does Blood Defile the Tabernacle?
RUSSELL KELLY In this document Russell Kelly presents classic Adventist teaching on the defilement and cleansing of the sanctuary quoted from Ellen White’s writings, and he contrasts her teaching […]
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Chapter 7: Smith’s Two Covenants
“The very first transaction we find taking place between God and the Israelites after they left Egypt which answers to the definition of the word ‘covenant,’ must […]
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February 22–28
Lesson 9: “From Contamination to Purification” To begin this week’s lesson, I want to re-state some of what I said in last week’s lesson comments. As we continue with […]
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The Journey is Long
This month marks 15 years since my husband and I knew we were finished with Adventism. The year we had just left behind had been a whirlwind of job uncertainty […]
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If You Have Love for One Another
Prologue This blog is intended to be a study of the central importance of godly love in the life of a Christian. I will draw my conclusions by examining the […]
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Chapter 6: The Covenant From Sinai Abolished
“Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a […]
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February 15–21
Lesson 8: “From the Stormy Sea to the Clouds of Heaven” As we get into the later chapters of Daniel that contain prophecies of end-times, we come to subjects […]
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Get Out of Jail—Free!
“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, […]
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Is the Clear Word Official?
STEPHEN PITCHER What is The Clear Word ? Is it an official Bible of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? What status does The Clear Word have among Adventists? What kind of […]
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Chapter 5: The Covenant From Sinai
We now come to the Sabbath as instituted in the Ten-Commandment law given on Sinai. With this law the Sabbath either stands or falls. A covenant was made […]
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February 8–14
Lesson 7: “From the Lion’s Den to the Angel’s Den” Daniel in the lions’ den is another of those stories we heard as children. On the surface, it is […]
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