Proclamation! Online Magazine | Former Adventist Fellowship

Author: Stephen Pitcher

Stephen Pitcher was raised a non-Christian but met Jesus at the age of 17. Subsequently he studied with Mormon teachers, but Walter Martin's teaching kept him from converting. Later, it was Walter Martin's endorsement of Seventh-day Adventists as evangelical brothers that gave him "permission" to become an Adventist before marrying his Adventist fiancÈe. Fifteen years later Steve began to learn the truth about the origins of Adventism and the doctrinal issues that remain today. Seventeen years ago Steve left Adventism and now stands on Jesus alone. He attends Redeemer Fellowship in Loma Linda, California.

Tetelestai (“It is finished”) the Key Word of the Gospel of John

March 5, 2026 Stephen Pitcher Doctrine, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

STEVEN PITCHER | Author and Christian Apologist | After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.” A jar full of sour wine […]

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I Followed the Voice of Another Shepherd

November 9, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Faith Story, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

The Wanderings of One Lost Sheep STEPHEN PITCHER Seventh-day Adventism is the most subtle of all the major cults of American origin. In his groundbreaking work, even Walter Martin, the […]

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12. In Conclusion

October 26, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

As has been shown, The Clear Word (TCW) cannot be used as a Bible, nor can it be trusted as a helpful paraphrase of Scripture. It is a heavily adulterated […]

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11. More Bible Texts Compared

October 19, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

The purpose of this chapter is to collect a number of passages from The Clear Word and its editions that do not fit neatly into one of the subjects studied […]

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10. The Clear Word On Hell

October 12, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Hell, Stephen Pitcher

The Seventh-day Adventist belief about hell is one of its distinctive differences from evangelical Christianity. Adventism says that hell is a temporary punishment resulting in the wicked’s being annihilated, never […]

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9. The Clear Word on Death and the Afterlife

October 5, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, State of the Dead, Stephen Pitcher

STEPHEN PITCHER Within Adventism death and the afterlife are explained in one way: the dead, both the saved and the unsaved, remain in an unconscious state from the moment of […]

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8. The Clear Word On the Sanctuary, 1844, and the Investigative Judgment

September 28, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Daniel and Revelation, Investigative Judgment, Stephen Pitcher

The Investigative Judgment (IJ) is unique. No other church (except a few Adventist offshoots) teaches an IJ that began on Oct. 22, 1844, in the second compartment of the heavenly […]

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7. The Clear Word On the Sabbath

September 21, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

The seventh-day Sabbath is one of the distinguishing marks of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. In fact, Sabbath-keeping has been at the heart of the “Adventist message” since the 1840’s after […]

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6. The Clear Word On the Godhead

September 14, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher, The Trinity

In this chapter we look at the Adventist teaching on the Godhead and how The Clear Word distorts some very important passages of Scripture on the nature of the Godhead […]

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5. The Clear Word On Grape Juice

September 7, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

In this chapter we look at the Adventist teaching on abstinence from alcohol. We will particularly compare what the Bible says about “wine” with what The Clear Word says. Fundamental […]

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4. The Clear Word On Foods

August 31, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Health Message, Stephen Pitcher

STEPHEN PITCHER In this chapter, we will show how The Clear Word reflects the Adventist teaching about clean and unclean foods and vegetarianism and compare The Clear Word’s rendering of […]

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3. The Clear Word On the Law

August 24, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher, The Law of God

STEPHEN PITCHER One cannot fully understand Adventism and the content of The Clear Word on passages regarding law without understanding the centrality of the Ten Commandments in the religion’s great […]

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2. Are You Led By the Lesser Light or Sola Scriptura?

August 17, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

The way a church understands and uses the Bible reveals whether or not that group uses Scripture as its sole foundation for doctrine, for practice, and for its worldview. A […]

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1. Is the Clear Word Official?

August 10, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

STEPHEN PITCHER The answers to these questions reveal the truth that Adventists are conflicted about this unique, denominationally-specific work. On the one hand they love it because it endorses and […]

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Introduction

August 3, 2023 Stephen Pitcher Adventism's The Clear Word Analyzed, Books, Feature, Stephen Pitcher

“Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of The Clear Word, Jack. J. Blanco’s expanded paraphrase of the Bible.” So begins Jim Miller’s article “In […]

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