4. The Clear Word On Foods
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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Category: Adventist Doctrines
Adventism’s Death Doctrine: Gospel or Deception
BY RICHARD FOSTER I remember when my wife and I were making our exit from Adventist theology, we were hearing talk of humans having souls or spirits that existed consciously […]
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28. Death and Resurrection Assumes Man is Physical
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #26—The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious state […]
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I Chose My Mountain
RICHARD TINKER I was born on a mountain—Howell Mountain adjacent to the Napa Valley in Northern California. This mountain, however, is very similar to another mountain—Mt. Sinai. In order to […]
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Ellen White Is Used to Suppress Jesus
NICOLE STEVENSON I probably would have forgotten about the practice altogether if it hadn’t suddenly come to mind while I was singing at church recently. There I was, worshiping in […]
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The Law is Not For Us!
MARGIE LITTELL WITH COLLEEN TINKER If we cannot define, accurately, what the Gospel of Jesus is, we believe an anti-Gospel message. Let’s identify the gospel before we go any farther. […]
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13. Growing in Christ: Growing or Belief?
Fundamental Belief #11: By His death on the cross Jesus triumphed over the forces of evil. He who subjugated the demonic spirits during His earthly ministry has broken their power and […]
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What Does Jesus Command?
RICHARD FOSTER “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments” (John 14:15). As Adventists we were taught that any time we saw the word “commandments” in Scripture it always […]
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12. Experience of Salvation: Salvation Not Secure
Fundamental Belief #10: In infinite love and mercy God made Christ, who knew no sin, to be sin for us, so that in Him we might be made the righteousness […]
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11. Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ: Atonement Not Complete
Fundamental Belief #9: Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ—In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for […]
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10. The Great Controversy: God Needs to be Vindicated?
Fundamental Belief #8: The Great Controversy—All humanity is now involved in a great controversy between Christ and Satan regarding the character of God, His law, and His sovereignty over the […]
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Sabbath Carries the Death Penalty
BEVERLY QUINN BESSADA Colleen Tinker’s recent article, “Are We Against Catholics?” was, as always, informative and enlightening, and it made me think. Once in a while, my thoughts get carried […]
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Sabbath vs. Sunday: A Non-Issue in the Christian Church
RICHARD FOSTER Coming from an Adventist background it may sound bizarre and even shocking to consider, but the fact is that Sabbath vs. Sunday is a non-issue to the overwhelming […]
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The Adventist Health Message: Is It a Doctrine of Demons?
[RICHARD FOSTER] Anyone who has spent any length of time within Adventism, or around Adventism, knows that food is a big deal to Adventists! Specifically, the big deal is to […]
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Hell is Forever
Coming to Grips With the Biblical Hell [RICHARD FOSTER] From the outset it might be asked why I have chosen to write about such an unpleasant subject as hell. But […]
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