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From Trashed to Treasured

August 20, 2020 Rolaant McKenzie Doctrine, Feature

ROLAANT MCKENZIE A long time ago I attended Pacific Union College for a year of my college education. While there I lived on the second floor of Grainger Hall, one […]

Investigating Ellen White’s Angel

August 13, 2020 Dale Ratzlaff Dale Ratzlaff, Doctrine, Ellen G. White, Feature

There is no better book of the Bible for Transitioning Adventists than Galatians. It is powerful, it is clear, and it answers the many questions we have. I am amazed […]

Quick Summary of Adventist Errors

August 6, 2020 Rick Barker Doctrine, Feature

Trinity—The primary group of people who founded Adventism did not believe that Jesus was divine. Thus, Adventism’s primary doctrines were established during this Arianist period. In the early twentieth century […]

Another Letter: Adventism’s Fallible Jesus

August 6, 2020 Colleen Tinker Doctrine, Feature

I suppose it’s not surprising that pushback about Adventism’s position on the Trinity and the full deity of Jesus continues to come. This last week we received an email from […]

Why a Christian Writes About Adventism

July 9, 2020 Jordan Quinley Doctrine, Feature

Sometime in high school, perhaps younger, I developed in interest in Christian apologetics. This began, I think, with a challenge about the theory of evolution when I was in seventh […]

The Melchizedek Conundrum: How is He Like Jesus?

July 2, 2020 Colleen Tinker Doctrine, Feature

“I was listening to the Former Adventist Podcast on Hebrews 7:11–22,” a new former Adventist wrote recently. I continued reading; the writer was looking at the text and saw saw […]

Who Is Your Scapegoat?

June 25, 2020 Proclamation! 2010-2 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Chris Badenhorst, Doctrine, Feature, Jesus

CHRIS BANDENHORST Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. Then Aaron shall offer the goat on […]

Distortion of the Afterlife

June 18, 2020 Stephen Pitcher 2015-4 Proclamation!, Adventist Doctrines, Doctrine, State of the Dead, Stephen Pitcher

This article is excerpted from a forthcoming book by Stephen Pitcher on the Adventist “devotional paraphrase” of the Bible, The Clear Word (TCW). Written by Jack Blanco when he was […]

Understanding Adventist Terms

June 4, 2020 Proclamation! 2007-5 Proclamation!, Colleen Tinker, Doctrine, Feature, Jeremy Graham

COLLEEN TINKERJEREMY GRAHAM In this article we share a (non-comprehensive) list of terms which, within Adventism, have different definitions than they have in evangelical Christianity. This difference in definitions results […]

Evaluating a Deceptive Dialogue with Adventists

May 28, 2020 Kaspars Ozolins Doctrine, Feature

Of all the 19th century Restorationist movements (including Mormonism and Jehovah’s Witnesses––just to name the two most familiar to evangelicals), Seventh-day Adventism has undeniably made the most headway toward evangelical […]

To Whom Did Jesus Pray?

May 14, 2020 Colleen Tinker Doctrine, Feature, Jesus

The Trinity is a mystery God does not fully explain to us; at the same time, we know that God is One and that all three persons of the Trinity […]

The Case for Inerrancy

May 7, 2020 Rick Barker Doctrine, Feature

In this blog I will lay out my foundation for the inerrancy of Scripture. I won’t claim that the work or ideas are my own. My presentation of this case […]

I Asked My Husband About Sovereignty

April 24, 2020 Nicole Stevenson Doctrine, Feature

One of the many blessings I’ve been thanking God for during this season of unknowns and quarantine mandates has been the unexpected time I’ve had with my husband to discuss […]

Death To All Law-Breakers

April 16, 2020 Colleen Tinker Doctrine, Feature

I had a most surprising email last week from a 15-year-old Adventist who has begun reading about Adventism and is convinced it is wrong. This person wrote: “A lot of […]

More Deadly than COVID-19

April 9, 2020 Kaspars Ozolins Doctrine, Feature

I won’t waste time setting the context we all currently find ourselves in. Each of us feels it more acutely than could ever be described in words. If even a […]