Ten Commandments: Only for Israel?
COLLEEN TINKERResearch by Beverly Bessada “But what about the Sabbath?” people ask us when we leave Adventism. “The Ten Commandments are the Law of God, not the law of Moses,” […]
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Getting Unstuck From the Sabbath
COLLEEN TINKER The Sabbath is the great sticking point for almost all of us who question Adventism. We know the arguments for Sabbath better than we know the rules of […]
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Dear Adventist, Do You Keep the Sabbath?
TRULY ADVENTIST WITH LISA WINN The Sabbath is one of the pillars of the Seventh-day Adventist church. Ellen White says, “It means eternal salvation to keep the Sabbath holy unto the Lord.”1 […]
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Glorifying and Delighting in God
JORDAN QUINLEY Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 2 The opening question of the Redeemer Catechism asks, essentially, what our reason for living is. It answers by saying we are here to […]
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Water For the Weary
DALE RATZLAFF Introduction The book of Philippians is full of the spiritual nutrients which bring joy and peace into our lives. In fact, it has been one of the chief […]
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Revelation 14: Worship Of The Lamb
PHIL HARRIS The 144,000 Firstfruits This study, just like the others in this series, examines the passage using the grammatical-historical hermeneutic that assumes the words of the text mean what […]
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The Sabbath Obscured in the Clear Word
This article is adapted from a soon-to-be-released book by Stephen Pitcher exploring the Adventist paraphrase of the Bible, The Clear Word (TCW). Steve demonstrates how TCW changes the meaning of […]
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How We Worship in Spirit and Truth
Part Two: Sacrificing “Potential Persons” MARTIN CAREY In the first segment of this series on the nature of man, we looked at how physicalism is at the root of Adventist […]
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Together Now More Than Ever
KELSIE PETERSEN “…And God said…” These three words are probably among the most well-known phrases in the Bible. Repeated nine times in Genesis 1, God’s simple act of speaking brings […]
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Letting Go for Treasure in Christ
MOSES DRAKE LUSWATA “Not that I have already attained, or am already made perfect: but I press on, if so be that I may lay hold on that for which […]
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“Procrasti-cleaning” To Avoid the Gospel
NICOLE STEVENSON I’m not a risk taker in obvious ways, but I tend to play “chicken” with fast-approaching deadlines. Hi, my name is Nicole and I am a procrasti-cleaner. Procrasti-cleaning […]
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No Fear in Resurrection Life!
THOMAS FRANCISHome with Jesus, April 2, 2009 Daily, the headlines tell the grim news. “Markets Down”, “More Jobs Lost”, “Major Corporation To Declare Bankruptcy!” You can feel danger in […]
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How to Live for the Resurrection
MOSES DRAKE LUSWATA As we reflect on the joy of celebrating Jesus’ resurrection last week, I am reminded of Paul’s words in Philippians 3;10, 11: …that I may know him […]
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Does God Change?
MARGIE LITTEL The prophet Malachi wrote, “For I, Jehovah, change not” (Malachi 3:6). And in Hebrews 13:8, the inspired author writes, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yea […]
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Adventist’s Sabbath Trumps Resurrection
COLLEEN TINKER Last week we received a hand-addressed envelope in the mail from someone we didn’t know. Richard opened it, and inside we found a hand-written letter and a pamphlet […]
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