Interviewing the Kids of Former Adventists
This week as I was considering topics for this blog, my thoughts were interrupted by the noise of unabated laughter in the back rooms of my home. Our kids, Joshua […]
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No Turning Back
THE LIFE AFTER WITH CHRIS LEE I wormed my way into the cylindrical concrete culvert under the driveway to our grade school. Jon was close on my heels, eager to […]
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16. A History of Numerous Efforts to Revive the Jewish Sabbath
Why Not Found Out Before? If Sabbatarians are right on the Sabbath question, then the whole Christian church has broken the Sabbath for the last 1,800 years, and has kept […]
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Leaving the Service of Humiliation
COLLEEN TINKER I was twelve years old, and my best friend whom I’ll call Lynn was a few months older. It was Thirteenth Sabbath, and she and I paired up […]
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Please Explain the Purpose Of the Law!
MARGIE LITTELL I have a question for my Adventist friends: can you show me, a Gentile, what the Scriptures say the purpose is of the huge law-system called the Torah? After […]
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15. The Jewish Sabbath Abolished. Colossians 2
We now come to the direct statement of Paul that the Sabbath was abolished: Col. 2:14, 16, 17. “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was […]
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Left Adventism—So What?
KASPARS OZOLINS Not all “former” Advent-ists and –isms are alike. One might be tempted to assume a similarity, though it doesn’t take much thought to realize that such an assumption […]
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14. The Sabbath in the New Testament
The Sabbath in the Gospels With the opening of the gospel comes the most glorious period of the church’s history. The Son of God himself stands before us clothed with […]
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Observing Scripture Using Five Categories
ELIZABETH INRIG In the past few articles, we have emphasized the importance of knowing God’s Word—not only to fill our heads but to fill our hearts as well. In His […]
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How the Lord Broke Through My Pride
DARREL CARSON “I go to church over there,” I said, pointing to the little white church nestled among the trees on the other side of the field. “You worship the […]
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13. The Sabbath in the Old Testament
The Sabbath in Genesis The Sabbath is not mentioned by name in the book of Genesis, nor till the time of Moses. Gen. 2:1-3 states that God finished creation in […]
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Revelation 4 & 5: Worthy Is The Lord God Almighty
PHIL HARRIS Introduction To be true to the inspired word of God it is important to stay within the context. Staying in context means to keep in mind both what […]
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There Is a New Country!
ROLAANT MCKENZIE In Peter Jackson’s 2003 movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the Dark Lord Sauron sent an enormous force of […]
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12. Sabbatarian Positions on the History of Sunday Refuted
What answer do Sabbatarians make to all the preceding testimony? This: 1. “The Bible, the Bible only, is our rule. We don’t go by history.” Reply: Why then do they […]
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Intervention for a Frightened Father
MARTIN CAREY When we are confronted with difficult challenges that nothing prepared us to handle, how should we seek God’s guidance? We know that He has promised never to leave […]
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