Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 2)
[KELSIE PETERSEN] Last week, we looked at 10 of the 25 “vital truths” shared by Elder Ted Wilson, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, in a sermon at […]
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Stand Against the Devil!
[MARTIN CAREY] “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11). Those of us brought up in […]
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Ted Wilson Affirms Adventist Distinctives (Part 1)
KELSIE PETERSEN While visiting family this past weekend, I happened upon a publication for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. In it was an article taken from Ted Wilson’s […]
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Michael Is Not Jesus, And the Resurrection Is Not a Re-Creation
COLLEEN TINKER This week as I wrote our commentary on next week’s Sabbath School lesson, I realized that it addresses two of the Adventist organization’s persistent but less-well-known teachings. I […]
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Truth is Immutable!
[NICOLE STEVENSON] “Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6). When I was […]
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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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The Gospel Overwhelmed My Adventism
[MANUELA BOSCIA WITH COLLEEN TINKER] Editor’s Note: This email came to Life Assurance Ministries this week. We reprint it here with the author’s permission. I’m a 37-year-old woman; I live […]
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Heaven Rules
[COLLEEN TINKER] Richard and I slowly opened bleary eyes about 3:20 AM on Monday to watch the livestream of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral service at Westminster Abbey. No one does […]
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Freedom from Adventist Trauma
[COLLEEN TINKER] If there is any effect of Adventism—besides the worldview—that we formers share in common, it is some form of trauma. Of course, not everyone shares the same types […]
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How Does The Bible Reveal Its Central Theme?
[JORDAN QUINLEY] Redeemer Catechism Series, Question 4 The Bible’s central theme—salvation by God in and through Jesus Christ—comes to us, not all at once, but over time and space, and […]
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Revelation 17: A Marriage Made in Hell
[PHIL HARRIS] Introduction One of the angels who poured out God’s final wrath now takes us back in time to the two beasts and dragon of chapter thirteen, introducing important […]
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Jesus is the Scapegoat
[COLLEEN TINKER] It’s fascinating to me that one of the most stubbornly-defended Adventist doctrines—besides the obvious doctrine of the Sabbath and the slightly-less-obvious doctrine of “soul sleep”—is their almost-unseen doctrine […]
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He Restores My Soul
[MARTIN CAREY] “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul” (Psalm 23:1–3). These […]
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Don’t Waste Your Gift
[CHRIS LEE] The stage lights dimmed from a blaze to bathe the platform in an ocean of glowing aqua. I had come to hear a note of nostalgia, the last […]
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Distracted by Summer
KELSIE PETERSEN Summer is quickly coming to an end here in what many would consider “far” north. While the days are still warm, in the upper range of our warmest […]
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