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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Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath
J. MARK MARTIN In his gospel, Mark describes the ministry of Jesus primarily to a Roman audience. Because his audience is Gentile, Mark is careful to explain the Jewish traditions […]
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11. Did the Pope Change the Sabbath?
The one great point in the Sabbath question upon which Seventh-day Adventists stake the most, upon which they insist the strongest, which they repeat the most frequently and the most […]
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Adventism’s Inspiration of Scripture
RICK BARKER When I began writing the articles on the Seventh-day Adventist Fundamental Beliefs about a decade ago, I had to fit my comments within the size available for a […]
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Missing My Box
KELSIE PETERSEN When I think back on my years as an Adventist, I realize that Adventism gave us a framework, a rule book. A box. There was an answer for […]
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10. Why Christians Keep Sunday
Almost universally Christians regard Sunday as a sacred day. Do they offer for this any adequate reasons? Yes, indeed, and those which have been satisfactory to all the best and […]
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An Appeal to Adventists: Are You Submitting to the Plumbline?
JOSEPH RIVER* I have spent several years in a careful, fair, and non-judgmental study of Seventh-day Adventism without the benefit of outside help or advice. I commenced this study because […]
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Is There An Age of Accountability?
COLLEEN TINKER Recently I encountered a question from a former Adventist who was upset about the idea that babies are born spiritually dead. The questioner asked how we could make […]
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How the Bible Convinced Me We Have Spirits
NICOLE STEVENSON Examining the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of Adventism for our current series on Former Adventist Podcast has been quite the experience. I confess that preparing for these episodes often […]
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Perseverance Is Never Obsolete
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Most Americans and Canadians probably still remember the popular anthology television series called The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling, which aired from 1959 through 1964, and continues […]
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8. Mrs. White and Her Revelations
Seventh-day Adventists regard Mrs. White as a prophetess and her writings as inspired. They make long arguments from the Bible to prove that there should be gifts, miracles and prophets […]
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