Raining!
DARREL CARSON It got dusty in May this year, even while there was still snow beside the road in the shady places. There we’d be, driving past the last of […]
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Category: Feature
A Woman Accused
MARTIN CAREY It was the last day of the Feast of Tabernacles, and the city was crowded with festive Israelites. The feast was to remember how God had preserved their […]
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19. The Two Covenants
No other subject perplexes Adventists so much as the covenants. They dread to meet it. They have tried various ways to explain it away, but they are not satisfactory even […]
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Trusting in New Ways
KELSIE PETERSEN Last month, I wrote about the safe and convenient “box” that Adventism provides. It is a neat and tidy place to be, one that provides all the answers as […]
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He Shall Never Die
STANLEY ROUHE TALKS ABOUT HIS DEATH AND LIFE STANLEY ROUHE INTERVIEWED BY COLLEEN TINKER WITH RICHARD TINKER Tuesday, June 14, 2011, was a day my husband Richard and I will […]
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18. The Decalogue Examined
With Seventh-Day Adventists the decalogue is the one supreme moral and spiritual law of God, than which there is none higher. It is the law which governs the angels in […]
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One Blood, One Family in Jesus Christ
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Many years ago, I was listening to a morning news, commentary, and opinion radio show when a man calling himself Davey called in to give his opinion on […]
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What a Funeral Reveals About Your Gospel
RICK BARKER Funerals are a challenging time. The family is hurting. The presiding pastor wants to offer comfort to the family and friends, just like any caring person would. But […]
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17. The Law
The foundation of the Sabbatarian error, I believe, is the idea that “the law,” in all the strictness of the old letter, is binding on Christians. Hence, their constant theme […]
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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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