2. The “Religious Liberty” Scarecrow
As early as 1847, in their very first printed publication, A Word to the Little Flock, published at Brunswick, Maine, May 30, 1846, Elder White argued from Rev. 13:11-18, that […]
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Can Sin Defile My Born-Again Spirit?
For those of us who grew up Adventist, coming to terms with our immaterial self, our “spirit”, is sometimes a confusing process. Is our spirit our attitudes and mind? Is […]
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The End Of This Age: Matthew 24
Prologue The stressful events of the past year that are affecting all of us no matter where we might be living in this world have impressed upon me with the […]
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Our Shepherd Keeps Us
Have you noticed the news lately? Of course you have. We hear of horrible acts of violence and lawlessness almost every day now. I propose to you that our world needs […]
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Led By the Spirit of Adoption
Romans 8 has been called the greatest chapter in the Bible for good reason. In 39 verses, it describes the Christian life with a sweeping eternal perspective, building up our […]
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14. Christian
Years ago when someone asked me, in the context of religion, who I was, without a moment’s hesitation I would answer, “I’m a Seventh-day Adventist.” Today, my answer is, “I’m a Christian.” I […]
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He Leads Us Through, Not Around
It’s only a week into 2021, and it seems that the hope for the new year to be a source of relief from the difficulties that marked 2020 is dimming […]
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Heartbreak In Switzerland
This poignant email came to us this week from a never-been-Adventist Christian in Switzerland. The writer has been studying with an Adventist family, doing her best to help them understand […]
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13. Expanding Ministry
When I was pastoring the Sedona Christian Fellowship in Sedona, Arizona, one day Don and Vesta Muth, whom we had known for many years, both before and after we all left […]
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The Adventist Millennium
Adventism’s Fundamental Belief #27: The Millennium and the End of Sin “The millennium is the thousand-year reign of Christ with His saints in heaven between the first and second resurrections. […]
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Israel Rejected Jesus
Margie Littell with Colleen Tinker We former Adventists are often accused of being harsh. Adventists admonish us, “Jesus didn’t speak harshly to people; He was loving and kind.” People, however, […]
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12. Encounter With the Holy Spirit
After the experience I had with the lesbian lady and the “holy spirit,” I backed off from my openness to the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. I had, so to speak, […]
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What Child is This?
From the start of my new life in Christ, the music of Christmas has increasingly captivated me with its rich theology in repetitive phrases. As I listen, my days are […]
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News from Bethlehem
Our bus traveled south from Jerusalem and headed toward the wall. We stopped while young soldiers with guns slung casually over their shoulders checked our passports. O little town of […]
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11. The Sabbath Revisited
We had now changed the name of our little church from BAC to BFC standing for Biblical Fellowship Church. We did this for two reasons. First, we were getting flack from […]
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