Things I Didn’t Know About Christians
“When we know better, we do better.” I’ve heard that saying thrown around in the pop psychology world dozens of times, and while I believe it CAN be true, it’s […]
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September 7–13
Week 11: “Living the Adventist Hope” There is so much encouragement and hope brought out in this week’s lesson—hope for the future for those in Christ, hope for the […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #90
With Dale Ratzlaff John 20:1-10 All the Gospel accounts testify to the empty tomb. However, to harmonize these accounts is not easy. John mentions events and people that the […]
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August 31–September 6
Week 10: “Living The Gospel” This week’s lesson starts out with a very profound and very simple statement followed by a question: But the Bible tells us repeatedly that […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #89
With Dale Ratzlaff John 19:38-42 In these four verses, coupled with the information in the other Gospels, we can fill in a few of the details of the burial […]
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How Ephesians Contradicts Adventism #10
I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, […]
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Walking Away from Betrayal
Betrayal, I believe, is one of the most painful experiences a person can face. Grieving a betrayal can wreak havoc on the heart and unleash a world of pernicious […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #88
With Dale Ratzlaff John 19:31-37 31 Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath […]
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August 24–30
Week 9: “A New Kind of Community” From the lesson: While it seems the Israelites had failed to ever fully live out the blueprint for a just and generous […]
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James Teaches Salvation Apart From Law
DALE RATZLAFF Adventism’s belief that man is purely physical shapes their interpretation of the epistle of James to demand law-keeping. In context, James is teaching that our new hearts […]
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Knowing the Covenants Puts Sabbath In Its Place
COLLEEN TINKER Adventism’s belief that man is purely physical makes its soteriology dependent upon man’s sanctified behavior. Adventists believe that God’s promises are always conditional upon human obedience, but the […]
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Unborn Dehumanized
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Adventism was built on the investigative judgment, a false doctrine used to excuse its unbiblical (and unfulfilled) date-setting. Soul sleep was developed to support the investigative judgment, and […]
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The Source of Adventism’s Physical God
JORDAN QUINLEY Adventism’s theology was built around James White’s denial of “spirit” and his belief that God—and thus man also—was physical and not spirit. Ellen White adopted the view […]
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What Does It Mean to be Born Again?
LIFE AFTER WITH NICOLE STEVENSON Had someone asked me as an Adventist what being born again meant I would’ve said, “Choosing to follow Christ and being baptized”. To me, […]
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OUR READERS RESPOND
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Blessing after brain surgery I had brain surgery recently and thankfully am home now. I just wanted to let all of you know what a […]
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