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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DEATH AND RESURRECTION ASSUMES MAN IS PHYSICAL
ADVENTISM’S FUNDAMENTAL BELIEF #26 The wages of sin is death. But God, who alone is immortal, will grant eternal life to His redeemed. Until that day death is an unconscious […]
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ARE YOU SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL
ASK THE PASTOR Recently, Carolyn and I had some Adventists stay with us for a few days. As is our custom, each night before we go to bed, we […]
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ADVENTISM’S PHYSICALISM DENIES SPIRITUAL REALITY
EDITOR’S COMMENTS In the past nine months, Richard and I have each lost a parent. My mother died in October, and Richard’s dad died in July. Losing our parents […]
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August 17–23
Week 8: “The Least of These” This lesson starts out very well. It accurately handles the Word of God and stays true to the word in explaining the practical […]
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THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE #87
With Dale Ratzlaff John 19:23-30 23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the […]
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Faith Zaps the Law!
I’ve been spending time in Galatians again. I’ve loved this book for 20 years. In fact, this book has been the foundation of my new covenant understanding since I first […]
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I Have Found My Rest
MICHAEL WERK The year was 1969, when a young man from England met a farm girl from the Canadian Prairies. He was working in Canada that summer to pay […]
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