The Agnostic Pharisee
MARTIN CAREY When I was seven years old, I saw a Harry Anderson painting of Jesus standing over a large city, holding out His hands. It was entitled, “Christ Of […]
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3. School Days at Modesto Union Academy
We arrived in Oakdale the week before school was to begin. At church on Sabbath we met several friendly girls and one of them, Phyllis Maxwell, invited Jeanine and me […]
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October 23–29
Lesson 5: “The Stranger In Your Gates” COLLEEN TINKER Problems with this lesson: It equates the restatement of the Mosaic Covenant in Deuteronomy with the idea of the “new covenant”. […]
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We got mail…
Is “Die” A Metaphor? Admittedly, the Christian concept of death was the hardest for me, as a former since 1995, to get settled in my mind. The idea of man […]
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Take This World But Give Me Jesus
KELSIE PETERSEN A year ago, I wrote a post about changing seasons and the unchanging nature of God. I’ll confess, the “season” of life here has been more “winter” than […]
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Are You Being Formed by Law?
RICK BARKER Seventh-day Adventists and Evangelical Christians have different vocabularies and, at times, different definitions of the same words. These differences create confusion during discussions between these groups and contribute […]
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2. My Life Begins
I was born in Lodi, California, December 4, 1937, into a Seventh-day Adventist, Christian family, the second daughter of Milton and Myrthful Mundall. I was three years old the day […]
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October 16–22
Lesson 4: “To Love The Lord Your God” COLLEEN TINKER The main problems with this lesson are: Ignoring the context and the first audience of Deuteronomy and applying it to […]
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My Cup Overflows
BY CAROLYN RATZLAFF A Valentine Card My Life Begins School Days at Modesto Union Academy A Visit to Monterey Bay Academy MBA School Days Junior-Senior Picnic Summer on the Watermelon […]
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We got mail…
Does Body Minus Breath Equal Missing Person? When most biblical Christian teachers explain what Adventists believe about death, they say what I thought myself: that the immaterial part of a […]
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Sola Scriptura With Additional Authorities?
BY RICK BARKER Because I find it common that people will use the phrase “Scripture alone” without actually practicing that belief, I believe that this discussion starts with understanding what […]
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Are You Formed by Disciplines?
BY MARTIN CAREY “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” No other man could have spoken words like these. They are […]
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1. A Valentine Card
I was sorting through boxes, a trunk, drawers, shelves, and envelopes of pictures. I had finally gotten around to a job I had wanted to do for a long time. […]
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October 9–15
Lesson 3: “The Everlasting Covenant” BY JEANIE JURA This week’s lesson is so twisted and contradictory that it is difficult to know where to begin. Perhaps it would be […]
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Inspecting Adventism’s Beliefs
Podcast episodes are linked below where Colleen and Nikki respond to each of the Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist organization, as presented in the Adventist-published book Seventh-day Adventists Believe (Third […]
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