4. A Visit to Monterey Bay Academy
I spent the summer after my sophomore year in the colporteur work. This was a great learning experience- trying to sell Seventh-day Adventist books to non-Adventists. I was told when […]
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October 30–November 5
Lesson 6: “For What Nation Is There So Great?” COLLEEN TINKER Problems With This Lesson: It states that the Decalogue is eternal and universal. It equates not adding or taking […]
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We got mail…
Jesus Married To The Holy City I just finished listening to the podcast on the 28th Fundamental Belief and I just want to say thank you for all of them. […]
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Experiencing New Covenant Life
You Are Formed by Jesus DALE RATZLAFF Today we have hope for true transformation only by focusing on the glories of the gospel, the many declarations that God has made […]
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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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