What’s So Important About the Holy Spirit?
BEVERLY QUINN BESSADA I pondered my friend’s question as I chatted with a group of old schoolmates who were still Adventists: does anyone here believe in the Holy Spirit? Her […]
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12. The Ten Commandments Not Changed by Catholics
ADVENTISTS DECAPITATE THE DECALOGUE Seventh-Day Adventists say that the Catholic Church has cut out the second one, the one against images, has changed the Sabbath precept, and divided the tenth […]
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April 10–16
Lesson 3: “When Your World Falls Apart” This week’s lesson uses the story of Ahaz, a wicked king of Judah, to make a point that leaning on human alliances […]
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Kelsie and Cheryl Join Colleen and Nikki Answering “Why?” | 25
Kelsie and Cheryl join Colleen and Nikki answering the question, “Why do we do this?” Attendees share their experiences attending the recent Former Adventist Fellowship Conference in California. Podcast was […]
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Live at Former Adventist Conference | 24
Nikki and Colleen talk about leaving and the challenges former Adventists face. They also take questions from the live audience. This episode was recorded on the second day of the […]
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We got mail…
Convicted Out of Adventism Hi Colleen! I’ve been listening to your podcast with Nikki as I’ve been listening to the Holy Spirit convict me out of Adventism. Thanks for the […]
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Paid In Full—Completely!
CHRISTOPHER A. LEE The dim light of a distant street lamp filtered through my second story window. Shadows scurried across the canvas of my wall and darted in and out […]
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Disentangling the Adventist Health Message
KASPARS OZOLINS Last month, an eye-catching Christianity Today headline was shared on social media by a number of Adventists and formers familiar to me: “Many Adventists in Asia and Africa […]
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11. The Mark of The Beast—What Is It?
Seventy-day Adventists teach that the ten-horned beast of Rev. 13:1–10 is the Papacy and that the two-horned beast of verses 11-18 is the United States. No commentator or Christian scholar […]
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A Trip Through Holy Week
COLLEEN TINKER This information is gleaned from the book A Harmony of the Four Gospels by Orville E. Daniel. I will use Daniel’s harmony as my resource to describe the […]
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We got mail…
So Adventist it hurt I was so Adventist it hurt. Your ministry has changed my life, set me free, and now I know who Jesus really is. I have placed […]
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God Has No Components
JORDAN QUINLEY Though not expressly stated in their 28 Fundamental Beliefs, Seventh-day Adventism has historically taught that God possesses a material body. This position was strongly advocated by Ellen White’s […]
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Spiritual Abuse Among Religions
JOANIE YORBA-GRAY, MSW, WITH COLLEEN TINKER For many of us Christians, church represents God. Whether it is right or wrong to have this expectation, church is supposed to be a […]
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10. The Papacy and The Lord’s Day
“The Papacy changed the Sabbath.” (Replies to Canright, p. 119) This is a leading tenet in the Seventh-day Adventist faith, strongly urged in all their teachings. Here is a sample […]
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