A recent book resurrects old allegations of historical inaccuracy regarding Ellen White’s recounting of Reformation history in certain chapters of The Great Controversy. Are these allegations credible?
Read MoreTHE LGBT CHALLENGE TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM
Let us pray for and encourage our leaders to take a decisive though compassionate stand for the teachings of God’s Word relative to gender and sexuality, and to hold all accountable at every level for their adherence to the same. Nothing less is possible for the great end-time movement of whom God will one day soon declare, “Here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus” (Rev. 14:12).
Read MoreTHE NEW APOSTOLIC REFORMATION (NAR)
A religious movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation has come into American headlines recently, particularly with respect to the 2024 presidential election.
Read MoreFIREBALLS AND SOLAR ECLIPSES: RELIABLE PORTENTS OR FALSE ALARMS?
We don’t know what April 8, 2024 will bring. None can be sure whether the path of the pending solar eclipse over towns named Nineveh and Jonah is anything but a coincidence. And none can be sure when Ellen White’s prophecies of fireballs destroying buildings, in Nashville or elsewhere, will come to pass.
But at the bottom line, God isn’t waiting on natural or man-made disasters so that Jesus can come. Rather, He is waiting on the spiritual preparedness of His people, who through His grace will reproduce the character of Christ in their hearts and lives (I Thess. 5:23; II Peter 3:10-14; I John 3:2-3; Rev. 3:21; 12:17; 14:5,12).
Read MoreTHE BITTERNESS TRAP
Too many of the striving faithful in modern Adventism lost their way, not so long ago, through bitterness. It is a path none dare traverse again. It is a trap that will extinguish godly zeal, suffocate love for the erring, and obliterate the patient spirit which God’s Last Generation Christians must cultivate and possess (Rev. 14:12).
Read MoreTHE EXAMPLE OF BALAAM AND THE ABUSE OF PRAYER
“When one clearly sees a duty, let him not presume to go to God with the prayer that he may be excused from performing it. He should rather, with a humble, submissive spirit, ask for divine strength and wisdom to meet its claims.”
Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 441.
Read MoreA BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF CHURCH DISCIPLINE
“And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
“Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother” (II Thess. 3:14-15).
Read MoreJUSTICE. MERCY. HUMILITY.
The concept of church discipline has to do with the ultimate restoration of human beings into the image of God.
Read MoreRETURN TO THE MOON
Reflections on the limits of science, technology, and the human character made evident by the revival of the space exploration program.
Read MoreAT THE RUBICON? OR WATERLOO?
A new online article claims Adventists should “cross the Rubicon” by rewriting our classic eschatology regarding the coming Sunday law and similar developments. But might such a choice replicate another historical vignette—that of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
Read More"THE GODHEAD UNDER SIEGE"
A Call for Unity in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Face of Division Over the Godhead Issue.
Read MoreSAVED BY FAITH, JUDGED BY WORKS
Is this the paradox many hold it to be? Or do the inspired writings offer a simple explanation?
Read More"IS IT A SIN TO FEEL LIKE SINNING?"
Pastor Kevin Paulson will speak this evening (February 9, 2024) on the topic, “Is It a Sin To Feel Like Sinning?” at Revive Vespers on the campus of Andrews University, in the Biology Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. Questions and answers will follow.
Read MoreANOTHER FAILED ATTACK ON THE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT
A recent article on a liberal Adventist website fabricates a false dilemma between the Bible and Ellen White regarding the classic Adventist investigative judgment doctrine. But the article’s case falls woefully short of both the Biblical evidence and the facts of Ellen White’s own teachings regarding this pivotal doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Read MoreThe Foundation of Salvation
What is reality–especially when it comes to salvation? Is there more than one reality? Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, explores the reality of love as an inherent attribute of God and a reflection of His presence in us.
Read MoreCANCEL CULTURE OR COWARD CULTURE?
God’s heroes through the ages have risked everything, including their lives and those of their loved ones, for the sake of bearing public witness to Bible truth and the resulting contrast with error. For people in the church today to hide in the shadows when rebuking wrongful teachings because they fear negative reputational or career consequences, is difficult if not impossible to justify.
Read More"LOOKING DOWN ON ME FROM HEAVEN"
A few years ago I attended a baptism in one of our churches. As with many of our baptisms, the candidates are encouraged to give a testimony after they have come up out of the font (dried and re-dressed of course). At one point this particular lady said, " . . . and my late grandmother is now looking down on me from heaven.”
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THE LOSS OF THE BEREAN PRINCIPLE
What God has inspired must take precedence over all other spiritual writings. Once our minds are saturated with the former, we can peruse the latter with an alertness that enables us to see more clearly the difference between right and wrong, truth and error, even when the difference is subtle.
Read MoreWHY CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM MATTERS
A number of prominent voices are articulating an eschatological narrative that is foreign to what Scripture actually states regarding how the end will play out. This has resulted in confusion, disunity and debates on social media and other media outlets. Unfortunately, many are mistaking political ideology and theories for Adventism and Scripture. This has resulted in misdirected focus, time and energy on peripheral matters that are depleting our limited energies and diverting us from our shared message and mission as Seventh-day Adventists. These matters are consequential.
Read MoreSTRIKING A BALANCE OR EMBRACING ERROR?
A recent article in a prominent denominational outlet challenges certain features of the classic Adventist construct known in recent times as Last Generation Theology. Are these challenges credible?
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