Back in Business

You may have noticed that the comments are back up. It took longer than it should have, for which I apologize. Our website domain expired (we had forgotten to update some expired credit card information with a third-party provider), which caused the entire website to go down for a few hours. We “fixed” the problem by using the domain advindicate.org for a few days, but advindicate.com is back, along with its comments.

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Editorial by Jay Gallimore on Annual Council

Jay Gallimore, president of the Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, wrote this editorial on the recent decision of the Annual Council. Many have construed the events at Annual Council as a further attack by conservatives on women's ordination. In this editorial, however, Pastor Gallimore shows what the real issue is, and why it is so important for the church to deal with it.

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New Comment Policy

Here at ADvindicate, it is our goal to articulate and promote the distinctive doctrines, worship principles, and lifestyle standards of classic Seventh-day Adventism, as set forth in the Bible, the writings of Ellen G. White, and the Fundamental Beliefs of the Church, and to present, establish, and strengthen faith in the distinctive message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. To further this mission, and to keep discussions in the comments sections of the articles as civil, gracious, and productive as possible, we are updating our comment policy.

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Modern Bible Translations and the Sanctuary Doctrine

One can discover a disturbing phenomenon by taking a quick look at the online Bible sites that give us access to many different translations. One might think that a few modern translators were simply taking too many creative liberties, but in this article, I will show that they appear to have intentionally altered the Word of God with respect to the Sanctuary Doctrine.

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