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?
Read MoreGOD STILL RESTRAINS THE WINDS OF STRIFE
Whatever fears may ravage human hearts in these tumultuous times, those adhering to Holy Scripture can face the coming year with confidence. God is still in control. And until He has a people prepared to deliver His final warning, His mercy will continue to linger and the door of probation stay open.
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