During the last few decades, a movement to promote the moral obligation to keep the feast days recorded in Leviticus has been making inroads among reform-minded Seventh-day Adventists.
Read MoreTy Gibson's argument still falls short
As the General Conference session in San Antonio approaches, final arguments in the case for and against women’s ordination grow more earnest and passionate, with their strengths and vulnerabilities increasingly more evident. Such is certainly the case in the new article by Ty Gibson of Light Bearers Ministry titled “A Closer Look at Women’s Ordination.”
Read MoreIn the mirror
I’ve lived most of my life as an active gay man. I don’t remember a day I wasn’t same-sex attracted. Not able to make sense out of God’s word and my “feelings,” I left God and the church when I was eighteen.
Read MoreI like the smell of clean!
Once a month my wife organizes what I like to call “The Big Buy!” What is the big buy, you ask? Well, it’s when my wife buys a big amount of stuff. I mean, she’ll easily drop several hundred dollars on this trip.
Read MoreChrist interested in quality because he wants quantity
In our mission to make disciples of every nation, we have to abide by the blueprint laid out for us in God’s Word.
Read MoreBeware of the sound of one hand clapping
Last year ADvindicate submitted an application for a booth in the exhibit hall at the 2015 General Conference Session, but after cashing our check and giving us an exhibit number, we received an email from General Conference Exhibit Manager Dean Rogers stating ADvindicate would not be permitted to have a booth at the session.
Read MoreDo the Writings of Ellen White Authorize Female Ordination?
When we read Ellen White in context, she confirms what Scripture teaches. Men are the heads and priests of their families, and that headship role carries over into the church, to the male office of elder/overseer. Ellen White does not contradict Scripture on the roles of the sexes in the church, but rather fleshes them out, suggesting ways that women should be involved in a ministry that will complement the ministry of the male elders/overseers.
Read MoreThe time is at hand
“All the world wondered after the beast” (Revelation 13:3), predicts God’s Word. A careful study of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13 reveals that this “beast” is a symbol of the Roman Catholic Church, whose authority is centered in the Pope.
Read MoreThe unique headship of Christ
In the end, the fact that Christ is the Head of the church is an ad oculos (obvious on sight), but redundant proclamation, which nearly everyone agrees with.
Read MoreEqual, but not the same
Some people teach women's equality with men should qualify women to assume any office or authoritative role generally and traditionally held by men. I would like to examine this ideology from a biblical, logical and Spirit of Prophecy perspective.
Read MoreThe One Project's ecclesiological contribution analyzed
The One Project ministry and other like-minded ministries, there seems to be a kind of pre-determined, desired end in mind: a church that is informed and designed by Emerging Church theology because it is so in need of such rescue.
Read MoreDoes the life of Ellen White authorize female ordination?
Among many Adventists who have a high regard for the prophetic authority of Ellen White, there is an inchoate but strong feeling that the example of her life somehow did away with the pattern of male spiritual leadership found throughout Scripture.
Read MoreAdventist culture vs. Adventist faith
As I read negative reports in publications such as Spectrum Magazine and articles from SDA Kinship, there is something quite blazingly apparent to me. The accepted rule of faith and practice appears to be that of “political correctness” and “conventional thinking” rather than a plain “thus saith the Lord.”
Read MoreA house divided: why regional ordination is the wrong answer
Good friends of mine, people I love and respect, have suggested that the best way to end the strife is to let the various sectors of the church follow their own convictions on the issue. Based on Scripture and history, I believe this is the wrong approach. But before I tell you why, let me first share two things that are not motivating me.
Read MoreGalatians 3:28 is the magna carta of humanity?
Galatians 3:28 has been styled the “magna carta of humanity” (Paul Jewett, Man as Male, 142) by some egalitarians. They say “this verse shows that the church has, in past generations, maintained unbiblical support of a paternalistic church and family order. This has kept Christian women from rising to their God-ordained place of equality of position and authority alongside men in the leadership of the church and in the family."
Read MoreRethinking Uriah Smith's assessment of Laodicea
A friend recently posted the excerpt below from Uriah Smith’s renowned commentary on the books of Daniel and Revelation. Smith unwittingly fulfills the Laodicean prophecy of Revelation 3, claiming that Seventh-day Adventists have actually received all that they need, they just need to use or apply it better.
Read MoreEd Reid entreats Adventist Review to correct misinformation about women's ordination
In the following letter, G. Edward Reid appeals to Adventist Review Editor in Chief Bill Knott to correct "egregiously inaccurate" details in Dave Gemmell's article “Ministry is Ministry—Changing views about women pastors” published in Adventist World's March edition. The article is absent from the online version.
Read More'Coming Out' Ministries conference canceled in London after LGBT outcry
'Coming Out' Ministries released a video on YouTube today called "Aren't we free to choose?" in answer to their Holy Sexuality Conference being canceled in London, which was scheduled to occur next week. The local LGBT community collected over 40,000 signatures, calling for the denial of visas for the speakers. South England Adventist Conference canceled the meetings.
Read MoreThe illusory refuge of complexity
In a cover article of the Adventist Review called “Jesus Claims the Center: Between Sadducees and Pharisees" by Gerald A. Klingbeil, a popular paradigm through which many persist in viewing current Adventist controversies is again being promoted.
Read MorePharmakeia: prescription for global deception
War has always been present among different philosophies throughout history, and in the realm of medicine this is certainly no exception. But man can turn to a Source whose passages will enlighten the earnest seeker of truth for a correct understanding of healing methods.
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