Yes: 977
No: 1,381
Abstain: 5
Total: 2,363
Read MoreHas anybody seen my love?
Our world is in a lot of trouble. I know this for two reasons. First and foremost, is the word of Christ, recorded in Matthew 24, and second is a brief brush with a family at a local store last night.
Read MorePerceived pro-WO wording recommended for church manual, debate ensues
“The next item” Wollan said, “to bring the harmony of the church manual in the way we use the term ‘pastor.’ Some places we use the term ‘minister,’ sometimes ‘pastor,’ and we are actually suggesting throughout the manual, to use the word ‘pastor’ instead of ‘minister’ . . . I so move.”
Read MoreAccusing the brethren: an analysis of Nick Miller's 'final arguments'
I have asked for my article "Accusing the brethren: an analysis of Nick Miller's 'final arguments'" to be pulled from ADvindicate's website.
Read MoreThe overlooked mandate from TOSC
We are heading into the final days before the discussion and vote at the General Conference on the ordination question facing the world church. There is really nothing more to be said about the substance of the underlying issues of gender and ordination.
Read MoreElder Ted Wilson Reelected by Landslide Vote
Raymond Hartwell of the North American Division (NAD) appeared at a microphone to speak. Hartwell briefly stated his respect for the church, the leaders, and the process and immediately requested that, the report of Wilson’s name be referred back to the committee.
Read MoreWhich supreme court?
The recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding “gay marriage” brings great cause for celebration, if you are not a Christian. And if you are a Christian and celebrating a union that God’s Holy Word describes as an abomination, it is unlikely you see God’s Word as His love letter to us for all time.
Read MoreThe present crisis and the North American Division leadership
In 1990 and 1995, delegates of the Seventh-day Adventist Church met in General Conference Session. On both occasions the church voted not to proceed with women's ordination.
Read MoreFacing the reality of Daniel 3:16-18
It is clear biblical teaching that all who follow the Lord Jesus will suffer persecution and that the experience will glorify God. Sadly, accounts throughout the scriptures, beginning in Genesis with the account of the murder of Abel and ending in Revelation, with the persecution of God’s people, all testify that His people cannot escape.
Read MoreThe Pope's encyclical and the mark of the beast
On June 18, 2015, Vatican PR officially released in multiple languages Pope Francis’s much-anticipated 183-page encyclical addressing climate change titled “Praised Be”—a title based on an ancient song called “Canticle of the Sun” attributed to St. Francis of Assisi written in 1224 A.D.
Read MoreThe thou shalt not's
There are so many ‘sects’ amongst the churches that it’s almost like living in Bible times. Though all are either labelling themselves or labelling others, almost every group is tarring the other with the proverbial feather.
Read MoreCoveting Forbidden Fruit
In other words, sinful behavior is first preceded by sinful thought, in this case, coveting and lust. Paul said, “…I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet” (Romans 7:7).
Read MoreThe wedding of Laodicea and cultural Adventism
While the final Laodicean church suffers a barrage of divisive attacks from the outside world, a more sinister deception and cunning temptation has reared within the church, between those who have genuine Biblical faith and those who mimic this lifestyle through their reliance upon the mere religious culture of Adventism.
Read MoreWhy Women's Ordination Matters
“If we ever come to the place as a Church where we can interpret 'husband of one wife' to mean 'wife of one husband' or simply 'faithful man or woman,' then we can make any passage of Scripture mean whatever we want it to mean or whatever our culture tells us it should mean."
Read MoreADvindicate will be at the GC Session, after all
General Conference Exhibit Manager Dean Rogers contacted ADvindicate today, asking if we were interested in having a booth at the July 2015 General Conference Session. We said yes!
Read MoreFrom Amish to Adventist: the Andy and Naomi Weaver story
Andy Weaver and his wife Naomi were born and raised Amish in north central Ohio. They were baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist faith in 2014 and have strong convictions to share the gospel and the Three Angels' Messages with their community.
Read MoreFeasting or fasting?
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.
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