Reasoning from Scripture
“We may leave off many bad habits, for the time we may part company with Satan, but without a vital connection with God, through the surrender of ourselves to Him moment by moment, we shall be overcome.”
Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 324
Read MoreHow Ellen White’s predictions regarding millennial theology in mainstream Christianity are now in process of fulfillment.
Read MoreThose whose background in the church is one of excessive rigidity and harshness toward those who differ with them must understand that such a spirit, destructive though it is, does not necessarily reflect the larger culture and worldview of many, many others who occupy the church’s pews and inhabit the society in which we live.
Read MoreIs this a valid comparison?
Read MoreStories about Earth's History: A Geologist's Dissent from Deep Time is written for those with an interest in origins, whether they have a background in science or not. It's a book for the general public, and should be suitable for ages 12 and up.
Read MoreUnless the General Conference in session embraces one or another of the doctrines identified by Ellen White as earmarks of Babylon, no inspired justification can possibly exist for separating from the worldwide Adventist body, and anyone who views unity with that body as merely optional is disregarding the inspired injunction that such unity is “an important and necessary act.”
Read MoreOne key difference between the first and second creations is the role of the Holy Spirit. In the beginning, the Spirit is shown hovering over the surface of the water as if beginning the imposition of order on a chaotic, formless Earth. Each of the messages to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3 is from Jesus, but Jesus points to the Holy Spirit at the conclusion of each message.
Read MoreWhat my recent COVID test teaches regarding the investigative judgment and God’s eternal purpose in the controversy with evil.
Read MoreFew are likely to be convinced of the truth and value of our faith if we aren’t first convinced ourselves.
Read MoreWhen we really grasp how much God loves us, it makes it easier to surrender our will to His all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving will for us. For to truly rely on Christ, we must stop relying on ourselves and surrender our will to Him, saying, “Lord, not my will, but Yours, be done” (see Luke 22:42).
Read MoreLet us enter upon the new year with our hearts cleansed from the defilement of selfishness and pride. Let us put away every sinful indulgence, and seek to become faithful, diligent learners in the school of Christ. A new year opens its unsullied pages before us. What shall we write upon them? . . .
Read MoreAnother lyrical tribute to our incarnate Lord. May this year’s Christmas, which spans the sacred hours, call our minds afresh to the true reason for the season!
Read More“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads, for your redemption draweth nigh” (Luke 21:28).
Read MoreIs it just another partisan label dividing Adventists into warring factions? Perhaps, as some allege, a legalistic, guilt-inducing appendix to the gospel? Or is it in fact the Biblical basis and rationale for the existence, the message, and the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and the secret of her future glory?
Read MoreLet’s face it: “Doctrine” is not a very popular word today. There are movements that want to minimize doctrine and emphasize Jesus only. For some, doctrine conjures up the idea of cold church creeds, stale traditions, boring discourses, and “proof-texting.”
Read MoreIn his final prayer for Israel, King David revealed a core principle of Biblical righteousness by faith and the ultimate reason for the giving of thanks:
”But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thine own have we given Thee” (I Chron. 29:14).
Losing the truth in a secular context is devastating enough; losing it in the spiritual realm means the loss of eternity itself.
Read MoreThe coming months and years will demand more from the striving faithful in the Seventh-day Adventist Church than has ever been demanded from the consecrated of any era. But the keeping power of our God will more than equal the intensity of the conflict.
Read MoreIf religion is understood as a system in which right and wrong are objectively spelled out, a system in which wholehearted, divinely-empowered conformity to the right and wholehearted, divinely-empowered rejection of the wrong is held to be the imperative determiner of one’s ultimate destiny, then the God of the Bible is indeed a religious God, not an open-ended, postmodern accommodator of everyone’s chosen ways.
Read MoreWhat we are seeing today is a wake-up call, urging us to look to God’s Word and be ready for what’s coming. Only by relying completely on Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit will we be able to accomplish anything! God is preparing us for the outpouring of the latter rain, enabling us to proclaim with a loud voice the life-giving messages of the three angels.
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