The sanctuary doctrine and the judgment are important theological reasons Seventh-day Adventists are engaged in mission.
Read MoreSTRANGE FIRE
Whenever man-made rules are seen as indicative of godliness, the line between the sacred and the common is breached, and the witness of God’s people dishonored.
Read MoreGRIEVANCE-DRIVEN SPIRITUALITY
Resentful, aggrieved memories can become an excuse for rejecting the teachings of God’s Word.
Read MoreMOMENT BY MOMENT
“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 MoreELLEN WHITE ON THE MILLENNIUM
How Ellen White’s predictions regarding millennial theology in mainstream Christianity are now in process of fulfillment.
Read MoreLAXITY OR SEVERITY: WHICH IS OUR GREATEST DANGER?
Those 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 MoreTHE KING'S MEAT AND THE COVID VACCINE
Is this a valid comparison?
Read MoreNEW BOOK ON GEOLOGY AND THE AGE OF THE EARTH
Stories 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 MoreFALSE FREEDOM
Unless 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 MoreCREATIONS OLD AND NEW
One 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 MoreNOT DETECTED
What my recent COVID test teaches regarding the investigative judgment and God’s eternal purpose in the controversy with evil.
Read MoreCONFORMITY WITHOUT CONVICTION
Few are likely to be convinced of the truth and value of our faith if we aren’t first convinced ourselves.
Read MoreACTING WISELY AT ALL TIMES
When 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 MoreHAPPY NEW YEAR!
Let 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 MoreTHE EMPTY THRONE
Another 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 MoreTORNADOES IN PROPHECY
“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 MoreWHAT IS LAST GENERATION THEOLOGY?
Is 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 MoreJESUS AND DOCTRINE: INSEPARABLY LINKED
Let’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 MoreTHANKSGIVING AND THE GOSPEL
In 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).
THE LOSS OF TRUTH
Losing the truth in a secular context is devastating enough; losing it in the spiritual realm means the loss of eternity itself.
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