Today, as in James and Ellen White’s day, political sentiments threaten to divide the church just as they threaten to divide the nation. We stand on the brink of a crisis, the likes of which we have not seen in over 160 years.
Read MoreLYING ABOUT LAST GENERATION THEOLOGY
A recent online report illustrates yet again how lies regarding the construct known as Last Generation Theology continue to proliferate in various circles of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is important that these falsehoods be answered.
Read MoreSHOULD TITHES AND OFFERINGS SERVE AS WEAPONS OF PROTEST?
The suggestion has lately been voiced that lay Seventh-day Adventists consider establishing a parachurch organization for the purpose of withholding financial support from certain entities within the denominational structure and channeling such support to other, presumably more worthy entities. Is such a practice in harmony with inspired counsel?
Read MoreTHE WORD OF GOD IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
The Seventh-day Adventist movement, from its beginning, took Scripture as its foundation and guiding light.
Read MoreIDOLATRY OF THE MIND
God created our minds. He fashioned our intelligence. He designed our ability to ask, to analyze, and to probe. But what is true of our bodies is equally true of our minds. If God made them, He has the right to tell us how to use them.
Read MoreWILL THE SAVED HAVE THEIR FALLEN NATURES REMOVED BEFORE JESUS COMES?
The influence of the Holy Flesh movement of more than a century ago continues to affect certain devout Adventists. Only as we keep the inspired consensus constantly in view can such pitfalls be avoided.
Read MoreA CITY ON A HILL
The Puritans of New England saw the American nation as God's kingdom on earth, to be established through civil force and military expansion. But does such a course represent God's way of revealing His character and reaching the lost?
Read MoreSMALL ENOUGH TO DEFEND
Why the "majoring in minors" allegation often flung at classic Adventism makes no sense.
Read MoreA FORETASTE OF THE GREAT REUNION
What the world witnessed on the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base was just a fleeting glimpse, a small foretaste, of the great loosing of history’s captives which will soon take place when Jesus fulfills His promise to come again and take His children home.
Read MoreMESSENGERS OF TRUTH
So eager were the early Adventists to spread the message of truth that they eagerly spent their time, money, and energy disseminating publications far and wide.
Read MoreTHREE ISSUES
The compelling logic between particular controversies in the church is often, and unfortunately, missed.
Read MoreBIBLICAL PEACEMAKING
The events of the past week in the United States have evoked calls for “lowering the temperature” in political discourse, urging grace and civility in social dialogue, even making effort to contact friends with whom one differs on such issues and letting them know how much they are appreciated. Bible-believing Christians, of course, shouldn’t need politicians or journalists to remind them of such responsibilities.
Read MoreSECULAR HUMANISM
As a teenager, star-struck with the march of scientific progress, I sat in front of my science teacher and listened with rapture as he told us that God was nothing more than a man-made concept, and that man needed to progress himself from his caveman existence to where we are today (about 1966).
Read MoreLOUISIANA AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Last month the U.S. state of Louisiana enacted a law requiring the posting of the Ten Commandments in all public schools within its territory, from kindergarten to state-funded universities. How should Seventh-day Adventists respond?
Read MoreA BIG REASON WHY THE DEFINITION OF SIN MATTERS
Much of the current debate over LGBT issues among conservative Christians has focused on the perceived need to change one’s orientation. But Biblical sin is not about orientation. Like righteousness, sin in the Bible is all about choice.
Read MoreSHALL WE "LEAVE RELIGION TO FOLLOW JESUS"?
This week I was informed of a colleague in ministry who has embraced the mantra, “Leave religion to follow Jesus.” How does this notion compare with the picture of Jesus found in the Bible?
Read MoreUzzah's Presumption and Rashness
The story of Uzzah's death in 2 Samuel 6:6-7 presents a challenging theological issue: why was Uzzah slain for touching the Ark of the Covenant, despite his apparent good intentions, when the Bible also emphasizes that God looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7) and not outward actions?
Read MoreA CAGE OF EVERY UNCLEAN AND HATEFUL BIRD
When we see the idolatrous veneration of the most corrupt of men blatantly practiced by Christians claiming to be guardians of Biblical morality, we can know for certain that the spiritual collapse of all but a faithful remnant of Christ’s visible body (Zeph. 3:13; Rev. 12:17) is well under way.
Read MoreANOTHER ADVENTIST AGAINST THE SABBATH
The pillar doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist faith remain thoroughly Biblical, and this fact merits repetition as often as possible.
Read MoreTHE JOY OF CAMP MEETING
Today camp meetings continue to serve an important purpose. Not only are they a wonderful place to fellowship with other believers. . . . but they continue to serve as an important evangelistic outreach tool.
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