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Saving Adventism from Adventism
Janine Colburn
Saving Adventism from Adventism
Janine Colburn

Modern Adventist advocacy has increasingly attached itself to a collection of explicitly or implicitly political causes: environmental activism, racial equity expansive immigration, hostility toward traditional religious morality, suspicion of patriotism, and enthusiasm for international institutions and the welfare state.

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Janine Colburn
Feeling Concerned in Colorado
Michael Cookenmaster
Feeling Concerned in Colorado
Michael Cookenmaster

I am increasingly concerned that secular cultural and political concerns are being imported into the church and are beginning to shape how we understand biblical roles, authority, and even church governance.

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Michael Cookenmaster
NPUC Delegates Approve Conferences to Ordain Without Regard to Gender
Gerry Wagoner
NPUC Delegates Approve Conferences to Ordain Without Regard to Gender
Gerry Wagoner

There are now two layers of protection over rebellious conferences, enabling them to demonstrate defiance towards the Bible and GC policy without any fear of resprisal. These two layers are the NAD and defiant Unions.

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Gerry Wagoner
Indulge Me (conclusion)
Daniel Bacchiocchi
Indulge Me (conclusion)
Daniel Bacchiocchi

The moment financial conformity becomes a proxy for spiritual fidelity, the treasury has begun to trespass upon liberty of conscience. The institution becomes the mediator, compliance becomes the evidence, and money begins to occupy a place it was never ordained to hold. 

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Daniel Bacchiocchi
Indulge Me
Daniel Bacchiocchi
Indulge Me
Daniel Bacchiocchi

Whenever financial conformity begins to imply spiritual fidelity, the old indulgence booth has merely been given a new coat of paint. 

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Daniel Bacchiocchi
When the Lie Becomes Believable: A Response to Reclaiming the Prophet
Brian R. Will, MD
When the Lie Becomes Believable: A Response to Reclaiming the Prophet
Brian R. Will, MD

While its title suggests restoration and defense, the substance of its argument represents something far more perilous—a subtle reconfiguration of Ellen White’s prophetic role.

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Brian R. Will, MD
Baptized For The Dead?
Daniel Buxton
Baptized For The Dead?
Daniel Buxton

This inquiry by Paul appears at first glance to bring to the imagination a class of people who were undergoing a rite of water baptism on behalf of or for others in some way.

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Daniel Buxton
Seventh-day Adventists or Spiritualists?
Ken Mindoro, MD
Seventh-day Adventists or Spiritualists?
Ken Mindoro, MD

His answer was both reassuring and unsettling. If he correctly recognized that the apparition was not the deceased, another question remains. Why should such a manifestation appear at all? What conditions exist in a person's spiritual life that permit the kingdom of darkness to intrude so boldly into the home?

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Ken Mindoro, MD

News & Commentary

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Oregon Conference Admits it Will Ordain Women
Oregon Conference Admits it Will Ordain Women

The Oregon Conference is part of a unified effort to defy the world church decisions regarding ordaining women. The Columbia Union, Pacific Union, Mid-America Union and the NPUC are systematically trying to get their way on this issue.

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Fire Damages Historic SDA Church in Grand Rapids
Fire Damages Historic SDA Church in Grand Rapids

Shattered windows and a collapsed roof were among the visible signs of damage from an hours-long fire caused to the former Seventh Day Adventist building.

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Northern New England Conference is Awesome
Northern New England Conference is Awesome

This letter reaffirms the world church’s biblical teaching on human sexuality and created identity. More importantly, it warns that some Adventist schools have accommodated unbiblical views, and rightly states that the Conference cannot encourage families to send youth to such schools.

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Mayor in Lusaka Zambia Wants to Copy Uganda's Cleaning Day on Sabbath
Mayor in Lusaka Zambia Wants to Copy Uganda's Cleaning Day on Sabbath

The Church's position is clear: while Adventists support initiatives that promote a clean and healthy environment, they remain committed to the sanctity of the Seventh-day Sabbath as ordained by God.

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How to Hold NAD Institutions Accountable on LGBTQ Issues
How to Hold NAD Institutions Accountable on LGBTQ Issues

Left-wing adventism (lower case) has exchanged prophecy for justice, and justice can be any sin that you want to celebrate in this new cultural paradigm.

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Apologetics

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Arminianism v. Calvinism
David Read
Arminianism v. Calvinism
David Read

What is Arminianism? It is a repudiation of the Calvinist doctrine of predestination, and an assertion that people can choose to be saved or lost.

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David Read
Sabbath School: A Call for Unity
David Read
Sabbath School: A Call for Unity
David Read

Paul wanted us to have assurance of salvation, and he was not in favor of guru Christianity.

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David Read
Sabbath School: An Introduction to Corinthians
David Read
Sabbath School: An Introduction to Corinthians
David Read

Paul’s letters comprise a textbook on how to do Christianity. Here is an introduction to the letters to the Corinthians.

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David Read
Orthodox Priest: Pre-Flood World was Age of High Technology
David Read
Orthodox Priest: Pre-Flood World was Age of High Technology
David Read

Tucker Carlson and guest Stephen de Young discuss the advanced pre-Flood civilization.

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David Read