Disappointed and Seventh-day Adventist

Few events in SDA history have caused more dissention, polarization and criticism than the GC ADCOM Covid response.  Plainly put, for many Seventh-day Adventist members the sentiment is that our collective world church, as an organizational body, fell on the wrong side of history.

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Preaching in Hitler's Shadow—Kirkpatrick Reacts, pt. 1

And so, we should be interested in the messages given to believers trapped under Nazi oppression. We should learn from their failures and successes in living their faith, for today's society is free-falling into a new totalitarianism.

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Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

The Nazis worked relentlessly to take over the church, with most Germans happy with their new leader. Rules were eventually made requiring all pastors to take an oath of obedience to the Fuhrer. Most pastors took the oath.

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An Open Letter To Richard Hart And Loma Linda

It is a church which teaches that the United States government is the shape shifting beast of Revelation 13 even as its flagship center of healing in 2009 and 2010 moved heaven and earth to become an Accountable Care organization that could accept obscene amounts of money from that beast.

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Women’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise, and the Adventist Slide into the LGBTQ Morass (Part 3)

The problem with the social justice platform of the progressive wing of Adventism is that it is more beholden to the philosophies and ideologies of contemporary society than it is to the authority of Scripture.

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On Masks: Blessed are the Peacemakers

If we tolerate people’s preference for rock music in some churches, can’t we at least tolerate sincere convictions for smiling and foot-washing in others? That’s not asking a whole lot, really.

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Serious Concerns Continue to Overshadow Southern Adventist University

I am addressing this in a public way, rather than privately, because what Southern is doing is very public and will affect the well-being not only of my own student, but the many thousands of others as well.

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