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.
Read moreWHO Global Pandemic Biosecurity State is Looming
Interestingly, 2,000 years ago Bible prophecy foretold a crisis global in scope in which governments would exercise force over individual conscience. Isn’t it time to look again at what the Bible foretells?
Read moreThey Finally Admit it. Masks Don't Work, According to NIH Funded Study
After three years of bullying and hectoring the public into going along with mask and vaccine mandates, it’s obvious these Branch Covidians were intoxicated on its power.
Read moreThe Political Function of Apologetics: Defending the Faith at the End of Time
What clear teachings of Scripture are we willing to ignore in order to appease the society outside the church doors? What conceptualizations of the greater good are we asked to adopt in contradistinction to the greatest good of the gospel?
Read morePreaching in Hitler's Shadow—Kirkpatrick Reacts, pt. 2
In exchange for recognition and an appearance of legitimacy, in practice, coopted leadership acts to minimize the influence of "true believers." Members that are the most earnest and serious are marginalized.
Read morePreaching 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.
Read moreClergy for Conscience Declaration: What is it?
Nation-states declared a global health emergency in 2020 and overran individual conscience, while no major religious denominations offered substantive support for individual rights of conscience.
Read moreBonhoeffer: 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.
Read moreAn 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.
Read moreWomen’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.
Read moreOn 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.
Read moreFree Needle Exchange
Just as we should eschew destructive behavior in our culture, our church and its leaders should be honest about God’s righteousness, His government, and His Law and His love.
Read moreSerious 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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