Religious liberty was a Christian doctrine very close to my heart before I knew it was an Adventist teaching, and I became all the more committed to it as I came into the Adventist faith.
Read moreMy Review of The Village Church Symposium
Halfway through the detour my car was attacked by a suicidal turkey who charged into the road, determined to hit my car. Instead, my car hit him, the left mirror whacking him with a Thanksgiving-sized thump. Feathers flew.
Read moreFulcrum7 Launches Survey on Health, Coercion, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church
This is a survey on health, personal liberty and the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s approach to the Covid vaccine and mandates. Your identity is confidential. Results will be shared on Fulcrum7 in 30-days.
Read moreThe Three Angels' Role in the Close of Probation
With the Protestant churches of the Millerite time, those same messages were opposed and rejected with the same result—the Spirit was withdrawn and placed on a remnant who went on to give the Midnight Cry.
Read moreDeclaring Independence Again: Coercion and Liberty of Conscience
There will be people in heaven who took the vaccine; and there will be people in heaven who did not take the vaccine. But there will be nobody in heaven who bowed down to the idol of coercion.
Read moreWe Ought To Hear Both Sides Of The Story Regarding Vaccines
As a mentor of mine said to me on the phone the other day, “Scott, remember this: there will be many in heaven who took the COVID vaccines and many in heaven who did not take the COVID vaccines... but there will be no one in heaven who used coercion.”
Read moreAre You Related To Lot's Wife?
Worship is a routine formality that just happens to fall on the seventh day of the week. Would you withstand persecution for it? Would we currently withstand persecution for anything pertaining to God?
Read moreA Third Open Letter to Glenn Townend, SPD President
It is clear that Avondale has staff who are quietly influencing young SDAs towards full acceptance of LGBTQIA relationships, as I hope to show you in coming days.
Read morePerfection is no Safeguard from Sin
Let that sink in for a moment. Perfection of environment, and perfection of nature were no guarantee against sin. They both failed, and failed miserably.
Read moreIssues in Music And Worship
Unholy music has boldly walked into the church and transformed it from a house of prayer into a citadel of revelry and counterfeit worship, with emotionalism and 'much excitement but little repentance from sin!
Read moreRepentance
But mention the word ‘repentance’ and you are about a popular as General Sherman at a Georgia picnic, or a pork chop at an SDA potluck (that actually might be a good opportunity for repentance).
Read moreThe First Casualty
I believe that the Seventh-day Adventist church knew truth once upon a time. Something happened to us. We traded the truth for convenience, sacrificed our distinctive message for acceptance.
Read moreThe Rights of the Naturally Immune
And this, while straight out telling me that even if I submit to their government-coerced medical experiment I will probably still not get my full constitutional rights back.
Read moreAn Elephant In the Room
Christians will love and live for God. We will aim at perfect conformity to the will of God. Unselfishness will distinguish the abiding Christian’s daily experience; we will have a burden for the salvation of others, loving our neighbor as ourselves.
Read moreForgiven
A loud thud echoed from the main part of the house. I tossed the laptop aside and scrambled from bed, knowing the sound was a hard collision by a medium to large bird with one of our windows.
Read moreA New Year’s Resolution
The spiritual battles we fight do not come from the trials, circumstances, or people in our lives; they come from our own evil desires. “What causes fights and quarrels among you?” (James 4). How would you answer that question?
Read moreYou've Got It All Wrong
May you discover that there is something higher than your human hands can reach, and through that fog, the Creator and Redeemer reaches down through this dark world that is clouded by sensuality.
Read moreGod's Enemy
I reached up to pull the communication microphone in front of my lips when the explosion ripped the night. The green view disappeared, and my stand went out from under me as the truck pitched wildly.
Read moreVoting and Virtue
In this short article, my final point is this: the battle between Jesus Christ and Satan is raging, not only in our hearts, our homes, our churches, and in our communities, but in the halls of government.
Read moreLimited Time Offer
We can’t belong partly to the world and partly to Jesus. We can’t believe part of the Bible and part theories and philosophies of the world.
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