Delegates need to remain alert. There are, it seems, always agents among the delegates seeking to centralize decision-making into fewer rather than more hands. The church is healthier with more power dispersed among members and delegates.
Read moreThe New Censorship
The place where God speaks to the person is in the conscience. It is where we reason with God (Isa 1:18-20). For this reason, the conscience is hallowed ground. Protection of the conscience is the essence of religious liberty.
Read moreThe Sin of Abortion is as the Sin of Slavery
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that Blacks were property, not persons. In the Roe case, the Supreme Court ruled that unborn children are…well, not persons.
Read moreViolation Of Trust, Rocky Mountain Conference Places Women’s Ordination on Constituency Agenda
I was allowed 10 minutes to speak to the Committee, but only on the issue of women's ordination. I was told I did not have standing to speak on the Stephen Bohr ban, because I was not a member of the Golden Church.
Read moreThe Priesthood of Experts?
In the Seventh-day Adventist Church, health is not a cordoned-off domain where lady justice, pink hair flying and nose rings flaring, bars God’s entry with flaming sword.
Read moreTEACH Services Publishes Jane Iery's Book: Born in Babylon
The study on the antichrist almost broke me. It was THE turning point in my journey, and it was very hard for me because there was so much involved.
Read moreVicious Crowd At Supreme Court Protesting For Abortion With Demonic Influences
The tension around us increased. Amid the angry noise, I surveyed the teeming horde of pro-abortion rights protesters, filming them to capture their hostile passion. One young woman in a red crop top was chanting, her eyes half closed as if in a trance
Read moreOrdinary Men: Reserve Police Batallion 101
Normal individuals enter an 'agentic state' in which they are the instrument of another's will. In such a state, they no longer feel personally responsible for the content of their actions but only for how well they perform.
Read moreShowdown at High Noon
"Hmmph! Some old lady thinks she can get the best of me? Who does she think she is? I'm a fifth generation Seventh-day Adventist! I was a missionary for crying out loud. Why, I've even taught Juniors! Why, I'm a 6'4” man. No little old lady is going to get the best of me!
Read moreRhode Island Democrats Propose Doubling Taxes On The Unvaccinated
Individuals will be fined 50 dollars, their personal income tax will be doubled, and employers will be fined $5,000 a month for each "unvaccinated" employee. This bill makes no allowance for religious exemptions, or natural immunity, which even Pfizer admits is highly effective.
Read moreVirtue Signalling Review Article Says That The Unvaccinated Are Just Plain Un-Adventist
It is also true that Standish implies—if not outright states—that since we don’t allow people who smoke and drink to be baptized members, we shouldn’t allow the unvaccinated. His words,
Read moreGod's Mercy and Truth in Uganda, A Testimony From John Negro Lugoloobi
In 2014 I went to visit a friend deep in the village and I found some kids starving. They were orphans. My heart went out to them. Being an orphan too, I prayed for them and gave them the coins I had. As I prayed for them, my heart always prompted me to go visit them.
Read moreSola Scriptura As The Greater Light and Spirit Of Prophecy As The Lesser Light (Conclusion)
The Bible is, on the other hand, its own interpreter, as Jesus used it when the devil misinterpreted it to deceive Him. Jesus replied: “It is also written.”
Read moreTracing the Cause of Personal Problems
We turn to the promises of the Bible, but they seem to mock us. The fear, anxiety and emptiness remain so we settle for the form of godliness while lacking the power of godliness.
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 moreSola Scriptura As The Greater Light and Spirit Of Prophecy As The Lesser Light
God called her to be “the messenger of the Lord” (1 SM 32). Her testimony was a “lesser light” as was the testimony of John, which consisted in leading the people to Christ and His Word.
Read moreChurch Vax Response and The “Institutional Elephant”
Given this situation where is the church? It’s mute. Silence reigns supreme. It’s fearful of offending culture or the latest manifestation of political correctness. Increasingly my church is defined by “professionalised institutionalism”.
Read moreAgents of Satan?
Long ago, two brothers troubled church headquarters. Dreadful stories spread at pandemic speed. Worship services became a mockery. Bribery was common. Conflict of interest. High disdain for God’s health principles.
Read moreWouldn’t it be great if . . .
We had a balanced view of diet & lifestyle instead of insisting that righteousness is attained by eating a lettuce leaf and a whiff of steam? And we all sang “Marvelous Grace” together while sitting in a cave (ok, a large cave)?
Read moreSDA Pastoral Group Releases Christian Declaration of Conscience
The Church must not impede the promptings of the Holy Spirit upon an individual’s conscience nor do the bidding of the State by denigrating believers’ consciences.
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