The NAD is itself part of the General Conference. It is not an additional layer of church governance, it is literally the North American office of the General Conference. For officers of the NAD to participate in the ordination of a woman is rebellion at the highest level.
Read moreThe Adventist WO Crisis Reveals How We Read And Follow The Bible
It is not surprising that some people are hostile towards the biblical model of male leadership in a culture where the media scoffs at organized religion and celebrates same-sex marriage.
Read moreA Trojan Horse at GYC
Sadly, I was greatly disappointed. Rather than learning what the Bible teaches regarding God’s design for womanhood, attendees were subjected to straight-up feminism.
Read moreResisting Church Authority Abuse (Part 1)
The Church Manual actually codifies several ways in which powers and authorities in the Church are limited exactly because authority in the church rests in the membership, not in power-grasping bullies.
Read moreThe Theological Inconsistencies Of SDA Pro-WO Feminism
This student was brave and open minded and willing to challenge his or her worldview when it came into contact with Scripture. The response of the seminary teacher shocks and horrifies me to this day.
Read moreWomen's Ordination, the Seminary & Structural Damage to The Church
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, the leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Theological Seminary, in Berrien Springs, MI, USA, held a meeting in which they persisted in their advocacy of women's ordination.
Read moreSome New Thoughts On Biblical Male Leadership
In 1 Timothy 2:12, the Apostle Paul says “I suffer not a woman to teach (didasko), or usurp authority over a man.” This is fascinating. There is a whole structure on teaching in the New Testament. The term most commonly used is didasko.
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 moreWomen’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise (Part 2)
Given the theological equivalence of pastors and elders, why did our world church administrators neglect to deal with the question of whether or not, on the basis of Scripture, women may be ordained as elders?
Read moreBeth Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood—Kirkpatrick Reacts
I’m looking at Barr’s book because some members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have been attempting to introduce the practice of women’s ordination (WO) to the gospel ministry.
Read moreWhite House 'Pastor' Paula White Declares Herself To Be Holy
Wherever I go, God rules. When I walk on White House grounds, God walks on White House grounds. I had every right and authority to declare the White House as holy ground, because I was standing there.
Read moreCourage In The Netherlands (Updated)
All who dare resist a corrupted system will be maimed and crushed. But we can see now how God was with us every step of the way. It has cost us much. But this is what God’s children will realize when in Heaven we look back and understand that we were never walking alone.
Read moreCourage in The Netherlands
Now I ask only one thing of you, my F7 brethren: please remember the Dutch brethren in your prayers? The women’s ordination conflict has required much of our energies. It may cost many their eternal life.
Read moreWO Is a Big Distraction
While carrying out various methods of ministry or evangelism, we are harboring anger and possibly hatred towards our fellow man within the church.
Read moreLiberation or Subjection in The Trinity? (Part 2)
In our rebellious world some men want to be women because they don’t like the role God gave them. And some women want the man’s role for the same reason. But when God assigned genders their roles, He had in mind their full potential.
Read moreLiberation or Subjection in The Trinity? (Part 1)
Were the three Beings who rule the universe to fight among themselves, in their decision to redeem the Creation from the breakdown introduced by the rebellion of Lucifer? No!
Read moreForest Lake Pastor Says The SDA Church is Chauvinist
Patterson makes the subjective claim that women are more spiritual. How does he know this? Does he sit in the place where he is all-knowing, “discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart”?
Read moreNAD President Proposes de Facto WO
The Church has been split since the day the pro-women's ordination faction decided that it would disregard voted General Conference Session decisions.
Read moreWho Wears The Pants?
“And in this day and age, especially in sociology, we are trying not to emphasize gender difference, so please wear trousers tomorrow.” Now, I understood where this was going!
Read moreAnnual Council 2019 From a Delegate's Viewpoint
I think there were only two individuals from North America and/or Europe, both lay members by the way, that spoke in favor of warning/reprimand. I was one of them.
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