Pope Francis: Let Us Dream—Kirkpatrick Reacts

Outwardly, the ‘Pope in lockdown,’ cut off from the people looked helpless. Yet those close to him told me the opposite: that he was energized by what he saw as a threshold moment, and the movement of spirits beneath its surface.

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What Was in the Ark of the Covenant? (Part 2). Understanding Hebrews 9:1-5

Remember, Paul emphasizes that he is not speaking about the details. In Hebrew 9 he is simply comparing the High Priestly service of Jesus in heaven to the service of the high priest on earth. That is his main goal and reason for argumentation.

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Dear Liberal Adventism, Your Fascination With Deviant Sexuality Is Showing

Liberal adventists like celebrating stuff. It gets your heart rate up, and is way more exciting than humbling yourself in this anti-typical Day of Atonement. Its…it’s…it’s like dancing around an idol at the foot of Sinai.

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Is “The Chosen” worth Choosing?

When I first saw the first video trailers on Facebook I largely ignored it. I was too cheap to plunk down money. But when the producers made the first season tantalizingly free to watch, my curiosity kicked in…

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My Troubling Experiences With Adventist Education

More recently, about 6 years ago, my sister-in-law took a religion class at Loma Linda University from David Larson in which he very emotionally defended homosexuality.

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Is God Really a She? — Let Your Voice Be Heard

The article received a lot of attention and was shared by hundreds of people who were very concerned about this pastor.

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We 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.”

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There’s Too Much Fear Around Here

Whether it is standing on top of Pulpit Rock in Norway with no safety ropes or flying 9.5 hours across the ocean in a metal tube, risk is inherent in human life. All good adventures come with risk.

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Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents

It is time to resolve to walk in truth, and live not by lies, no matter the cost.

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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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Women’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?

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Women’s Ordination, the San Antonio Compromise (Part 1)

The NAD’s strategy to place as many women as possible into pastoral ministry will set the stage for a move toward individualism and congregationalism within its own territory.

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Unrecognized Blessing

So, I went and knelt under the car. “Father in heaven, I have done all I know to do. I cannot get this part to line up, no matter what I try. Will you help?”

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