Fear is an emotion; a negative emotion. It divides rather than unite. When Adam and Eve sinned, fear entered, and this fear caused them to hide from God.
Read moreRecommendations For The Upcoming 2025 GC Session
The local churches would be provided two weeks for consideration and convening the business meeting. The process could then provide a decision in less than two months being based on the complete body of Christ instead of a select few.
Read moreOrganized Labor and the Sabbath Peril
What does this have to do with Sunday laws? The connection is considerably stronger than the Project 2025 proposal to encourage employers to accommodate employees who worship on either Sunday or Saturday.
Read moreA Closer Look at John Lomacang's MAGA Sermon
I suggest ADRA uses this opportunity for a sustained period of introspection, and look for a way to wait on tables (Acts 6:2) that doesn't include feeding at a government hog trough.
Read moreWill We Humble Ourselves and Surrender to God?
Will God pour out His Spirit upon a divided church? The question many in the church have is, will the next GC Session end with the church still divided over WO and other issues? What will it take to unite us?
Read moreThe Forgotten Reformation
At the end of the disputation, the council ruled that Zwingli was in the right, and that all unbaptized infants were to receive baptism within 8 days, or their parents were to be banished from Zürich.
Read moreThe Ron Kelly Farewell Event Felt More Like a Funeral to Me
Kingly power has been wielded against both the elders and the congregation. And now, many are left hurting. Two men of God have been wronged, and their families suffer alongside them.
Read moreTo The Editors of Fulrum7 And My Fellow Adventist Church Members
It is imperative that we church members let our voices be heard and cry out openly about the abuse of power that has taken place in our conference.
Read moreDefending Traditional Masculinity in a Hostile World
The modern man finds himself adrift in a sea of confusion, emasculated by a culture that has declared war on masculinity..
Read moreLet’s Revive the Protestant Reformation
The ramifications of that excommunication were brutal to our family. However, the anguish that was caused by the loss of all we knew and held dear God was able to use for good.
Read moreSo, What is The Church?
Over time, an organization can become a complex multi-layered structure that limits efficiency and slows down decision making. We call that a bureaucracy.
Read moreMission or Maintenance?
To be hot for Christ, means to be charged for his service.—not after a lengthy consultation with Risk Management and the Church Manual, but by the conviction the Holy Spirit places on your heart.
Read moreThe Church May Appear as About to Fall But it Does Not Fall . . .
This is most significant. The “church” that may appear as about to fall is a “remnant” (her own words) that is present at the time of the imposition of Sunday laws.
Read moreExchanging Truth for Lies
Puberty can blur the pages of Scripture. So can willful blindness by adults who think that rather than discussing God’s holy sexuality and His intentions, we’ll all somehow find our way.
Read moreRon Kelly and the Future of Adventist Mission
What do I tell my conservative leaning young adult friends who felt that Village Church and Pastor Kelly were a lifeline to a denomination that they felt viewed them as discardable? “Toe the line, or get out!” ??
Read moreThe Parable of the Horse: A call for Christian Empathy
In our political enthusiasms, are we exercising Christian humility appropriate to our finite understanding?
Read moreWhy Did God Make Men ?!?
She said, with great frustration. “Why did God make men?!?!!?” Her husband stood over by their minivan with his head down, pretending to be fiddling with the gas door flap. He was embarrassed.
Read moreHow The Roman Church Handles Heretics
I find it alarming that we, as a world church, are not even giving those we deem as potential threats to unity of the body of Christ the opportunity to defend their position—like the Church of Rome reluctantly did during the dark ages.
Read moreBreaking Down Barriers: The Call to End Racial Separation in the Church
However, as society has progressed and barriers to racial integration have diminished, the continuation of these divisions within the church has become increasingly untenable.
Read moreOffender for a Word: Is Conrad Vine a Heretic?
Conrad Vine’s message, then, did not contradict God’s promise through Ellen White. Vine stands in a long line of faithful servants of God who have risked their reputations and more to call out sin within the church. This is one of the means by which God prevents His church from falling.
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