Any time we elevate mercy in a way that weakens justice, or enforce justice in a way that denies mercy, we stop reflecting God accurately.
Read moreWhat Can Christians Learn From The Mess in Minneapolis?
There is a massive worldview clash going on right now in our culture. It’s not really about immigration, it is a much bigger issue. The issue is respect for law, versus lawlessness.
Read moreWhen the Religious Right is Right, They are Right
We have dulled the ears of many of our evangelical and conservative brethren to our message by essentially crying wolf on many things that were not religious liberty threats, but in fact just political movements.
Read moreImportant Announcement !!
I am formally affirming my continued and unwavering commitment to the foundations of my faith. I affirm the Holy Scriptures as the inspired, authoritative Word of God.
Read moreLet’s Talk about Sunday Laws and Antisemitism
If antisemitism drove the original change from Sabbath to Sunday worship, do you think that history will repeat itself to drive mandatory Sunday worship and the abrogation of lawful Sabbath worship?
Read moreThe Village Church Seventh-Day Adventist Methodist Religious Liberty Meeting Was Awesome (part 2)
Village Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sabbath. Nice job, Michigan.
The Church must be separated from the state. We are a living church lashed to a dead state. In order to call someone out of Babylon, we have to be out ourselves.
Read moreThe Village Church Seventh-day Adventist Methodist Religious Liberty Meeting was Awesome
Certain structures can train people’s conscience to be silent. This is eternally dangerous. Silence never removes the cost, it only relocates it. Truth delayed in the name of ‘stability’ results in greater damage.
Read moreLetter to Michigan Conference Leaders From A Village Church Member
Over the past year, just about every wrong decision has been made regarding VSDA and its leadership and there is now irreversible damage. Lives have been permanently altered and trust has been destroyed.
Read moreHow Did We Miss The Sunday Law While Watching For It?
Nor does church administration have an unbroken record in defending liberty of conscience. This has been increasingly so over the past forty years, and never more clearly than in the last five.
Read moreSparks From a Kick!
So, spinning on my Nikes, I delivered a mighty kick, hoping to put that disgusting ‘toy’ in orbit and teach him some manners.
Read moreReforming The Church
Where the need for educational, health, and spiritual reform is paramount, SDA organizationalism is focused on protecting employment. The time is ripe for reformation and renewal.
Read moreMusings of an Old Pastor: Conclusion
Graves are opened and the living precious wheat are glorified, the church is caught up to heaven. The framework, the organization with all its offices has disappeared into the dustbin of history.
Read moreMusings Of An Old Pastor: The Church or the Organization?
Keep in mind, it’s not Dr. Vine who is causing division in the church. The division is caused by the people who refuse to have a discussion about these things.
Read moreIs Woke Broke? New ‘Virtue’ vs. Biblical Justice
There is a new ‘virtue’ that is taking many by storm inside and outside of our denomination, as it seeks to solve the dilemma of injustice. Is being woke, and implementing its philosophy the solution to the problem of injustice?
Read moreMusings Of An Old Pastor: Some Observations (part 2)
The fact that we have entered into agreement with the United Nations and its World Health Organization has been for many of us a disappointing revelation. What were they thinking?
Read moreMusings Of An Old Pastor
There seemed to be no need to take up a personal cross and follow Christ. Over the years I have seen this “no victory” theology growing throughout the church. It’s been an ongoing disappointment for me as a pastor.
Read moreTurning Point USA Outreach
People are not afraid to get into conversations about the Sabbath these days. To many, the idea that the Sabbath was a day that emphasizes freedom was a new and welcome thought. The creation of earth was the creation of a free society.
Read moreHobgoblins and Project 2025
So far, I’ve not heard any screams from the PARL corner or adverse comments by Adventist clergy about an impending mandatory Sabbath worship law in South America.
Read moreThe Boniface Option
Andrew Isker argues for a muscular, masculine Christianity that restores the Christian household to a central place in society
Read moreThe Unvaccinated Did the Church a Big Favor
In the face of tremendous pressure they allowed us all to have a control group in the great experiment of the Covid Jabgenda. Though marked for special persecution and coercion they stood firm.
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