Reasoning from Scripture
We are not just a church; we are a movement with a message on a mission.
A popular presenter in certain circles of conservative Adventism is claiming that these two are different? What does the inspired evidence teach?
Certain individuals and congregations have urged the church to pursue a course of unqualified disengagement so far as this international body is concerned. Is this course wise?
A most revealing exchange during the recent debate in the Texas state legislature over a law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
The question is, Who does the imparting?
This is a heartfelt plea to the people of God to read and study Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy writings, and to conform their lives to the divine thoughts and feelings revealed there. Only then will God see His character in His people, and return to take them to Himself, thus bringing the present scene of misery to an end.
The loving acts of our Lord extended to all, regardless of their beliefs or practices, but in no way does this imply that acceptance within Christ’s kingdom is open to all, regardless of what they choose to believe or how they choose to live.
The election of the first American pope gives every evidence of highlighting the prophetic interplay between the two symbolic beasts of Revelation 13.
Grace is the underlying and overarching theme of the Bible story, the heartbeat of its doctrinal and moral imperatives and the rationale of its prophetic revelations.
Don’t fall for the trap that people set up when they say, “It’s not possible to keep the commandments. It’s not possible to live a perfect life.” While it is true that you cannot live a perfect life on your own, with the robe of Christ’s righteousness covering us and His power living within us, we are able to follow where He leads.
The recent and very public departure from Adventism of a prominent figure in Adventist media ministry has again raised the issue of the assurance of salvation and how it relates to the classic Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of the investigative judgment. What does the Bible say?
“The world can only be warned by seeing those who believe the truth sanctified through the truth, acting upon high and holy principles, showing in a high, elevated sense, the line of demarcation between those who keep the commandments of God and those who trample them under their feet.”
Ellen G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 980.