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News and commentary from a Biblical world view on current events, top stories, social trends and political and religious events.

Comparing the Compliance Document to the Roman Inquisition is Shameful and Dishonest

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Let’s just start by stating the obvious: Comparing the compliance document voted by the General Conference Executive Committee last October to the horrible murders committed at the hands of Roman Inquisitors during the Protestant Reformation is just ignorant and plain ridiculous. Some have actually made this comparison. [1] If you believe that the compliance document is […]

Adventist Video Explains Women’s Ordination Debate & Compliance Document

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The General Conference has created a new video and website called Beinformed.adventist.org as a resource to provide the church’s perspective on the women’s ordination debate taking place within Adventism. This is an attempt to help shape public perception to this growing controversy and to dispel any misinformation to its members. The new website was created […]

What Does the Bible Actually Say About Women Pastors?

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The role of women pastors has risen dramatically during the last 25 years. This is the findings of a survey that was recently done and shows that the number of female pastors has tripled since the 1990s. [1] More and more women are pursuing pastoral leadership positions and many denominations are supporting this new growing […]

The Spirit of Resistance in Adventism is Spreading Around the World

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Resistance is in the very air we breathe. It’s in the churches, the schools, the conference offices, the unions and even at the division levels. Just two weeks ago a full-blown uprising was witnessed here in the North American Division over women’s ordination. [1] Now the South Pacific Division’s Executive Committee has just voted yesterday […]

When Social Justice Overrides the Everlasting Gospel

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“The government under which Jesus lived was corrupt and oppressive; on every hand were crying abuses,—extortion, intolerance, and grinding cruelty. Yet the Savior attempted no civil reforms. He attacked no national abuses, nor condemned the national enemies. He did not interfere with the authority or administration of those in power. He who was our example […]

When Non-compliance Turns into a Full-blown Uprising

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What would it take to split the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Well, now we know. Dan Jackson, President of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists [NAD], has drawn a red line in the sand during a November 5, 2018 afternoon business session at its year-end meeting. For three years women’s ordination advocates in North America […]

Grasping the Hand of the Roman Power

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“Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power” (Maranatha, p. 216) Earlier this year Methodists, Roman Catholics and Seventh-day Adventists held hands during an ecumenical prayer vigil in Cremona, Italy. These men locked hands in public in a show of unity and solidarity in Northern Italy. This […]

When Adventists become “Global Partners” with Jesuits, Protestants and Other Faiths

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“And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name.” Ezekiel 36:20. The International Headquarters for the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) is located at Borgo S. Spirito, #4, 00193, Rome, Italy, only one block away from the Vatican. This location has become the new dwelling place for Seventh-day Adventist leaders. […]

‘Christian’ Government Leaders in Australia want to Force Christian Schools to Hire Gay Teachers

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“Know this also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” 2 Timothy 3:1. The radical LGBT+ agenda is not about equality, it’s about steamrolling and silencing Christian views. The ramifications of the homosexual agenda is much more aggressive than people are willing to admit. Their militant agenda is still at work even in […]

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