https://adventmessenger.org News and commentary from a Biblical world view on current events, top stories, social trends and political and religious events. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:47:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://adventmessenger.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-IMG_1120-32x32.jpeg https://adventmessenger.org 32 32 https://adventmessenger.org/the-foxes-guarding-the-henhouse/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-foxes-guarding-the-henhouse/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2024 04:06:16 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=21277 By Arnie Suntag Instead of making efforts to ameliorate the pain and suffering experienced by millions of disillusioned Seventh-day Adventists who lost jobs, homes, marriages, and even the lives of loved ones because of poor judgment and collusion by the General Conference during the pandemic, church leaders and “household names” on the speaking circuit are […]

The post The Foxes Guarding the Henhouse first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-foxes-guarding-the-henhouse/feed/ 12 https://adventmessenger.org/the-shot-heard-round-the-adventist-world/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-shot-heard-round-the-adventist-world/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2024 01:52:42 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=21228 By Arnie Suntag The controversy surrounding Pastor Stephen Bohr’s cancellation of Dr. Conrad Vine’s appearance at a Secrets Unsealed symposium is just another example of how woke ideology has created division in our church, as well as in our society at large. During the 1980’s, Yuri Bezmenov, a KGB informant who defected to Canada, tried […]

The post The Shot Heard Round the Adventist World first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-shot-heard-round-the-adventist-world/feed/ 28 https://adventmessenger.org/the-great-adventist-controversy/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-great-adventist-controversy/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2024 03:44:09 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=20496 By Arnie Suntag There is a widening political gap in our church that parallels what is happening throughout the nation, and by virtue of the apostasy that has imbued the General Conference leadership with a papal spirit, the organization has now taken a giant leap into the abyss. It happened when Ganoune Diop gave a […]

The post The Great Adventist Controversy first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-great-adventist-controversy/feed/ 17 https://adventmessenger.org/the-dark-side-of-church-leadership-and-the-end-of-conservative-adventism/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-dark-side-of-church-leadership-and-the-end-of-conservative-adventism/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2023 02:12:20 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=19295 By Arnie Suntag  It seems that Seventh-day Adventists throughout the world today are becoming more and more disillusioned with their leadership and disappointed in the direction in which the church is headed. There is good reason for this. Over the past few years, in particular, there has been a radical shift by leadership away from […]

The post The Dark Side of Church Leadership and the End of Conservative Adventism first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-dark-side-of-church-leadership-and-the-end-of-conservative-adventism/feed/ 14 https://adventmessenger.org/the-troubled-history-of-hawaii-and-the-lahaina-fire-cover-up/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-troubled-history-of-hawaii-and-the-lahaina-fire-cover-up/#comments Tue, 22 Aug 2023 16:03:13 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=18974 By Arnie Suntag There are few who have not heard about the catastrophic fire in Hawaii. The Lahaina fire has been characterized as the deadliest in the United States in over a century. The graphic images and heartbreaking personal accounts are being unceasingly echoed throughout mainstream media. Along with this, every media outlet is consistently […]

The post The Troubled History of Hawaii and the Lahaina Fire Cover-up first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-troubled-history-of-hawaii-and-the-lahaina-fire-cover-up/feed/ 6 https://adventmessenger.org/holding-the-line-a-journey-into-hypocrisy/ https://adventmessenger.org/holding-the-line-a-journey-into-hypocrisy/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2023 18:23:39 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=17991 By Arnie Suntag It is time for all of us as Seventh-day Adventists to stop defending hypocrisy and deceit. The moniker for the Amazing Facts upcoming Holding the Line Summit, hosted by Doug Bachelor and the Granite Bay SDA Church, in which Ted Wilson is a featured speaker, is the epitome of pretension. It only […]

The post Holding the Line – A Journey Into Hypocrisy first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/holding-the-line-a-journey-into-hypocrisy/feed/ 29 https://adventmessenger.org/the-dire-consequences-of-a-renegade-general-conference/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-dire-consequences-of-a-renegade-general-conference/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2023 23:10:25 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=17402 By Arnie Suntag On January 28, 2023, Dr. Conrad Vine delivered a message entitled The Naked Emperor at the North Naples SDA Church, challenging the official position of the General Conference on the Covid-19 vaccine and the pandemic-related mandates. The message strongly encourages Seventh-day Adventists worldwide to take appropriate action before it is too late. […]

The post The Dire Consequences of a Renegade General Conference first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/the-dire-consequences-of-a-renegade-general-conference/feed/ 37 https://adventmessenger.org/its-time-to-stop-playing-church/ https://adventmessenger.org/its-time-to-stop-playing-church/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:51:50 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=15218 By Arnie Suntag In the aftermath of a rather unorthodox General Conference Session and the NAD’s CALLED Conference – events that unfortunately illustrated just how much we can mimic the rest of the world, perhaps a few Seventh-day Adventists are waking up to the fact that the corporate church no longer resembles the organization established […]

The post It’s Time to Stop Playing Church first appeared on Advent Messenger.]]> https://adventmessenger.org/its-time-to-stop-playing-church/feed/ 32 https://adventmessenger.org/the-wolf-in-the-midst-of-the-flock/ https://adventmessenger.org/the-wolf-in-the-midst-of-the-flock/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2022 02:15:36 +0000 https://adventmessenger.org/?p=14635 By Arnie Suntag In an article published by The Adventist Review on April 22 entitled “Viral Lies”, James D. Standish, who has served in rather prominent positions for the General Conference, argued that Seventh-day Adventists who question the safety and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine should be treated as miscreants and opposed. His carefully crafted […]

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