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The 10 Church Members Every Adventist Pastor Dreads

The Trouble-of-Israel – Firmly believes the pastor is personally responsible for every problem in the church, the conference, and possibly the moral decline of Western civilization.The White Stickler –...
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Don’t Tell Me You’ll Pray for Me

“I’ll pray for you.”Ah yes—the Adventist version of thoughts and prayers. A phrase so versatile it can mean anything from “I genuinely care about you” to “I am exiting...
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We Can Build an Adventism Our Kids Don’t Need Therapy to Recover From

Look, most of us turned out mostly fine. Sure, we jump whenever someone says “Sunday law,” and some of us still aren’t sure if drum sets summon the Time of Trouble,...
Peculiar People

When You Finally Stop Caring What Church People Think

A short reflection on what happens when faith stops being performance and starts being freedom. There’s a very human impulse that comes with entering a...
Second Coming

Date-Setter Sends Jesus Calendar Invite for Second Coming

Local Adventist date-setter Brother Marvin has reportedly taken prophecy “research” to the next level by sending Jesus a Google Calendar invite for the Second...
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God Wants You To Be Less Hard on Yourself

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us picked up the idea that holy equals harsh — the more you punish yourself, the closer...
Church Life

The Case for Going to Church

(Yes… even if your local congregation feels like it’s running on fumes.) It has become very en vogue to say, “I don’t need church. I...

Adventist Culture

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Notes From an Adventist at Church on Sunday

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(aka: The Perks of Going to Church on Sunday...

Why I’m Grateful for the BarelyAdventist Community

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Every Thanksgiving, we all pause to list the usual...

James Could Be a Jerk: Adventism’s Brilliant, Exhausting, Indispensable Pioneer

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James White helped build the Seventh-day Adventist Church from...

Why We Still Love Our Founding Mother (Even When We Need a Deep Breath First)

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Adventists have a complicated relationship with Ellen White. She’s...

Adventist Food

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Are Adventist Schools Raising Thinkers—or Just Excellent Nodders?

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After 12 years of Adventist schooling, some of us...

Turkeys Beg Adventists: Listen to Ellen White on Vegetarianism

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In a rare joint statement released yesterday, the National...

Why Are Adventists So Into Catholic Bashing?

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If you’ve spent more than seven minutes in an...

Job Opening: Professional Dad Joke Dispenser

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BarelyAdventist is thrilled to announce an opening for the...

Sabbath Observance

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Dear Adventists: Let’s Retire the Word ‘Worldly’ for Good

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Let’s be honest: when Adventists say “worldly,” we’re not...

Let’s Make Adventism Weird Again—In the Best Possible Way

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Adventism is supposed to be weird. Holy weird. Disrupt-the-status-quo...

Why This Generation Is Ready for an Adventism That Actually Listens

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Somewhere between the church board debates, the youth room...

How Should Adventists Engage LGBTQ People If We Genuinely Want to Look Like Jesus?

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If Jesus showed up at church next Sabbath, a...

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