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Your Gay Kid Didn’t Leave Because of the World. They Left Because of Us.
We told the story wrong for decades.
The version we preferred went like this: the world is seductive, the flesh is weak, and our children—raised on memory verses, Revelation seminars,...
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You Are Not a Backslider. You Are a Human Being Having a Hard Time.
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We have a word for people who are struggling.
We call them backsliders—which is a remarkable thing to call someone. It implies direction. It implies...
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Here’s Why the Mormons Are Way Richer Than Us
It’s not magic—it’s culture, structure, and theology. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are, on average, wealthier than Seventh-day Adventists,...
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Potluck Will Save The Church
Theologians have failed us. The GC has (frequently) failed us. But the veggie lasagna? The veggie lasagna has never let us down.
While the General...
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Breaking the Cycle of Adventist Blackmail
In Adventist circles, everyone knows everyone else’s business—and sometimes that knowledge becomes power. Blackmail here isn’t mobsters in dark alleys; it’s gossip, selective judgment,...
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You Are Not a Prophet
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For decades, the Adventist Church has had people who feel it’s their personal duty to correct everyone else. Emails packed with Ellen White quotes....
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Superstitious Church leaders scrap 13th Sabbath tradition
SILVER SPRING, Md. --- In a dramatic shift for the Adventist church, world leaders have decided to discontinue the practice of holding special offerings...
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Would Adventist Leaders Be in Better Shape If They Actually Believed the Health Message?
Long before Blue Zones were trendy, we were warning about sugar, preaching whole foods, and publishing longevity data. If this message truly sharpens the...
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Adventist prays for sun to stand still so she can finish her Friday chores
LONDON, England --- An Adventist woman paused in prayer this afternoon, pleading for the sun to stand still so she could finish her long...
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Christian intimacy book, “The Adventist Missionary Position,” hits shelves
NAMPA, Idaho --- In an attempt to counter secular guides to marriage intimacy, Pacific Press has released "The Adventist Missionary Position." The publisher bills...
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What If Pastors Had Public Report Cards?
Every Adventist kid remembers report card day. The quiet tension. The careful unfolding of the paper. The hopeful search for an A that proves...