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I found a message in Ezekiel that refers to 390 days and years of Israel's iniquity. Verses 4 to 6 state that the day/year principle is at work. My question is; has this period been determined, does it correspond to the fall of Samaria and Jerusalem? Where does it start and end? Let me know what...

EGW had a way of showing up for a service and expose hidden sins be it a pastor with more than one family or someone who was embezzling from the church. The immediate result would be the fear of God upon the congregation. The word of knowledge is present in the prophetic writings of the OT. God...

Paul describes that we are all builders upon the foundation that is Jesus Christ. It's about making use of what God has given us. It's also about sharing what is conducive to faith, faithfulness, peace, love and joy. My experience with edification is limited to adding to a foundation, and...

Through most of my walk I had been a liberal christian, including my first 5 years as an SDA. What happened? First we moved to Tennessee. My wife got a job at the local bakery. One year later I got a job at the bakery after some 20 years of being disabled. When I realized that without reading...

I was first diagnosed with severe depression in 2000. I was diagnosed as bi-polar in 2009. I didn't receive effective treatment until 2011. I had a problem with my mood stabilizer no longer being effective in 2015. It took months before I was on something more effective. At the moment I am...

I began to go to a non-denomination church in 2013 when I remarried. There was a sense of belonging and there was freedom to worship. The music was contemporary and there appeared to be some ministerial development under way. I eventually joined the worship team, playing lead guitar and bass...

Mrs White held the office of prophet from the early days of the movement. She would show up in places where she would declare happenings that were unknown to those townspeople, be it men with more than one family, embezzlers and others. God would reveal things to her and the fear of God would be...

King Josiah instituted religious reforms and convoked a Passover celebration in 621 BCE, which was the greatest to be celebrated before the fall of Jerusalem. After his death a series of apostate kings ruled in Judah, reintroducing idol worship. Jeremiah would address both the faithful and those...

I just joined. I've been a christian for 42 yrs, first as a pentecostal, and now as a seventh day adventist (sda)

Its been a pleasure to have been a part of this forum and its been good as far as seeing what can be termed as what most believers think and understand. Its very important as over the years I have had plenty of experiences that because they are scripture-related, they have formed the basis for...

Among several workers there is one that begins with one talent who eventually fails, yet, what was God's intention behind this part of the parable? It wasn't an entry-level position, it was something he was in charge of and as such, he had enough experience to be entrusted over part of the...

A system of thought, a following of others that have been there. It would become a dangerous paradigm that enslaved the many as it was ineffective, as Paul later said that those things found lacking would soon disappear. Yet even today you can see that man's collective hunch is a vain exercise...

For the last two years, since the day I joined my current church, God has put upon my heart that the church will do Phase II. Its the stepping up of an entire generation, its the assumption of ever-growing roles developed within this particular church. I had plans to keep on saying that well...

God had intervened from the very start as people began to arrive. The music was wonderful as an invited guest took part in the worship service. Words were said to the effect that plans were in place to establish a presence overseas. The Pastor immediately mobilized people to work while he...

Predestination as probably the most dangerous doctrine within protestant theology. Its not the easiest doctrine to dissect as free will is in terms of absolutes is almost as bad. The truth is that neither by itself is correct. Just like Jesus would say, you're all wrong! The best approach to...

Given by Christ to provide a functional understanding of the inner workings of the good news to be shared and demonstrated. Without this functional understanding we are limited to the point that we can become ineffective in both the teaching and preaching central to our shared faith. Parables...

The example we have on what the process of revival is can be best described in the story of Josiah. He was impacted by the word and in turn began to institute reforms that in turn resulted in the last Passover before the fall of Jerusalem. Revival churches and ministries have their place, yet...

If you were to home in on the satellite imagery of the Sinai you would see individual rock dams that are along the wadi's course toward the sea. Take into account that the Israelites were there some 40 years you would get some insight into what it meant to be swept away. Swept away as in a flash...

If you were to home in on the satellite imagery of the Sinai you would see individual rock dams that are along the wadi's course toward the sea. Take into account that the Israelites were there some 40 years you would get some insight into what it meant to be swept away. Swept away as in a flash...

A phrase that describes what it means to apostatize. The example is seen in the OT where both revival and falling away happen within the span of a single generation of the fall of Jerusalem. One more observation that confirms the parable of both wheat and tares which grow together only to see...