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  1. KevinT

    Dealing with perfectionism in an imperfect world?

    I don't fully understand your situation, but it seems to be that your job is putting you into a position that you feel is morally wrong. I don't exactly know the best solution, but I would point out that an employer setting up such a condition is not necessarily a religious issue. For...
  2. KevinT

    Ellen White: Meat eating weakens moral powers

    LOL! The vegan police were hilarious. :) KT
  3. KevinT

    Ellen White: Meat eating weakens moral powers

    Looks like this is an old thread being resurrected.... I have read through many of the posts here and have a few thoughts. It may be a trap to consider the exact wording in the Bible to be the only factors to be considered. E.g. "The Bible doesn't say that I should avoid injecting...
  4. KevinT

    Arkansas Ten Commandments law faces legal challenge from progressive groups

    I wasn't there and can't speak for them. But I imagine that they would appeal to the common sense of every man and woman to look at Satanism and reject it. It would be an issue that the state need not get involved with. I imagine that they felt that the abuses that the various European...
  5. KevinT

    Donald Trump is building a strange new religious movement

    All of this seems like a chapter from the playbook of history. Using religion as a tool of political power. KT
  6. KevinT

    Arkansas Ten Commandments law faces legal challenge from progressive groups

    The reason that the founding fathers Incorporated a separation of state versus religion is because of history. They did not want to have a repeat of the situation that existed in the past. Look back in history and see what happens when the state picks a particular religion that all must agree...
  7. KevinT

    Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

    I think you are speaking about Abraham, not Moses, correct? Best wishes, KT
  8. KevinT

    EGW's writings--an inspired guide, per SDA General Conference

    Ahh, I see. Well, I prefer to consider what is actually true as compared to appealing to the authority of the SDA church to issue doctrines. And regarding White, I personally believe she received visions and instructions from God. But that one has to interpret what was said to see if it...
  9. KevinT

    EGW's writings--an inspired guide, per SDA General Conference

    I have not heard of him. Can you tell me more about him? I'm not sure I would even go so far as thought inspiration -- but let me explain. If God give a prophet thought #1, then #2, then #3 etc, and the prophet rights each of these down, 1, 2, 3, then that seems very much to me like...
  10. KevinT

    The relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath, and the New Covenant

    I hear what you are saying and I think I understand your position. But in God's eyes, we all have misunderstandings about this point or that. And God is gracious and tries to lay out a path to understanding. People, unfortunately, are creatures of habit. And it is hard to believe that all...
  11. KevinT

    The relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath, and the New Covenant

    As I read the back and forth between the posters to this thread, it strikes me that it is the particular "Sabbath" commandment that seems to get people's back up against a wall. Perhaps, when considering issues about the law, we should replace commandment #4 (Sabbath) with commandment #7...
  12. KevinT

    EGW's writings--an inspired guide, per SDA General Conference

    @BobRyan, I don't think you were talking directly to me, but I'll jump in. Adventists are not the only people that understand what the Bible teaches about the gift of prophecy. But I commonly encounter skepticism by other denominations that God spoke to a person in the late 1800's to early...
  13. KevinT

    EGW's writings--an inspired guide, per SDA General Conference

    A few points. Early Adventist were resistant to organized religion as being "Babylon". So it is ironic to me that we have the General Conference making pronouncements akin to the Catholic church and the various decisions it has made over time. Second, Mrs White herself said that she was...
  14. KevinT

    Stuck in a rut

    Riley, have you ever had medical attention for anxiety? There are treatments that can help. Best wishes, KT
  15. KevinT

    Do the Ten Commandments still apply under the new covenant today?

    When Paul was establishing his churches, he would lay hands on the members, and they would be filled with the Holy Spirit. And yet, when writing back to the church at Corinth, he had to call out a situation where a man was sleeping with his stepmother (1 cor 5). Why did he, Paul, have to...
  16. KevinT

    Stuck in a rut

    Lord, please bring peace to Riley, and help him find a solution to this problem. Best wishes Kevin
  17. KevinT

    It seemed so easy for the thief on the cross to be saved.

    I don't understand this. Can you explain a bit more about this? KT
  18. KevinT

    The relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath, and the New Covenant

    I had to read this a few times. At first I thought you were saying, "You are very close to burning", i.e. going to hell. I don't think that is what you really meant though. LOL! KT
  19. KevinT

    The relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath, and the New Covenant

    Jesus also taught that the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. The commandment about Sabbath starts with "Remember", and the reason for the commandment is because the Lord made the Earth in 6 days, and rested on the Sabbath. I believe God knows that in our human life we get all...
  20. KevinT

    The relationship between the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath, and the New Covenant

    I agree with what you are saying. When Jesus taught His countrymen, they thought that doing something like pulling an ox out of a ditch was violating the Sabbath. They might do it because they had to, but it still apparently seemed wrong. Jesus taught that doing good on the Sabbath WAS...
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