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    How did Paganism get into the church?

    2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    To determine if Ellen White borrowed from others one need only copy and paste chapters from one of her books into: Plagiarism Checker | Grammarly
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    This material regarding the writings of Ellen G. White is part of a Field Guide profile on Seventh-day Adventism. Click here to go to the main page of the SDA profile. The details of Seventh-day Adventist Prophetess Ellen G. White's (EGW) career of blatant plagiarism can be seen in a number...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    Did anyone read The White Lie by Walter Rea? https://www.andrews.edu/~jmoon/Documents/GSEM_534/Class_outline/05c.pdf https://www.bible.ca/7-WL-exhibits-Great-Contro.htm https://www.nonsda.org/egw/egw40.shtml I posted, "Christ, who knew not the least taint of sin or defilement, took our nature...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    Some Slaves Not Resurrected Home I & A Unusual Miscellaneous Some Slaves Not Resurrected In 1858 Ellen G. White wrote that "the slave master would have to answer for the soul of his slave whom he has kept in ignorance. . . . God cannot take the slave to heaven, who has been kept in ignorance...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    Some in 1856 Alive When Jesus Returns? Concerning a conference in 1856 Ellen White declared: "I was shown the company present at the conference. Said the angel, 'Some food for worms, some subjects of the seven last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth to be translated at the...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    Early Writings : Page 64 Mark of the Beast In a view given June 27, 1850, my accompanying angel said, "Time is almost finished. Do you reflect the lovely image of Jesus as you should?" Then I was pointed to the earth and saw that there would have to be a getting ready among those who...
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    Seventh-day Adventist

    The Arab conquest of the Land came four years after the death of Muhammad (632) and lasted more than four centuries, with caliphs ruling first from Damascus, then from Baghdad and Egypt. At the outset of Islamic rule, Jewish settlement in Jerusalem was resumed, and the Jewish community was...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    https://derekzrishmawy.com/2012/09/19/wrath-or-love-calvin-on-why-jesus-goes-to-the-cross/ All the more vile is the stupidity of those persons who open heaven to all the impious and unbelieving without the grace of Him whom Scripture commonly teaches to be the only door whereby we enter into...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    CHAPTER 8. OF BEARING THE CROSS—ONE BRANCH OF SELF-DENIAL. The four divisions of this chapter are,—I. The nature of the cross, its necessity and dignity, sec. 1, 2. II. The manifold advantages of the cross described, sec. 3-6. III. The form of the cross the most excellent of all, and yet it by...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    Jeremiah 17:10 But I am the Lord, and I can look into a person’s heart. I can test a person’s mind and decide what each one should have. I can give each person the right payment for what they do. Calvin discusses the cross John Calvin’s Theology of the Cross as Theological Theology
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    https://sharperiron.org/article/bible-anti-intellectual https://soteriology101.com/2017/09/23/why-1-cor-214-doesnt-teach-total-inability/ https://chab123.wordpress.com/2019/07/07/the-problem-of-anti-intellectualism-in-the-church-problems-and-possible-solutions/...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    https://theremnantradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Anti-intellectualism-.pdf https://ses.edu/the-abcs-and-123s-of-classical-apologetics/ https://www.walkingwithgiants.net/bible-study-notes/new-testament/1-corinthians/1-corinthians-2/ https://biblehub.com/commentaries/1_corinthians/2-14.htm...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    Because God specifically created three separate races, he must have wanted them to stay separate from each other. God must value “pure” bloodlines and therefore, people embraced YEC as one rationale for the promotion of segregation. Because Noah had once pronounced a curse over his son Ham, YEC...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    All kinds of people are prone to conspiracy theories. It isn’t only Christians. However, Christians have the disadvantage that we are overconfident in our ability to understand things. We have an Anointed Intellect! If anyone can understand this thing, it should be us! It’s intellectual...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    I will try to inform them of the truth once to see if the problem is their ignorance, but if they don’t immediately change their mind to agree with me, I’ll conclude that one of the other two options must be true, and practically speaking, it doesn’t matter whether they are deceived or are...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    On top of the problems just mentioned, the doctrine of the Anointed Intellect leads to at least three incredibly bad consequences. An “Anointed Intellect” Leads to Paranoia If I believe that my relationship with God makes me more able to think clearly, then I can start evaluating truth claims...
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    If our interpretation of scripture sidesteps common sense, did we get it right?

    The second problem is more dangerous, though. The second problem is the presupposition all Christians make that their understanding of God is the right understanding of God. That’s why I used the phrase above “thinking my God is the source of all understanding.” It’s not wrong to think that God...