What follows are two comments on the role of biblical prophecy in our modern era. One is from 2016; the first is from 2020.
Tag: Bible
Feb 01 2020
Proof texting, the Bible, and the Church
Providing a quote from the Bible seems like a good thing if you’re trying to convince someone else about what the Bible teaches. But often enough, you get another verse back at you, without context. That’s proof texting.
Jul 31 2019
Bible Quiz – the day and hour of Jesus’ return
Jun 01 2019
Are there examples of Christian sabbath observance in Acts?
Adventists claim that there are biblical examples of Christian sabbath observance in the book of Acts.
Jan 20 2019
The 10 commandments in full
What is clear from this table is that there are no deletions by anyone. Every church uses a summary for easy memorisation, but a summary does not mean they have removed anything from the Bible.
Aug 10 2018
Dishonesty in Seventh-day Adventism, Part 2 – Catholicism
In Part 1 we looked at a striking and honest Adventist acknowledgement of the type of dishonesty that forms part of Adventist culture. Here we’ll look at specific common examples of how dishonest Adventists spread fake facts and fake history.
Aug 10 2018
Dishonesty in Seventh-day Adventism, Part 1 – Adventism
Adventist Today: “We have in this denomination nurtured a class of people who have little regard for verifiable truth. Some lie intentionally and boldly, such as those who altered that article and passed on the letter as factual. Of the rest, it is unclear to me whether they lack the ability to distinguish a spurious story from a true one, or just prefer to believe any bit of mythology that feeds their hunger for novelty, and affirms their fears. … They preferred titillating myths …”
Mar 30 2018
Twitter discussion – an Easter Egg
It’s a common belief that Easter is pagan. One claim is that the name is derived from Ostare or Eostre, a pagan goddess. I tweeted in response to various tweets claiming such nonsense. I had an interesting discussion with a very opinionated lady. I want to post a few notes here on how seemingly educated people are drawn into this nonsense, and how bizarre their arguments can be.
Feb 15 2018
Thus saith Ellen, part 4 – The 10 commandments
These descriptions, given to Ellen White in a vision, prove that the vision was NOT given by God. If it was not given by God, who was it that gave Ellen this vision? And what was their agenda when highlighting the sabbath?
Apr 10 2017
Jewish holy days fulfilled
Some Christians don’t like to celebrate the events in Jesus’ life, and they follow a pseudo-Jewish calendar that includes passover and the other Jewish holy days.
Dec 09 2016
Why Sunday is an improvement on the sabbath
With no weekly 7th day sabbath under the New Covenant, Christians chose the most important day of the week to hold as special – Sunday, the day Jesus rose from the dead.
Dec 02 2016
Christian holy days – a gift to Jesus
Adventists, and others, dislike the way the Catholic Church has set aside various days of the year for celebrating Jesus Christ. They label such things as “pagan” even if they aren’t pagan at all. (The word “pagan” is a synonym for “Catholic” amongst many of this crowd, irrespective of actual religious origins of any practice or teaching.)
Nov 18 2016
The Law of God vs the Law of Moses
Adventists like to distinguish between the law of God and the law of Moses, between a moral law and a ceremonial law.
Nov 04 2016
Did Catholics change the Bible?
Someone emailed me and wrote: “The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 in the Torah match the Ten Commandments in the KJV and all the protestant bibles. That in itself is proof that the Catholic Church changed the Ten Commandments.”
Aug 27 2016
Galatians 4: Adventists are Hagar, Christians are Sarah
The other side, those who are Hagar’s children – Muslims and Adventists – are in bondage, following the covenant at Sinai. That’s a huge revelation regarding Adventism. They lack, due to their allegiance, a full part in the New Covenant.
Jul 17 2016
You will be with me in paradise today
Jesus to the repentant thief on the cross: Luke 23:43 (KJV) – And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Every single time in the Bible that “Truly I say unto you” is used (or the equivalent in various translations), it takes the form …
Jun 07 2016
Mary, the Ark of the New Covenant
In the Old Testament, the Ark of the Covenant contained the glory of God. In the New Testament, the Ark of the New Covenant contained God himself in the flesh. Important parallels regarding the content of the Ark: Manna – Eucharist (Jesus’ body and blood) Rod of Aaron – Rod of Jesse (Jesus) 10 Commandments …
May 15 2016
10 Commandments, Pentecost, and the Holy Spirit
By various means, people have calculated that it was 50 days (inclusive) after Passover that the 10 Commandments were give by God to Moses.
May 07 2016
A Catholic understanding of St John’s Revelation
Previously I was asked about my understanding of the end times and the correct interpretation of Revelation.
May 01 2016
Debate about Old Testament food laws
I posted a photo of Dutch frikandellen in an Adventist Facebook forum to draw out some discussion on Adventist dietary laws, with the hope that I could present, in back and forth discussion fashion, the material on my two blog posts “Clean and unclean meat”, Part 1 and Part 2.
