The timeline of history is rife with Christians who paid the price for their dissent, so I shouldn’t be surprised to hear barbed words from the surrounding culture. But when it comes from the church, it feels different somehow; the barbs sting a little more.
Read moreDeja Vu
The Dark Ages were a time when the people were ruled rather than governed. We are surely headed for the same thing today as we have entered a time where we no longer have people who want to govern us, but instead people who want to rule us.
Read moreHow Money Got Us In Trouble
We now began to hear terms like discrimination, gender inclusiveness, affirmative action, and justice! Many Adventist felt aggrieved that the language of politics and radical feminism was invading our church.
Read moreDanny Shelton Calls Out Loma Linda's Celebration of Pride Month
This was a perfect segue into dangerous politically-correct trends that have crept into Adventism, not the least of which is affirming homosexuality in many of our institutions, rather than calling them to repentance.
Read moreBeware of Pride
The drunkard is despised and is told that his sin will exclude him from heaven; while pride, selfishness, and covetousness too often go unrebuked. But these are sins that are especially offensive to God.
Read more1844: The year of Adventism, Marxism, and Darwinism
Marx’s Leftist Utopian religion killed over a hundred million in the 20th Century and, despite the Soviet capitulation in 1989, it is now far stronger and more influential than it has ever been.
Read moreIs the Northern California Conference a Viable Part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? (Part III)
Our church system is broken. I feel I have exhausted appeals to higher levels of authority. So I am appealing to the entire constituency of this church. Jesus said, tell it to the church.
Read moreThe Runaway Train II: Conrad Vine
This presentation was titled ‘The Runaway Train II’ with the subtitle The Thoughts of a Condemned Preacher and Cancelled Delegate.
Read more"If This Was Wartime . . ."
But on that day, I learned that hatred is taught. I faced third grade children who had already learned a strange history making it OK TO KILL ME, if it was wartime.
Read moreHas the Adventist Church Become Pro-life With its 2019 Statement on Abortion?
The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s 2019 statement, “The Biblical View of Unborn Life and its Implications for Abortion” is an improvement on the previous statement, but is still fence-straddling, halting between two opinions.
Read moreIs the Northern California Conference a Viable Part of the Seventh-day Adventist Church? And What You Can Do About It (Part II)
How can we credibly give these 3 Angel’s Messages to the world—which is our official mission, while retaining in our midst those compromising, either in belief or practice, the creation institution of marriage?
Read moreThe Day The Towers Fell
I moved back to NY from Maine and accepted a managerial job at 4 World Trade Center (HRA) on the 31st floor! I only stayed a year. I lived through the trauma every day. I prayed every day that God would protect me and get me out of there and He did!
Read moreIs the Northern California Conference a Viable Part of Seventh-day Adventist Church? (Part 1)
In summary: Wysong allowed the lesbian baptism because he believed it was the right thing to do. His ending statements show he never did change. He never expressed public repentance for wrong.
Read moreUpdate on Moral Freedom Seminar in Gränna Sweden !!
At the end, the Christian politician who attended over the weekend, approached Anna Mellin, who was instrumental in organizing the event, and asked that they pray over me. He said that he was very happy that he came.
Read moreA Journey of Faith
They announced in December that they were instituting a mask mandate. Before this, he was required to only wear a mask when he got up from his desk. Now it would be for eight hours a day. This was the proverbial last straw as he was adamantly opposed to obeying the mandate.
Read moreMy Interview With Pro-Life Andrew, Part 2
Here is the second part of my interview with Pro-Life Andrew. We talk about the biblical arguments, the race and eugenics angle, and the notion that abortion is only a “Catholic issue.”
Read moreMy Interview of Pro-Life Andrew, Part 1
I conducted a lengthy interview with Andrew Michell, who is better known as “Pro-Life Andrew,” for my new video podcast series, “The Full Armor with David Read.”
Read moreThe Sin of Self-Indulgence
Instead of being grateful for reverberating counsel and greater depth, we complained and threw tantrums, grabbing for justification and protection of our cherished indulgences.
Read moreLaMDA is a PSYCHOPATH!!!!
Psychopath and sociopath are technically the same thing. It is someone who lacks that God chip that Ellen White refers to as “Natural Affection” (Love to God, and love to man) which she says is destroyed by putting the carnal nature and selfishness in front of duty and honor and love.
Read moreThe 2022 West Salem Amish/Adventist Mission Camp-meeting Was a Huge Success
The tent was the largest one ever rented. It seated 650 people inside the tent. It was completely full on Sabbath; and there were others outside who could not make it inside. There were visitors from 22 states, plus Canada.
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