Comment on La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief by Charles.
I read the chapter and found it to be outstanding. Nothing about it changed anything that I have believed since (as a child) I had the capacity to reach my own conclusions.
I suppose one could question whether or not Ellen White was inspired? What she wrote is clear. Here is how it begins:
I was then carried back to the creation and was shown that the first week, in which God performed the work of creation in six days and rested on the seventh day, was just like every other week.
She represents to us that God has given her a vision and this is what she saw. Either she is telling the truth or she is a fraud (as many would suggest). I have studied what she wrote for decades along side the scriptures that she embraced and I am wholly persuaded of the truthfulness and accuracy of the messages that she delivered to the SDA church.
The arguments on this board about TE or AE existing – how can one respond? Maybe there is not clarity in the definiition of what “evolution” means? I have always understood “evolution” to mean that something naturally evolves from lower forms of life to higher forms. LIKE, bugs evolve to mice (over much time) and mice evolve to something else – say a cat and so on until we have a human. We all know that there are adaptations to environments – an ability that life has to make the adjustments needed to survive. I have never seen that as an evolutionary process.
In the article from Spiritual Gifts, vol 3, Ellen white cleary refutes “evolution” as meant by the understanding that I have had of the word. In fact, to the contrary, she describes a sort of “devolution” or “degeneration” in which the original perfection and vitality of God’s creation has been lost due to the entrance of sin. The view presented in the article is very consistent with the scriptural accounts as well.
I believe the reality to be that there is really just one organization of any substance left in this world that has the correct view of how we (and everything we know) came to be here. It is the SDA church. Most of the other “churches” have embraced other ideas – as evidenced by the “Clergy Letter Project” and the thousands of “Christian” signatories affixed thereto.
If the story of “The Great Controversy” is true, then it only makes sense that Satan will be attacking that organization with all ferver and zeal. I believe this to be the case.
The purity of the SDA message is at stake and under attack. But this is not a battle that we as individuals must wage. Pray daily for the work of God’s last-day remnant church and watch the miracles of his protection unfold. Loving persuasion and prayer is the way of effective witness.
Let us all pray for each other.
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La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
I am missing my agnostic friend, Ken.
I hope he read the chapter. He promised.
La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
Happy Sabbath, again. The last day of another week – just as it has been since the week of Creation.
La Sierra University Granted Window to Show its Faithfulness to Church’s Creation Belief
I just checked the news. No earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, tidal waves that were worth mentioning. Just a few wars and rumours of wars.
Guess it was just a quiet day – unusual this near the second coming of Jesus.
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No matter how the FBs are worded, there will be contention about it.
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May I suggest the sermons of Jeremiah Davis. (can be found on Youtube)
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@gene fortner: I don’t think anyone really knows what powers were being exercised on 9/11. Clearly the airliners were involved.
It was an event that changed the world in ways that top-down powers would yearn for.
No point in speculation… I think Veith probably was mistaken to do that deep dive and it seems that he has quietly backed away from it.
The thing we must focus on is to “Turn your eyes upon Jesus….” Clearly, we are in “the last days”.
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@David Read: I find Veith’s “theorizing” regarding “conspiracies” to be spot on and on topic.
There is a great “conspiracy” – otherwise known as “The Great Controversy”. It is the ultimate reality of our rebellious little world today. AND it is the foundation of all of these other problems we deal with.
AND, IT WILL BE ENDING SOON!
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Evidence that God is in control. LSU could become a beacon of light shining on the truth of our world an how we came to be here. That is as it should be.
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I believe we are involved in a Mount Carmel experience. As this world is hurling toward the great climactic “END”, we will see more and greater attacks against the truth by the great deceiver. The prophets of Baal will become bolder and more feverish. (Remember that the prophets of Baal on Mt Carmel were much from within the nation of Israel.)
What a day of reckoning it will be when “at such a time as we think not” that great cloud approaches this world. The signs today are loud and bold. Jesus is coming. Spread the word.
