tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post3028931016424950024..comments2024-01-30T03:40:00.558-08:00Comments on Adventist Media Response and Conversation: Who defines what an Adventist is?Ron Corsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02160607058464028162noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-61698166399854331702009-08-01T15:04:28.525-07:002009-08-01T15:04:28.525-07:00Is the term "thinking Adventist" an oxym...Is the term "thinking Adventist" an oxymoron.Elaine Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10958402324572049927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-50510254030161106682009-07-05T20:50:42.799-07:002009-07-05T20:50:42.799-07:00Well said, Lee.
Ron, the Bible pictures Jesus int...Well said, Lee.<br /><br />Ron, the Bible pictures Jesus interceding with the Father for us. Does that picture destroy the unity of God? Do you find that offensive?<br /><br />The issue is not really Ellen White. The issue is that you have decided to put your fallible human reasoning above what God has revealed, even if it be in the Bible.Picklehttp://www.pickle-publishing.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-41054840939583408942009-06-24T06:57:16.328-07:002009-06-24T06:57:16.328-07:00Ron, what is your purpose in even remaining a Seve...Ron, what is your purpose in even remaining a Seventh-day Adventist? You would probably find it much more agreeable to join the many other denominations whose beliefs are very similar to yours. What is your agenda in remaining in a church that you seem to have no affinity towards? The Seventh-day Adventist church has been raised up by God to give the last warning to the world, living in the hour of God's judgment. It is a church that keeps the commandments of God and has the Spirit of prophecy (which the church believes to be Ellen White). If you do not agree with this and the other beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist church, then why remain in a church whose sole reason for existance is the proclaimation of the three angel's message? You could then spend your time differently then in attempting to show why the church you are a member of (I am assuming you are, otherwise, disregard this post) was wrong from the beginning. Please consider why you are a Seventh-day Adventist, and if the reason is enough that you would be willing to die for it. Grace be with you.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-75133309921505444062009-06-17T10:53:21.274-07:002009-06-17T10:53:21.274-07:00The issue is that EGW's view which you think i...The issue is that EGW's view which you think is Jesus view because EGW said it, destroys the unity of God, on one side Jesus pleads with God to incorporate a plan of salvation. God in that view is hesitant and rejects the plan twice. But on the third time agrees. <br /><br />Clearly what you think is the issue is hardly the reality of the situation. The issue to you is that we must as Adventist accept EGW no matter what offensive tripe she puts forward.<br /><br />I will admit I don't have the character of God. If He was at that meeting I would think He would have got up right then and corrected the young man and explained how terrible the implications were for what he was saying. I only walked out and wrote about it.Ron Corsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160607058464028162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-84829617817434366412009-06-17T07:42:21.553-07:002009-06-17T07:42:21.553-07:00Ron,
Try to be reasonable.
"That God does n...Ron,<br /><br />Try to be reasonable.<br /><br />"That God does not have to be pleaded with to love mankind."<br /><br />That's not the issue, and never has been.<br /><br />"Because frankly Pickle you are accepting EGW's version and rejecting the Bible."<br /><br />Where did I ever reject what the Bible says? <br /><br />And since when do you care what the Bible says? Don't you put your own human reasonings above what the Bible says?<br /><br />"... you gave no answer you just accept that what the Bible no where even hints at is the way God is ...."<br /><br />But what does the Bible say? <br /><br />Heb 12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)<br /><br />Nowhere in the Pentateuch does it say that. Thus, according to the Bible, a later inspired writer can add non-contradictory details to a previous inspired account. <br /><br />And that's what Ellen White did when she described what led up to the Godhead implementing the plan of salvation.<br /><br />"It is a terrible view of God."<br /><br />I suggest that you did not exhibit the character of God when you displayed such intolerance that you walked out of a sermon being given by <i><b>an academy student</b></i> simply because that student cited an idea testified by Jesus Himself by His Spirit through a prophet.<br /><br />Is it no wonder that sometimes our young people are tempted to leave the church when adults show such intolerance and lack of acceptance?Picklehttp://www.pickle-publishing.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-70068020630672516892009-06-08T11:37:41.898-07:002009-06-08T11:37:41.898-07:00No Pickle praise God that God loved us so much tha...No Pickle praise God that God loved us so much that He created the plan of salvation. That He was incarnated as a man. That God does not have to be pleaded with to love mankind.<br /><br />Praise God that there are still thinking people who don't simply accept some of the nonsense that Ellen White produced. Because frankly Pickle you are accepting EGW's version and rejecting the Bible.<br /><br />You have no answer, you gave no answer you just accept that what the Bible no where even hints at is the way God is, you reject Hear oh Israel our God is One. You create a God divided against Himself having to be persuaded to love. It is a terrible view of God.Ron Corsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160607058464028162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-14129032000258381682009-06-07T21:16:28.598-07:002009-06-07T21:16:28.598-07:00Praise God that Jesus three times communed with Hi...Praise God that Jesus three times communed with His Father before the Father would consent to His Son dying for our sins.<br /><br />Why do I say that? Because otherwise "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son" would be meaningless.<br /><br />If the Father had merely said the first time around, "Sure. I could care less if you die," John 3:16 wouldn't be true.<br /><br />The greater the struggle for the Father to give His only begotten Son, the greater the revelation of God's deep and boundless love for sinful man.<br /><br />Do you have any kids? If so, would it be a struggle for you to ratify a previous agreement to the death of your child in order to save a miserable, depraved wretch? Or would it be nothing at all for you to do?<br /><br />Ron, I've found that the criticisms of anti-Adventists and Ellen White haters to be kind of like this one. There are answers to those criticisms if we try to find them. And sometimes we uncover truths or insights in the process that we wouldn't have noticed otherwise.<br /><br />Try it sometime. Try looking for an answer with an attitude of faith rather than of doubt, and you'll be amazed.Picklehttp://www.pickle-publishing.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10270506.post-78891811539070394792009-05-29T22:25:20.403-07:002009-05-29T22:25:20.403-07:00"To be a true Adventist then is to be fully indoct..."To be a true Adventist then is to be fully indoctrinated into whatever beliefs the denominational hierarchy or some self appointed traditional Adventist chooses to assert as our beliefs."<br />Says who? The community of SDA are constantly modifying the body beliefs. The range spans wild to wonderful, but you decide which is right and which is an allusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com