Category Archives: Adventist

How Do Religious Kids Rebel?

How do Orthodox Jewish teens rebel while staying within the Orthodox community? They do things they can hide, such as texting or watching TV on Shabbos, porn, sex, alcohol and drug abuse…or the more intellectually inclined might study forbidden books … Continue reading

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A Christian Challenge From My Dad

A Christian theologian who happens to be my father emails me: You would have become (or could be) a great lawyer. I am sure you have won many arguments over the years. You should be prepared for the following arguments: … Continue reading

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You Can Learn From Everyone, But Should You?

I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist preacher’s kid at SDA college campuses. Until ninth grade, I had no non-Adventist friends. I learned to see the world the way my father preached even though I felt little connection with his preaching. … Continue reading

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The Moonies

I was 12 years old and living at Pacific Union College in the Napa Valley when the Jim Jones murder/suicide of over 900 people took place in Guyana. The religion had been big in the San Francisco Bay Area and … Continue reading

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My 14th Birthday

I turned 14 on May 28, 1980. It came towards the end of my eighth grade at Pacific Union College Elementary School. I’d been staying with friends of the family for the past five months so I could finish the … Continue reading

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