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Category Archives: Adventist
WP: Harold Camping says May 21, 2011 was ‘invisible judgment day,’ world will end October 21, 2011
Wow. This is just how the Seventh-Day Adventist church got started. I was raised a Seventh-Day Adventist. My father was a church theologian and evangelist and professor of religion. The early Adventists expected the world to end on Oct. 22, … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist
Tagged final judgment, harold camping, judgment day, last day on earth, magnificent return, radio evangelist
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Running From My Emotions
I tend to run away from my emotions. I don’t want to locate them in my body and I don’t want to name them and I don’t want to accept the message they’re sending me. I prefer to distract myself … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Personal
Tagged Dennis Prager, heart jesus, holocaust survivor, how to be a good person, jewish theologian, transforming the heart
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Seventh-Day Adventists Permissive On Abortion
I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist and I recall very little condemnation of abortion beyond the church’s general condemnation of sex outside of marriage. It just wasn’t on the agenda. The Washington Post reports: Christians of all denominations are gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Adventist
Tagged abortion rights advocates, elective abortions, holy cross hospital, jewish dietary laws, justification by faith, seventh day adventists
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God Is Not One
I have a book review in Spectrum Magazine.
Posted in Adventist, Christianity
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One man’s vegetarian journey from Seventh-Day Adventism to Orthodox Judaism
I am going to speak to a group of Jewish vegetarians in October. Vegetarianism is the last topic I thought I’d ever speak on. I’ve been a vegetarian all my life but never thought about it much. Here are the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Health, Orthodoxy, Personal
Tagged jewish vegetarians, meetup groups, orthodox judaism, seventh day adventism, vegetarianism
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Loma Linda Is The Loneliest Adventist Community In The World II
I wrote a blog post on this theme a couple of months ago. I figured I’d ape my posts about the most prestigious Sabbath invites in Orthodox Judaism in Los Angeles with one about Loma Linda University. One problem — … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Loma Linda
Tagged adventist community, Loma Linda, loma linda university, morning sermon, orthodox judaism, religion department, sabbath morning, video production specialist
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The New Testament Is Feelings Oriented While The Hebrew Bible Is Action Oriented
There’s plenty about action in the New Testament and plenty about feeling in the Hebrew Bible but the stereotype in my headline is generally true. When the Hebrew Bible talks about loving God, it refers primarily to action, not feelings … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Dennis Prager, Personal
Tagged bible talks, dvar torah, god and goodness, hebrew bible, luke ford, mischievous side, prophet malachai
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Righteousness By Faith – A Road To Nowhere
I remember growing up that Seventh-Day Adventism was regarded as a demanding religion. It wanted one-tenth of your money (tithe) and one-seventh of your time (the Sabbath). Then this righteousness by faith movement swept through Adventism in the 1970s and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Christianity, Dennis Prager, Jews, Personal
Tagged church of jesus christ, Dennis Prager, faith movement, how to be a good person, invisible church, jewish theologian, loma linda university, righteousness by faith, seventh day adventism
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Conspiracy Theories
I grew up in a world immersed in conspiracy theories. I grew up in Seventh-Day Adventism, one giant conspiracy theory (lifestyle SDAs are the least likely to believe in such theories and the most likely to achieve in the world … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Conspiracy
Tagged bible scholar, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists, giant conspiracy, lee harvey oswald, sabbath keepers
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Seventh-Day Adventism – Life On The Margins
I spent last Sabbath at the Seventh-Day Adventist university of Loma Linda. During my 30 hours there, I spent a lot of time wondering why this group of Sabbath keepers lived on the margins of society while Sabbath-keeping Jews were … Continue reading
Posted in Adventist, Loma Linda, Personal
Tagged burning to ashes, holocust, luke ford, old hag, Reform Judaism, sabbath keepers, sabbath keeping, university of loma linda
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