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Well thank you sir.
I will pray for your family too. Hope you have a great day ahead.
Stella.
I will pray for your family too. Hope you have a great day ahead.
Stella.
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Welcome back midnightcry! Great to hear that God is becoming such a big part of your life right now
I figured I'd introduce myself here too, even though I kinda did in the TSDA subforum.
My name is Pete, and I live in Pennsylvania. I go to the Robbinsville SDA Church in New Jersey. I'm an assistant youth leader over at the church and I also run the sound system during the church as well(not as much as in the past though hehe).
My path to the Lord has been an interesting one. My parents became Adventists in '82. Besides having my sister, my parents wanted another child. But my mom's health wasn't very good. she had thyroid problems, had several operations on it, and through some complications the doctors told her that it will be physically impossible for her to have another child.
Well here's proof that our God hears and answers prayers because after 2 years of sincere prayer I was born. Now I've kind of promised Him that since he gave me life, I will give him my life in return. Being an Adventist my whole life I've learned so much about the Lord and all the truths we hold sacred.
Yet these past couple years have been absolutely crazy, so to speak. I guess Satan saw how close I was getting to the Lord and how much I wanted to give up for him so starting after my baptism in September of 06, he has tried his best to lead me astray and lead me down the wrong path. Not getting into too many details but he tried everything from drugs, girls, fame, you name it... he was pulling me into his realm. He almost succeeded too, and I have to admit I was really falling into the world. You could say I went through a very rough 'refining' process. And while I was at my lowest point ever God gave me strength to break free of the chains Satan had put on me.
Now the latter rain is almost here and I'm just getting ready to do the work that I know God has planned for me to do when he first brought me into this world. I can't wait!
Yours in Christ.
That seems to me to be a strange mix of doctrines. Adventism came from the Wesleyan Holiness camp and Baptist doctrine seems to be more Calvinist than that.I view myself as a Sabbath-keeping Adventist/Baptist Christian.
Which seems rather typical in all old-line Wesleyan Holiness congregations. It was all about what you COULD NOT do.I too have attended many Adventist churches and maybe it's just me, but I see little true joy in a lot of the folks , just a peculiar group of folks that seem to be looking down their nose.
Which seems rather typical in all old-line Wesleyan Holiness congregations. It was all about what you COULD NOT do.
No sports. no movies. no television. no alcohol. no cards or dice. no music other than classic hymns and southern gospel. no dancing. And the list went on and on and on ....
I am saying that those are the roots Adventism (via Miller) came from. And back in the 1960s I heard a lot of Adventist preachers denouncing all of those things. (I grew up near Andrews Univ)Are you saying Adventists can't do any of those things you mentioned?
That seems to me to be a strange mix of doctrines. Adventism came from the Wesleyan Holiness camp and Baptist doctrine seems to be more Calvinist than that.
Good q.If one can't enjoy themselves, what good would eternal life be? God has a sense of humor. He is happy, sad & outraged just as we are.His character....LOVE. He is. Not descriptive, but a noun. As long as our humor isn't at the expense of others. I wonder what makes people a stuffed shirt in situations like that? Fear? Arrogance?
I am saying that those are the roots Adventism (via Miller) came from. And back in the 1960s I heard a lot of Adventist preachers denouncing all of those things. (I grew up near Andrews Univ)
But even the most ardent Holiness denoms (like the Pentecostal Holiness and the Wesleyans) have backed off of those positions in recent decades. They started to realize they were focusing more on externals rather than heart attitudes.
I understand Adventism to be undergoing a seismic shift at present. (actually going on for the last 30 years or so) I may have started at Andrews Univ - or at least Andrews got on board early on. I remember back in the late 80s and early 90s hearing John Carter (SDA Evangelist) on the Univ radio station and I REALLY enjoyed him. Found out later he is at least marginally charismatic. And his doctrine was definitely moving AWAY from all the externals.So now are you saying that Adventists have backed off of those positions as well. I am trying to understand how you view adventism in the current time.