The Undercover Adventist

This quarter the church is studying about being good stewards. The first thing we think about is money. We must indeed be good stewards with money. We are also being instructed to save your money, think about the future, and not waste things. We need to save and worry about retirement, kid's college, new car, etc. But won't the Earth be destroyed, and everything in it? Why does The Bible, Jesus, Bible Authors, and Apostles warn us to NOT think about the future? That is, our monetary future? We are not supposed to worry about such and such when we don't even know what will happen today. Did Jesus tell us that the lily has no worries about its clothes and so should we be? What then, does one make about the parables of Jesus about money. These parables apparently teach us about saving and investing money. Or do they.... Jesus told parables about sheep. We readily agree the parables are NOT about sheep keeping. Jesus tells us parables on sowing seeds. Of course ...

As Adventists, you have heard that having a medical job is sacred. That somehow you can work on The Sabbath because you are a healer. Ditto with other "emergency" jobs that someone else has deemed sacred. So, why is this? If you happen to work at a department store, and called to work on Saturday, we become militant. We tell them in no uncertain terms that they MUST get off. That they must trust God to somehow come to their rescue. However, if you have the privilege of being a doctor, we give you a pass. Or a nurse. We tell them they are doing some sort of God's work, so that is okay. Of course this makes us look foolish. Oh sure, some people say to give the money you earn on Sabbath back to the church, and you are pure.  But you still worked your regular job! Working on Sabbath seems to be okay so long as you : A) Have a medical or emergency job. And, perhaps.... B) Give the money back to the church. Of course this violates Sabbath keeping, does it not? Is one job sacred...

Adventists have long been accused of many things. How do you answer false accusations about Adventist beliefs? First of all, be ready. If you have not already, you will be questioned. And probably in a hostile way. Be prepared to not get hostile in return. Three major issues for Adventists Ellen G. White. Many members of other denominations think that whatever this woman  said, did, published, or otherwise construed, is the basis of our salvation. It is not. And it never has been. We can blame this big one on ourselves. We have done a poor job of promoting our message and truths. If the first thing out of your mouth when evangelizing is Ellen White, you won't win many friends. You must first be firm that our salvation is based on Jesus and The Bible. After that, you can begin to attempt to turn the conversation around. Ask them what authors they like. Have they read books by Rick Warren, like The Purpose Driven Life? Do they know and read Max Lucado? Does their pasto...

Let's get to the heart of the matter. Will your pets be in heaven? You love them. You cherish them. They are part of the family, right? So why would not your pets go to heaven with you? (Now we have to say here that humans say things to make other humans feel better. Nothing wrong with that, in most cases. A lot of bad doctrine gets spewed around in the interest of, "Making people feel better.") Will YOUR dog go to heaven? We here the Undercover Adventist can say 100% surety, that your pets will not be greeting you in heaven. Let's do this quick, and as painless as possible. Birds and fish were created on Day 5. On Day 6 of Creation, God created animals that crawled around on the ground. That would include cats, dogs, and other four legged creatures. Those two days of creation make up virtually anything you would have for a pet. Look at the creation of Man. Gen 1:26-28 "26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them h...

No, Christians should not celebrate halloween . But that does not mean they should hide either. If you lock the doors, turn off the lights, then hope no trick or treaters come by, shame on you. You are not doing what you should be doing: Evangelizing . If you are home, and you know children will be trick or treating in your neighborhood, you should be telling them about Jesus . Various candies come with tracts that you can pass out. You can also give them pencils with verses , cross erasers , etc. It does not have to be candy. And...you should be telling them about Jesus in some way. Buy little bags and put tracts in them with the goodies. Put a little note about coming to your church . You have the once a year opportunity for people to come to your door! What a witnessing moment! Use it! Allowing the devil to completely have the day is wrong. Why are YOU not taking it back?

Adventists are rooted in one of the biggest prophecy scams ever. And we seem to embrace it. We even give it a nice name, The Great Disappointment. It was anything BUT. It was a great deception. William Miller was not wrong once, but three times. He made three, yes, THREE, false predictions about the Second Coming. Why do we dwell on the third one? Because he tripled down on this on. He was deceived and deceived many. Thousands of people were hurt. Miller was warned. Many times. Other Christian leaders around the world called him on this. He would not listen. William Miller claimed he heard the voice of God, and it gave him this false prophecy. He led people down the garden path, not to some great spiritual awakening. We even go so far as to praise and complement the people that followed this false preaching, as if doing so was a sign of being a great Christian. How silly. Adventists need to distance themselves from such nonsense. And call it what it was: A Great Decepti...

You have heard it many time. People judging others on tattoos because they just know The Bible forbids them. They are quick to read Lev 19:28: " Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord ." So there. Plain as day. They got you! Unfortunately, these people only have themselves. They take a verse out of context and wield it like a Biblical weapon. Let's actually read the verse before along with this verse. Lev 19: 27,28: "27  Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28  Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the Lord ." Whoa! What about that beard thing? Funny, just heard a chap with a beard brag about calling someone out for having tattoos! And his beard was round! Why do we never tell men to not trim the corners of their beards? Or their heads? Do we detest tattoos so much, that we a...