Larry Kirkpatrick

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Updating Assumptions on Church and State

2022-06-21

Introduction

Religious liberty leaders are operating on outdated assumptions about the church and state relation. Many presume a world in which government is the dispassionate, neutral arbiter between church and state. But a great gulf exists between the assumptions of that worldview, and the increasing movement toward totalitarianism in the 2020s. We are in a place of grave danger. The increasingly totalitarian manifestation seen in contemporary governments and rulers leaves no space for expression or even holding of conscientious viewpoints or practices which do not correspond to a prescribed narrative. Many well-meaning people remain unaware that they have overlaid mistaken assumptions onto Scripture.

A Different Time

Many operate under expectation that there are clearly demarcate...

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Outlines

2022-04-23

Leviticus_16_outline.pdf

Jeremiah.pdf

Romans12-15.pdf

Matthew23-25.pdf

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Kirkpatrick--Michigan Conference Campmeeting 2021 Seminar Materials

2021-07-11

Pastor Kirkpatrick was a featured seminar presenter at the Michigan Conference June 18-26, 2021 "How Much More" campmeeting. His series is titled "Come Lord Jesus." Links to seminar materials and handouts:

Presentation 1:

Still Here After All These Years. Why?

HANDOUT for Still Here After All These Years. Why?

Presentation 2:

Can Fallen Men Not Sin?

HANDOUT for Can Fallen Men Not Sin?

Presentation 3:

The Crossward Puzzle

HANDOUT for The Crossward Puzzle

Presentation 4:

When Lutherans Decided to Improve on Luther

HANDOUT for When Lutherans Decided to Improve Luther

Presentation 5: Heppenstall versus Andreasen on the Atonement

Heppenstall versus Andreasen on the Atonement

HANDOUT Outline Leviticus 16 the Atonement

HANDOUT ML Andreasen Selected Ideas ...

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Gracelink--Origins and Issues

2021-05-02

Many years ago we published three articles and some other bits concerning a sabbath school resources that was new at the time, called Gracelink. for those interested, I am including here those old resources as I have been able to recover them. Most of the links are deceased. Wayback machine might help too. If anyone finds better or more complete versions of this information, send me copies. -LK

GraceLink: Origins and Ideologies

Does GraceLink add depth to our end-time Adventist message, or does its historic development reveal an attempt to rewrite Adventist theology and indoctrinate our youth with a counterfeit Adventism?

Larry Kirkpatrick. 25 October 2001


Perusing the official GraceLink website, one discovers this audacious claim: "You can trust GraceLink to give the Adventist v...

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Finishing Truth series

2021-04-04

A Justification Timeline ajustificationtimeline.pdf

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Critical Theory Notes

2020-09-06

notes-critical-theory.pdf

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Notes: Church and State

2020-08-09

scenario-camera.pdf

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