Gracelink--Origins and Issues
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...
Read more...Outlines 2 Timothy--comparison
Shared at Michigan Conference Pastor's Retreat, August 3-5 2020, Camp Au Sable, MI
Single chart: dist4-workersmtg-monday2020-slide.pdf
Full three pages: dist4-workersmtg-monday2020-full.pdf
Secure Communication
As we approach the endtimes, we should be wise about our communications, exercising the caution mentioned in Proverbs 22:3. You might think it is going to be very difficult to use, but the things I am recmmending are very easy to use, trivial even, and the benefits are remarkable.
Messaging/Texting/Phone
To that end, I strongly recommend the use of the Signal messaging and phone app, which encrypts messages right on your phone so that between yourself and the recipient, no one can read it. Why should you trust it? Its source software is open, so anyone can check the code, and also, it is recommended by former NSA/CIA sysadmin Edward Snowden, who knows something about tracking and privacy. Here are links to how-to tutorials, although you will ifnd that this is a very easy applicatio...
Read more...UMC Separation
United Methodist Church Prtocol of Reconciliation & Grace Through Separation
Protocol-of-Reconciliation-and-Grace-through-Separation.pdf
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