Updating Assumptions on Church and State
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Religious liberty leaders are operating on outdated assumptions about the church and state relation.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...
Read more...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 vie...
Read more...ML Andreasen
PDF Format Chart showing phrases, themes, phrase counts from ML Andreasen, The Sanctuary Service, "The Last Generation" Chapter, pp. 299-321.
selected-ideas-themes-phrases.pdf
Read more...Own and Use a Physical Bible
This space makes available the HANDOUT for the "Talk to Me" sermon on strengthening our devotional life by prayer and Bible reading (the sermon will not be published on the site until it has been delivered at Chewelah).
Read more...God's Character and the Final Generation Symposium 2019
Video
Humanity and Divinity Combined (Includes slides in video)
Presentations Written
humanityanddivinitycombined-ver1.08.pdf
Presentation Handouts
HANDOUT resource for 2:00pm Larry Kirkpatrick presentation, New Books, Old Error: landscape-lgtcharges.pdf
ADDITIONAL resource for "New Books, Old Error", Some Initial Resources toward Correcting the Knight-Whidden Narrative: someinitialresources-correcting-kwn.pdf
HANDOUT resource for 4:00pm Larry Kirkpatrick presentation: Humanity and Divinity Combined: 1sm340-344.pdf
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