Queen's Road Cell

We asked ourselves whether Seventh-Day Adventists should be regarded as a cult or a denomination. (i..e is the guy in 'Hacksaw Ridge' saved?) From what I have read its articles of faith I note that the movement shares the fundamental characteristics of an evangelical Protestant denomination. ". Adventists claim but one creed: "The Bible, and the Bible alone." Adventist doctrine resembles trinitarian Protestant theology, with premillennial and Arminian emphases. Adventists uphold teachings such as the infallibility of Scripture , the substitutionary atonement , the resurrection of the dead and justification by faith alone , and are therefore often considered evangelical ."(Wikipedia). We also note some distinctive understandings of aspects of Christian belief, including celebration of the Sabbath, the nature of judgement, annihilationism and Christ's role in the heavenly sanctuary. There is a great deal of respect given to the writings of Ellen G. ...

We finished the study this week I was sharing that I used to think that all that 1 Ti 6:9-10 meant was that money caused many kinds of evil, but that other kinds of evil had nothing to do with money. But we now understand that valuing/treasuring money as a representation of what the world can offer is completely opposed to valuing/treasuring God (making us unable to serve both). We can see (c.f. John Piper), that all the evils of this world eventually arise from hearts that love and treasure money. The desire for money leads to ruin and destruction, loss of faith and many griefs. Conversely, if we treasure God rather money, we will have hearts (our inmost beings, the seat of our wills and emotions) placed on what we value. So Mt 6:21 is a call to choose our values right, because our hearts will inevitably follow that which we treasure. If we love God we will not be anxious about our basic needs. God knows all our tomorrows. We are told that it is none of our business to be anxious a...