Independent Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/independent/ To prepare people for eternal life. Fri, 05 Jun 2020 01:01:30 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg Independent Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/independent/ 32 32 SINFUL INDEPENDENCE? https://www.stepstolife.org/sinful-independence/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:57:20 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21373 God has never tied His hands to any set counsel of men, but has always had the privilege of choosing whom and how He desires. God has always used independent ministries. And yet there is sinful independence today also, as there always has been.

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]]> Chapter 3 Desire of Ages — Chapter 65 https://www.stepstolife.org/chapter-3-desire-of-ages-chapter-65/ Thu, 04 Jun 2020 01:16:03 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21333 Now we know that those who stoned Stephen were Conference Leaders. And we know that Stephen was an Independent Preacher who was being murdered by the Conference Leaders for preaching for the cause of Jesus.

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]]> The Tithe Problem, Part II https://www.stepstolife.org/the-tithe-problem-part-ii/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 23:05:03 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21264 How, then, can it be argued that if a minister is a member of a certain church and carries credentials from that church, he is entitled to be supported by the tithes of God's people regardless of what gospel he preaches?

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]]> The Tithe Problem, Part I https://www.stepstolife.org/the-tithe-problem-part-i/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 22:46:28 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21262 tithe should always be faithfully returned to the Lord, and all of the tithe should be used for the support of the ministry. But which ministry or what ministry? This is the question that is troubling us now.

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]]> Good Men — Good Church https://www.stepstolife.org/article/good-men-good-church-2/ Wed, 11 Dec 2019 23:14:57 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=18699 When men begin to think that they are good because of position or works, they are absolutely blind. There is not a position or work in which we can engage that can make any one of us good.

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]]> Editorial – Unity and Dissonance, Part VI https://www.stepstolife.org/article/editorial-unity-and-dissonance-part-vi/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:25:54 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=13287 God’s people must remember as well that we need to counsel with one another and with the Lord at each step of advancement. On the other hand, we must know that there is a time when the Lord forbids us to counsel with our “brethren.”

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]]> Commitment to God’s Church https://www.stepstolife.org/article/commitment-to-gods-church/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 23:41:19 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=10298 Many times, at Steps to Life and the Prairie Meadows Church, we receive telephone calls and letters questioning us as to why we are an independent church of Sabbath-keeping believers, not connected with the local conference, the union conference, or the General Conference structure...

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]]> God Supported Ministries Alive and Well? https://www.stepstolife.org/article/church-composition-scripturally-proven/ Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:44:29 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=8574 The age old question must be again be brought up for review, as many sincere Adventist are so confused as to who and what is the church?

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]]> Letter from Australia https://www.stepstolife.org/article/letter-australia-independent-hardship/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 16:33:11 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?post_type=article&p=8549 So much confusion has been caused because our people do not understand what God’s true church is. They mistakenly keep thinking it is the "conference".

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