issues Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/issues/ To prepare people for eternal life. Tue, 02 Jun 2020 23:28:11 +0000 en hourly 1 https://www.stepstolife.org/WordPress21/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-Cross-from-STL-Bible-Study-Logo512-32x32.jpg issues Archives - Steps to Life https://www.stepstolife.org/tag/issues/ 32 32 ISSUES: Part III – No New Organization – Section II https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-part-iii-no-new-organization-section-ii/ Sat, 30 May 2020 00:52:25 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21249 You may think you represent God because you have the official name and represent the official organization, but if your life is not in harmony with God's expressed will, you are most assuredly not His representatives.

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]]> ISSUES: Part III – No New Organization – Section I https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-part-iii-no-new-organization-section-i/ Sat, 30 May 2020 00:41:38 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21247 The church of God must have the same type of government as in heaven. To attempt to establish a different type of government is to start a new organization.

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]]> ISSUES: Part II – Appendixes https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-part-ii-appendixes/ Sat, 30 May 2020 00:17:32 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21234 Appendix - Who is the church that appears to fall but does not? - The church may appear as about to fall, but it does not fall. It remains, while the sinners in Zion will be sifted out--the chaff separated from the precious wheat.

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]]> ISSUES: Part II SECTION TWO “The Church” https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-part-ii-section-two-the-church/ Fri, 29 May 2020 23:54:12 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21233 The church is one of the things of God, the most precious thing on earth in His sight. It has been established and purchased at an infinite cost to heaven. What is it about the church that makes it so precious?

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]]> ISSUES: Part II: The Letter the NAD Officers did not Publish in their ISSUES Book https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-part-ii-the-letter-the-nad-officers-did-not-publish-in-their-issues-book/ Fri, 29 May 2020 23:30:07 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21229 It appears from this letter, that the NAD (North American Division) officers and their committee, especially Robert Dale, requested letters against “certain private organizations” to be used in their ISSUES book.

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]]> ISSUES: The Credibility Crisis, Section IV https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-the-credibility-crisis-section-iv/ Wed, 27 May 2020 00:13:29 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21185 When they turn a clear gaze at the Issues tract and book, they are certain to suffer keen disappointment. Their confidence in the church's leadership cannot but be severely damaged. A serious credibility crisis has been created.

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]]> ISSUES: Adventist Inquisition, Section V https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-adventist-inquisition-section-v/ Wed, 27 May 2020 00:09:31 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21188 As one considers the magnitude of this Inquisition, the question is likely to occur, Would it not be simpler and easier to just repudiate the unauthorized changes in our doctrines and return to the purity of our faith?

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]]> ISSUES: The Pseudo Issues, Section III https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-the-pseudo-issues-section-iii/ Tue, 26 May 2020 23:40:25 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21182 I am proposing that it would be better to give our attention to the real issue of wrongful and unauthorized changes in our church's theology and leave pseudo issues such as this one alone.

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]]> ISSUES: The Side Issues, Section II https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-the-side-issues-section-ii/ Tue, 26 May 2020 23:20:08 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21176 Attempts are being made to advance the side issues of church authority and Christian unity while ignoring the real issue of unauthorized changes in our church's theology.

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]]> ISSUES: The Real Issue, Section I https://www.stepstolife.org/issues-the-real-issue-section-i/ Tue, 26 May 2020 23:02:39 +0000 https://www.stepstolife.org/?p=21172 The doctrines of our church are being changed, and this is the real issue. This is the reason for the existence of the “certain private organizations” that are being attacked; and it is the reason that these private organizations are receiving such widespread support from church members...

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