Book Description
This description of the origins and basic theology of the Seventh-day Adventist church shows how the church has become one of the most widespread Protestant denominations. Damsteegt's analysis of the Scriptural basis of the church helps to explain its missionary nature. ... Read more

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Wonderful Array
This Hymnal contains music from the older hymnal and some newer songs.I love it.I am always singing special music in my church and this hymnal is fun and easy for my to sight read. ... Read more

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SDA beliefs reviewed
This book is a "no nonsense" review of the beginnings and beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

HA HA
Sometimes I have my doubts about the SDA church and I question about the people not the doctrines of the church. First of all SDA's is a recognized denomination like Baptist, Methodist, Catholics, and etc. Our world headquarters is in the Washington D.C. area so we are recognized by many political leaders and US Presidents. To give you a sign of relief we stay out of the political arena in Washington because we strongly believe in the separation of church and state.

Point B. Heaven will be a place for all people not for a specific religion because there are saints in all religions. Including non Christians, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Atheists, or people who never heard the word Jesus. PERIOD!

C: Ellen White was a sweet lady who never put her writings above the Bible. Is the peoples fault who twist her writings and that is the main cause for some cultish SDA churches.

D: I was a Roman Catholic including my parents. If we never knew about the SDA church then our health would be different.

To uphold the U.S. Constitution I am not going to force anyone to accept the Sabbath day but here is a reason why I do in a non religious way.
I am a college student and a small business owner. I have stress during the week. I just need one day to set aside everything and relax. Even when I graduate my workload is going to increase because I'll be a professional person. So hey I don't want any chronic diseases.

It's all about his saving grace.
I have not had the opportunity to read the book but I was browsing Amazon and the title and reviews caught my eye. This does not in anyway describe the Adventist church that I have been apart of for 35 of my 39 years. I was educated in in Adventist schools and in my heart I do believe that the adventist church is the remnant church. We do not in any way, shape, or form acknowlege Ellen White over the awesome authority of Jesus christ. We do believe Ellen White to be a prophet, and is definitely inspired, key word, INSPIRED. Ellen White time and time again refers the reader to the holy sciptures. She does not by any means attempt to challenge or belittle the authority of Christ. Yes I do read the writings of Ellen White and I do believe she was a prophet of Christ, and the bible teaches us that we are saved by grace alone so that know man can boast! What an awesome God! In essence, know individual can work his way into heaven, including Ellen G. White. I believe all religious material should be prayfully approached so that the holy spirit can reveal the truth.Perhaps the writer needs to examine himself before writing on a subject that he clearly is clueless about.

Excellent Book Which Illuminates
This is an excellent review of the beliefs of Seventh Day Adventism. From believing that Ellen Harmon White was a prophet, that Christ was Michael the Archangel(what a pernicious heresy!), to soul-sleep, the Sabbath, and the whole nine yards of Adventism, revealing it for what it is: a nineteenth century cult,based on works, with many beliefs coinciding with the Russellite movement=falsely prophecying dates for the end of the world, etc... A small, excellent work.

SDAs are not themselves false prophets, but . . .
Having been a devout and believing SDA for the first 35 years of my life, having gone through 16 years of SDA education, and having been a genuinely sincere and earnest educator in the SDA college system, I feel that I can speak with a fair level of credibility about what Adventists believe.

Most practicing Adventists are so overwhelmed by their somewhat closed culture that they are not easily able see just how warped their thinking is.They are generally unable to recognize that theirs is a cult culture.If by the term "cult" one refers to a group (a) that filters all of its religious thinking through a single personality (Ellen White), and (b) that centers its faith around non-biblical doctrines (e.g., the elaborate SDA doctrine of the heavenly sanctuary), based on that personality's visions, then it's difficult to see how the SDA culture is anything other than a cult.

This doesn't make all Adventists false prophets, however, which is what the title of this book appears to insinuate.They are neither "false" nor "true" prophets; they are just true believers who (from my point of view) are frozen in a dead and discredited set of beliefs, that even during the nineteenth century were considered strange.To assume the legitimacy of the term "false prophet" presumes a set of beliefs I no longer find viable, but to the extent that the term has meaning for some, I think that E.G. White is a good candidate for being one.I think a more apt title for the book might have been Is Sister White a False Prophet?

I would be surprised if any non-SDA who reads about her life and her work as an SDA believes that she is a "true prophet" in the way that SDAs characterize her.However, the true believers inside the SDA fold appear to be completely unable to see her any other way. ... Read more

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Newstart stands for the eight elements that give you health, vigor, and healing: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunshine, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust in Divine Power. Full of delicious and nutritious recipes that can make a meaningful difference in your life, the Newstart Lifestyle Cookbook is more than a diet plan--it is a new way to live. ... Read more

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Cooking for Health
adhealthandwellness recommended this as one of the books that was essential for life.Piper de Vries is deep.

GREAT INFORMATION- PRACTICAL RECIPES - A LIFESAVER !
This book contains recipes that nutitionally conscious people will love -- while using commonly available ingredients.As exciting as the recipes are, the nutritional information makes this a MUST READ cookbook. LOVE IT !! By incorporating these recipes or ideas into my diet (we still eat meat) and beginning moderate exercise (1hour 3xweek) I have cut my diabetes oral medication by half in less than one month !! Doc says 6mo - 1 year to be medicine free !!(after 3 years of gradually worsening diabetes)This cookbook could save your life !

MY FAVORITE HEALTHY COOKBOOK!
Wonderfully Healthy Recipes...... use it all the time!

Best Available for Treating Lifestyle Diseases
The recipes in this book are some of the best available if you are serious about eating a healthy diet.They are not only vegetarian but they eliminate the refined oils and sugars which are such a major factor in causing diseases like atherosclerosis, heart disease, adult onset diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.They are the recipes used at the Newstart lifestyle program where they get excellent results with just diet and exercise.The recipes are delicious; we use them in our home all the time.I highly recommend this cookbook to my patients.

healthy vegan fare
a solid good cookbook for those aspiring to the vegan diet.the only drawbacks being that some recipies require hard-to-locate ingredients such as vegan gelatin and smoked yeast.Other than that a very worthwhilepurchase for those wishing to eat healthy, etc. ... Read more

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Edith was inspired to conduct objective historical research about the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) church after a brief encounter with an SDA friend who said, “You know what they say about Adventists.” A brief conversation changed her life forever. Since Edith didn’t know, she was impressed to find out. Two days later, while searching the internet she saw a heading—“Seventh-Day Adventism Reexamined”—and clicked on the topic hoping to see what was being said about SDAs. Finding astonishing information, she decided to check it out by doing objective research about the SDA church to determine whether what she found was from disgruntled former SDAs criticizing the church, or whether the concerns were valid. This book presents her findings, some of her experiences as an active SDA member for over twenty-six years, and relates why she and her family left Adventism and now embrace mainstream Christianity. ... Read more

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A trip around the world
If you like food from around the world, but dislike traveling to get it, or if you want to sample ethnic cuisine without leaving your dining room, this book is for you. You can take a trip around the world right at your dinner table. From beverages to entrees to breads to vegetable side dishes to salads to dessert many nationalities are represented. I especially like the side notes on interesting cultural tidbits like the significance of Challah and a description of asafetida (you'll have to get the book to find out what that is!). There could actually be a few more of these "asides" for my taste, I found them very interesting.

Also, rather than leave you to wonder (as some cookbooks do) what that ingredient you've never heard of could be, Debby includes descriptions of each unfamiliar ingredient along with suggestions on where you can find it. Now that's what I call helpful.

I've always loved ethnic food and this cookbook gives me a place where I can sample many cultures in one place rather than having to get a cookbook for each one. The recipes are relatively easy to prepare, although she does include some to challenge a creative cook. It's a great book to add a little zing to your everyday meals or to help you decide what to order the next time your fly away to some exotic location. ... Read more

Product Description
The authors have developed a great concern for the terrible carnage of members in the Church.When they were children in Australia there was great concern because 30% of children born into the Seventh-day Adventist homes were choosing to walk away from the Church.By the time they reach into their twenties, they learned that 50% of such young people left the Church.However several years ago they were staggered that a value-genesis study revealed the startling fact that 81% of the church's youth were abandoning the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Australia and New Zealan.They also learned that an alarming number of members who had been added through evangelistic outreach soon thereafter walk away from the Seventh-day Adventist.The authors discovered that there were many different ways that Satan has found to achieve this deplorable situation.They address divine solutions to this dilemma. ... Read more

Book Description
Research into the role of diet in chronic disease can be difficult to interpret.Measurement errors in different studies often produce conflicting answers to the same questions.Seventh-day Adventists and other groups with many vegetarian members are ideal study populations because they have a wide range of dietary habits that adds poer and clarity to research findings.This book analyzes the results of such studies, focusing on heart disease and cancer.These studies support the benefits of a vegetarian diet and in addition provide evidence about the effects of individual foods and food groups on disease risk that is relevant to all who are interested in good health.Fraser places the findings in athe broader context of well-designed nutritional studies of the general population.He discusses the degree of confidence we can have in particular relationships between diet and disease based on the strength of the evidence.While this is a scholarly book, it is written in clear English and contains an extensive glossary so that it should be accessible to a wide audience. ... Read more

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God's Unveiling of Truth and Light Through The Years
It's about Reformation and how God has guided His Church through all ages. A celebration of various movements, and their part in the continual unveiling of light till Jesus' words are fulfilled; "one Lord, one faith, one baptism" by the leading of the Holy Spirit into "all truth". ... Read more