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| Jeremy Registered user Username: Jeremy Post Number: 3047 Registered: 10-2004  |
Over on CARM, Gilbert started a thread (which can be found here) entitled "Adventist viewpoint in the new Zondervan Bible Commentary?," with the following opening post:
And here is some of what I posted in response:
If anyone would like to contact Zondervan, an Evangelical Christian publishing company, and let them know what you think about this or inform them of the facts about Adventism, here is their contact page: http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Company/ContactUs.htm?QueryStringSite=Zondervan And here is the author bio for Roy Gane at Zondervan's site: http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Authors/Author.htm?ContributorID=GaneR&QueryStringSite=Zondervan (Again, they leave out any mention of him being SDA, or of the seminary being SDA.) Jeremy (Message edited by Jeremy on October 08, 2009) | ||
| Hec Registered user Username: Hec Post Number: 616 Registered: 3-2009 |
Would it be a good thing is we all in the FAF contact Zondervan an let them know of our disappointment with then because of the SDA deception? hec | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5610 Registered: 9-2006  |
Me neither Jeremy. I don't know what to say about it, right now I am disgusted. The fight is hard enough without having the people calling themselves evangelicals making it harder. People have got to where they will go for anything...its probably the almighty dollar talking. River | ||
| Bskillet Registered user Username: Bskillet Post Number: 608 Registered: 8-2008 |
I'm sure Zondervan's idea was reaching a demographic, SDAs, that they hadn't reached before. But as for why evangelicals would listen to SDAs, or go for stuff that is anti-Gospel in general like Word-Faith for instance: I suspect a lot of people have been conditioned to look to an institution or a pastor or a building or a church service to feed them, instead of being fed by the Shepherd Himself. Consequently, they are all spiritually starving and ready to eat anything just to see if it will sate their hunger pains. Funny, in some places you see these buildings getting bigger and bigger, and some of these pastors getting richer and richer, but the people in the pews are getting hungrier and hungrier. So they'll go looking for anything different than what they have, thinking maybe it is the food they're missing. As for me? I guess the fact that I don't consider myself an evangelical makes me feel like this isn't my fight. I have a sneaking suspicion there are a lot of evangelicals who think SDAs are great because they preach that we had all better work harder to keep the Ten Commandments. "Hey, these SDA's are right! Ya'll folks need to get working at keeping the Ten Commandments. Or else you're gonna burn with heeeeeeelllllll fiiiiiire where the worm dies not and the flames lick your toes 'cause you didn't keep all the Ten Commandments like you should have. Boy howdy! Let's put one of the SDA teachin' folks in our little commentary so's people will start keeping the Ten Commandments more. Then let's all run over to the local courthouse and start a fight with the ACLU by trying to pin up a copy of the Ten Commandments. Woo hoo!" (Message edited by bskillet on October 08, 2009) | ||
| River Registered user Username: River Post Number: 5611 Registered: 9-2006 |
Just what do you consider your 'fight'? | ||
| Nowisee Registered user Username: Nowisee Post Number: 143 Registered: 5-2009 |
I emailed Zondervan a few days ago--I asked them--"What are you thinking?! Asked them if they had Mormons and JWs writing commentaries; explained some of the worst beliefs and said they were spitting in the face of all the people that have lost $, jobs, family members & reputation when they had the courage to leave SDA. I wrote this shortly after watching the moving documentary about the leaders & members of the WCG that stood for the truth of scripture and lost money, reputation & power. I was, as Colleen says, 'exercised'! PS So far, I haven't heard back from them  | ||
| Skeeter Registered user Username: Skeeter Post Number: 391 Registered: 12-2007 |
where can we see that documentary nowisee ? can you post a link to it ? Francie | ||
| Colleentinker Registered user Username: Colleentinker Post Number: 10489 Registered: 12-2003  |
Francie, you can view it online here: http://exadventist.com/Home/Video/tabid/502/Default.aspx Nowisee, you go! Colleen | ||
| Bskillet Registered user Username: Bskillet Post Number: 609 Registered: 8-2008 |
I seek to do what the Spirit lays on my heart to do. Nothing more or less than that. | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 2212 Registered: 8-2004  |
Has anyone else tried to watch the link Colleen posted on Internet Explorer? It works quite fine on Firefox, but does not show any videos on IE for me. Hmm. | ||
| Jeremy Registered user Username: Jeremy Post Number: 3048 Registered: 10-2004 |
Hmmm...the page works fine on IE 8 for me. Which version of IE are you using? Jeremy (Message edited by Jeremy on October 09, 2009) | ||
| Helovesme2 Registered user Username: Helovesme2 Post Number: 2213 Registered: 8-2004 |
IE 8 I don't know what the problem is. Perhaps it will work after I shut down the computer and give it a break for awhile! | ||
| Nowisee Registered user Username: Nowisee Post Number: 145 Registered: 5-2009 |
Thanks for posting it, Colleen! | ||
| Skeeter Registered user Username: Skeeter Post Number: 394 Registered: 12-2007 |
Thank you Colleen :-) I watched it last night. I had already seen the SDA ones but not th one about the WWCOG If ONLY Adventists would be honest enough and courageous enough do the same thing. Admit error and move forward with TRUTH. Is there a way to download that ? or a place to order it on DVD ? Just maybe my MIL would watch it if she thought it was not about SDA.....but if a SDA watches it they cannot help but see the parallels.. | ||
| Skeeter Registered user Username: Skeeter Post Number: 395 Registered: 12-2007 |
I found it... the dvd is $7.00 or $5.00 each for 10 or more. I think I will order 10 and keep one and have others to share. |
