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Elder Caleb VinCross preached a sermon titled, "Neither!, the best bad news we need to hear today." You are invited into the presence of God, a place where all belong.

Caleb VinCross is a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, educator, and board certified healthcare chaplain. Caleb has a passion for creating space for people to learn, grow, and authentically express their thoughts and feelings. Caleb joins his wife Tara, son Josiah, and daughter Ava on their many adventures in ministry and beyond. He currently serves veterans and their families, focusing on providing support for severe mental illness, substance use, grief, and moral injury.

Jonathan shares his transformative journey from growing up in a rigid religious environment to discovering true freedom and identity in Christ's finished work.

• Grew up in a strict Adventist home focused on doctrine and religious law
• Struggled with pornography addiction from a young age
• Repeatedly tried and failed to break free using willpower and accountability
• Received discouraging messages that addiction would be a lifelong battle
• Experienced a breakthrough when he learned to see himself as God sees him
• Had a "dolly zoom moment" when he realized his identity is not in his mistakes
• Found freedom by understanding Romans 6 and his death to sin in Christ
• Now shares this message with others through  social media

If you're struggling with addiction or shame, remember that God has removed every obstacle between you and freedom. Your identity isn't determined by your struggles but by Christ's finished work.

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Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy — Understanding Sacrifice — Jesus at the Temple

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the second quarter of 2025 called Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy. We are studying the lesson for week 6 called Understanding Sacrifice.    

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Adventist Pastor Ryan Day spent over a decade working for Amazing Facts and 3ABN (two of the biggest media ministries in the SDA church) as well as speaking and singing around the world for thousands of people.

More recently, Ryan left 3ABN and started his own YouTube channel “Re-Think Adventism” where he openly shares about why he left his position in the church, and why he has major issues with some of the doctrines taught within the church.

In this episode, we sit down with Ryan to hear about the journey he’s been on, why he ultimately decided to leave, and how all of the media attention and public backlash has affected him and his family.

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There is tension throughout the entire story of salvation. God wishes to restore the communion that we once enjoyed with Him and longs to draw close to us. But bringing sinners into His presence would destroy them. “For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,” David writes, “nor shall evil dwell with You” (Ps. 5:4, NKJV). At the same time, David also writes, “But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; in fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple” (Ps. 5:7, NKJV).

Read Haggai 2:7–9. As the second temple was being constructed, the prophet Haggai made an astonishing promise: the new temple would be more glorious than the previous one. What was meant by that prophecy?

When the first temple was dedicated by Solomon, the Shekinah glory—the presence of God that had accompanied the children of Israel en route to Canaan—filled the temple, and so the priests could not remain to complete their work of ministry (1 Kings 8:10, 11). When the second temple was dedicated, the ark of the covenant, representing God’s throne, was missing because some faithful men, upset at the nation's sins, had hidden it. The literal presence of God did not fill the temple this time. It was heartbreaking. How could Haggai’s promise possibly come true?

It was in the second temple that Jesus, the incarnation of God, appeared in Person, in flesh and blood. God Himself had stepped out from behind the veil to become one of us and to join us in this broken world. Because the Son of God was now the Son of man, we could see His face, hear His voice, and witness, for example, when He touched an unclean leper and made him whole (Matt. 8:3). Instead of bringing us closer in His direction, God brought us closer to Him by moving in our direction. He came down, personally, to us. No wonder the Bible said about Jesus: “ ‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us’ ” (Matt. 1:23, NKJV). Think about what this means: the Creator of the cosmos condescended not only to live among us but to die for us.

The Cross is by far the greatest manifestation of God’s love. What are other ways we can see and experience the reality of God’s love?