Let me share a bit about myself to set the stage for this blog. I’m a 4th generation Adventist. I went to Adventist school from first grade through college. My grade school was a fairly typical SDA school, 1-8 grades in the basemenet of the church and I never had more than 20 classmates with all 8 grades combined. I went away to academy and then on to an Adventist college. I’m what you might call “a product of the system”.
I grew up in a very loving Adventist home with parents who always gave real answers to Bible questions. I wasn’t smothered by doctrine growing up but rather blessed with parents who showed how to live a good clean, conservative Adventist life by the example they set and because of their love for God. I never heard "because I told you so" as a reason to do or not do something. I learned sound Biblical doctrine and prophetic interpretation and knew it was the truth the Bible teaches because it was clearly shown to me from the Bible. So I never needed to question it once I became an adult.
I wasn’t perfect by any means and certainly went through periods of not doing everything by the book but I never felt compelled to rebel against the church as far too many SDA youth do. So far nothing to make you wonder what has prompted me to want to share with people I’ve never met. I’ll share that in another post.
