Reconstructing

We're back! Thank you for your patience and following along as Nick gets back from paternity leave. We're excited to pick up where we left off and continue our Religious Trauma Series with this episode. See the show notes below for what you can expect, and resources for further study. Excited to share this one with you!Show Notes/SourcesRecommended reading for further study: When R

In the latest episode of our Religious Trauma series, we wanted to get to the bottom of where the idea of gender roles came from. We were curious as to why so many Christians have an understanding of gender roles that tends to be oppressive to women; we figured those ideas had to come from somewhereThese ideas, then influenced the early church fathers, the early church fathers infl

Episode 6: You Are What You Eat, is the second episode in our Religious Trauma Series, where we go into the SDA Health Message. Seventh-day Adventists claim that Ellen White was a "visionary" and was truly ahead of her time when it came to some of the health counsels she gave, and we're going to take a deeper look at that too. Show Notes:-SDA Health Message overview -Ellen White ma

This marks Episode 1 of our new series on religious trauma. **TRIGGER WARNING** We’re going to be covering some pain points that have contributed (and continue to contribute) to religious trauma. We’ll cover the origin of those topics, what form they still take in the church today, and we’ll even have some bonus episodes with guest co-hosts.Some of the things you can expect i

Is the Seventh-day Adventist Church protestant or not? Why do our members find it so easy to resort to cult mentality when it comes to EGW? We'll cover this here on our final episode of our Ellen White series!Sources/Show Notes-18th fundamental belief-Full list of fundamental beliefshttps://www.adventist.org/beliefs/ -Statement of Confidence in the Writings of Ellen G. White, 2015

When did the Seventh-day Adventist Church decide that it was a good idea to add Ellen White’s name to their fundamental beliefs? What was going on at the time leading up to that decision? What on earth went down in 1980?!!As we wrap up the Ellen White series (we have one more episode left), we grapple with the more modern history of the church, and prepare to talk about where we

Episode 2 wasn’t enough to pack it all in, so we decided to put together this bonus episode. We’ve got some additional thoughts on the Shut Door and Ellen G. White that we absolutely needed to share, so here it goes! We encourage you to not just take our word for it. All the links are below, so read the source material for yourselves to see what we’ve been studying. Is there

For this episode, we'll be taking a look at the main character of this series: Ellen G. White. What is her story, and how did she become a leading spiritual figure within the Seventh-day Adventist Church? We also have some interesting finds about the *true* version of her first vision and what the church has kept hidden for years. Show Notes/Resources:Ellen’s Origin StoryEllen Wh

Before we get into the "meat and potatoes" of our Ellen White series, we need to lay a foundation on where the Adventist Church came from so we can then talk about where we are today. What do you hope we cover/discuss in this series on Ellen G White and Adventism? Show Notes/Resources:-Memoirs of William Miller by Sylvester Bliss, 1853 -Daniel 8 : 13-14-Development of Seventh-day A

While we're officially launching in July 2023, here's a little teaser! What is our Reconstructing Podcast about? What kinds of things can you expect? Watch to find out and subscribe to follow along!