Hey! This is my testimony.
My name is David Kendel and this is Kendel’s Messiah, my personal blog and testimony as a gay, Seventh-day Adventist Christian. I like to immerse myself in the Bible and to explore various philosophical, existential, and social topics from a theological standpoint.
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Moses and Darwin
How might natural selection fit into the biblical narrative of divine, creative intervention? What are the moral implications of Moses’ and Darwin’s creation accounts? These are my reflections on the issue.
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Earning God’s Acceptance
Many Christians teach that gay people must remain single or marry heterosexually in order to be accepted by God. Here’s why I’ve found such teaching to be harmful and unbiblical.
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My Predicament
What do you do when everything that you’ve built your life upon fails you? This has been my struggle with being gay and Christian.
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Hell
Many Christians teach that the wicked will live and suffer eternally in hell, thus presenting God as unfair and cruel. Here’s why I believe this is unbiblical.
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Science and God
Can science be neutral in questions about God’s existence? Here’s why I believe the idea of theological neutrality to be fallacious.
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My First God-Experience
A defining, personal experience that changed me and solidified my faith in God.
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Why I Reject Atheism
Here’s why I think atheism and agnosticism perpetuate unreasonable and dogmatic ideas about God.
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