Background

Every week, at the start of our Sabbath Services, a member is chosen to present a short presentation to open the service. The presentations below were written and read by me. I attend the Dauphin Seventh Day Adventist Church. We worship on Saturday because we follow the Bible, the Fourth Commandment of The Ten Commandments states:

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. (Exodus 20:8-11 KJV)

The Sabbath Day is defined as Saturday. Sunday worshipping was introduced by Constantine 1 in 321AD. His decree was likely modelled on Pagan Sun worship and has no biblical reference to support it.

The Seventh Day Adventist Church is NOT a cult, although there is wide support for that idea online. Membership in the church is fully optional and all we teach are biblical principals that are fully supported in the Bible. Services are open to anyone, members, non-members, believers, non-believers, and all are welcome to discuss their opinions and views in a respectful manner.

At our church, most Saturday services are followed by a potluck meal that is open to all. During the meal, we have fellowship together and have many lively and interesting discussions about the Bible and life.

My first encounter with the Seventh Day Adventist Church occurred in jail, and at that time, I really didn’t see myself going much further with them. Surprisingly enough, even to me, I became a member and strong supporter of the church and its ideas, because all the truth can be supported by Biblical Principals.

To learn more visit: Seventh Day Adventist Church in Canada or Dauphin Seventh Day Adventist Church

Welcome

Welcome to my blog, and thanks for viewing it. My name is Paul Croft and I live in a small town in Manitoba. I was a professional truck driver from 2009, but in 2019 I got a serious illness called Guillain Barre Syndrome that nearly killed me. This caused me to become disabled and I could no longer drive a truck.

When I originally started this blog, I thought that God was pointing me a direction of sharing my story of redemption and that is why the blog is called Shiny Side Up because I always want to display my shiny side and not my dirty side. But after going through my illness, I now feel that God wants me to share my miraculous recovery and that is where my blog now leads.

I will also share my views on other topics, but my main focus now is to share His word and how He got me to my current place in life. There is a major back story as to how I became a Christian and that can be found in the My Story section of my blog. I hope you will take the time to read that.

i am always open to your comments or you can contact me at paul@shinysideup.ça.

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