“And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
“Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother” (II Thess. 3:14-15).
The concept of church discipline has to do with the ultimate restoration of human beings into the image of God.
Reflections on the limits of science, technology, and the human character made evident by the revival of the space exploration program.
A new online article claims Adventists should “cross the Rubicon” by rewriting our classic eschatology regarding the coming Sunday law and similar developments. But might such a choice replicate another historical vignette—that of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
A Call for Unity in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Face of Division Over the Godhead Issue.
Is this the paradox many hold it to be? Or do the inspired writings offer a simple explanation?
Pastor Kevin Paulson will speak this evening (February 9, 2024) on the topic, “Is It a Sin To Feel Like Sinning?” at Revive Vespers on the campus of Andrews University, in the Biology Amphitheater at 7:30 p.m. Questions and answers will follow.
A recent article on a liberal Adventist website fabricates a false dilemma between the Bible and Ellen White regarding the classic Adventist investigative judgment doctrine. But the article’s case falls woefully short of both the Biblical evidence and the facts of Ellen White’s own teachings regarding this pivotal doctrine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
What is reality–especially when it comes to salvation? Is there more than one reality? Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, explores the reality of love as an inherent attribute of God and a reflection of His presence in us.
God’s heroes through the ages have risked everything, including their lives and those of their loved ones, for the sake of bearing public witness to Bible truth and the resulting contrast with error. For people in the church today to hide in the shadows when rebuking wrongful teachings because they fear negative reputational or career consequences, is difficult if not impossible to justify.
A few years ago I attended a baptism in one of our churches. As with many of our baptisms, the candidates are encouraged to give a testimony after they have come up out of the font (dried and re-dressed of course). At one point this particular lady said, " . . . and my late grandmother is now looking down on me from heaven.”
“When one clearly sees a duty, let him not presume to go to God with the prayer that he may be excused from performing it. He should rather, with a humble, submissive spirit, ask for divine strength and wisdom to meet its claims.”
Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 441.