May the trials and triumphs of this new quinquennium be bathed in the glory of the blessed hope! May our transcendent agenda be the unbroken conquest of evil in our lives, and in the life of God’s corporate faith community, resulting in the glad refrain: “Next stop: the New Jerusalem.”
Read MoreTHE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST
The church which our Lord at His coming is to receive to Himself will be “a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing,” “fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.”
Read MoreTHE UNERRING LODESTAR
The global witness of the great Advent movement dare not be moderated or temporized for the sake of superficial unity, nor can it digress from its divine purpose in pursuit of causes defined by cultural grievance or secular political ideologies.
Read MoreA GOSPEL "WITH NO IF's"
Love-based, Spirit-empowered obedience is the condition of our salvation because such obedience is the only kind God will accept—the only kind that will secure the universe for eternity against a recurrence of the present rebellion.
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THE CONVERGENCE OF THE TWO L's
“The world can only be warned by seeing those who believe the truth sanctified through the truth, acting upon high and holy principles, showing in a high, elevated sense, the line of demarcation between those who keep the commandments of God and those who trample them under their feet.”
Ellen G. White, SDA Bible Commentary, vol. 7, p. 980.
Read MoreA CLARION CALL
We are not just a church; we are a movement with a message on a mission.
Read MorePERFECTION AND SINLESSNESS: ARE THEY DIFFERENT?
A popular presenter in certain circles of conservative Adventism is claiming that these two are different? What does the inspired evidence teach?
Read MoreSEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS AND THE UNITED NATIONS: WHY ENGAGEMENT DOES NOT COMPROMISE DOCTRINE
Certain individuals and congregations have urged the church to pursue a course of unqualified disengagement so far as this international body is concerned. Is this course wise?
Read MoreA TALE OF HYPOCRISY AND OPPORTUNITY
A most revealing exchange during the recent debate in the Texas state legislature over a law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
Read MoreCATHOLIC THEOLOGY AND IMPARTED RIGHTEOUSNESS
The question is, Who does the imparting?
Read More"GIVE NOT THINE HERITAGE TO REPROACH." Joel 2:17
This is a heartfelt plea to the people of God to read and study Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy writings, and to conform their lives to the divine thoughts and feelings revealed there. Only then will God see His character in His people, and return to take them to Himself, thus bringing the present scene of misery to an end.
Read MoreTHE FICTIVE JESUS OF POSTMODERN SPIRITUALITY
The loving acts of our Lord extended to all, regardless of their beliefs or practices, but in no way does this imply that acceptance within Christ’s kingdom is open to all, regardless of what they choose to believe or how they choose to live.
Read MoreTHE PAPAL SUCCESSION
The election of the first American pope gives every evidence of highlighting the prophetic interplay between the two symbolic beasts of Revelation 13.
Read MoreGRACE AND PROPHECY: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
Grace is the underlying and overarching theme of the Bible story, the heartbeat of its doctrinal and moral imperatives and the rationale of its prophetic revelations.
Read MoreREADY FOR THE WEDDING FEAST
Don’t fall for the trap that people set up when they say, “It’s not possible to keep the commandments. It’s not possible to live a perfect life.” While it is true that you cannot live a perfect life on your own, with the robe of Christ’s righteousness covering us and His power living within us, we are able to follow where He leads.
Read MoreTHE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT AND THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
The recent and very public departure from Adventism of a prominent figure in Adventist media ministry has again raised the issue of the assurance of salvation and how it relates to the classic Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of the investigative judgment. What does the Bible say?
Read MoreA LESSER-KNOWN SIGN OF THE END
“Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud” (James 5:3-4).
Read MoreIS CLOSING SCHOOLS THE ANSWER?
In a word, no. Genuine revival and reformation through a return to the inspired blueprint will rescue Seventh-day Adventist education with an impassioned recovery of the church’s doctrinal and practical mission, as set forth in Scripture and the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy.
Read MoreTHE ADVENTIST SALVATION-AND-PERFECTION CONTROVERSY: AN UPDATE
The scope of grace and perfection is again in the spotlight. What does the written counsel of God say?
Read MoreLIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE: WHO DECIDES?
The church is not obligated to legally or publicly defend any sort of conviction or practice on the part of its members, merely because it is claimed that such convictions or practices are based on the conscience. Only those conscientious choices, convictions, or practices sustained by the written counsel of God (Isa. 8:20; Acts 17:11) merit the public endorsement of the church and the commitment of church resources so far as the legal defense and protection of members’ conduct is concerned.
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