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.”

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. 

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.

“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.

A popular presenter in certain circles of conservative Adventism is claiming that these two are different? What does the inspired evidence teach?

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.

The question is, Who does the imparting?

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.

The election of the first American pope gives every evidence of highlighting the prophetic interplay between the two symbolic beasts of Revelation 13.