The question of women’s ordination dominated the headlines at the recent 2015 General Conference, but the real concern was the advancing power of “higher criticism” within the church.
Read MoreThe horse that wouldn't go to church
Samuel had changed. All of his co-workers had noticed. As a foreman at the local flour mill, it was his duty to inspect the transactions and conduct of those under him.
Read MoreDid Jesus really exist?
Radical skepticism about the claims of the gospels is in vogue, including the “Jesus as myth” position, which argues that Jesus never even existed.
Read MoreConundrum of the balanced view
The year was 1999, and a denominational publishing house heard my conversion story from homosexuality, and asked me to submit my story for publication, as a resource for our denomination.
Read MoreAre you all in for Him?
We know the story and we know how it ends. We even have an instruction manual to guide us to the assured victory, yet many still fear the end of time.
Read MoreThe God of little things
I ran back to the car and looked through it. Nothing. An anxious feeling began to take hold of me as I frantically searched the car. I looked everywhere.
Read MoreThey that wait
A couple weeks ago I tried “greeting” for the first time at my church. I enjoyed interacting with many of the members and hearing about how their weeks had gone. But after replying “fine, how are you?” and “I can’t complain,” they walked over to their friends and did just that.
Read MoreNo place for emotionalism
I was disturbed to observe that many Adventists use their emotions to make spiritual decisions. Secondly, I observed that many resorted to manipulative means to convince others to view women’s ordination through the same lenses as they.
Read MoreHow many sermons?
How many sermons will it take us to humbly submit to the Lord? How many sermons will it take us before we allow Him to be Sovereign of our life? I believe this is a question each one of us need to ask ourselves.
Read MoreWhere are my constitutional rights in Jesus?
We are often proud of our country because of the liberties it offers. These liberties are mainly associated with the rights and protections incorporated by or read into the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Read MoreSubmitting to each other for the sake of unity
My husband quickly learned that curling is a gentleman’s game and that all team members must submit to the skip’s directions for rock placement and for sweeping to curl the rock.
Read MoreThe Toronto 2015 Pan Am games and the baton of truth
In mid-July, Toronto Canada hosted the famous Pan Am Games, the world’s third largest international multi-sport competitive event, where representatives from 41 countries participated in a host of summer sport competitions.
Read MoreMachine analyzes Ted Wilson's post-election sermon
The contribution of this article is to show how a computer was able to analyze Wilson’s speech by means of Natural Language Processing. Natural language refers to a language, such as English, that we use for our daily communication.
Read MoreWhich church is going through?
Faithful believers often say that though the church appears as though it is going to fall, it will go through to the end. We know this is true because Christ promised that the gates of hell will not prevail against His church.
Read MoreThe Confederate flag and Christian perfection
Recently, the Confederate battle flag, revered by an alleged shooter, quickly became the focus of controversy and sentiment for revilement and removal.
Read MoreReflexes
A baby's brain is a beautiful thing. At birth, a baby’s brain contains over 100 billion nerve cells or neurons, constituting almost all that it will ever have.
Read MoreTen questions for Dr. Ken Shaw
Having spent most of your career at a state university, what do you like best about your move into the Adventist educational system?
Read MoreWhat San Antonio Accomplished
The 60th session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will be remembered for its cluster of positive accomplishments relative to biblical clarity and faithfulness.
Read MoreWhere do we go from here?
Clearly, people on all sides of the debate have held strong views and opinions for reasons they sincerely believe to be irrefutable. But what now?
Read MoreLessons of warning from Lucifer's rebellion
We are told that Satan made war against God in heaven and that he continues to make war upon God’s remnant people on earth (Rev. 12:7, 8, 17). Therefore, it makes sense to examine what happened in heaven long ago, so we can resist the devil’s assaults today.
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