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Say 'Uncle!'

September 22, 2015 Omar Miranda

When I was a kid, I used to get into all kinds of fights with my two brothers—over all kinds of silly stuff. Anybody who has brothers or sisters knows what I’m talking about. 

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In Devotional Tags submission, obey, obedience, jesus, god, adventist

Greasy fingers

September 17, 2015 Shanley Lutchman

“Beware of the greasy finger effect,” my new supervisor warned me.

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In Devotional Tags adventist, greasy, fingers, god

God is craving your time

September 16, 2015 Lerotholi Johnny Mahao

Life is made up of time. That is, fragments of time when added together make up life.

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In Devotional Tags time, devotional, adventist

Radical spirits

September 14, 2015 Marcus Sheffield

Adventist scholar Laurel Damsteegt has done a thorough study into the relationship between Spiritualism and feminism in the nineteenth century.

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In Opinion Tags feminism, spirits, spiritualism, ann braude

Test case one: Adventists and Kim Davis

September 10, 2015 Caleb Torres

I couldn’t help but think about Kim Davis, who recently put her job on the line to stand strong for her convictions.

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In Opinion Tags kim davis, adventists, case

Ethical eating

September 8, 2015 Wicus den Dulk

As Adventists, we have an acute awareness of the God’s principles for ideal health, and we believe that, as we draw closer to our redemption, God seeks to more fully restore His image within His people.

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In Health Tags food, salvation, adventist

What if the Bible is really true?

September 6, 2015 Wayne Blakely

In doing some research for another article, I happened upon a quote from an article written in Spectrum magazine after I first shared my testimony six years ago. 

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In Opinion Tags homosexuality, adventist, church, spectrum

1 million GLOW tracts to be ‘scattered’ in Philadelphia before Pope’s arrival

September 2, 2015 Mary Hilde

In Pope Francis’ first visit to the USA Sept. 22, thousands of fans will greet him in Washington D.C.

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In News Tags tracts, literature, pope, philadelphia

God wants us to eat meat

September 1, 2015 Omar Miranda

When did you become a Christian? Years and years ago? A couple of years ago? This year? This month? Today? 

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In Opinion

Come and see

August 30, 2015 Francis Owusu-Banahene

Often, we create imaginary scenes and then hold on to them as if they were real. The tragedy of it all is that it is so easy to believe lies and dismiss truth.

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In Opinion

Higher criticism in the Adventist church

August 28, 2015 Marcus Sheffield

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.

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In Opinion Tags higher criticism, bible, adventist, womens ordination

The horse that wouldn't go to church

August 25, 2015 Rebecca Nowdesha

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.

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In Opinion Tags supreme court, jesus, homosexual

Did Jesus really exist?

August 23, 2015 David Read

Radical skepticism about the claims of the gospels is in vogue, including the “Jesus as myth” position, which argues that Jesus never even existed.

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In Apologetics Tags jesus, exist, adventist, arguments

Conundrum of the balanced view

August 20, 2015 Ron Woolsey

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.

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In Opinion Tags homosexuality, gay, lesbian, adventist, church, balanced

Are you all in for Him?

August 18, 2015 Darcee Christensen

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.

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In Devotional Tags jesus, adventist

The God of little things

August 16, 2015 Shane Hilde

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.

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In Devotional Tags adventist, santorini, travel, iphone, prayer

They that wait

August 13, 2015 Wendy Williams

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.

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In Devotional Tags headache, christ, wait, adventist

No place for emotionalism

August 11, 2015 Marcus Sheffield

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.

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In Opinion Tags spectrum magazine, adventist today, emotionalism, womens ordination, ordination, san antonio

How many sermons?

August 9, 2015 Keith Boyce

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.

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In Opinion Tags sermons, adventist

Where are my constitutional rights in Jesus?

August 7, 2015 Val Loumber

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.

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In Opinion Tags liberties, constituion, rights, jesus, adventist
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