Lyrical reflections on the Wise Men who sought our Lord, and those who still seek Him today.

While we don’t know exactly what a purified, visible denomination will look like in the context of the final events, we can be certain from the inspired predictions that God will have such a purified organization in the last days, and that the notion of certain ones that God will cease to work through the organized Adventist body as we near the close of time, is erroneous.

A story from the siege of Jerusalem by the Roman armies reminds us of the perils of preaching imminent trouble without also declaring God’s promises of a way of escape and ultimate deliverance.

In both the church and society, some of the best and most needed standards of conduct can be tarnished by the inconsistent advocacy of those who either adhere to such standards or seek to enforce them. Such hypocrisy merits correction, pure and simple. But it doesn’t make the standards themselves invalid.

Unless the Word of God arrests our attention with its condemnation of our disobedience to the divine law—what some might describe as “clobbering”—it cannot perform its role as the schoolmaster to bring us to Christ (Gal. 3:24).

While admonishing fellow believers who post online to conduct themselves like true Christians is certainly appropriate, the present cacophony of online voices should never be allowed by the thoughtful believer to define the spirit or mindset of those for whom such voices presume to speak.

As America confronts the pending transfer of presidential power, Seventh-day Adventists in the United States and elsewhere are forced to take stock of the prophetic and eschatological implications of the recent election, and of the past four years.

Every American is a steward of this Republic. Seventh-day Adventist Christians, because of our knowledge of inspired prophecy, possess an even greater obligation as custodians of this free state.

What may seem contradictory in the current pope’s stance relative to the legal recognition of same-sex marriage must be viewed in the light of the inspired pronouncement: “And let it be remembered, it is the boast of Rome that she never changes” (Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, p. 581).

The God of Scripture is not the enabler of arrogant risk-taking, nor the ally of self-focused daredevils who thoughtlessly jeopardize their own health and that of others.

The recent passing of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the ensuing battle over her proposed replacement, has thrust issues of civil and religious freedom into the forefront of public consciousness and of the current U.S. presidential campaign.

Most of the time, those who teach error and do wicked things are not obviously bad.