PAUL AND PERFECTION

Despite the illusions of evangelicals both inside and outside Adventism, the apostle Paul’s witness affirming the possibility of divinely-empowered character perfection in this life is clear beyond misunderstanding.

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THE SECRET OF JOY

It is in Christ’s presence where true joy is found. But how do we practice His presence today, when He is physically no longer walking the earth? It is through His words, as recorded in the Bible, and by communion with Him in prayer.

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NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION LEADERS CALL FOR SUPPORT OF ASIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

As leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, we denounce the recent acts of violence and hatred against our brothers and sisters in the Asian-American community. God calls us to love all His children, no matter our differences. Our diversity makes us stronger as a people, and the variety of cultures making up our territory are a direct reflection of His creative power.

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FALSE REPORTS OF PERSECUTION

Neither civil authorities nor others will take the warnings of Christians seriously regarding threats to religious freedom if Christians develop the reputation of spreading lies, fabrications, and exaggerations relative to such threats. Crying “Wolf!” for little or no reason may excite a political constituency, but it erodes the very credibility needed when genuine threats arise and warnings are raised concerning them.

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THE GOD OF DELIVERANCE

They were quite literally up against the wall. Nearly the entire chosen nation was now scattered among the heathen. All that was left was Jerusalem, her ramparts now under siege by the mightiest military machine the world had yet witnessed. Hope seemed to have fled from the stoutest hearts—-until the Lord of hosts took the field, sent His angel to overfly the enemy, and caused the boasting of Zion’s adversaries to cease.

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ANTICIPATING THE WRONG TYRANNY

A recent series of sermons, delivered by the president of a prominent supporting ministry in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, seek to prepare the denomination for what the speaker holds to be the imminent rise of totalitarianism in the United States, which he thinks will be characterized by anti-Christian atheism, Marxism, and socialism. But is he, in fact, anticipating the wrong tyranny?

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