While mercy and kindness, rightly administered, most assuredly constitute an aspect of divine grace, the maintenance of doctrinal, liturgical, and moral integrity by the body of Christ also constitutes a manifestation of this grace. 

Assessing the rise, progress, and potential of what is arguably the greatest youth revival movement in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Kay Yvonne Buzzard Priebe, wife of Amazing Facts evangelist, revivalist, and Adventist theologian Dennis E. Priebe, passed to her rest on November 21, 2022. She and Dennis had been married 58 years. Her memorial service will be held at the Fairmont Seventh-day Adventist Church in Lodi, California, on January 21, 2023, at 3 p.m. Those desiring to watch the service online may do so at https://www.youtube.com/@fairmontsdachurch1595/streams

This is the sixth and final installment of our series responding to the lectures delivered at the North American Division ministerial meeting in June 2022 in Lexington, Kentucky, in which the cluster of teachings known as Last Generation Theology were conspicuously and publicly challenged.  This installment will focus on the misrepresentation of the teachings of M.L. Andreasen by one of the lecturers in question, and will offer some final thoughts on the controversy in general.

Another lyrical flourish to mark the season.

This is the fifth installment of our series responding to the lectures delivered at the North American Division ministerial meeting in June 2022 in Lexington, Kentucky, in which the cluster of teachings known as Last Generation Theology were conspicuously and publicly challenged.  This installment will focus on the lectures in question relative to the great controversy and the vindication of God’s character.

This is the fourth installment of our series responding to the lectures delivered at the North American Division ministerial meeting in June 2022 in Lexington, Kentucky, in which the cluster of teachings known as Last Generation Theology were challenged. This installment will focus on the lectures in question relative to the meaning of character perfection as defined in Scripture and the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy.

Neither culture (whatever label it wears) nor extra-Biblical ideologies should drive our understanding of inspired prophecy or the moral agenda of the Seventh-day Adventist Christian.

Principle should always stand supreme in the political choices of the Christian. On this basis I would like to identify five (5) principles which, among others, should guide Seventh-day Adventists in America who have yet to participate in the pending midterm elections in our country:

This is Part 3 of a series of articles responding to some lectures at the North American Division ministerial meetings in Lexington, Kentucky, which offered criticism of the construct known as Last Generation Theology. This article considers the content of the lectures under review with regard to salvation and the atonement.

This is Part 2 of a series of articles responding to some lectures at the North American Division ministerial meetings in Lexington, Kentucky, which offered criticism of the construct known as Last Generation Theology. This article considers the content of the lectures under review with regard to the nature of sin and the human nature of Christ.

At a gathering this past summer of pastors, administrators, and laypersons in the North American Division, two prominent professors from the SDA Theological Seminary at Andrews University offered major criticisms of the doctrinal construct that has come to be known as Last Generation Theology. What follows is the first installment of an assessment of these criticisms based on Scripture, the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy, and other sources.

“The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, fire and flood, disasters by sea and land, follow each other in quick succession. Science seeks to explain all these. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause.”

Ellen G. White, Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 408.

Watching the desperate people of Jackson, Mississippi, during those weeks of suffering, I found myself pondering how much worse it will be when plumbing fixtures and water bottles will dispense blood, when no relief from sores, thirst, or heat will be available. Praise the God of all mercy that probation still lingers! Oh, let us seek Him while He may be found! Let us call on Him while He is near! (Isa. 55:6).