Reasoning from Scripture
“Fires will break out unexpectedly, and no human effort will be able to quench them. The palaces of earth will be swept away in the fury of the flames. . . . The end is near, probation is closing! Oh, let us seek God while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near!”
Ellen G. White, Messages to Young People, pp. 89-90.
Read More“We cannot now step off the foundation that God has established. We cannot now enter into any new organization, for this would mean apostasy from the truth.”
Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 2, p. 390.
Read MoreThe crux of the issue in a continuing controversy among the striving faithful in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Read MoreWhen we learn to trust God and wait on Him, even when the situation seems impossible, we will, looking back, see that God’s way and God’s timing is always best.
Read More“The story of Bethlehem is an exhaustless theme.”
Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 48.
Read MoreDoes God’s grace annul the necessity of reproducing the perfect character of Jesus here and now? Or does it make this perfection possible?
Read MoreOne of the most powerful ways of revealing love is by showing grace to others. Is there someone you know—a friend, family member, co-worker, someone at church, a neighbor, even a stranger—who needs extra grace from you today? It can sometimes be difficult, but let us remember our Lord’s promise, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness” (II Cor. 12:9).
Read MoreAs 2024 draws to a close, the world and the church continue to face crisis. And the needs of our ministry, material and otherwise, continue to persist.
Read MoreIt is sad, though at times perhaps amusing, the way visceral resentment on the part of theologically liberal Adventists against our classic eschatology in general and Ellen White in particular has led to unbelievable ignorance of both contemporary and historical reality so far as Catholic teachings are concerned.
Read MoreWe are all familiar with Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the tares. Most articles and discussions on this topic focus on how the wheat are to treat the tares. That is, they warn of the dangers of being too severe with alleged wrongdoers. But the main focus of this parable is not what we think and have often been taught.
Read MoreOn October 27, 2024, a scant twelve days after reaching the remarkable age of 103, my dear father, Richard Samuel Paulson, passed to his rest in the company of his loving family in Half Moon Bay, California.
Read MoreJesus came to set the captives free (see Luke 4:18), and this is the calling He gives us today. No one is beyond the reach of His healing hand. There are many beautiful passages giving hope and encouragement, pointing to a better, happier life—a life God intended, as outlined in His Word.
Read MoreIn the words of the psalmist, “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes” (Psalm 118:9). The message of Daniel 4:17 is still in the Bible—that “the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will.” The clash of freedom lovers and would-be tyrants is ever subject to the jurisdiction of the King of Kings.
Read MoreIn a few days, voters in the United States of America—if they haven’t voted already—will choose a new President and Vice-President, together with countless officials at varying levels of government. Once again it becomes us as Seventh-day Adventist Christians to assess our responsibility as citizens of this present world even as we prepare for citizenship in the world to come.
Read MoreOne hundred and eighty years ago today, in fulfillment of the Bible’s longest time prophecy (Dan. 8:14), heaven’s tribunal assembled to commence review of the life records of those within the human family who have professed to be followers of the God of Scripture (Dan. 7:9-14; 12:1; Rev. 3:5).
Why would it take the Lord this long to finish the judgment of the righteous dead?
Read MoreAs with so many other perversions of God’s truth that have at times tarnished the witness of God’s people, we can’t deny that inordinate fear of the final crisis has been a problem with certain ones among us. But we have to remember it was Christ Himself who encouraged His disciples to follow the signs betokening His return.
Read MoreThis week our site is publishing two articles in response to the recent renunciation of the Sabbath doctrine by a now-former Adventist pastor. As the final crisis nears, it is imperative that truths many have perhaps taken for granted be repetitively reinforced, objections old and new repetitively answered.
Read MoreThe doctrine of the Sabbath as the end-time seal of God follows the same pattern of theological deduction as doctrines like the Trinity, which are built on the harmony of biblical teachings rather than on a single explicit statement. The Sabbath, as a sign of God’s authority and a mark of His creative power, holds a central place in the final test of loyalty between God's law and human tradition.
Read MoreWhen God’s people exhaust their energies fighting over culture and politics, labeling each other with nasty epithets arising from agendas unknown to the Sacred Writings, they and those around them could easily find themselves growing so tired of controversy that the craving for peace at any price will gain increasing traction in the weary minds of spent believers.
Read MoreIn the shifting terrain of 1880s America, the National Reform Association (NRA) emerged as a voice determined to shape the nation's core values. Founded in 1864, the NRA's bod mission was to embed the recognition of God's sovereignty directly into the United States Constitution.
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