by Debbonnaire Kovacs 10. Two people can be on the same Path to the same Center, walking in opposite directions. This was another of my most important insights when I first began to learn about labyrinths. I used to believe you could tell where a person was headed by specific things you saw them doing […]
by Nathan Brown About why It has been an interesting week in politics in Australia, which would take much longer to explain than this paragraph. In short, the former prime minister and outgoing foreign minister—Kevin Rudd—challenged the current prime minister for her leadership of their party and the Australian government. On a party vote of […]
by Cindy Tutsch Can we find the picture of our religious ancestors’ birth in Scripture? Our Adventist pioneers, those intrepid spiritual ancestors who set a pretty high bar in terms of mission, priorities, and love for their Savior, saw themselves in Revelation 10. So I’d like us to take a historical approach to Revelation 10. […]
by Debbonnaire Kovacs #3: It has a quiet place at the center. This is possibly the most special thing about the labyrinth–not just that it has a quiet place, but that it reminds me that I have one, too. Really. No matter what chaos, excitement, sorrow, joy, frustration, or loneliness is swirling around my head […]
by Charles Eaton Why do the two Seventh-day Adventist Conferences continue to be separated, de facto, by race? Admittedly, I am not much of an historian, but some basic research into the history of this church demonstrates that the two conferences were indeed necessary when overt racism was rampant through the United States. It seems […]
by Debbonnaire Kovacs Mark 1:36-38 [Jesus’ disciples tell him the crowd is looking for him, and he says, “Let’s go somewhere else. . . that is what I came for.”] How hard would it be to say "No," to walk away from a crowd that was asking for you, especially if you knew you could […]
by Herb Douglas Two thoughts have been working on my mind this morning. On one hand, I was thinking about a song that Bing Crosby made famous, a song composed by Irving Berlin. (Has there ever been a more famous, more pleasing combination?): source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/ “A greyhound who had lots of speed was surely bound […]
by Stephen Foster Exactly what is it about the word “secular” that particular elements of the American religious-political class find so objectionable; so much so that it is routinely considered and used as a pejorative? The following is from dictionary.com. sec·u·lar [sek-yuh-ler] adjective 1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are […]
by Mark Gutman When a new Bible translation is released, a litmus test for very conservative Bible students or scholars is its translation of one Hebrew word in Isaiah 7:14. If the new version translates the word as “virgin,” it will probably be acceptable. Any translation other than “virgin” means the version is […]
by Mailen Kootsey Comment: This excellent essay by Dr. Kootsey raises an important issue rarely considered when we address issues dealing with the assumptions we hold when we are discussing the topics surrounding the relationship between science and religion including the contentious issues surrounding evolution. I hope this will generate much discussion. Erv Taylor This […]
by David Hamstra On October 10, 2011, church leaders announced a timetable for studying the theology of ordination over the next few years, the latest action following a promise at the 2010 General Conference session to study the issue. Artur Stele, a world church vice president and director of the Biblical Research Institute, […]
by Charles Eaton The story of Tim Tebow has been the banner story of the National Football League (NFL) this year. To those who do not follow football, Tebow is the quarterback of the Denver Broncos and a very outspoken Christian. It is not an exaggeration to say that Tebow talks about Christ more than […]