by Harry Banks "… I want to be like that!" I was startled by the comment. I'm not sure why, but I don't expect to hear lofty personal aspirations being expressed in the shark tank (our in house nickname for our Sabbath School Class). But here was this lady whom I had never met […]
by Debbonnaire Kovacs John 6:1-15 I’m running. My bag is bumping against my side and I’m getting a little out of breath, but I don’t care. I want to be in the front, where I can see. There’s a jillion people! More people than I’ve ever seen in one place before, even when Abba took […]
by Stephen Foster What is greed? Normally, I would now furnish a dictionary definition; but is there a need in the case of greed? The meaning of greed is amorphous; not unlike that of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s definition of pornography—“I know it when I see it.” In western culture, especially […]
by Katelyn Pauls The rainy season is now upon us here in Thailand. Every day for the last 3-4 days it has down-poured in the afternoon. However, the weather is cooler now and we are able to sleep comfortably at night with no air conditioning, just leaving the windows open. We have been doing some […]
by Andy Hanson NOTE FROM ANDY: Readers, I asked Beatrice Neff to reflect on the Whistleblower and the Corporation series and your responses before posting Part 4. I am in her debt. Andy I applaud Andrew Hanson and Adventist Today for taking on the controversial story of Patricia Moleski, the whistleblower who is going up […]
by Mark Gutman Recently the discussion in our Sabbath School class took a brief detour because a member was surprised that a verse was missing from her Bible. She had been asked to read Matthew 23:15 and had just noticed that verse 14 was missing. For a moment I was mentally back in […]
by Jack Hoehn It’s summer time. Kids out of school, mom and dad have a few weeks off — so we roll to the lake, drive to the farm, and take another look at this big beautiful world we credit to an Intelligent Designer and Powerful Sustainer, who created time, amongst the rest of the […]
by Katelyn Pauls July 10 We arrived in Bangkok late Wednesday, July 4th. After resting for about 4 hours, we got up and started our journey to Ubon. Two pastors from Bangkok had meetings in Ubon and they drove us in a truck. It was a perfect way to see the Thai countryside. The Thai […]
by Ervin Taylor An article posted recently (July 6, 2012) on the Christianity Today (CT) web site will almost certainly resonate with many Adventist scientists who are involved on both sides of the polarizing debates about evolution and creation which have been under way within the Adventist faith community over the last 3-4 decades. This […]
by Harry Banks CHEMISTRY The experiment is ridiculously easy. You take a pink strip of litmus paper and dip it in a solution. Wow! Pretty exciting, huh? If the paper turns blue, you know the solution is a base or alkaline solution. Some of your household alkali solutions are ammonia, bleach, baking soda, soap, and […]
by Nathan Brown The Race The Race is an allegorical story, loaded with symbols and metaphors but not so much that the story is overburdened. The central premise is a 6000-mile running race, the prize for which is a rich inheritance from a wealthy benefactor for all who finish. Following in his family tradition, Chris […]
by Debbonnaire Kovacs Mark 6:1-13 That's you. That's me. Jesus lays his hands on our heads and says, "Go. Don't take extra clothes or money or food. Carry your walking stick–you're going to be on the road for a while. Stick together; two heads are better than one. I hereby give you authority over demons […]