2014

by Ervin Taylor                                                                             This is Part 9 of the summary of Dr. Wilbur’s book. It should be emphasized […]

by Jack Hoehn   Note to readers: Jack was away from home, and he forgot to send in this commentary before he left  his home computer.   So this comment is on last week’s Sabbath School lessons on “Origins” Lesson 7 but the topic is important enough to review even though it was triggered by a statement […]

by Stephen Foster It would seem certain that we have all heard of the Spirit of Prophecy. What it is exactly is undoubtedly disputed— and isn’t the topic of this blog.   What I’d like to consider is the purpose of prophecy. That is to say, for all who consider the Bible indispensable — as […]

by Andy Hanson   I received this letter from a very special friend. How should I respond?   Andy,   I just finished a book, "God's Problem," by Bart D. Ehrman, that I think you'd find interesting.   The primary reason is that it is a survey and analysis of Biblical answers to the problem […]

by Jack Hoehn   These comments are on the current Sabbath School lessons on Origins Lesson 6 and attempt to open the conversation to a broader Adventist understanding of Creation.  Should Adventists have any trouble accepting an Intelligent Destroyer as well as an Intelligent Designer?    Memory Text: “And I will put enmity between you […]

by Ervin Taylor         On the weekend of February 8-10, 2013, more than 500 congregations associated with a number of Christian traditions will celebrate “2013 Evolution Weekend” as a means of emphasizing the compatibility of Christianity and biological evolution. This is the 8th year that such a weekend had been organized. We all know […]

by Lawrence Downing I’m old enough to have experienced “genuine” American Adventist adult Sabbath School “programs.” For those who are not of a certain age, here is how the typical adult Sabbath School unfolded: Song service, Scripture reading and opening prayer followed by the Superintendent’s Remarks, usually a “spiritual” lesson often accompanied by a “sweet” […]

by Chris Barrett   Sin: An immoral act considered to be a transgression against a divine law.   Considered by whom? Against the divine law of which God?   The many different proponents of an array of religions consider  “their” particular “deity” or “divine” as the one with the authority to declare divine laws, and […]

by Jack Hoehn   These comments are on the current Sabbath School lessons on Origins, Lesson 5 and attempt to open the conversation to a broader Adventist understanding of Creation.  Both Creationists and Evolutionists seem to be exercising a lot of imagination in their debates:    Sunday January 27  “The text does not say, but […]

by Ervin Taylor                                                                                                         […]

by Mark Gutman     Kenneth Parks lived in Toronto, Canada, with his wife and a five-month-old daughter. He had a “close” relationship with his in-laws, although he had marital problems. In the early hours of May 23, 1987, twenty-three-year-old Kenneth got out of bed and drove 14 miles to his in-laws’ home. He broke […]

by Preston Foster     My purpose, here, is to refocus the discussion begun in Part 1 of this article, to the possible adverse effects on our (Adventists') ability to influence other Christian believers about the spiritual importance of the 7th-day Sabbath and, also, to discuss the inability (of some) Adventists to embrace the full […]