by Jack Hoehn These comments continue a weekly discussion on the current Sabbath School lessons on Origins Lesson 4. They attempt to open the conversation to a broader understanding of Creation than simply young-earth, short-week Creationism. In general I find Lesson 4 very useful, showing additional creation stories throughout the Bible, which add breadth and […]
by Andy Hanson The story of The Fall has been and always will be the bane of biblical literalists. I have never heard a sermon preached that dealt with the entire story. It’s as if Genesis 3:22 & 23 doesn’t exist! Consider the facts as reported in the NIV. Now the serpent was […]
by Ervin Taylor This is Part 7 of the summary of Dr. Wilbur’s book. It should be emphasized that all of the text in this series of blogs in bold font in the body of the text of the chapter summary has been kindly provided by Dr. Wilbur. If there are any of my […]
by Jack Hoehn These comments are on the current Sabbath School lessons on Origins and attempt to open the conversation to a broader understanding of Creation than simply Young Earth Creationism. Introduction Lesson 3: “ Why did He choose to make the seven-day time cycle that we call a week?” The Creator […]
by Preston Foster There are theological and spiritual problems with Adventist fundamental belief (FB) #19. They are, as they say, “nontrivial.” FB 19 deals with the Law of God as defined by the 10 Commandments of Exodus 20. The problems are contained in this excerpt of FB 19: “They (the […]
by Jack Hoehn Introduction Lesson 2: “Starting with a planet that was unformed and unfilled, God spent the first three days forming the world for occupation and the last three filling it.” How refreshing to see our official GC-approved Sabbath School Lesson educating Sabbath School members that Genesis 1 may […]
by Lawrence Downing Charlie Rose, on the January 6, 2013, 60 Minutes program, interviewed innovator David Kelly, founder of IDEO, one of the most influential product-design firms in America. His creations are part of American life and culture: the computer mouse, Apple Computer and many others. His goal, Kelly told Rose, is to make things […]
by Jack Hoehn 2013 for Seventh-day Adventists starts out with the first quarter Sabbath School lessons written by the head of the Geoscience Institute in Loma Linda, G. James Gibson, and edited (perhaps more than less?) by Clifford Goldstein. For the first 13 weeks of this next year it explores the importance and consequences […]
by Andy Hanson I can clearly remember how I, as a teacher, felt on the last day of school when a student returned my copy of the high school yearbook. I hadn't seen it in a week. It had been passed around from student to student in a large high school. Where it had […]