by Jack Hoehn | 30 December 2022 | [This is the second of two related articles. The previous article introducing this topic is called “DO ANGELS HAVE WINGS?”] I was baptized by a Trinitarian immersion in the White Memorial Church in Los Angeles, California, by A.L. Bietz. The baptistry in that church was far up […]
by Jack Hoehn | 16 December 2022 | [This is the first of two related articles on use of symbols and metaphors in the Bible. The next one is called IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON, AND MOTHERLY SPIRIT. ] Do angels have wings? What a question. Of course they have wings; everyone […]
by John B. Hoehn, MD All the cells of a developing human live, die, and are replaced by different cells many times. This is as God designed it to be to create healthy humans in his image. Whether spontaneous abortion or medical abortion is a sorrow or a crime is a religious question with different […]
[This article is reprinted from our best-selling book ADVENTIST TOMORROW—Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus by Jack Hoehn. Details on how to order your own copy are shown elsewhere on this page.] People knew Jesus. They knew his mother. They had seen him grow up in Nazareth. His followers knew him–a fantastic young man, riveting, […]
by Jack Hoehn | April 8, 2022 | A small Adventist church in my hometown of colleges, universities, and health care institutions is closer to the railroad tracks and the state prison than to the manicured lawns, sidewalks, libraries, lecture halls and church of Walla Walla University just a couple of miles away. It has […]
by Jack Hoehn | March 28, 2022 | An email this month sent out by my local conference suggested the following heartwarming story to encourage church offerings. I thought I should share some of it with those of you from other conferences. Offering Appeal for March 19, 2022 Local Church Budget “We worship God with […]
by Jack Hoehn Fairy tales are of questionable reputation. I was not nourished on them, but I doubt that today children could grow up not knowing about “The 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf” or “Little Red Riding Hood,” sharing the same durable long-toothed villain. Although “Goldilocks” doesn’t get traumatized by a wolf, […]
by Jack Hoehn | 9 September 2021 | Timothy R. Jennings MD is a prominent Chattanooga psychiatrist who graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in 1990 and did a psychiatry residency at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Atlanta. He has been especially noted for treating depression with […]
30 June 2021 | Reviewed by Jack Hoehn Stephen C. Meyer is very easy to listen to and very understandable when he participates in the many debates he has had presenting the scientific basis of Intelligent Design. His two previous major books, Darwin’s Doubt (2013) and Signature in the Cell (2009), can both be read […]
by Jack Hoehn | June 11, 2021 | One year ago today, I wrote an article I need to keep rereading. It was published June 20, 2020. It was the response of a white Adventist to the Black Lives Matter movement, and a recognition that all white people have a generational debt from our ancestors that […]
by Jack Hoehn | 21 January 2021 | What happens with great expectation or with great disappointments? How are Americans reacting to life post-elections? How are Adventists feeling about our expectations? Did you know there was once a “Walla Walla Jesus?” The town of Walla Walla and its Seventh-day Adventist Walla Walla University (in the […]
by Jack Hoehn | December 1, 2020 | Adventists have learned the details of the church’s “Health Message” are inspired good advice and not all divine oracle. For some, this has led to discounting many things the church promoted as the “Adventist Lifestyle.” Some Adventist health practices have become universally accepted good advice but the […]
