by Jack Hoehn | March 20, 2019 | My library has at least three shelves stuffed with books attempting to define, defend, deny, or destroy the theory of life that Charles Darwin began to write about (noted especially by Adventists) in 1844. It is possible that this definitive book may be the last one […]
A photo essay courtesy of Lori Mallory Eckhart,[1] who has photographed some of the near 30 healing murals of artist Shane Grammer[2] created amidst the desolation of Paradise, California. submitted by Jack Hoehn. (These murals are done by Shaun Grammar. This one is at the site of the former Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church.) Jack […]
by Jack Hoehn | February 14, 2019 | “Let us make humans in our image, male and female” is the religious answer to why sex exists. With no adequate evolutionary explanation for the origins of sex, something intentional in the Mind behind creation is as strong an answer as any other. Reproduction requiring a giver […]
by Jack Hoehn | January 16, 2019 | As we awaken from a dream, we usually understand dreams to be fantastic. Although connected with reality, dreams are usually more emotional than factual. We dream fears or hopes. Sometimes we awake crying, laughing, or even yelling, but rarely with new facts or information. What about holy […]
The Sabbath is beautiful in concept, but like fine china sometimes seems fragile and we are advised to take care not to break it. But unlike breakable china or crystal the Sabbath remains completely indestructible. by Jack Hoehn | December 9, 2018 | If there is one unique thing about Seventh-day Adventists among Christians it […]
by Jack Hoehn | 29 November 2018 | Jack’s wife Deanne’s family home, his sister-in-law’s homes, and the Adventist hospital, church community and school that the Dean Hoiland family helped found in Paradise, California, were destroyed or seriously damaged by the unprecedented town-destroying Camp Wildfire disaster. Alaska too has had everything now shaken. When everything […]
by Jack Hoehn | 2 November 2018 | Shouldn’t Christian women just admit that they are born to lives of subservience? Paul has written things to the church in Corinth difficult to accept. But if Paul said it, and I understand it, doesn’t that settle it? Let’s journey with Jack to Corinth to see if […]
by Jack Hoehn | 17 September 2018 At the center of life stand two essential gifts, existence and understanding, well symbolized by Eden’s two trees, one offering “Life” and the other offering “Knowledge.” The Knowledge Tree was not a trap, it was a school. It was not a danger; it was an opportunity, one we […]
by Jack Hoehn | 2 September 2018 | There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggest places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about the need for a new understanding of Jesus necessary even for apostles. And […]
by Jack Hoehn There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggest places this church can grow with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about growing an Expanded Creationism for Adventists. This is the third of three articles on this important topic. The […]
by Jack Hoehn There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggest places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. This article is on an Expanded Creationism for Adventism growing big enough to fit the […]
by Jack Hoehn | 15 July 2018 | There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggests places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. This article #7a is on an expanded creationism, and parts […]
