by Loren Seibold | 1 March 2018 | We pastors care deeply for our church members. We think about you during the week, pray for you, and want to do whatever we can to give you spiritual comfort. But one pastor serves many parishioners, and not all of you are equally appreciative of a pastor’s […]
by Carrol Grady | 1 March 2019 | I was born in 1936, and grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland, then the headquarters of our church. It was a very legalistic time. I was told that my probation could close at any moment, and I wouldn’t know it, but if I had any unconfessed sin […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: I may have done a terrible thing. I always make and freeze homemade lasagne hamburger casseroles for my family, and vegetarian ones for church potluck. On a recent Sabbath I pulled one out of the freezer and took it to church, where I heated it up and set it on the serving […]
By Werner E. Lange This commentary corresponds with “Satan and His Allies,” Sabbath School lesson for February 23-March 1. The Adventist interpretation of the second beast in Revelation 13 is unique. Adventist interpreters, starting with John N. Andrews in the 1860s, have it identified as the United States of America. This second beast rose from […]
26 February 2019 | In the ongoing saga of questionable management by Southern Asia Division officers, church members in the Hyderabad Seventh-day Adventist Church have gone to court against administrators who want to dispose of the congregation’s valuable property for commercial development. The sale of the property is being spearheaded by East-Central Indian Union (ECIU) […]
Benjamin Baker, PhD | 20 February 2019 | There is something about the combination of being black and Adventist that leads to awesomeness. Although small in number, black Adventists have had an outsized impact on their communities, their church, and their world. Enjoy the awesomeness! William J. Hardy is the first black elected to office […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our pastor was preaching recently on Christian families, when he suddenly went off on the topic of spanking. He didn’t just mention it as an option of last resort, but talked about it at length and with enthusiasm, almost as though he took joy in spanking children. My spouse and I don’t […]
By Ronald D. Graybill | 22 February 2019 | Katy was curious. As Archivist for the Pacific Union College library, while sorting through oddly shaped documents in a map drawer, she came across a handwritten letter. Someone had scrawled the name “E. G. White” upside down at the top of the letter, but the handwriting […]
David Geelan | 22 February 2019 | I talk often about faith with my Christian and atheist friends, and less often with my Muslim and Buddhist friends (but I learn a lot when I do). I think that perhaps when the Christians and atheists talk, they somehow both over-simplify what faith means. For the atheists, […]
By Werner E. Lange | This commentary corresponds to “Satan, a Defeated Enemy,” Sabbath School lesson for February 16-22 Some Christians fear the devil as a fierce opponent. But Revelation 12:11 reveals the secret of how he can be overcome: “by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” Christ has […]
by Christopher C. Thompson | 15 February 2019 | I’m not sure exactly when it happened for me, but I have long been enamored with super-seniors. Particularly for me there is something about the builder generation (those born around 1925-1945). My mom’s mom was a builder. A block away from my grandmother lived another builder […]
14 February 2019 | The Times of India has reported that government regulators may no longer allow Spicer University to function as an accredited university in India. The article cites unspecified irregularities in admissions procedures, as well as the discovery last year of forged Ph.D. certificates by the vice-chancellor and two other top officials. The […]
