by John Brunt | 19 January 2019 | From 2012 to 2014 I had the privilege of participating in the Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC), along with a little over 100 others, who met to hear papers and discuss the theology of ordination. Although the focus was on the broad issue of ordination, it […]
18 January 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: My husband is a pastor. On a recent Sabbath morning I taught Cradle Roll Sabbath School, told a children’s story, then sat up in front and kept my little ones quiet for the whole service, helped serve fellowship dinner (for which I’d prepared two dishes), and met after […]
In All Humility: Saying No to Last Generation Theology. by Reinder Bruinsma. Oak & Acorn Publishing, 2018. Reviewed by Steve Case. While this book is written primarily for Seventh-day Adventists, the background for it certainly predates Adventism. Christians for centuries have debated the nature of Christ and the nature of man. Was Christ fully God? Was […]
Commentary on “Jesus Message for the Seven Churches,” January 12-19, 2019 by Werner E. Lange | 16 January 2019 | Can you image that there is a big crisis in the heavenly council? Nothing less is described in Revelation 5:3-4: “No one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy: My husband is a wonderful man: kind, hard-working, a good father. But even though he and I both grew up in the church, now he won’t attend church with me. I hate sitting alone. We’ve had a few arguments about it, to the point where I just don’t bring it up anymore. […]
Commentary on “Among the Lampstands,” Lesson for January 5-11. by Werner E. Lange | 10 January 2019 | John saw a special “son of man” among seven golden lampstands in the vision that introduces the seven epistles to the seven churches (Rev 1:12-20). The identification of this “son of man” can be easily made on […]
by S M Chen | 9 January 2019 | “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.” William Cowper (1773), poem: “Light Shining out of Darkness” In June 2008 the Humboldt fire swept through Paradise, CA, a town of 27,000 in the Sierra Nevada. It scorched 23,000 acres. As many as 10,000 residents […]
by Steven Siciliano | 4 January 2019 | Some of the Bible’s most enigmatic sayings can also be the most enlightening in that their seeming incongruity, if carefully attended to, can serve a doctrinally corrective function. In cases where they appear to be out of harmony with our theological systems it’s not because the verses […]
Commentary on tomorrow’s Sabbath School lesson by Werner E. Lange | 4 January 2019 | Probably many of us have personally experienced or observed the following situation. A woman tries to make something clear to her husband, but does not feel understood. The conversation goes back and forth. Finally the woman says frustrated: “You don’t […]
by Reinder Bruinsma | 1 January 2019 | Most people are interested in new things: in buying new clothes and following the newest fashion, getting new furniture for their home, buying new gadgets, acquiring a new and faster laptop or tablet, and trying new holiday destinations, and all kinds of other new adventures. Companies want […]
by Steven Siciliano | 24 December 2017 | The phrase seems incongruous at best; scandalous or even offensive at worst. But Jesus, after all, was a Jew. The meaning of his story arises out of a worldview steeped in and shaped by the Hebrew scriptures. The familiar carols and scripture quotes that fill the air […]
