by Mark McCleary, 8 November 2017 The world and the church need good leaders. Are they born or developed? Ellen White says that while men are looking for better methods, solutions, and programs, God is looking for persons who “cannot be bought or sold”, and who do what is right “though the […]
Hailing from a country in one of two hemispheres, Sabine Dürer is a recent fifth-generation convert to Adventism. He or she may or may not have been Adventist-educated through college, or work for a major SDA institution, but perhaps not. Sabine enjoys spending time outdoors in his or her urban rural community, cooking sweet, salty, sour, […]
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by Sam Millen, 4 November 2017 October 31st has come and gone. No, I’m not referring to Halloween in America, but All Hallows’ Eve (All Saint’s Eve) in Germany 500 years earlier. On October 31st, 1517, the German monk and theology professor Martin Luther decided to nail his 95 Theses against Indulgences on the Bulletin Board […]
Hailing from a country in one of two hemispheres, Sabine Dürer is a recent fifth-generation convert to Adventism. He or she may or may not have been Adventist-educated through college, or work for a major SDA institution, but perhaps not. Sabine enjoys spending time outdoors in his or her urban rural community, cooking sweet, […]
by Winona Winkler Wendth, 3 November 2017 “You have power over my body but the Lord Jesus hath power over my body and soul.” During the early spring in 1638, Anne Hutchinson stood before a tribunal led by Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop. Hutchinson was answering to a crime : “ […]
by Loren Seibold, October 31, 2017 Because our website was down yesterday, this final day’s report wasn’t put up until now. I apologize for its being so late! On the last day of NADYEM17, the room rather emptied out. I confess, I too left early—only a half hour—to head for home, so I could be […]
by Loren Seibold, 30 October 2017 As I expected, today was a much less stressful day at NADYEM, and I am delighted. That means I can quickly catch you up on a few happenings, and get a good night’s sleep! Personal note: I had a Wednesday pastoral work day and evening meeting, […]
For data enthusiasts, the NAD Executive Secretary’s report is always anticipated. When his slides are released, we will have them available on our website. One of the major themes of G. Alexander Bryant’s presentation was excessive bleeding taking place at the congregation level with members leaving for good, or taking a break from church attendance. […]
by Loren Seibold, Sunday, 29 October 2017 Each year when I come to these meetings—both of them in the autumn—it’s impossible not to notice how dramatically they differ. The General Conference annual meeting is solemn, stiff, and tense. There is a low-grade anxiety that hovers over the room. The departmental reports, however good they may […]
by Paul Richardson, 27 October 2017 The second day of the North American Division’s Year-end Meetings has continued with ongoing excitement for the grand opening of the Division’s new headquarters.. The first NAD president, Charles E Bradford and his wife Ethel, were interviewed at the morning meeting. In their inimitable style, they […]
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid called Thunderdome. It’s one of a series of films about a character named Mad Max. Max lives in a dystopian world where survival is the only objective. The Thunderdome is a literal cage dome where futuristic gladiators face off in hand to hand combat to […]
