by Admiral Ncube  |  11 January 2021  | Adventism globally is enjoying phenomenal growth, with membership now in excess of 22 million. While acknowledging that numbers—be they demographic or financial—are not an indicator of spirituality or faithfulness, the numerical growth of Adventism globally should be celebrated. Statistics on accessions through baptism and profession of faith […]

by Danita Rasmussen  |  8 January 2021  |   I love stories. And while I was growing up, nothing pleased me more than being able to listen to a story on a cassette tape. Whether I was in the car, in my room, or carrying the story with me on my Walkman, I loved to listen!  […]

By Jonathan Butler  |  6 January 2021  | Too often these days “The Second Coming,” William Butler Yeats’s prescient poem, comes to mind. It echoes The Book of Revelation and the world outside our windows. It’s as if the poem haunts every aspect of our social, political, economic, and religious lives: the “falcon cannot hear the […]

by S.M. Chen  |  4 January 2021  | Pastor Mark McWilliams was killed and 2 others injured in a shooting Sunday in an east Texas church, about 100 miles from Dallas, after McWilliams confronted Mytrez Woolen, who had hidden from police in the church overnight. McWilliams, pastor of Starrville Methodist Church, discovered Woolen hiding in […]

by Loren Seibold  |  31 December 2020  | Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And […]

by Elliot Pinero  |  30 December 2020  | For most of my life, I have not only believed that those who commit suicide will not be saved, but also found myself preaching as much. I felt sorry for those individuals, who according to my beliefs, were eternally lost and could never do a thing about […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  28 December 2020  | “Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; For I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God.” (Ps. 42:11) Sometime during my college graduation weekend, my mother presented me with the gift […]

by Reinder Bruinsma  |  28 December 2020  | In my native Dutch language we either wish people a “happy” or a “blessed” new year. Many of my compatriots may not be aware of the origin of this difference: those with a Protestant heritage prefer to use the term “happy,” while people with a Roman Catholic […]

by Loren Seibold  |  25 December 2020 This essay was first printed in the 2020 Winter edition of Intersections, the magazine of the Glendale City Church. Perhaps my very first experience of standing for truth though the heavens fall began with standing on my tiptoes at the school lunch counter at the Gackle, North Dakota, […]

by Christopher C. Thompson  |  22 December 2020  |   This has been the weirdest year ever—and the competition with past years in my life isn’t even close. We’re ready for Christmas! We’re starving for some good news, good cheer, warm and fuzzy feelings, and a break from the bad news that 2020 keeps dishing out. […]

By Raj Attiken  |  22 December 2020  |   Christmas, heralded by some as “the most wonderful time of the year,” routinely receives a bit of a bashing in Christian circles. The haranguing may be over such things as Christmas ads, decorations, greetings, songs, trees, shopping, and even the design on Starbucks holiday cups. There is […]