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Category: Features
Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our Pastor Had an Affair
26 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy Our respected senior pastor has just been reported for having an affair with a married woman. The woman in question had some serious personal issues, and the pastor was counseling her. But it turned into something more. What are we parishioners to think now? Signed, Broken Trust Dear […]
The Local Church: The Rainforest of Adventism
An excerpt from The King Is in Residence, a new book by Dr. Charles Bradford. Back in the day, when invited to give a talk to young people, I developed a message that I titled, “Jesus, Yes; Church, No.” It was the age of Aquarius. Young people, and some older people as well, were becoming […]
Sharing Scripture, April 21-27
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Easter Sunday in an Adventist Church? I’m Horrified!
19 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Last Sabbath our pastor got up and announced that on Easter Sunday the church would have a sunrise service at the church to honor Christ’s resurrection, followed by breakfast. I immediately felt a chill of terror run through my body. I couldn’t believe that my Seventh-day Adventist Church […]
Sharing Scripture, April 14-20
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Could a Seldom-Drinker Be Trusted with a Church Job?
Dear Aunt Sevvy, There is an opening for a Pathfinder leader in our church, and only one volunteer. This man is a pillar of the church, he frequently helps others, he’s a family man and a hard worker. He would be wonderful with the Pathfinders. However, some in the church claim that he occasionally drinks […]
Sharing Scripture, April 7-13
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Your Deep Funk Isn’t Just a Spiritual Problem
5 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Over the last 3 years I have fallen deeper and deeper into a funk. I can’t seem to motivate myself to enjoy the things I used to. My mood has affected my work performance, and I’m in hot water with my bosses, but I just can’t seem to […]
Book Review: Religion and Social Change in Kenya
by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 4 April 2019 | Seventh-day Adventist missionaries entered Kenya in 1906. Because they were relatively late on the scene, and the British colonial government policy discouraged direct competition between missions, they concentrated their efforts for the first several decades on the region of western Kenya near Lake Victoria. Their efforts […]
I’ll Lay a Feather: A Poem
by John McLarty | 5 April 2019 | The world is heavy with hurt, Floods in Zimbabwe Tornadoes in Kansas Terrorists in Christchurch and Baghdad. Then there’s cancer and bills And heartbreak and lonely in the circle of humans who people my soul. Also, The world is adazzle with all manner of goodness Mothers who […]
Sharing Scripture: April 6, 2019
April 6, 2019 This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series […]