Landless, Peter N. and McBride, Duane C., editors, Alcohol, All Risk, No Benefits. Pacific Press, 2024, 128 pages. Reviewed by Gregory Matthews. The strength of this book is the 151 references to the literature on alcohol that it provides. Some may wish that such material had been incorporated into the text of the book, rather than […]
11 March 2024 | Hasel, Frank M.; Magyarosi, Barna; Hoschele, Stefan; editors; Adventists and Military Service: Biblical, Historical, and Ethical, Perspectives; Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, Safeliz, 2019, 225 pages. Ten international scholars have attempted to inform us as to how Adventists have related to military service internationally. The time period begins with the early […]
by Jack Hoehn “Every healing is a signpost of the Second Coming.” This book is beautifully short (64 pages) but biblically strong in asserting (all but 15 of the 130 footnotes are Scripture references) that the institutional and professional health care of Seventh-day Adventists is our most consequential contribution to the mission of Jesus […]
8 December 2023 | Scholars of the Adventist Society for Religious Studies (ASRS) have published two books based on the themes of the yearly conferences held in 2020 and 2022. The publisher is Oak & Acorn Publishing, Westlake Village, California. The books are major contributions to Sabbath theology, and to the ministry of healing. The […]
2 December 2022 | A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism; Maury D. Jackson and Nathan Brown, editors; Signs Publishing, Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 2022; 244 pages, US$21.99. Reviewed by Stephen Chavez Racism in North America is nothing new. It’s been part of the fabric of the United States since the […]
Reviewed by Ronald Graybill Donald E. Casebolt, Child of the Apocalypse: Ellen G. White (Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2022). Donald E. Casebolt, Father Miller’s Daughter: Ellen Harmon White (Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2022). If you were persuaded by Numbers’ Prophetess of Health that Ellen White borrowed erroneous health teachings from secular sources, Don […]
17 April 2022 | by Victor Lee Pontius Pilate: A Novel. by Paul Maier. Kregel Publications, Grand Rapids, MI, 1968. For several days recently, I got lost: buried in the pages of a historical novel sent to me by my nephew. In Pontius Pilate, a novel first published in 1968 and now in its 3rd […]