Jere Patzer North Pacific Union Conference president By Jere Patzer I Saw the "Latter Rain" For years I’ve heard, preached, and believed that just before Christ’s return the "latter rain" would fall. This would be a time, as we understand it, when God’s Spirit would be poured out in such a powerful way that previously unreached people wo... Read more Thank You, Camp Staff As a former camp director, I can attest to the quality and value of our youth and family camp programs.There are at least five reasons why this “big business” of camp operation deserves the support and trust we place in it.· At a time when the wor... Read more It Can Happen Here As I write this editorial, I am in the midst of the Christ 2004 evangelistic series. It is an experiment—a multicultural experience. Anglo and Hispanic churches in the Forest Grove and Hillsboro, Oregon, areas have teamed together to share Christ ... Read more The Seventh-day Adventist Church and The Great Appointment 1844-2004 1844-2004I find myself thinking about this editorial as I return from our Church’s 2004 Annual Council. Attending were world leaders representing the organized Seventh-day Adventist work in 204 of the 230 countries of the world.It may be fruitful ... Read more A Distinctive Calling Seventh-day Adventist health care has been around for more than a century. What began as a humble sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, has expanded into a worldwide health system that has touched millions of lives around the globe. As vice chairm... Read more They Arent My Heroes! They Aren’t My Heroes! Read more Birth of Buffalo Signals Christs Imminent Return Birth of Buffalo Signals Christ’s Imminent Return Read more Cynical About Evangelism If you’ve grown a bit tired of or even a bit cynical about traditional public evangelism, read on because I can certainly relate. It was not until I had been in ministry many years that I preached my first series of meetings. Having recently compl... Read more Divinely Inspired Sabbath Schools My father vividly recalls what it was like growing up on the plains of North Dakota. His was one of the fortunate families to have electricity and therefore a radio, but no television or telephone.The weekly schedule consisted of hard work and mor... Read more Whatsoever Things Are Pure Mark Twain was once asked what he thought of Richard Wagner's music, to which he replied, "Well, it's not as bad as it sounds."There seems to be a bit of the same rationalization among society at large and Christians in particular when it comes to... Read more Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ››
I Saw the "Latter Rain" For years I’ve heard, preached, and believed that just before Christ’s return the "latter rain" would fall. This would be a time, as we understand it, when God’s Spirit would be poured out in such a powerful way that previously unreached people wo... Read more
Thank You, Camp Staff As a former camp director, I can attest to the quality and value of our youth and family camp programs.There are at least five reasons why this “big business” of camp operation deserves the support and trust we place in it.· At a time when the wor... Read more
It Can Happen Here As I write this editorial, I am in the midst of the Christ 2004 evangelistic series. It is an experiment—a multicultural experience. Anglo and Hispanic churches in the Forest Grove and Hillsboro, Oregon, areas have teamed together to share Christ ... Read more
The Seventh-day Adventist Church and The Great Appointment 1844-2004 1844-2004I find myself thinking about this editorial as I return from our Church’s 2004 Annual Council. Attending were world leaders representing the organized Seventh-day Adventist work in 204 of the 230 countries of the world.It may be fruitful ... Read more
A Distinctive Calling Seventh-day Adventist health care has been around for more than a century. What began as a humble sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, has expanded into a worldwide health system that has touched millions of lives around the globe. As vice chairm... Read more
Birth of Buffalo Signals Christs Imminent Return Birth of Buffalo Signals Christ’s Imminent Return Read more
Cynical About Evangelism If you’ve grown a bit tired of or even a bit cynical about traditional public evangelism, read on because I can certainly relate. It was not until I had been in ministry many years that I preached my first series of meetings. Having recently compl... Read more
Divinely Inspired Sabbath Schools My father vividly recalls what it was like growing up on the plains of North Dakota. His was one of the fortunate families to have electricity and therefore a radio, but no television or telephone.The weekly schedule consisted of hard work and mor... Read more
Whatsoever Things Are Pure Mark Twain was once asked what he thought of Richard Wagner's music, to which he replied, "Well, it's not as bad as it sounds."There seems to be a bit of the same rationalization among society at large and Christians in particular when it comes to... Read more
