Tongues of Fire This year the powerful planners of camp meeting called upon me to teach a class on the Holy Spirit. This subject fascinates me as a former Adventist preacher’s kid, turned Pentecostal, turned Adventist pastor. My background creates morbid fascinat... Read more
After the Ordination Vote, What Now? By the time you read this, the General Conference Session in San Antonio will be history, and world church delegates will have voted on perhaps the most explosive Adventist issue of our lifetime. I’m referring, of course, to the ordination of wome... Read more
Saving Adventist Education in the 21st Century Throughout the North Pacific Union, church schools and academies reopen their doors next month to serve our children and teens. But what about next year? Read more
Learning the Language I took German in high school, instead of Spanish, because I thought it would be funny. After all, saying “ambulancia” (“ambulance” in Spanish) is nowhere near as stimulating as crying out “krankenwagen!” A lot of other students had the same idea, ... Read more
New From Pacific Press Editor's Note: Periodically the Gleaner will feature reviews or summaries of recently published books from the Pacific Press Publishing Association. Following are the second set of featured books in the series. Read more
Proving Ourselves Wrong The mission of the Christian church is to prove how right we are … right? Read more
Extralogical Enlightenment How can we trust and obey an invisible, inaudible God? Can we even know what He wants from us? Read more
New From Pacific Press Editor's Note: Periodically the Gleaner will feature reviews or summaries of recently published books from the Pacific Press Publishing Association. Following are the first two featured books in the series. Read more
The High Road to Hell Some of the devil's most devoted disciples are among the best-behaved people on Earth. The most deceived of them experience victory over sin. Some are longtime church members devoted to doing the will of God but are servants of satanic delusions. Read more