Dude, Where's My Ark? Noah's ark has always been a story of God's grace and human survival — not a shipwreck of human stupidity. Read more
Why Children Leave the Church, Part 1 What shall it profit a pastor to save the whole city for Christ but lose his or her own children? While many kids grow up healthy and happy in the parsonage, many others are slamming the back door of the church as they exit to the world. Read more
A Festival of Inconsistency Several years ago I was at an International Fair hosted by the local community college where diverse groups manned booths in order to inform, convert, sell to or — in the case of the booth where I spent the most time — feed people. I had just fini... Read more
Sacred Ruts During the good old days of the American pioneers, the Oregon Trail was the best route to the great Northwest. But not for long. Better roads and vehicles provided new ways and means of transportation, ultimately resulting in travel on Interstate ... Read more
How to Pick a Fight There’s nothing like a good fight.Growing up in a family with two other brothers, I had fights that were frequent, creative and quite painful. However what made a good fight was the underlying understanding that none of us were out to truly hurt e... Read more
Confrontation or Collaboration? Are other Christians our rivals or our friends? In relating to Baptists, Lutherans and Catholics, should we be confrontational or collaborative? Can we participate in community events with them without compromising our unique Seventh-day Adventist... Read more
The Adventist Advantage “Don’t curse the darkness; light a candle.”End-time Adventists can find value in that time-honored advice. As the world’s moral midnight deepens around us — greed, lust, war, oppression, rebellion, unbelief — God has entrusted our church with a sa... Read more
How to Judge People “Judge not lest ye be judged” is perhaps the most popular quote among people who haven’t read the Bible.The phrase usually appears in the heat of an argument over any number of things. Someone points out that a person’s drug use or recreational ac... Read more