Spiritual AIDS “Pastor!” It was Sonja. She had a homosexual twin brother who had contracted AIDS in the bowels of San Francisco. Life was fading fast, and Jim wanted to come home to his churchgoing sister’s family so he could die in peace. Sonja wondered if I wo... Read more
Why Children Leave the Church, Part 2 Why do children grow up Seventh-day Adventists and then leave the church? Last month we talked about how parents shouldn’t automatically blame themselves if they lose their kids to the world, basically because everybody gets to choose God for them... Read more
Our Core Value Adventist education is a core value of the Seventh-day-Adventist Church. From our very beginnings, we have recognized that education must be key in our strategy to minister to the whole person: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Th... Read more
Opinion "A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion" Proverbs 18:2 (ESV). Read more
God's Measurement of Success When I graduated from high school, I already had two years of college classes under my belt. Having participated in Washington State’s Running Start program, all of my prerequisites were finished, and I was ready to move to Walla Walla and conquer... Read more
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
