Is it Legalistic to be Ready? I recently remembered a parable I first heard from C. Mervyn Maxwell. As I recall, the story involves two fictional characters called Gary and Orville.Gary was tall, athletic — a 4.0 GPA pre-med student. He had lots of friends who admired his atte... Read more
An Encouraging Word Bruce was a failure. That's what he'd overheard the fifth-grade teacher say. Another strike against him. Times were rough at school and home. His mom, attempting to raise three kids alone on a nonexistent budget, was barely coping with an emotiona... Read more
Acción El evangelio es como una 'enfermedad' que cuando se contagia no reconoce antibiótico La iglesia de Vancouver, Washington es una iglesia especial. Hace apenas 4 años, se reunían menos de 20 personas en el culto del Sábado. Bajo el liderazgo del pastor Juan Francisco Altamirano, la iglesia de Vancouver ahora cuenta con una asistenci... Read more
Healthy Choices Exercise Lowers Risk for Breast CancerBreast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer for women, with about 182,000 cases each year and over 40,000 deaths annually. A new study suggests it may be possible to prevent up to half of these death... Read more
FYI July 2009 Montana ABC ClosesPacific Press® retail closed its Montana Adventist Book Center on June 21, 2009. Service will continue at camp meetings, through mail order, and through book mobiles that visit churches on a regular basis.Betty Britton, Idaho ABC... Read more
Weighing Our Options It was hard enough on my dad when my mother joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but now she was asking him to move our family to another town so their kids could go to an Adventist school. This was more than he could take. He stormed into the... Read more
Feature Box 2 Relational Factors Connect to AchievementAs researchers continue to assess relational and environmental factors connected to achievement, they have been interested in several preliminary findings.Students exhibit superior achievement when:They att... Read more
Feature Box 1 Shane Anderson, former Northwest pastor and author of How to Kill Adventist Education, takes a hard look at the root causes of the challenges plaguing Adventist schools. Anderson proposes a simple strategy for change and several schools who have s... Read more
CognitiveGenesis You've overheard the comments: "It would really strap us to send our kids to church school, and they'll get a better education in public school, anyway. They'll get their religious training at home and at church."Or perhaps this sentiment: "The te... Read more
