Perspective It's Time to Get Back to the Mission! I can picture him as if he and I were standing together just yesterday. But the memories are of my childhood friend, Rafael, who was crippled. While the rest of us played soccer, kickball or baseball, Rafael would stand on the sidelines, leaning o... Read more 2018: Comfortable or Courageous? Will 2018 be the year you escape your comfort zone to live courageously for Jesus? Read more A Tunnel in the Moon Someone told me NASA has an entire city of American astronauts who have been living deep in a tunnel in the moon since 1973. Funded by the Trilateral Commission and protected from radiation and meteors, their computers are far superior to anything... Read more Four Unlikely Mothers at Christmas The unlikely cast of supporting characters surrounding the birth of Jesus is beyond belief, from this world’s perspective. Sleepless shepherds, pagans on a quest following a star through the desert, a homicidal king threatened by heaven’s baby. At... Read more Our Transcendent Brains Change is a dirty word for a lot of people — until they get stuck. Sometimes when we get stuck along the way in life, the time we spend in that stuck place can make us wonder if anything can get better. Recently I came across something that gave m... Read more #ButNow Social media feeds across the country recently blew up with countless #metoo postings. While many came from A-list celebrities, did you notice how many seemed to be posted by friends, colleagues and family members? Read more 95 Theses for Adventists Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses helped spark revival and reformation across Europe. We’ve seen a number of 21st-century counterpart declarations. Here’s a sampling of my own list: Read more God's Clean Plate Club It is easy to hate. Almost enjoyable to look down my nose and remember your sins with disdain. Read more Along Came a Spider, Part 2 Well, after our bake sale break last month, it is time to pick up where we left off in discussing the proliferation of false teachers running around the world and how it is they continue to be successful even among the smartest believers. Read more No Goats in Heaven I’m not sure what God has against goats, but it looks like they’ll be missing in the New Earth. Sheep make it, but no goats. Read more Breaking Bob: The $50,000 Bake Sale During my family vacation in California this summer, I received a text from my associate pastor informing me Bob, an outstanding long-time member of our church, wanted to have a bake sale the first day of school. Admittedly, I was reluctant, and, ... Read more Good News About Hell What’s happening with the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Members worldwide are worried about this month’s Annual Council, where global representatives will debate what should happen to elected leaders and their constituencies who are “out of compli... Read more Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Current page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
It's Time to Get Back to the Mission! I can picture him as if he and I were standing together just yesterday. But the memories are of my childhood friend, Rafael, who was crippled. While the rest of us played soccer, kickball or baseball, Rafael would stand on the sidelines, leaning o... Read more
2018: Comfortable or Courageous? Will 2018 be the year you escape your comfort zone to live courageously for Jesus? Read more
A Tunnel in the Moon Someone told me NASA has an entire city of American astronauts who have been living deep in a tunnel in the moon since 1973. Funded by the Trilateral Commission and protected from radiation and meteors, their computers are far superior to anything... Read more
Four Unlikely Mothers at Christmas The unlikely cast of supporting characters surrounding the birth of Jesus is beyond belief, from this world’s perspective. Sleepless shepherds, pagans on a quest following a star through the desert, a homicidal king threatened by heaven’s baby. At... Read more
Our Transcendent Brains Change is a dirty word for a lot of people — until they get stuck. Sometimes when we get stuck along the way in life, the time we spend in that stuck place can make us wonder if anything can get better. Recently I came across something that gave m... Read more
#ButNow Social media feeds across the country recently blew up with countless #metoo postings. While many came from A-list celebrities, did you notice how many seemed to be posted by friends, colleagues and family members? Read more
95 Theses for Adventists Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther’s 95 Theses helped spark revival and reformation across Europe. We’ve seen a number of 21st-century counterpart declarations. Here’s a sampling of my own list: Read more
God's Clean Plate Club It is easy to hate. Almost enjoyable to look down my nose and remember your sins with disdain. Read more
Along Came a Spider, Part 2 Well, after our bake sale break last month, it is time to pick up where we left off in discussing the proliferation of false teachers running around the world and how it is they continue to be successful even among the smartest believers. Read more
No Goats in Heaven I’m not sure what God has against goats, but it looks like they’ll be missing in the New Earth. Sheep make it, but no goats. Read more
Breaking Bob: The $50,000 Bake Sale During my family vacation in California this summer, I received a text from my associate pastor informing me Bob, an outstanding long-time member of our church, wanted to have a bake sale the first day of school. Admittedly, I was reluctant, and, ... Read more
Good News About Hell What’s happening with the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Members worldwide are worried about this month’s Annual Council, where global representatives will debate what should happen to elected leaders and their constituencies who are “out of compli... Read more
