Encouragement: The Antidote to a Hard Heart
This rarefied time of social distancing as the world shelters at home sifting through conflicting reports about the nature and progress of the coronavirus has given me opportunity to think. […]
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This rarefied time of social distancing as the world shelters at home sifting through conflicting reports about the nature and progress of the coronavirus has given me opportunity to think. […]
Read moreOne of the many blessings I’ve been thanking God for during this season of unknowns and quarantine mandates has been the unexpected time I’ve had with my husband to discuss […]
Read moreDAVID O. DYKES In the time of the apostles, there were people in the churches who were teaching that once a person became a Christian, he still had to obey […]
Read moreLesson 5: “By Scripture Alone—Sola Scriptura” This week’s lesson is an amazingly well-constructed argument, and I must commend the author for how he put it together; and for how […]
Read moreOn April 8, 2020, Adventist Health announced that it had acquired “Blue Zones®, an organization that is a pioneer in taking a systemic and environmental approach to improving the health […]
Read moreI had a most surprising email last week from a 15-year-old Adventist who has begun reading about Adventism and is convinced it is wrong. This person wrote: “A lot of […]
Read moreLesson 4: “The Bible—the Authoritative Source of Our Theology” The lesson this week examines some of the things that can influence our thoughts, beliefs and behaviors. It lists them […]
Read moreI won’t waste time setting the context we all currently find ourselves in. Each of us feels it more acutely than could ever be described in words. If even a […]
Read moreAs Easter approached this year, I pondered details about Jesus’ death and resurrection that were obscure to me in the religion of my youth. For several decades Easter was, to […]
Read moreLesson 3: “How to Interpret the Bible” This week continues the work of establishing God’s Word as truth and our only safe foundation of “doctrine, reproof and correction” (2 Tim. […]
Read moreIntroduction In the last blog I wrote on the subject of godly love as being what distinguishes biblical Christians from all others here on earth. As I was completing that […]
Read moreThese are strange times. None of us alive today has lived through a pandemic in which countries around the world have been “shut down” to one degree or another. People […]
Read moreLesson 2: “How To Interpret Scripture” This second week sets out to establish the origin and ‘nature’ of the Bible. That is an important starting point as its very […]
Read moreThe television news had been blaring nearly all day, pouring out fear, uncertainty, and anger over COVID-19. So many are afraid of their health, afraid for their loved ones, afraid […]
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