Why Sabbath Was Such A Fitting Topic...

A few years ago, my dad announced that he had discovered a family relative that none of us knew, living in Pennsylvania. He made contact on Facebook...
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The Closing of the Adventist Mind...

In 2011 I wrote an article entitled “The Closing of the Adventist Mind” (title borrowed from Professor Allan Bloom’s book and adapted) that Spectrum...
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Young Hip-hop Artist Weaves Adventist...

24-year-old hip-hop musician Akande Jarumi did not have a typical, North American Adventist upbringing.  Because he grew up in a military family, his...
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Summer Reading Group: "Darwin and...

This is the first post in a ten-part series for Spectrum’s 2015 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of the book Unclean by...
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Fake or Fortune?

“Examine me, O Lord, and test me. Look closely into my heart and mind.” Psalm 26:2
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Wesleyans Aren't Fundamentalists...

I was disappointed, as many Spectrum readers probably were, at the results of the 2015 General Conference vote on women's ordination and the...
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A Prayer at the Crossroads

Have you ever been there, at the crossroads of life? Looking both ways but not knowing which is right. Staring into the distance, trying to see...
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The Beauty and Brilliance of Nature

Torrential rainfall, stifling heat, spectacular lightning, and a lone rose blooming in the backyard all served to remind me this week of the beauty...
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God Bless Moms

GOD BLESS MOMS This day is for the special people who help to raise us all Who clean our peanut butter off the floor and spaghetti off the wall The...
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May the Lord Umbrella Over You

The Lord is your keeper;      the Lord is your shade at your      right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day,      nor the moon by night...
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