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Written By: Marc Alan Schelske

October 31, 2015

Jesus’ Invitation
Recently my seven-year-old son took a “mental health day.” OK, maybe that’s not what it was. I don’t know. He woke up tired and snotty. He didn’t...
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Written By: Carmen Lau

October 24, 2015

Word Overload
Knowing the correct password—saying ‘Master, Master,’ for instance—isn’t going to get you anywhere with me. What is required is serious obedience—...
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Written By: Anonymous

October 23, 2015

First Person: I'm A Mom, A Pastor...
I am a mother. A pastor’s wife. A teacher. An Adventist. I love Star Trek. I have a cat. And I am asexual. It took me over 30 years to discover that...
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Written By: Eliel Cruz

October 15, 2015

Viewpoint: Adventist Seminary Has...
In an attempt to respond to the cultural conversation on the LGBT community, the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary on the campus of Andrews...
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Written By: Marc Alan Schelske

September 26, 2015

I Quit the Culture War
It’s election season, apparently. I’ve noticed the sprouting yard signs and the increasing emotional urgency in political conversations. The internet...
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Written By: Carmen Lau

September 18, 2015

Moonrise and God's Grandeur
The serendipitous experience of seeing a rising full moon can serve as a reminder that while truth and almighty God never change, human perception...
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Written By: Jared Wright

September 10, 2015

Seventh-Gay Adventists Companion Film...
This weekend at the Spectrum UltraViolet Arts Festival in Glendale, California, the new film project from Daneen Akers and Stephen Eyer, the...
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Written By: Duane Covrig

September 04, 2015

Does God Yell? On Listening.
Yesterday, I heard a prompt from the Holy Spirit. It wasn’t on a major issue but it was wise advice that had I received and heeded it, my day would...
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Written By: Jared Wright

September 02, 2015

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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Written By: Eddy Johnson

August 10, 2015

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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