The Strawberry Letter

One of the things I miss about living in Michigan is being able to pick strawberries in the summer. I’d always wanted to go, but I wanted to go with...
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Propaganda, Myths, and Witnessing

The Situation:
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Ten Commandments for Adventist...

1. Always speak the truth in love. Truth welcomes fearless examination. Love is the one motivation that matters, the only legacy that lasts. While...
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Drowned They Still Speak

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is...
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The Problem of Suffering Is Inherent in...

I have long been fascinated by Thomas Hardy’s diatribe against fate, Hap. If but some vengeful god would call to me  From up the sky, and laugh: "...
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Where Love Is, God Is

I came across a short story by Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy. It is about Martin Avdéiteh, a cobbler. As he aged, Martin suffered greatly in this...
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Jesus as Guest: Hospitality in the...

The Gospel accounts of Jesus’ ministry are filled with stories of hospitality — Jesus entertained and Jesus entertaining. In the Gospel of John, our...
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The Watchful Manager

Recent parallel and polarizing events in Europe and America have led to a rapid increase in urgency of claims that “We are in the last days!” and “...
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Inside Out Worship

As a minister, one of the questions that tends to flutter through my mind is the credibility of my worship, public and private. I am wondering if...
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Communicating in Truth

The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, And adds learning to his lips. Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweetness to the soul and health to...
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