The Sad Saga of King Saul’s Concubine

This Bible story tells us a lot more about the culture of the time—and how that culture perceived God’s role in human affairs—than the true nature of...
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Sinful Envy: Reframing Our Role as the...

If the prodigal son can go out and live the way he was living, then come back and get more than what the older brother ever had, what is the point?
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What Motivates Extraordinary Christian...

The lives of Denis Mukwege, Juan Gilabert-Jofré, and Paul Farmer reveal how ordinary people can lead remarkable lives when led by faith. As the field...
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Toward a Factual Concept of Inspiration

It is past time to move beyond weak defenses of Ellen White’s inspiration toward a factual concept. If church leaders insist on an irrational concept...
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The Three Angels’ Messages: A Critique

After 180 years of warning against Babylon, when does it begin to sound like we’re crying wolf? We risk being perceived by non-Adventists as arrogant...
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Do We “Really” Support Religious...

Using state funding for religious schools and same-sex marriage as examples, these remarks by the president of the International Religious Liberty...
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A Letter to Walla Walla University...

In this letter to school leadership, an alum finds their knee-jerk reaction to anonymous, non-scholarly, and unprofessional criticism troubling. 
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Global University Science Ranking...

Unlike ranked religious schools, the Adventist absence may be due to clergy-dominated boards who misunderstand the application of the scientific...
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Spinoza's Treatise on Freedom, and...

Adventism struggles with balance between freedom and order, and our defense of freedom is too often ambivalent. Spinoza reminds us that, without full...
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Fritz Guy: Rigorous Thinker and Loyal...

From La Sierra College pop-quiz giver to drafter of church fundamental beliefs, Guy’s life and work reflect a resourceful truth-seeker who embraced...
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