One of the most insightful stories from antiquity is found in Plato’s “The Apology” (20c-24e). Here Socrates, at his trial, gives an account of how...
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Prior to 1990, the Supreme Court’s standard in determining whether a law violated a citizen’s free exercise of religion was intimately tied to the...
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Every now and then, in moments of sublime self-reflection, we discover things about our lives' journeys that humble us. When we dare step outside of...
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There seems to be a cognitive disconnect in the Adventist Church. Maybe it exists in other churches too. I think most denominations would agree that...
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We welcome new Spectrum columnist Mark F. Carr. Mark will be writing 6 columns per year, on the third Thursday of the month, alternating with Loren...
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To be healed and be whole is a deeply rooted human aspiration. It is so pervasive that, while it affirms itself in our minds, it really starts in...
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Jesus was growing in popularity. His list of accomplishments and feats was already the stuff of legend. He had already turned water into wine and...
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It was a question I heard asked in a Sabbath School class—rhetorically, it turned out, for the questioner also had the answer. He opined that we don’...
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Notwithstanding the enormous and consistent development of today’s medicine, disease has not disappeared from our lives. It has just changed form,...
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