Is God in Control? Yes, and Also ...

I rarely critique colleagues' sermons. And this evaluation will be de-identified. I hope it is instructional for us all, including any tempted to...
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Singular Thanks

In the movie Men in Black, Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) tells Agent Jay (Will Smith), “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals,...
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Toward an Adventist Theology of Health...

The category of Lifestyle presupposes at least six important components: continuity, perspective, proactivity, totality, renewability, and...
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The Broken Wall

As a church-state scholar, I am a fan of Roger Williams.
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Trumped Up Healthcare Issues?

One pragmatic reality of the soon-to-be resolved Presidential election regards our healthcare in the United States. For instance, what will happen if...
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Toward an Adventist Theology of Health...

Nothing seems more easy to be defined than death. According to a common technical description, death is the permanent cessation of all vital...
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The Love Connection

Threadbare, worn, and obviously too small, I still have the t-shirt I was given as a toddler. Though the words are faded now, childhood pictures...
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Surface Thinking and Moral...

The church has been struggling with various doctrinal hot-button issues for many years now. Most notable are these: Women's Ordination, Homosexuality...
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How Long?

I had every intention of writing about something else this month. In fact, I have half a draft of a post that I probably will come back to at some...
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How Not to Defend Genesis

I believe that God created the earth, its inhabitants, the universe, and everything in it. I believe God is capable of having done that in any way...
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