Jesus Among Women: The Perfect Example

If we profess to be Christians, then by definition we are Jesus’ followers. And in his earthly ministry Jesus modeled ultimate respect for women. Why...
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A ‘Friend's’ View of Adventists...

Seeing ourselves as others see us is not always easy. Even at a recent conference on Adventists and Military Service, men, and it was mostly men,...
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The Lima 2019 Pan-American Games — Is...

The Lima 2019 Pan American Games poses, beyond the sporting event, a cultural and political question. Are the Americas a united hemisphere, as these...
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This Quarter’s Sabbath School Companion...

For the first time in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the Sabbath School Quarterly is on the topic of social justice, specifically “...
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Survivor of Abuse in the Church Works...

Founder of Mission Serenity Michelle Hood talks about her years of abuse by an Adventist church elder, the distressing reaction of the church, and...
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The Resurrection of Jesus and the Work...

I believe that most Christian agencies, maybe all, ignore what I consider to be the fundamental reason for any work that the church engages in. As...
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Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child?

If discipline is to be a teaching tool, then it should be instructional in helping the child understand why the behavior was hurtful, selfish,...
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Let’s Delete the Words “Evangelism” and...

The words “evangelism” and “witnessing” have become so terribly distorted that they need to be discarded. They engender so much anxiety, fear, and...
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Consent Doesn't Stop At "I Do...

We can’t expect people to navigate sexual intimacy in positive and emotionally healthy ways if we keep treating intimacy as something bad. That...
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Perspective: NIH should withdraw...

An NIH-funded study at the University of Washington is intended to determine whether there are adverse effects of cannabis use by pregnant women on...
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