Remember YOUR Creator, Part 2
The possessive adjective 'your' as utilized in the previously cited Solomonic statement indicates a personal responsibility to God on the part of the youth which is exclusive and independent of any...
Remember YOUR Creator, Part 1
"Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, 'I have no pleasure in them'" (Ecclesiastes 12:1). A wayward and...
“Have We Learned Nothing?” Good Question! Part 5
I believe that, like me, many who read these messages are longing for a time when this continuous doctrinal disharmony among the people of God will come to an end. Motivated by this desire, and in...
“Have We Learned Nothing?” Good Question! Part 4
As I was driving this morning I was listening to a gentleman giving a presentation in a Baptist church in Canada. Can you guess what his topic was? "Why I'm Not Seventh-day Adventist". What I found...
“Have We Learned Nothing?” Good Question! Part 3
Does the above illustration accurately portray the biblical teaching of righteousness by faith? The general sentiment in popular Christianity is that it does, but what do the Scriptures say? We will...
“Have We Learned Nothing?” Good Question! Part 2
There is an odious tactic that the world uses when it wishes to cast contempt upon individuals or ideas that it seeks to discredit and reject. This tactic is name calling or labeling as some...
“Have We Learned Nothing?” Good Question! Part 1
The insider opponents of our denomination's last generation message cannot seem to help themselves. As ever, they are astir wherever and whenever unpopular truth is proclaimed. Prominent Adventist...
The Great Commission Revisited, Part 2
If you have been following closely, you should have noticed that teaching (didaskō) was not explicitly mentioned as a specific and unique category in the original commission given to the 12 apostles...
The Great Commission Revisited, Part 1
In 1966, Bruce Geller created the original television series, Mission: Impossible, which aired on CBS. The show chronicled the exploits of a small team of covert government agents, known as the...
¿No Pasa Nada?
While living in Latin America years ago, I became familiar with a phrase often used in that culture: "No pasa nada." Typically, this means "It's okay," or as we often say in Jamaica, "No problem."...
Nothing against the Truth
Throughout this year I have been using the book Steps to Christ by E. G. White for mydevotions, and anyone who has read that book, either in its entirety or in part, will be constrained to...
Not One Storm, but Two!
On Friday, September 19, I received a phone call from my mother informing me that my beloved aunt Ivy Holmes was ill and had been admitted to the hospital that week. The next morning my cousin—her...