Special Features

Is God a He or a She?

"Who Is That with the Father?" 

How do you begin to talk about something like who we think God is?  It seems a bit preposterous that we think we might even begin to understand the Almighty.  With that said, however, we seem to be fairly certain we know more than I suspect we really do.

Profile: Superior Court Judge Terry Bork

by Brandy Radoias and Deborah Thornton

cross-post courtesy of Pacific Union College's Alumni & Friends

Why the Sabbath Observance?

Why did God give his people the Sabbath? Most Christians don’t even know what to do with the Sabbath, while those who observe the Sabbath seem to be confused about how they are to observe it.

To help us investigate our question we will take a look at the 16th chapter of Exodus.

A Miserable Teacher

I was meditating, warmed by the morning sun streaming through the window. In time with my breathing, I recited the baptism blessing, "beloved son." My basking in a rich and tranquil sense of God's love was interrupted by Teddy's barking. "Arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf, arf." Slow, deliberate, pleading. Begging for attention or food or release.

Gnosis, Knowing God

Has life gotten a little chaotic?  Do things seem like they are spinning out of control?  You might be in a need of gnosis.  What is gnosis?  It is knowing God.  When we know God it affects what we see and hear in the world. 

What are your ears tuned to and what does your heart listen for?  Your answer will depend on what you experience everyday.  If you create time for quiet i

Church's AIDS Response a Long Struggle

by Dr Arthur Patrick

A Seventh-day Adventist academic has criticised the church for its inconsistent response to AIDS as he continues a worldwide 24-year study of the denomination.

Beyond the Obama–McCain Myths

I've enjoyed this political season more than any other I can remember. I found nearly all of the candidates in the presidential primaries interesting. Their ideas were worth hearing. Their biographies were intriguing. The field has shrunk to two: Barak Obama and John McCain. I admire them both. However, each of them is at the center of a least two dangerous myths.

A Light at the End of the Tunnel: Expanding our Adventist Health Message to include Children's Rights and Freedom from Abortion

by Nic Samojluk

A Long Pro-health and Pro-life Tradition

How to Survive a Drama-driven Church

By Noreen Malcolm

As an active church officer, a director of a ministry and a visitor of various churches, I have heard and witnessed a growing problem in many churches today: drama. This is not the kind of performing arts drama that church ministries would produce for spiritual

'Church Is Not My Haven'

by Kassy Skoretz

"I hate them!" Tears streamed down my cheeks, surprising both my father and me as I went on to tell him about the horrible people in the church. I started with the hypocritical teenage girls in my youth group who came to church in brightly patterned floral cocktail dresses to flirt instead of engaging church as a place of worship. Then I moved to