TRADEMARKS OF ADVENTIST AUTHENTICITY
What does it mean to be an authentic Seventh-day Adventist? At first glance, answering that question seems easy. It is all in our name, right? Seventh-day refers to…
SABBATH HOPE GRACE-PEOPLE
Seventh-day Adventism is a particular faith. When formalizing the organization of the church in 1863, the Adventist pioneers chose to put that peculiarity and particularity in the name…
THE GRACE OF ESSENTIALS
Sabbath has been a constant in my life from childhood. Everything about it in the beginning was odd until I got used to it and then it was…
CONFESSIONS OF AN IGNORANT AND CONFUSED ADVENTIST
The gentleman in Western Tanzania was drop dead drunk, but his dull red eyes brightened. He flashed a toothless grin when he heard I was an Adventist. “So…
A CATHEDRAL SPEAKS
Come with me into an English cathedral. There are over 40 of them in my country. Come with me into the one I know best: Salisbury Cathedral. And…
ARE YOU FOR REAL? BEING (OR BECOMING) AN AUTHENTIC BELIEVER
Last year, the Southern Baptists denomination in the United States lost half a million members. This means that in just twelve months, roughly one of every 25 members…