How Spiritual discipline can improve daily life
By Ron Price Aristotle was one smart dude. One of his most famous quotes is, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but…
How peculiar should we be?
By Reinder Bruinsma Seventh-day Adventists have often referred to themselves as a “peculiar people.” Just the other day, I noted that Ellen White wrote about Daniel as a…
The Sabbath of hope
By Barry Casey Theologian Stanley Hauerwas once said that the test of a church is in the kind of people it produces. Based on that stringent criterion, most…
When others are hurting processing painful emotions
By David Sedlacek Parents, teachers, youth leaders, chaplains, pastors, and others in positions of leadership often must hear the painful accounts of those to whom they minister. Isaiah…
Our (in)complete Adventist transfigurationism
By Nathan Brown Within the Galilean town of Nazareth, the small but abrupt hill of Mount Tabor is the “traditional” site of the Transfiguration—if by “traditional” we mean…
When does tyranny become a virtue?
By Dick Stenbakken The title seems like an oxymoron, but sadly it has often become a reality in nations, families, and organizations. “How,” you might ask, “could tyranny…