When I was 26 years old, I heard God’s call deep inside me to go and preach the gospel. The transforming power of Jesus Christ…

I was thrilled and nervous. At the Washington State Super Sabbath — the first for a long time — people from a variety of backgrounds…

A shudder ran through the church the day the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same-sex marriage. Even for those of us who weren’t surprised…

The magazine you hold (or read online) completes my eighteenth year as its editor. My first issue was the September 1997 BA, following the editorial…

The obsessive and exaggerated observance of church system and practice is common in the modern church. Nothing is wrong with proper church systems. But a…

  Early in Scripture, we are commanded to celebrate: “Thou shalt surely rejoice” (Deuteronomy 16:15). The instructions are clear. Israel achieved it with a “solemn”…

After fifty years serving the Church, my wife and I were happily settled into retirement. The last nineteen years of pastoral ministry had taken us…

Is the hope for Jesus’ return close to your heart and mind as it was for first century disciples who believed that Jesus would return…

We called them “campmeetings,” and sometimes they were just that — with the main meetings in a big tent. For smaller groups, we went to…

This summer brings change in leadership for many congregations and for our whole denomination. We are the ones selecting most of this change, for better…