What’s Really Going on in the United States Right Now?
Visionary Leadership in a Global Crisis These are troubling times. As I’m writing, the World Health Organization is reporting over 16,000,000 global cases of COVID-19…
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Christian Peacemaking
Despite the best effort of some, we live in a world fractured along ethnic, religious, political, and racial lines. Peace seems to elude the human…
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What is the Mission of the Church?
Does the church have a mission to fulfill in this increasingly chaotic time? Can and should we make a difference in the world today? Yes,…
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Why Sabbath is Meant to Be Simple
I’ll never forget my family’s first Sabbath gathering back with our church after thirteen weeks of covid-related cancellations. My four daughters could barely contain their…
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A Kingdom of Peace: Warfare and Christians
The Lord Jesus Christ, known as the Prince of Peace, made some fairly disturbing statements to His first disciples concerning the violent prognosis of His…
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Is Salvation Free?
Is salvation free? This was completely unimaginable to the first century AD world. It is in this backdrop that the apostle Paul wrote his letters.…
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The Red Line
Faced with eviction from the only home they had ever known, Adam and Eve were escorted out of their garden paradise. Adam remembered the warning…
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Learning to Love Those You Serve
John opens his first epistle by defending and establishing the understanding of the humanity of Christ. “That which was from the beginning, which we have…
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The Priesthood
The theme of reconciliation is as old as humanity itself. Because of sin, humans damaged their relationship not only with God but also with their…
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Ministries of Glory
In the last “Spotlight” we examined Revelation 21 and the new creation that began in Christ and the ministry of reconciliation. This time we focus…
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