“The Bible makes a stunning prediction. At the end of time, God will have a group of people that are totally, completely loyal to him. A people whose hearts are undivided. A people whose lives reflect the character of Christ fully.”

It’s usually a question of whose proverbial “ox” is being gored.

The secret of religious faith is not adaptation, but transcendence.  The Word of God addresses its cultural context, but it must remain the judge thereof, never its child. 

The soon return of Jesus calls for true heart preparation on the part of God’s people.

The new rapprochement between the papacy and Anglicanism offers fresh evidence of hands stretched “across the gulf,” as the modern prophet foretells.

It might be a chance meeting at a market, an encounter at work or school, or even the opportunity to help a stranger while fishing, that leads to a life transformed by Jesus. We cannot know exactly when Jesus will return. But it is our privilege to occupy until He does.

Recent evidence demonstrates that despite the claim of certain ones that secularism is overwhelming American society, religious interest is presently growing, theologically conservative churches continue to flourish, and theologically liberal churches continue to decline.

The signs of the times act less as signposts telling us how far we have to travel, and more like signposts informing us what road we are on.

“Christ calls for unity.  But He does not call for us to unify on wrong practices.  The God of heaven draws a sharp contrast between pure, elevating, ennobling truth and false, misleading doctrines.  He calls sin and impenitence by the right name.  He does not gloss over wrongdoing with a coat of untempered mortar.  I urge our brethren to unify upon a true, scriptural basis.”

Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, vol. 1, p. 175.

Nothing has changed in regard to the mission of the church since the crestfallen Millerites realized Jesus would not return as they had anticipated. If anything, the mandate given the church has only sharpened.

The Bible condemns same-gender sexual intimacy without qualification, and is equally clear that in God’s paradigm, only two genders exist. But does this mean the inner urge to engage in such conduct must be obliterated from one’s fleshly nature in order to please God?

With billions of people in the world without a saving knowledge of Jesus and heading for a Christless grave, compassion demands we reach someone with the good news of salvation through Christ.