Feb 25, 2015

Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup SDB Church, NE         In this world, things don’t always go the way we think they “should” go. A child should not get a brain tumor; a 23-year-old should not have a stroke; the son of God should not be nailed to a piece of wood. We make these assumptions because that’s the way our minds work. In order to...

Feb 25, 2015

Pastor Matt Olson Berlin SDB Church, NY I am, by nature, a procrastinator. My motto is: Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off until next week. I justify my actions (or inaction, as the case may be) with the misguided idea that I work best under pressure. The truth, of course, is that rushed work is never my best work, and so over the years I’ve made...

Feb 25, 2015

Focus on Missions Clinton R. Brown           As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: (and recounted in the Gospel of Mark) “BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY; THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, ‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.’” Isaiah 40:3 For centuries, Seventh Day...

Feb 25, 2015

Pastor Ken Burdick Seattle Area SDB Church, WA           As we come to the season for remembering Christ’s death and resurrection, what’s a good subject for some personal meditation? Begin by thinking about the significance of the Cross itself. That Jesus would suffer and be killed was a shocking idea to his disciples, though he had...