Feb 25, 2015

Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History           “Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.” — the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:1 What is the purpose of our lives in Christ? What is it that God desires of us after He has saved us by His grace? If we believe the Apostle Paul, the goal of the Christian life after our...

Feb 25, 2015

Daniel Lovelace Metro Atlanta SDB Church         “Shut your mouth, the Teacher doesn’t want to waste his time with sinful fools like you!” Doesn’t he know who he is? I hear a harsh response to someone on the side of the road. I’m not quite sure what’s happening as I stumble through the middle of a crowd following the Teacher on his stop...

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...