Listening to God and Obeying by Clayton Pinder     Editor’s note: A dear servant of the Lord, Clayton Pinder served as our Conference President in 2001, using the theme “Try God.” He submitted several good articles for his President’s Page that year; this one appeared in March 2001. Clayton’s obituary is on page 26 in this issue.     Do you ever...

New Position for New Direction        This month’s column comes from General Council Chairman John Pethtel.   In accordance with our Alliance in Ministry, the General Council is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Kersten to the part-time interim position of New Contact Coordinator for 2014. Nick’s responsibility will still lie mostly in his role...

Choose… To Refuse! by Rev. Steven James   As a new year gets underway, perhaps we can learn some pointers from the life of Moses! Let’s look at God’s Word in Hebrews 11:23-28.   Refuse to Fear Man – Choose to Fear God Moses was born in a time when a ruthless man wanted all children like Moses to be killed right out of the womb. Moses’ parents...

Faith goes to school, unarmed By Nathanael Lawton   Editor’s note: With her college graduation preparations, Lauren Telford got behind with her column. This allegory (taken from James 2:14-26) first appeared in the January 2000 SR as part of the short-lived series, “Young Adult Connection.”   One day, young Faith went to school without bringing his works...

Never Alone by Seth Osborn   “The LORD your God is with you,        the mighty warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you;        in His love He will no longer rebuke you,        but will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17)   Loneliness is an essential emotion to life. While it might not be a pleasant one when compared to its...