May 25, 2018

By Pastor Wayne North   Have you ever played “Hide and Go Seek”? Each day this childhood game is continually being played out in the world as people are running around, “hiding and seeking” the wisdom of this world—a culture which is denying the Truth that could set them free. We live in this culture of people hiding and separating themselves. Maybe this...

May 25, 2018

By Eric Rudert Are you a pop, soda, or even a soda pop? One may be able to tell certain geographical origins of others by the term used for our beloved carbonated soft drinks. These terms can cause confusing dialect for those who move into new areas. We’re mostly a pop here in Michigan, BTW. My POP is an acronym for Power Of Prayer. I’ve been on quite a...

May 25, 2018

By Brenda Rankhorn Thus far, we have determined that our purpose, our goal is to glorify God and in order to obtain that goal, we must focus on God so that we can leave our hindrances behind. Some of us may say, “I know what I’m supposed to do—look to Jesus—but that is easier said than done. I have so many thoughts creeping in.” This could be another whole...

Third in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists by Janet Thorngate One of the first three people baptized and received into membership in the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptist Church was an Indian named Japeth who lived in New London in Connecticut Colony.1 Later in the year that Japeth was...

May 25, 2018

Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History   Earlier this year, my children acquired a new game—a “fishing” game. A rotating plastic pond is filled with plastic fish. Each fish has a hinged jaw that opens and closes as the pond holding the fish rotates around. The object of the game is simple: you use a simple plastic fishing rod to catch...