Oct 26, 2018
By Rob Appel On Wednesday mornings there is a group of men who meet for breakfast in Janesville, WI. One of the men had an “aha” moment after one of these gatherings. He realized “it” was not about him, but rather God! This gentleman had t-shirts made up that said on the front, “It’s Not About Me…” and on the back, “It’s Not About You Either!” There is...
Oct 26, 2018
By Nicholas J. Kersten For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. —2 Corinthians 10:3-4 For most of my life, I have been fascinated by military tactics. Beginning around my early teen years, I became...
Oct 26, 2018
By Katrina Goodrich One out of five women in America will be sexually assaulted during the course of their lifetime. If we narrow the spectrum down to those under the age of 18 the statistic becomes one in four. And 63% of sexual assaults are never reported to the police. There are so many women in pain, suffering because of their victimization and...
Oct 26, 2018
by Kim Merchant One of the SDB Historical Library’s challenges, faced by many specialized libraries, is how to make our materials available to online researchers. In the olden days, researchers expected to travel to the library, pull out a card catalog drawer and rifle through index cards to search for their subjects. In these modern times, researchers...
Oct 26, 2018
By Willy Villalpando Stop. Breathe in. Count to 5. Breathe out. Relax your shoulders. Close your eyes. Breathe in. Count. Breathe out. Does anyone else get caught up in all the things you’ve said yes to? Like you finally finish one thing and before you can take a breath, four more things need your immediate attention? Come on, I can’t be the only one...
An Open Letter To SDB Young Adults Dear Young Missionaries, Hello! How are you all doing? I pray the past few months since Conference have been treating all of you well! I know that many of you were quite ready to get stuff done in the wake of Conference and I hope we’ve all had the opportunity to do just that! Now, I want to specifically talk to the Young...