Feb 25, 2015
Vilan van de Loo At the end of 1892, two men knelt in a cabin of the boat, “The Conrad.” Gerard Veldhuyzen, Jr. prayed for the safety of his friend Johannes van der Steur (1865-1945), who was about to leave the Netherlands for the Dutch East Indies. Veldhuyzen knew his friend too well to be able to trust in a peaceful future....
Feb 25, 2015
Cumberland, Maryland By Pastor Ron Higson The Full Gospel Seventh Day Baptist Church first met together as a group in January 2007, but the story begins farther back with a seed that lay dormant for many years. As a young married couple, we attended a Seventh Day Adventist church and heard someone mention SDBs, but I didn’t...
Annie Lloyd Alfred Station SDB Church, NY Stories are everything. They help us to understand this convoluted and complicated world. Everyone is rooting for the protagonist, God, and opposing the antagonist, Satan. There are so many other characters that fall into this story: like you and me. At the beginning, all the...
Feb 25, 2015
Bill Probasco SDB Conference President 2015 The month of March is a changing time. We’re heading out of winter and starting to look toward a spring thaw. Yet as I write this, the Northeast is bracing for a major snow storm. My state’s governor has declared a State of Emergency; roads are being treated for icy conditions;...
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
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...