Articles
How seriously should we take marriage?
Even among Christians, "until death do us part" often means "until the judge do us part." Have Christians begun to perceive marriage as do non-Christians——as simply a social contract to be dissolved at will?
A report to the President of the United States
On Service to the Nation Through Private Initiative: A contribution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Reform or redemption: must the church choose?
Many of the citizens of this world are oppressed and exploited. Should this cause the church to espouse political and social issues with ever greater fervor? Can it do so and still proclaim the gospel?
The one thousand years of Revelation 20
In reference to this prophetic span of time, Christians have divided themselves into premillennialists, postmillennialists, and even amillennialists. It has been interpreted as a long period of earthly peace, the entire Christian Age, a time when the redeemed will reign with their Lord in heaven, or the restoration of the Temple and its sacrifices in Jerusalem. In one way or another, a fully developed Biblical concept of end-time events must recognize and deal with the millennium revealed in the Apocalypse.
What Jesus said about a pre-Advent Judgment
When God examines those who have come to the wedding of the Lamb (Matthew 22), it is not for His own benefit, but to reveal to the universe who has put on the wedding garment.
It is Written
Thousands of viewers across North America are familiar with the It Is Written telecast. Recently Editor J. R. Spangler interviewed George Vandeman, founder and speaker of the 25-year-old broadcast, about the history and goals of this unique television ministry, including the recent nationwide satellite seminar, Teleseminar.
Remember Southview!
In more despondent moments, you may have decided your church really didn't need your services. Here is a church that proved it could get along without its pastor, but he was a success just the same.
Esther and history—2
The historian cannot prove beyond all doubt the accuracy of the Bible's account of Esther, but when the known historical data is compared with the Inspired Record, the results are in every case compatible.