Andrew Bates

The circumstances facing the 1995 General Conference session are strikingly similar to those facing the Jerusalem Council in A.D. 49. That first "general conference," I believe, could show us how to handle the ordination issue in a way that…

When people end up in charge, they are easily tempted to demand obedience from others. That can lead to an array of undesirable reactions and circumstances. Something like that had been happening in the young Seventh-day…