Richard W. Coffen

A sincere and earnest minister of the gospel, a teacher of youth at one of our large colleges, was deeply concerned when he was asked why it was that our young people are not eager for Christ to come or for entrance into the glori­ous kingdom…

GENUINE LOVE cannot exist with out communication. Since love must communicate and since God is love, He must communicate also.

So far you have read only two sentences, yet behind them lie two subtle presuppositions. First, we have…

IMAGINE FOR a moment that you are living in Palestine during Jesus' lifetime. You have heard about the strange Carpenter from Nazareth and want to learn more about Him. So you equip yourself with a thermometer, sphygmomanometer, stethoscope,…

THE third angel's message is to be our burden of warning."—Testimonies to Ministers, p. 331. "Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification by faith is the third angel's message, and I have answered,…

While sitting in the pastor's study of the Adventist church in Boston, Uncle Jim heard the doorbell. At the door he found a disheveled-looking man in old army fatigues.

After a few minutes of conversation, my uncle discovered that…

In part 1 (December 1999) of this two-part series, we considered four of the seven significant issues underlying an understanding of the dynamics of inspiration and revelation: (1) The mental normalcy of those claiming…

Seven-year-old Kurt and Kent had some idle time at camp meeting, so they scurried down the hill, into the valley, and into the adjacent woods. They tossed pine cones at each other, picked ferns, and raced twigs in…