Mark Finley

There is one thing that lifts the human spirit and keeps us going despite the challenges we face. Called “hope,” it is that intangible quality that looks beyond life’s challenges to a better tomorrow. It leads us to live purposeful existences…

Pulpits of Hope is a simple, flexible, and effective initiative that every preacher may adopt in his or her church. It is part of a comprehensive evangelism plan based on the five universal keys of successful soul winning and evangelism reflected…

In the 1840s, social, political, scientific, and religious revolutions began changing the world. Charles Darwin wrote his first draft of On the Origin of Species in 1842 but hesitated to publish his ideas. But by 1859, his…

I was a young pastor, just beginning my ministry, when I invited a conference official to preach in my church. His musty sermon notes revealed their age. It was a message he had preached on numerous occasions. Unfortunately, that Sabbath,…

The year is 2020. The world is experiencing a pandemic of epic proportions. The loss of life; the economic toll; and the impact on society, families, and local congregations are incalculable. What can church administrators, pastors, and church…

I first heard Billy Graham preach in Boston in October 1964 when I was a freshman theology student. I was deeply impressed with the simplicity of his biblical message and the profound impact it had on his audience.

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Throughout the New Testament, Jesus emphasized the divine nature of the church. When Peter confessed that Jesus was the divine Son of God, our Savior replied, “Upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail…

One of the things that really matters to God is the unity of His church. This unity is not some peripheral matter. It is at the very heart of the gospel. Without unity, the church becomes powerless to proclaim the gospel in its fullness to…

Reaching the lost with the gospel is increasingly more challenging in a postmod­ern, secularized society. The western world particularly dismisses the concept of divinely…

NY13, which stands for “New York 2013,” consists of a comprehen­sive evangelistic initiative designed to involve each church administrator, departmental director, pastor, and church member in the greater…

TWENTY-EIGHT  YEARS  in  an iron lung!  That  was  just  about  the  world's record.  Not  exactly  a  championship  to volunteer for, but one that Joan Herman turned into  an  achievement  and  a  distinctive honor. A  little…

During the Annual Council gathering of representatives of the world church of Seventh-day Adventists, October 8–13, 2010, at the General Conference headquarters, God’s presence was felt in a marked way. Numerous delegates shared the significant…

Spangler: I'm tremendously impressed by what I've seen of the Lake Union Soul-winning Institute, Mark. Your pro gram may be a pattern of what we should be doing in the great cities of the world—New York, Los Angeles,…

Q. Mark, you've developed a seminar on Daniel that you call the "Time of the End Seminar." What is the background of this concept? What led you to it?

A. One of my basic concerns, as…

Certain vital signs indicate life in the human body. If the resting heart rate is fifty to seventy beats per minute, the blood pressure 120/80, the cholesterol lower than 200, and the temperature 98.6° F., you can be reasonably sure the body…

After his birth, my wife and I had the important responsibility of caring for our son. Regularly, we arose two or three times a night to meet his needs. Changing diapers occupied a significant portion of our time! All our energies were focused…

The glockenspiel sounds in the Marienplatz, Munich's central square. Two knights appear, raise their lances, and storm at each other while people stand, stare, point, and click cameras. But this great show is only one of many attractions…

The fifty-fourth Session of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, meeting in the New Orleans Superdome from June 27 to July 6, 1985, adopted as its major theme for the coming quinquennium Harvest 90. What is the significance of…

A revival "signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death."¹

How can the Seventh-day Adventist Church experience revival?…

The Western world presents a formidable challenge for evangelism today. Traditional approaches have generally produced meager results. It's becoming increasingly more difficult to draw sizable crowds. Methods that once worked are no longer…

In His ministry for souls, what Jesus was counted as much as what He said. Decisions were made not only because of the facts He presented but because of the man He was. Jesus won hearts through relation ship as well as through truth. He identified…

NET '96 was a profound learning 'experience. I'm a different person because of it. A friend of mine once said, "There is something more important than the work we do. It's the work God does in our lives as we do the work."

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Christ’s great commission (Matt. 28:19, 20) involves much more than baptizing new converts. Any approach to evangelism that focuses primarily on the number of people baptized misses the mark. Jesus’ commission to His followers was not merely…

The Western secular world presents a formidable challenge to evangelism. Today traditional approaches generally produce meager results. It is becoming increasingly difficult to draw sizeable crowds to hear the message…

Certainly not routine. Maybe historic. Whatever you call the opening session of the Annual Council¹ of the world Seventh-day Adventist Church, President Jan Paulsen enthusiastically introduced the “Tell…

THE GREATEST challenge to evangelism is the unwarned cities. In the past century a shift has taken place in the center of the United States population. Before 1870 most Americans lived in rural areas, but with the dawn of the industrial…