Jonathan Gallagher
Jonathan Gallagher, Ph.D., at the time of this writing, was the liaison of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to the United Nations.
Articles by Jonathan Gallagher
The delay of the Advent
June 1981
How long, O Lord?" has been a persistent question ever since John recorded his heavenly vision. When will the final fulfillment of God's promises occur? When will Christ return? The church has been preaching the Lord's coming for two thousand…
"This generation"?
December 1989
Christ's emphatic assertion that "this generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled" (Matt. 24:34) poses a problem. Not for Him, nor for His hearers—but for us to day. And the various interpretations of these…
Servants or Friends? Another Look at God
August 1993
"Would you be afraid to meet God?" Graham Maxwell advances his thesis of divinely offered friendship in the very first chapter of Servants or Friends? Taking examples of the human response to God from numerous sources (in particular…
In the name of God? Pastoral responses to religious terrorism
September 2002
In the name of God, the most merciful, the most compassionate. ... In the name of God, of myself, and of my family ... I pray to You, God, to forgive me from all my sins, to allow me to glorify You in every possible…
The ministry to the oppressed
June 2006
Half the world—three billion people— live on less than two dollars a day. Almost a billion people entered the twenty-first century illiterate. One hundred twelve million children receive no education. Eleven million…
