Jon Paulien

As a child, I remember struggling with the concept of worship. Part of the struggle involved the fact that my parents were members of a Germanspeaking church in Manhattan. The people were very nice to me, but everything that happened there…

Ellen G. Harmon White finally makes it to Oxford University. For readers who know little about Ellen White (1827–1915), she was one of the most prolific female religious writ­ers in nineteenth-century America.…

Should there be politics in the church? Is not the idea of politics in the church contradictory? The following article explores this important question and presents principles to help us deal with the politics we face, yes, even in the church.

Finding…

In the first part of this article (May 1998), we examined a fraud that preachers often succumb to: the misuse of Scriptures to deceive both oneself and one's congregation by not letting the Bible speak for itself,…

It's eleven o'clock at night, and you realize you have to preach the next morning. With a longing look toward your warm and comfortable bed, you head into the study instead.

The concept of prayer suddenly…

Though most evangelical Christians are familiar with the biblical concept of "signs" of the End, they are less sure about what to make of these "signs," particularly in the light of the wild and sensational claims…

Lessons must be given to humanity in the language of humanity."¹ The Bible is a living testimony that God meets people where they are. Every part of God's Word was given in the time, place, language, and…

In the February 2006 issue, we surveyed recent philosophical changes that pose serious challenges to the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Nevertheless, the emerging postmodern condition reveals the mighty…

The Seventh-day Adventist Church faces serious problems in evangelism and church growth. One such problem became clear during a recent pastors’ meeting in South England, where we reviewed the status of the church…