Jan Paulsen

A person casually scanning Norwegian newspaper headlines recently could be forgiven for thinking that this secular European country is in the midst of a Christian awakening. For a start, the surprise best-selling book of 2012—selling more…

My wife and I were in Nigeria in the 1960s at the beginning of the Biafran War—a brutal, bloody conflict in which many thou­sands were killed. I was the principal of the Seventh-day Adventist college in west Nigeria where Babcock University…

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ:

Few professions demand the breadth of skills we’ve come to expect of our local church pastor: public speaker; business manager; counselor; teacher; administrator; fund-raiser; mentor; social…

Editor’s note: This sermon was preached during the 2009 Annual Council, a gathering of Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders held in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States.

The cross of Christ always loomed large in Paul’s…

Isaiah's words, somewhat freely translated, are familiar to us all: "What a beautiful sight it is to be hold: The messenger who comes running over the mountain, proclaiming joy and peace, the bearer of a good message announcing salvation…

Who or what am i? How frank or candid do I have to be about my own identity? Is it important that my identity is clear?

Knowledge of one's identity is essential to survival. Disclosure of one's identity is essential to relation ships.…

Editor's Note: This article is based on a sermon recently preached by Elder Paulsen.

Paul's impact on our doctrines and beliefs cannot be overstated. Look at any of our central doctrines…

Editor’s note: On Sabbath, July 8, 2006, Seventh-day Adventist world church president Jan Paulsen, Th.D., addressed an international gathering of some 250 theologians and church leaders in Izmir, Turkey, meeting under the theme “The Nature,…