Ardis Stenbakken

While pastoring churches, I discovered that although people frequently spoke of worship, they did not have a clear concept of what it actually meant. Many defined worship as singing hymns written 300 years ago while dressed well in church.…

by Duncan Bayliss, Pikeawassa Press, 2022. Paperback: 387 pages

Duncan Bayliss’s The Possibility of Belief: The Way Back to Hope presents an absorbing and original pathway from secularism to…

A recent Lifeway Research study revealed more churchgoers serve regularly in their churches than in their communities. According to U.S. Protestant pastors, on average, 42% of adult churchgoers volunteer in their churches, but only 27% volunteer…

Although love is a central theme of the Christian faith, Christians often treat this ideal with an almost disrespectful simplicity, often ignoring the deep and exacting profundity of Christ’s command that we love one another.

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Several years ago, I had the privilege of pastoring a small country church where members gathered several times a week to hear God’s Word, seek solace, and enjoy communion. This close-knit community drew many to Jesus. Comprising diverse…

What on earth would they do with Ellen White?" The listener asked in amazement. She had just been told that a certain Adventist church was not allowing women to stand in the pulpit or to preach.

Prophet, spiritual…