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I recently spoke at Union College about putting God’s love on display in our beautiful but hurting world. At the beginning of the talk, I asked two questions. One was: What kind of painful experience would make you no longer believe that a good and loving God exists or is listening to your prayers? What [...]
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Dr. Benjamin Baker looks at the Adventism influence in the home of young Malcolm X. I wish there were a line something like “And a local Adventist family offered buckets of Frichik and Nuteena to replace the pork the Little family refused.” Whose story do I need to be writing a better chapter in today? [...]
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My wife and I watched Forks Over Knives recently, and I found the argumentation for a whole-food, plant-based diet compelling though obviously not exactly novel. Some elements are similar to this TED Talk on longevity by Dan Buettner, though FOK’s support of a vegan diet is more intense than the Blue Zone descriptions. How central [...]
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Women in Ministry An Open Letter from Doug Batchelor (Adv Today, 3 May 2010) Video|Ordaining Women – Is that what we really want? (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, 1 May 2010) New Anti-Women’s Ordination Site Appears (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, 29 Apr 2010) Video: Woman Pastors 7000 Member Adventist Church in China (Alexander Carpenter, Spectrum, 22 Apr 2010) [...]
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This is a classic SDA issues. Is it still? What do you think about this campaign highlighted at Osocio.org yesterday–Why Let Drink Decide?
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