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Viewpoints 16: Rudi Maier, “Church and Society”

Rudi Maier, retired seminary professor and former head of ADRA International, has completed a major publishing project–Church and Society: Missiological Challenges for the Church. We discussed this book for the Viewpoints interview series at Adventist Today (interview link, series link). … Continue reading

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Refugee Awareness Sabbath (June 15, 2013)

“North American Division Adventist Refugee and Immigrant Ministries invites churches across North America to promote Refugee Awareness in connection with the annual June 20 World Refugee Day established by the United Nations, and to give generously to special NAD offerings … Continue reading

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White: Evangelism, Mercy & Animals

Portions of the following excerpts from The Desire of Ages are already posted here. Regardless, these thoughts (and the entire chapter, “The First Evangelists“) deserve special attention by Adventist Activists (underline added). The disciples’ message was the same as that … Continue reading

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Ryan Bell Quoted in Kingdom Calling

I have been reading Kingdom Calling: Vocational Stewardship for the Common Good by Amy Sherman. At about 1/3 of the way through, I’m really appreciating it. I smiled when I came across this quote by Ryan Bell on the development … Continue reading

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Prayer & Intentional Action

Part 1: Prayer In their book, Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers, Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove look at three key prayers in the Bible and draw out lessons for “ordinary radicals.” The title of the book highlights the over-arching … Continue reading

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Radical Extremist

Reading through the the Early SDA Voices section of this blog/website, I’m reminded what a social radical, or in the words of Martin Luther King Jr–an extremist for love, Ellen White was. Examples: “It is only by an unselfish interest … Continue reading

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God’s Compassion through and for Humanity

In a recent interview for Adventist Today, Carl Wilkens shared how he sees God acting in the world to care for his kids. “When you stop and ask, ‘How did God provide for me? How did God protect me? How … Continue reading

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Gang Ministry in Bermuda

The Adventist News Network reports on Scott Smith’s work in Bermuda: A Seventh-day Adventist layperson in Bermuda wants the island nation’s churches to shut their doors. For a month. “The bible says ‘Go ye therefore to the world,’ not ‘Go … Continue reading

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Early Church

Two quotes to think about followed by reflection from Alan Kreider: “We do not preach great things, but we live them.” — Minucius Felix (late 2nd or early 3rd century CE; Roman Christian apologist) “Why do we not observe that … Continue reading

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Dr. Bert B. Beach

Dr. Bert B. Beach recently spoke with me about politics, social action, evangelism, ecumenism, religious freedom, and conflict. Click here to read the interview, the 5th installment of Viewpoints, the interview series on peace, justice and righteousness that is a … Continue reading

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