For some time now, we as Seventh-day Adventist® Christians have lived in the end of time. As we see cosmic birth pains accelerating and intensifying all around us, what should our end-time stewardship look like?
It was one of those beautiful cloudless nights. The heat of the June day was now a cool night's gentle breeze.
I have been hearing a lot of political talk recently at church; even the pastor has been making statements from the pulpit disparaging certain candidates and giving his opinion on political issues. Should the church be engaged in political activity like this?
“Entonces el Rey dirá a los de su derecha: “Venid, benditos de mi Padre, heredad el Reino preparado para vosotros desde la fundación del mundo, porque tuve hambre y me disteis de comer; tuve sed y me disteis de beber; fui forastero y me recogisteis; estuve desnudo y me vestisteis; enfermo y me visitasteis; en la cárcel y fuisteis a verme” (Mateo 25:34-36).
A few years ago, as I was reading through Ellen G. White’s letters and manuscripts in the early 1860s, I observed that she frequently advised people to “tax” their energies but also to avoid “overtaxing” them. Further, she adapted her counsel depending on the circumstances.
Some Seventh-day Adventists have the idea that camp meetings are unique to our movement. Actually, North American camp meetings have their origins in the religious life of the American frontier at a time when the population was spread over vast areas with few ministers to serve the sparse population.
While retrieving the mail one ordinary day in 2017, something caught my eye on the back of a magazine—a brightly-colored advertisement for a new kids’ program called Discovery Mountain.
Dear Young Person,
After retiring from GTE/Verizon, Rich Krajniak and his wife Jan returned to their hometown of Alpena, Michigan. But it didn’t take them long to get busy.
A West Michigan church is helping to tackle hunger by distributing supplemental food boxes to the community.
Dozens of community members gathered for a night of prayer Friday, March 1, 2024, at a Grand Crossing church following a mass shooting that killed two people only blocks away on Feb. 26.
The Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church honored South Bend Fire Department Station Two with a local hero award Saturday, March 9, 2024, thanking them for their service to the community.
Recently, I overheard two parents expressing frustrations with their teenagers’ unannounced mood swings and emotional outbursts.
Criticism is destructive to relationships. Matthew 7:1-2 tells us that we should not judge unless we want to be judged in the same way and with the same harshness we judge others.
Aileen Fajardo comes from a family of nurses. Growing up, her mother and three aunts worked as nurses.
Illinois Conference welcomes Roberto Gonzalez as the new associate youth director focusing on youth and young adult ministry and Public Campus Ministry, effective June 1, 2024.
One gentleman expressed his joy through an interpreter as he was no longer experiencing excruciating tooth pain. Another patient accompanying his son for dental care decided to take advantage of the medical screening and discovered his blood pressure was dangerously high.
In March, the beloved Michigan-based radio program “Your Story Hour” turns 75 years old.
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Lake Union executive committee convened in Berrien Springs, Michigan for the first of three meetings held annually.
Andrews University’s School of Architecture & Interior Design (SAID) is creating vital new paths for creative students with a new associate degree and certificate coming for the 2024–2025 academic year, along with the addition of an interior design minor to complement the Bachelor of Interior Design (BID).
Camp Wakonda has always been my home away from home--you could almost say that I was born there.
Like many camp staff, one of my prayers throughout this summer was to see God at work.
We met in fourth grade. Back then, navigating through public school proved to be a challenge for both of us. Genuine friendships seemed difficult to come by.
Each time I make that left turn onto our camp property and pass the welcome sign that bears our name, I am immediately reminded that I am entering holy ground.
This summer, Andrews University presents two summer programs that provide opportunities for participants to grow academically, spiritually and socially.
Take a look through the summer camp programs coming up this season!
"As for me and my house" we are "trusting all the way" and "sowing seeds" for God's kingdom, so we can "run the race" with our gaze fixed toward "the blessed hope."
For many years, Wisconsin camp meeting has been an excellent opportunity for fellowship, worship, and discipleship at beautiful Camp Wakonda.
In Joshua 24, the passage describes a pivotal moment when Joshua gathers all the tribes of Israel at Shechem, reminding them of their history and how God has guided and provided for Israel in the past and present.
Lake Region Conference will embark upon a 10-day encampment, beginning Friday, June 21 through Saturday, June 24.
The programming for this year’s Indiana Camp Meeting on the campus of Indiana Academy is designed to encourage you as we await His return.
Wherever we may be on the journey with Jesus, as with any relationship, trust remains the bedrock for that pilgrimage.
