Oct 26, 2018

By Susan Bond       “Do you love glory, Grandma?” Two-year-old Reagan’s big blue eyes were shining. The dark clouds forming around my own eyes totally dissipated. I was standing over her small form lying on her bed, on the verge of landing a good sound round of something other than applause. She had given more excuses than anyone’s ever thought...

Oct 26, 2018

By Pastor JR Shick Have you ever been around someone who seems to be oozing with delight all the time? I have met only a few people who exhibit such extreme happiness and I found it incredibly intoxicating. This intoxication left me desiring and wanting more. I don’t think happiness would be the right word to describe the way they look at life. For example, I...

Oct 26, 2018

By Pastor Philip Lawton Recently I preached a hard sermon. It wasn’t hard because I had to do in-depth research. It wasn’t hard because the passage was particularly confusing. It was hard because it was truth that people don’t like to think about, let alone hear. It was hard because it called people to change. I could spend this post writing about all the ways...

By Rev. Dale E. Rood   We could learn a lot from crayons. Some are sharp, some are pretty, and some are dull. Some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they all have to live in the same box. Covenant is something we hear about but I’m not sure it is well understood. It is often compared to a contract in which two or more parties develop and...

Oct 26, 2018

by Clinton R. Brown         Some of our SDB families have made it part of their year-end tradition to select items from our suggested gift list to support the ministry work of our Seventh Day Baptists brothers and sisters around the world. During this season when much of the world celebrates the greatness of our Father’s love and the...