Jan 15, 2021
Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the Gospel, disciples are to be made of all nations. And He modeled that plan by teaching, training and preparing a dozen men who would then exponentially do the same with others, so that...
Jan 15, 2021
Dear Editor Cruzan: We in Salem, WV, enjoyed seeing the story of the 1947 fire in our church. Other readers might be interested in a couple of the fire memories that our older members have passed down. Those volunteers who helped remove the heavy oak pews, pulpit, communion table etc. before the falling sanctuary ceiling ruined them? They were members of the...
Jan 15, 2021
By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier this spring, celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday. The party started out in Central Park with a socially distanced picnic. It was Matthew’s first group gathering in months due to the...
Jan 15, 2021
By Katrina Goodrich Women’s Society 2,000 and some odd years ago, God’s plan to save humanity from eternal separation from Him went from potential to action. His son came to Earth, not in the form of a warrior, but as a baby—not to smite and fight but to lovingly lead people unto Himself and His Father. He was much anticipated, but not what was expected. Jesus...
VAUGHT—Austin Grant Jr. (AG), age 64, died March 17, 2020, in Janesville, WI. Persons familiar with hospice care may know they refer to a person’s final days as their last journey. That journey is as individual as the person—but I’ve heard many times of the dying person who suddenly seems to look at or reach for someone unseen. I don’t know if this is just...
Reprinted from The Sabbath Recorder dated November 21, 1878 Prairie Fire in Nebraska A North Loup correspondent sends us an account of a very destructive prairie fire in that vicinity, by which our Sabbath-keeping friends were heavy sufferers, clipped from the Greeley County Tribune, date not given, from which we make the following extracts: On last Tuesday...