Nov 27, 2019
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History As I sit to write this month, Wisconsin has been “blessed” with an unusually cold late October which has culminated in a couple of rare October snows. It is much colder here than it usually is this time of year. Nevertheless, I expect even this “cold” will seem pleasant as the frigid cold of January and...
Oct 24, 2019
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Over the past several years in my work in Christian Education, I have become impressed with two core truths about our work as Seventh Day Baptists in this area. The first truth is that our people and congregations uniformly care deeply about producing mature believers in Jesus Christ. The second truth...
Jun 26, 2019
By Marqueta Aiken Philadelphia SDB Church As you grow in the Lord you come to realize that your greatest blessings follow a difficult journey. That’s how it was with “The 9 Arts of Spiritual Conversations”1—fortunately God’s grace truly is amazing. On September 23, 2019, a group of twelve members and soon-to-be members of the Philadelphia SDB Church began a...
May 28, 2019
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In 1994, for the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Sabbath Recorder, Editor Kevin Butler oversaw the production of a special issue which detailed the history of the publication. In it, the authors detailed the changes over the Recorder’s life to that point, as well as some of the key figures...
By Bryan Baker If You Build It They Will Come Who remembers the old style of youth ministry? You know, the let’s start playing basketball in the park every Tuesday and use that as our way of outreach. That approach, while effective, kind of got thrown to the wayside a little bit in the last couple of decades. Then we got started down the path, and I’m sure we...
Oct 26, 2018
By Nicholas J. Kersten For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. —2 Corinthians 10:3-4 For most of my life, I have been fascinated by military tactics. Beginning around my early teen years, I became...