Apr 28, 2020
by Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society These are unprecedented times. In a very short space of time, a novel coronavirus, named COVID-19, infiltrated our world. It has come with a vengeance. The numbers are staggering. At the time of writing, over 2.5 million infections are confirmed in at least 185 countries and territories,...
Mar 24, 2020
By Garfield Miller Director of Outreach SDB Missionary Society In the podcast What is Love by John Piper (Founder and Teacher, desiringGod.org), he defines love in two ways: “love of complacency”—because something is pleasing; and “love of benevolence”—to bring about something beautiful. Based on these definitions we can know with confidence that what we...
Feb 27, 2020
by Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director This mission could be seen as a back-up mission, or a Plan B mission, or a substitute mission, or an after-thought mission, or a re-directed mission, or a hurry-come-up mission. But God, in His foreknowledge and sovereignty, had it all planned out. And He invited us to join the party. The Miami Seventh Day Baptist Church...
Jan 23, 2020
Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Our world has become so much smaller because of the advent of the Internet. On the Internet, a brother in Bangladesh reached out to an SDB Pastor’s wife in Cumberland, Maryland. Her name is Karen Higson. Over the next almost two years, that connection blossomed and was nurtured, so that our brother in...
Dec 26, 2019
by Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society In Philippians 1:3-5, the Apostle Paul says, “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.” The Philippian church had evidently been a worthwhile partner with Paul, the...
Nov 26, 2019
by Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society James 1:27 says, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” This verse mentions two groups of people who need particular care and attention: widows and orphans. For...