Feb 27, 2020
By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten In the summer of 1995, Alex Ferguson had a decision to make. His Manchester United soccer team was one of the most famous in the world, but they had not won a major competition the previous season, narrowly losing several close important games. Three of his best players were aging and nearing the end of their careers. Ferguson, as...
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...
Feb 27, 2020
By Katrina Goodrich Churches today are heavily divided. There are many different ideas between politics, church polity, culture, and the type of music we play for worship. Churches are split between people, families, belief systems, denomination, and so on. Differences in opinion are just fine. Most of us have heard the joke ad nauseum that you put two Seventh...
By Pastor Phil Lawton Shiloh SDB Church, NJ Back in December, TIME magazine named Greta Thunberg as their person of the year. Whether or not you agree with Greta Thunberg, this seemed like a reasonable choice. Last year she quickly became a household name. This is in no small part because of her stance on climate change. Often discussions of Greta involve...
by Kevin Butler This year’s Conference theme of “Fix Your Eyes on Jesus” carries a dual meaning. We are called to affix our spiritual gaze on the Lord and follow Him (Hebrews 12:2). We might also need to take some corrective action to improve our physical vision so we can read God’s Word more easily. Part of my Conference promotion has been asking people to...
Jan 28, 2020
By Rev. Don A. Sanford [Editor’s note: Given the theme of the publication this month, we have elected to print this previously unpublished work from the beloved (and now departed) SDB Historian Don A. Sanford.] Few people in colonial times left as complete a record of the times and families as did Samuel Hubbard. Much of his journal was later used by such...