Jan 24, 2020
Seventh Day Baptists are somewhat unique in our Sabbath belief in that we keep the seventh day Sabbath as motivated primarily out of our love for God and our desire to be in the blessings prescribed to that holy day. Our Statement of Belief says this about the Sabbath: We believe that the Sabbath of the Bible, the seventh day of the week, is sacred time, a gift...
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In his recent book, “You Found Me,” evangelism researcher Rick Richardson, with the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism at Wheaton College, charts and interprets recent evidence about those people around us who do not believe in Jesus Christ. Contrary to some studies well-publicized, Richardson believes...
It was the first day of the new school year. The young children starting Kindergarten were excited. Miss Allen was excited, too. It was her first day of teaching. She greeted each child with a happy face. Miss Allen told the class that the first project would be drawing a picture of their favorite thing. Each child was given a large white sheet of paper and a...
By Sarina Gumness As I write this article, I am going into my 12th week of pregnancy, which also means I have finally begun to tell people about this exciting news. Pregnancy has been very tough for me. People tell you about the normal symptoms but they do not prepare you to what extent that may lead. For me, my symptoms have been extreme. It’s been impossible...
Jan 23, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director I failed the vision test. There was no way around it: I simply could not see clearly. I was in the high school nurse’s office with my face pressed into the overgrown viewfinder. I was essentially looking through a stationary pair of binoculars into a little box where I was supposed to see sign markings down the edge of railroad...
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...