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...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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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...
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Sep 22, 2015
The Best Support by Caleb Crouch Edgewater SDB Church, FL Have you ever wanted a friend to spend the night at your house? Nothing fancy, just a regular old sleep over. To a kid — or even a youth, really (I’m sixteen and my view hasn’t changed a whole lot), to us — the logistics seem simple. Your friend packs a change of clothes and a toothbrush, and goes back...
Not Ignorant Of Satan’s Schemes? by Pastor William Shobe Dodge Center SDB Church, MN The Apostle Paul was concerned about the life and health of the believers and churches that he had been privileged to help birth into God’s Kingdom. As issues arose in these lives and fellowships, he acted decisively to address them in order to restore health and life. The...
Sep 22, 2015
Top Ten Words: How Much Do Your Parents Weigh? — Exodus 20:12 Sermon Series by Pastor Dusty Mackintosh Next Step Christian Church, Thornton, CO The command to honor our mother and father calls us to weigh heavily our parents in every way: their needs, their opinions, their words and deeds. In the ideal, honoring parents teaches us to love and...
Sep 22, 2015
From Lucifer to Satan Rod Henry, Asst. Pastor Next Step Christian Church Thornton, CO God created the heavens and the earth and it was “very good.” Part of that creation was a “world” of spirit beings. It was a “spirit world” of perfection and beauty. However, one of those beautiful angelic beings led a rebellion in heaven which would drastically change...
Sep 22, 2015
Commitment by Steven Moncrief Shiloh SDB Church, NJ The dictionary says that commitment is a promise to do or give something, a promise to be loyal to someone or something, the attitude of someone who works very hard to do or support something. Does commitment still exist today? Can we still find people today that we can call committed people? Are you and I...
Aug 25, 2015
Family Pastor JR Shick, White Cloud SDB Church, MI The week before Conference our Ministers Association from the town of White Cloud had a community church picnic. It was received very well. We planned on serving 60-75 people and we had over 120. What a blessing for the first time doing the picnic. The food was amazing and a great time was had by...
Aug 25, 2015
You can’t go to India… yet Clinton R. Brown Executive Director As I understand it, providence is when God makes provision or gives guidance because of His foreknowledge of how events are going to unfold. Usually, it seems our vision is so narrow we miss it entirely, but sometimes the Holy Spirit gives us insight into what God is doing or helps us...
Aug 25, 2015
Centennial Celebrations & Moving Forward with the Merger Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History At the recently completed General Conference meetings in Lancaster, PA, the Conference voted to adopt the merger agreement which was previously adopted by the Historical Society at its May meeting. As a result of these two votes,...