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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Apr 26, 2019
By Jane Mackintosh Conference President Since we are in Lancaster, PA, where Sight and Sound is, our crack Host Committee has secured preliminary tickets for those who want to secure a seat at this amazing spectacle of Godly theater. If you have never experienced a Sight and Sound show, I would recommend this as an unbelievable experience you will never forget....
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported that 50 million Americans suffer from chronic pain. An additional 20 million experience severe pain that limits their normal movement and activities. All of us experience pain at some time in our lives. For most, the pain lingers for a short while and then is...
Mar 20, 2019
By Pastor Bob Babcock A few days ago someone posted a note on Facebook that said the words “Jesus paid it all” do not appear in the Bible. I commented, even if those exact words were not there, that very message is clearly there and seen throughout the whole New Testament. Thinking about it later, I realized I should have said that the message not only is...
Mar 20, 2019
By Pastor Gabriel Graffius An internet meme is a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users [Dictionary.com]. A recent one began when a millennial blogger spoke of her initial enthusiasm to complete daily tasks by declaring that she would “clean all the things!” The internet...
Mar 20, 2019
By Pastor Tyler Chroniger There is an on-going problem in a lot of churches. This might come as a shock to you—or maybe you have not even considered that this is a real thing. Let me provide an example for context. You go to a church business meeting or even a conference business meeting. In that meeting, someone has a “great” idea to change the way things are...
Mar 20, 2019
By Cheri Appel Struggling to put a small necklace ring through a jeweled heart, I realized it was not going to work. “If only I could get the ring to go deeper into the heart,” I mumbled to myself. “Yes,” suddenly the voice of Almighty God spoke, “We need to get deeper into their hearts.” It seemed as though I had been immediately transported to a time, long...
By Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup SDB Church, NE Is a part of your life feeling stark, or cold, or even dead? Perhaps your marriage, though it began on a warm spring day, is now feeling the bitter chill of winter. Perhaps your job is no longer the source of excitement and joy that it used to be. Maybe even your relationship with God lacks the fire that it...
Mar 20, 2019
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Focus is vital in our Christian walk, but most of the time it is the hardest thing to do. Lately I’ve been very bad at focusing on pretty much everything, but most importantly my walk in faith and putting everything to God. When you get caught up in life, it’s hard—you forget the important and to put...