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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Feb 23, 2018
by John J. Pethtel God intends for pastors to be great parents. Sadly, some churches don’t care if their pastors are faithful in their homes as long as they perform well in the church. This is unacceptable. Speaking of pastor/elders in 1 Timothy 3:4-5 Paul wrote, “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive,...
Feb 23, 2018
By Clint R. Brown Maybe not this week or next, but if Jesus’ return does not preempt your time here, then your body in this broken world will fail and you will stop being counted among the living. We often try to pretend otherwise despite the regular reminders and evidence around us. Almost no one in the billions of people that have come before us made it out...
Feb 22, 2018
by Katy Bofinger Can I be really honest with you? I have a paralyzing fear of making calls using the telephone. It’s ridiculous, but I worry about interrupting people, or catching them at a bad time. Without body language to interpret, I fear that I may misunderstand them or misrepresent myself. As I sit and type this, I realize the silliness of this fear. For...
Feb 22, 2018
By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History “How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the...
Feb 22, 2018
By Donna S. Bond Shiloh SDB Church, NJ “I could wring that man’s neck,” I said TO my husband (not ABOUT him) in mid-December. Sometime in October, George Pettit, a senior member of the Shiloh, NJ, church, had told me God was leading him to give a children’s message and he needed my help. Knowing that I make patchwork dogs — named “Cretora dogs” in memory of my...
Feb 22, 2018
by Pastor Dave Stall When I agreed to serve as conference president this year, it was on the condition that it would be a family experience. This was NOT going to be a season where extra ministry and travel would take me away from my family. Every trip would include my wife or the entire family. We have stuck with that plan and the experience has been great!...
Feb 22, 2018
By Donald Graffius On Sabbath January 27, 2018, the Shiloh Church recognized Dr. George Cruzan for his 42 years of service as Trustee and as President (12 years) of the SDB Memorial Fund. On behalf of the Memorial Board, President Donald Graffius thanked the church for the many “seeds” planted with the Memorial Fund over the years. The church and its members...
Feb 22, 2018
Last in a series by Assistant Pastor Philip Lawton Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com I want to do a little exercise. I want you to get out your personal Bible and turn to Matthew 6:13. Now read it. Those of you reading KJV will not notice anything out of the ordinary. If you have NASB you may...