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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Nov 22, 2017
by John Camenga Edgewater/Oak Hill SDB In 1999, members of the Daytona Beach Seventh Day Baptist Church started a weekly Bible study in the home of Norman and Linda McCall some thirty miles from the historic meeting place in Daytona. In 2008, this Bible study blossomed into a church that has now been recognized as a full member of the General Conference. This...
Nov 22, 2017
by Gabriel Graffius My wife and I are currently anticipating the birth of our first child. I’ve quickly learned that the activities and emotions surrounding childbirth are a unique time in a person’s life. A woman deals with the emotional roller coaster of attempting to conceive, endures the incredible and uncomfortable physical changes to her body, receives...
Nov 22, 2017
by Pastor Bob Babcock Luke 2:8-20 Perhaps one of the most glorious aspects of the birth of Christ is that He came into this world, not by a prestigious, upper class lady but by a lowly, modest, commonplace woman. It was not a glamorous, pretentious entrance into this world, but a simple birth in a stable. Add to that, the announcement of “the good tidings of...
Nov 22, 2017
by Julia Coleman “And I will put enmity between you [Satan] and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He [her offspring] will crush your head, and you will strike [bruise] His heel.” —Genesis 1:15 “But when the time had fully come, GOD sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive the full...
Nov 22, 2017
by Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church in Colton, CA A long, long, very long time ago, an angel named Gabriel appeared to a young Jewish woman named Mary. He told Mary that she was going to have a son, who would be the Son of God. Young Mary was confused about this news but she had faith in God. Mary was given an assignment that was unique. She...
Nov 22, 2017
by Ida Gay McRoberts Council on History “What’s the story about that rusty old bell in the middle of the front lawn at the church? It sure is ugly. I notice it driving by all the time.” We may become accustomed to seeing things to the point of no longer seeing what things look like to other people. In a way, they become invisible. That comment helped me see how...
Nov 22, 2017
Rev. David Stall South Atlantic Association Visit I was invited to attend the South Atlantic Association to share about the Conference theme and program. It was great to join in with some inspired worship and catch up with LOTS of old and new friends from our SDB community. As with every visit on this “tour” during my term as president, I looked...
Nov 22, 2017
By Willy Villalpando It’s your average Wednesday evening. You are walking around when a group of creatures appears in front of you and says, “Don’t be afraid, I have good news for you that will bring joy to so many people.” Well, if you’re anything like me you turn around and run (quickly) in the other direction! But I guess that’s one reason why I wasn’t one...