by Nicholas Kersten Director of Education and History (This originally appeared on Nick’s private blog and has been lightly edited for content and length.) As I sit writing, it is technically the last day of 2016, though only just barely.I have spent much of the past two years taking on a job which, by everyone’s admission, was too big for a person to...
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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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Chaplain (MAJ) Jerry Johnson
Jan 25, 2017
Chaplain (MAJ) Jerry Johnson graduated with honors from the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff Officer School (CGSOC) at the Fort Belvoir, VA satellite campus on December 15, 2016. He finished the Intermediate Level Education — Common Core with a 3.98 GPA after a rigorous fifteen weeks of studying Army doctrine and tactics, joint military operations,...
Real or Fake?
Jan 25, 2017
By Rev. Donald Chroniger SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ Are you able to tell if something is real or if something is fake? That is the question. With what is happening inour country today, can you really tell what is the truth and what is a lie — the real or the fake? In our world today we have things that are counterfeit…like clothing. I saw, not too long ago,...
The Lord’s Prayer: Who is in Heaven…
Jan 24, 2017
By Pastor Phil Lawton from the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Shiloh, NJ. Check out Phil’s blog at contemplatingkenosis.blogspot.com We probably don’t spend as much time understanding this phrase as we should. Heaven. If you asked most Americans they would say that heaven is up in the sky. It has puffy clouds and golden gates and angels with harps and...
God Likes To Use the “NOTS”
Jan 24, 2017
by Danny Lee President, Missionary Society What a wonderful year! It has been my pleasure to serve as President of the Missionary Society. I remember when the Board asked me to be president, as with most folks, I thought to myself, “How can I add one more thing to my already full plate?” My job is demanding at the tune of 60 hours a week; I’m already a...
6 Signs of A Wicked and Hardened Heart
Jan 24, 2017
Reprinted from shareable stories on Facebook by faithinthenews.com No Conviction When a person begins to feel no conviction from sinning, the Spirit may not be as easily recognized next time. When we resist the conviction of the Spirit, it’s like a little tiny callus starts forming over our heart…and the more we grieve the Holy Spirit, the less we’ll feel...
Plan, Pray, Trust
Jan 23, 2017
by Madge Chroniger Alfred Station SDB Church, NY Being a senior in high school, all of the paperwork, applications, and decisions can be overwhelming. Learning to make the right decisions and to trust God where He is leading you in your life is an extremely hard task to accomplish. I am a person who likes to know where I’m going in life — everything needs to be...
Other Cheek or Blind Eye?
Jan 23, 2017
by Katrina Goodrich In Matthew 5, Jesus teaches a crowd using the Ten Commandments and other portions of Old Testament scripture. Specifically, in verses 38-42, He speaks of a portion of scripture repeated several times that is familiar to us today: an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Jesus contradicts this saying, if someone “slaps you on the cheek you...