by Onnah Bink Berlin SDB Church, NY   My life has been pretty far from what I have expected these past few months. I have gone through some good things and some bad things. My life has literally been a roller coaster ride with a bandana around my eyes; up and down — but you never know which one will come next. Way back when, I would have rather tried doing...

Nov 28, 2016

by Pastor Scott Hausrath North Loup SDB Church, NE What bothered Marcy so much wasn’t the fact that she didn’t get the female lead in her school’s Holiday play. After all, she knew that her own voice wasn’t as strong or beautiful as Laurie Berman’s. Marcy had to admit that Laurie really did deserve the role of Mrs. Claus in the Arlington Middle School...

Nov 28, 2016

Article by Eric Geiger Conflict is going to happen. After sin entered the world through the disobedience of Adam and Eve, God told Eve that the relationship with her husband would no longer be perfect: “Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you” (Genesis 3:16). Scholars have pointed out that the same wording of desire and ruling is used in...

by Rev. John J. Pethtel Director of Church Development & Pastoral Services Multiply Conference Thirty-three SDBs from across the United States and Canada descended upon beautiful Colorado Springs for the 2nd Annual MULTIPLY Church Development Conference from October 20 to 22. The main theme for the conference was “Engaging in Hard Conversations.” On...

Oct 26, 2016

by Jon Cruzan Milton SDB Church, WI On Friday 8/19, Sue and I, along with two grandsons, were returning to Milton from several days of vacation at Indiana Dunes State Park. We were in our RV, named Espresso, making our way west on I-90 through the Chicago area. We had enjoyed great fun but it was time to get home. Espresso was full of sand, dirty...

Oct 26, 2016

by Seth Osborn Thanksgiving is just around the corner! A day to spend with family, eat good food, and be thankful for all of the blessings that the Lord has given to us. Of course, it would probably be better if we did those more often than one day out of the year. Especially that last one. And it should be easy! With all that God has done, how can we not be...

By Levi Bond It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance but raised their voices, calling out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Taking a good look at them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests. ”They went,...

Oct 26, 2016

  Over the last few years, several of our families have made it part of their year end tradition to select items from our suggested gift list to support the ministry work of our Seventh Day Baptist brothers and sisters around the world. During this season when much of the world celebrates the greatness of our Father’s love and the greatest gift of all,...