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 21, 2016
Katrina Goodrich People can change, miracles happen, and sometimes old dogs learn new tricks. Change is all around; sometimes for the good and sometimes for the not so good. Typically change doesn’t spontaneously happen — there needs to be catalyst. A catalyst is a person or event that causes a change. Popular theological theory indicates that Jesus is the...
Apr 21, 2016
Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” And he rose and took the child and his mother...
Apr 21, 2016
Focus on Missions Clinton R. Brown A couple weeks ago I was getting my hair cut at our downtown barbershop in Westerly, RI. I had opted for my usual barber and was having one of our normal conversations about travel, missions, and following Jesus in different cultures. Suddenly, the barber at the neighboring chair piped in, “Where are you going? Mozambique? Is...
Apr 21, 2016
by Pastor Scott Hausrath Seventh Day Baptist Church North Loup, NE Has your spouse (or a close friend) ever given you “the silent treatment”? You know what I mean. Because that person is angry at you, or extremely frustrated with you, s/he decides to withdraw verbal communication from you. Of course we all know this is a very immature and counterproductive way...
Apr 21, 2016
You can see the little girl in this drawing has only one foot. But your mind will give her that other foot because you know it is really there. Your imagination will also have a story about this little girl. She is out in the field of flowers where she picked those in her hand. She is taking them home to her mother. She is in her home on a nice carpeted floor....
Apr 21, 2016
by Steve James Pastor, Verona SDB Church, NY In June of 2015, I had the privilege of being part of a missions trip to Kenya. I want to share with you God’s good hand in this so that you may rejoice in what He is doing in this world; reflect on what you are doing in this world; and resolve to be a part of what God wants to do in this world through you. ...
by Rev. Dr. Paul W. Manuel German Seventh Day Baptist Church Salemville, PA According to what the scriptures teach, God answers the petitionary prayer of the righteous believer that meets three conditions: • He must pray in the right direction (i.e., to God the Father not anyone else). For the singular devotion of the disciple, who appeals “to [his] Father” in...
Mar 18, 2016
by Caroline Snyder SDB Church of Daytona Beach, FL Many years ago, Audrey and Menzo Fuller, former Seventh Day Baptist missionaries to Africa, inspired me to dedicate my retirement years to missionary work. So it was with both humility and excitement that I was privileged to participate in Pastor Steven James’s mission trip to Kenya in June 2015. Our group...