What are we building? The Church or the kingdom of God?
By Edwin Vargas Church planting can be a very humbling experience. As our Newday pastoral team searched for a space to rent for our…
SILENCE IS SILVER WHEN THE SONG IS FULL OF NOISE
By Rajmund Dabrowski Now in her early nineties, my mom continues to slow down, but there are moments when she is quite alert. I…
Supporting our schools
By George Crumley The Apostle tells us in James 1:17 that every good gift comes from our heavenly Father. From the beginning, God designed…
On being a daily example of hope
By Ron Price Have you heard the term “oxymoron?” The official definition I found online at Merriam-Webster is “a combination of contradictory or incongruous…
Control is an illusion
By Shayne Vincent “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more surely, having…
Wholly Human
By Nathan Brown It was a strange place to find something so familiar. It was assigned reading as part of a study program: a…
If you don’t have anything good to say …
By Nigel Abrahams “Then God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light” (Genesis 1:3). From the very beginning of the universe, words…
No Creed but the Bible!
By Reinder Bruinsma Our Adventist forefathers were adamant: “We have no creed but the Bible!” When they joined the Advent movement, the “pioneers” left…
We really mean this: thank you!
By Doug Inglish Sometimes the common courtesies we practice are done almost without thinking. Holding the door for someone carrying a big package is…
Are we afraid of Politics?
By Shawn P. Nowlan Politics—it’s okay to be involved—in fact, God calls us to involvement sometimes. Right now, the American political scene is in…