As the darkness works to doom our world and as we suffer defeat after defeat, these defeats only serve to remind us that we must be better, that we must do more, learn more of God and become more in order to reflect His glory (Jude 24)
Read moreThe Delay
How do we deal with this kind of delay? In all honesty we must acknowledge that this issue is creating substantial strains within our church.
Read moreDefeatism vs. Critical Faith Theory
Ultimately, embracing secular mechanisms for earthly justice and equality raises a flag of defeat before our heavenly Father. It is stating that God is helpless to assist me in my predicaments, and faith in fallen humanity is my only choice.
Read moreExperiencing Christ’s Method
The Holy Spirit was working on her heart and mind. God then led me to give her the Great Controversy. She read it in a week and placed an order for the entire Conflict of the Ages series.
Read moreA Binary World
If your failure to act as a leader is because you fear being labeled, racist, homophobe, xenophobe, transphobe, or any uncovered ‘phobe, ‘ist or ‘ism… then step aside. You are not a leader.
Read moreThe Worst … From Within
I couldn’t conceive how such unkind words and contrasting observations and directives could come from a student who had to consider their educational options prior to attending this university.
Read moreA Spirit of Excellence
2023 is nearly behind us, 2024 directly upon us. Are you satisfied with how the year has gone? What were your personal, professional, and spiritual goals for 2023? Did you reach them?
Read moreOvercoming Sexual Abuse, Addiction and Trauma
One day you will arrive at true freedom: when you think of your perpetrator you can pray for their mercy and grace (Matthew 5:44). Unforgiveness is the fuel to any addiction and the stronghold of victimization. True freedom is complete forgiveness.
Read moreIsaiah 58: A Spiritual Understanding of God’s True Fast
Notice how Isaiah 58:6 and Luke 4:18 are similar. Jesus was showing us how to fulfill it! Jesus adds the GOSPEL to it! The gospel is what takes people out of bondage, sets the oppressed free, it loosens the bands of wickedness.
Read moreGaithersburg SDA Church Sets up GoFundMe Page To Cover Snatched Funds
During the dust up between the Potomac Conference and the Gaithersburg Congregation, many people were asking if they could help the Gaithersburg Church financially. Now you can.
Read moreSportoholicism
I praise Him for deliverance. I praise Him that I now have all this extra time to spend with Him and my family. That my mood is not dependent upon the outcome of some meaningless game.
Read moreThe Battle For Your Frontal Lobe (Sabbath)
Standing with someone like Chloe against the cultural forces of pagan evil is the epitome of being a father to the fatherless (Psalm 68:5-6). It is ‘outreach’ in the highest sense of the word.
Read moreVillage Church Testimony -- Jesus Delivers a Woman From The Pain of Abortion
This experience locked her heart with shame and guilt. Made it calloused. Two years later, she became pregnant again from the same boyfriend. Once more, she went to Planned Parenthood. “Who would want me now?”
Read moreA Group of Christians Attend Burning Man Festival
As I watched online as my brothers and sisters demonstrated Jesus’ love to the Burners on the playa, I wondered “what is my “playa”? Where does He want me to go to share His love and truth with the desperately lost?
Read moreDon't Be A Normie
If you view child sacrifice as a self-limiting anomaly, the trans craze as a phase, and identity politics as a passing fancy, you’ll be tempted to sit back, relax, mind your own business, and wait for the madness to subside. Those tactics will get you nothing but a nonbinary grandchild.
Read moreThe "Oops, I Did It Again!" Gospel
Do we really believe in a quasi Calvinist “once saved always saved” sealing that places the same eternal security at the close of probation instead of baptism?
Read moreThe Sin of Self-Indulgence
Instead of being grateful for reverberating counsel and greater depth, we complained and threw tantrums, grabbing for justification and protection of our cherished indulgences.
Read more"Give Me a Child Till he is Seven Years…"
Until recently, few parents felt any sense of concern with the curriculum or the purpose of schools. However, I would contend that has changed. We are at the edge of a precipice, and it is time to wake up.
Read moreGraham “Hoody” Hood — The Courageous Pilot
It's Time to Reconcile (conclusion)
How can I forgive them? If I am kind and loving toward them, they won’t realize how much they have hurt me. They need to be punished so they’ll see just how bad they are!
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