Industrial seed oils are used very widely in the restaurant and food processing industries, but the clinical evidence is that our high seed oil diet is hurting our health.
Read moreWhat Explains Jewish Success?
What explains the high intelligence and extraordinary success of the Jewish people?
Read moreThe New Plague of "Mommy Porn"
Reading the new genre of “mommy porn” will decrease your satisfaction with your real-life husband, no matter how often you remind yourself that the books are fantasy.
Read moreThe Ten Commandments and the Role of Government, Part 3
Yes, Christians should seek to have divine principles of morality and justice enshrined in the laws of their nation. Left-leaning Christians do this constantly, and hence they have no rational basis for condeming Right-leaning Christians for also doing so.
Read moreThe Ten Commandments and the Role of Government, Part 2
Governments must not force the conscience in regard to religious beliefs or observances. The first four commandments, which describe the Christian's duty towards his God, may not be enforced by law. History has repeatedly shown that the path of enforced belief and worship leads only to persecution, injustice, misery and national disgrace.
Read moreAgenda for GC '20: Leadership on the Date Line Sabbath
The Sabbath controversy among Adventists in the Pacific is increasingly being reported in secular media. It is an embarrassment to our church. When will the General Conference act?
Read moreIs there an Adventist Gender Gap?
The gender voting gap in politics suggests a similar gender-based difference in voting patterns on the various Adventist nominating and governing committees and boards.
Read moreThe Ten Commandments and the Role of Government, Part 1
Jesus taught that there is a sphere that civil authorities legitimately regulate, but another and separate sphere that belongs to God alone, into which earthly princes have no right to intrude
Read moreChurch Music and Gay Activism
High quality music is very valuable to Christian worship, but it must not be allowed to become an avenue of homosexual activism.
Read more“I Made Myself Blind”
It burned severely and Shuping was in pain, but she was also pleased: “In the moment, all I could think of was, ‘I’m going blind, it’s going to be okay.”
Read moreChurch Discipline in an Undisciplined Culture
The process of discipline, though painful at the time, leads ultimately to the triumph of God’s people.
Read moreThe Right to Confront: Should it Apply in Church Discipline Cases?
It is disgraceful that a member can be excluded from his own disciplinary hearing for no reason other than that his accusers would rather not look him in the eye.
Read morePaul, Circumcision and the Modern Church
I have studied the issue of circumcision for years, and am convicted that the Seventh-day Adventist Church should have a doctrinal statement encouraging circumcision as part of a healthy lifestyle.
Read moreIllustrating the Truth
Racist religious art is shaming to black children from their earliest years. We must stop shaming black children. We must correct this now.
Read moreScience Finds New Benefits of Prophetic Health Advice
Recent studies have found that practices Ellen White recommended for digestive health--drinking water before meals, thoroughly chewing our food, and eating at set, regular times with no snacking between--have an important bearing on weight control.
Read moreAdventists and Wine, Part 2
Elder Wilson has made revival and reformation his platform, and nowhere is reformation more urgently needed than on the question of strict temperance. Bring back the temperance pledge!
Read moreA Response to Transsexualism and Gender Identity
We can no more rebel by substituting another sex for what He has given us than we can rebel by substitute Sunday for Sabbath. God’s sovereign choice in making us male or female is no more to be trifled with than is God’s sovereign choice in hallowing the Sabbath as the day of rest and worship.
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