One of the toughest tasks a church faces is choosing a good minister. A member of an official board undergoing this painful process finally lost patience. He’d watched the pastoral relations committee reject applicant after applicant for some fault, alleged or otherwise. It was time for a bit of soul-searching on the part of the

Last Sabbath (11/24/12), I preached at the Grand Blanc church about the spirit and attitude of thanksgiving (A few days after Thanksgiving Day).  But more so from that stand point of giving thanks when there seems to be little to no reason for it. A few days later, God hit me over the head with

Many have probably heard or seen about this Oprah interview already. For those who have it might be a good refresher for encouragement. If you have not watched it, it’ll be of great motivation. One of the lines that stood out the most was “If your faith won’t fit in the door that opens,…DO NOT

Just finished reading something and decided to post.   Normally don’t like to criticize publicly and nor do I intend to do so, though the wording of the post title may indicate otherwise. The famous quote by Karl Marx regarding religion is that it is the opium of the masses.  Unfortunately the wording of a new study

When the ESV (English Standard Version) Translation Oversight Committee met in the summer of 2010, the BBC filmed a segment on the discussion of how best to translate the Hebrew word ‘ebed and the Greek word doulos (English: slave). This 4 minute clip summarizes hours of discussion that took considerable hours of research from each

As we grow up, most people expect to lose their innocence and maybe even look forward to it; other’s may even celebrate it.  Within humanity there seems to be this desire to engage in this trading session of our innocence for whatever sort “able to make one wise” thing.  (Please note that there is a

Is it true or isn’t it? “The Rumor” is a digital short presented by the Office of Adventist Mission during its report to the Annual Council of the Executive Committee of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The video, which opens with the lines, “This is a false report about a false rumor,”

Thought I’d share this video from the Florida Hospital SDA Church Since it’s that time of the year again, if you get a ring from a nominating committee member… remember this video

D10: Saturday, March 24 Normally, one tries to avoid travel on Sabbath, this time it couldn’t be avoided.  Most slept on the way over the Guayaquil.  As we got there our driver for the first and last part of our trip met us at the airport and stayed with us a bit.  He gave some