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By Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Man has a hundred and eight sins, according to Buddhism, and hearing the deep ring of those gongs is said to purify him from his transgressions of the past year.
(December 30, 2002)
By Thomas G. Dwyer
And so, Mary, the unborn babe, and I spent Christmas Eve together, working on a bad tooth.
(December 23, 2002)
By Mitchell A. Tyner
I wish I could tell you that the fireworks represented joyous celebration of the birth of the Christ child. But I can’t.
(December 16, 2002)
By Steven Spruill
Slowly he became aware of the carolers. At first he had to cock his head and listen intently.
(December 9, 2002)
By Kent Hansen
The grace to be found in our lives is not found in what we do. The grace is found in the reason we do it.
(December 2, 2002)
By Nancy Lecourt
This is the meaning of Thanksgiving: That you, and whoever you are with, are alive.
(November 25, 2002)
By Bonnie Dwyer
Is violence the only way to end violence?
(November 18, 2002)
By Siroj Sorajjakool
Do we have enough courage to address problems of evil in our society, or are we too preoccupied to be righteous?
(November 11, 2002)
By David R. Larson
God is not a distant landlord who occasionaly visits us if we plead loudly and long enough.
(November 4, 2002)
By Daniel Reynaud
God’s intervention seems to bear no relationship to our praying or faith, or anything else we do or do not do.
(October 28, 2002)
By David R. Larson
It is important that our church not tie itself too tightly to any theory as to how and and when God created all good things.
(October 21, 2002)
By Scott Moncrieff
Surely we, as Christians, should never be among the bored.
(October 14, 2002)
By A. Gregory Schneider
Natural increase and nurture, at least in the United States, are the main engines of church growth, not evangelism.
(October 7, 2002)
By Roy Branson
Americans have reason to value putting the response to terrorism within the context of justice, law, and order.
(September 30, 2002)
By David R. Larson
If President Bush's doctrine of the legitimacy of preemptive military strikes is warranted for the United States, it should be so for all other nations as well.
(September 23, 2002)
By Jerry A. Gladson
Three approaches to the problem of holy war in Joshua.
(September 16, 2002)
By Merikay McLeod
Does our need for approval overpower our ability to be truthful and just?
(September 9, 2002)
By Karen Scott, Walt Pontynen, and Leigh Johnsen
"Rape of the soul" was the term Roger Williams used to describe forcing nonbelievers to observe and participate in religious rituals.
(September 2, 2002)
By David R. Larson
Contrary to what some declare, all is not fair in love and war.
(August 26, 2002)
By Susan Peabody
When does shame help us and when is it a hindrance?
(August 19, 2002)
By John Arthur
My personal observation is that the so-called "tensions" in Britain are no worse than those of any other multi-ethnic country.
(August 12, 2002)
By David R. Larson
How difficult it is for those of us who believe in God to stop using the power of government to pressure others into believing or acting as we do!
(August 5, 2002)
By Janine Goffar
Newdow's challenge is part of an effort to sanction only one belief system: that of atheistic secular humanism.
(August 5, 2002)
By Sam Davis
For those of us who have taken time to read the tribunal's report it makes for very painful reading.
(July 29, 2002)
By Reinford Khumalo and Patrick McKerrow
How can a church leader mistake a vice for a virtue?
(July 29, 2002)
By Aubyn Fulton
What we all need is more—not less—talk about sex.
(July 22, 2002)
By Daniel Reynaud
Although war is never good, at times it is the lesser of two evils.
(July 15, 2002)
By Reinder Bruinsma
I am convinced that the Trans-European Division leadership need not feel guilty about what has transpired.
(July 8, 2002)
By Nicholas P. Miller
The cost of the voucher system to the state legislatures, and even the public school system, may be miniscule compared to the cost of the voucher system to the mission and identity of religious schools.
(July 1, 2002)
By David R. Larson
It seems unwise to invest resources in the recruitment of new members if shortly thereafter the yield on this investment has all but evaporated.
(June 24, 2002)
By Errol A. Lawrence
In an age of rampant racism and sexism the Church should set the example in equity, fairness, and justice.
(June 17, 2002)
By David R. Larson
I am hesitant wholly to deny the possibility of thinking of the United States as the land monster in the second portion of Revelation 13.
(June 10, 2002)
By Fritz Guy
In the interest of the Adventist future, the present form of the IBMTE project must be resisted and rejected.
(June 3, 2002)
By Leigh Johnsen
To me, the central character of the Gospels comes across as a divine Creator-Healer—not as a judge, advocate, or avenger.
(May 27, 2002)
By James Lorenz
The look is Spanish Caribbean, with places waiting to become meccas for tourists.
(May 20, 2002)
By Dante Mena
How can God be pleased with such pride?
(May 13, 2002)
By David R. Larson
Where on earth is God now and what is God really like?
(May 6, 2002)
By Sasha Ross
God is a lover of all cultures, all peoples, all children, at all stages of life.
(April 29, 2002)
By Nancy Lecourt
I, too, have followed the bread crumbs left by books as I stumble and saunter through life.
(April 22, 2002)
By Greg Neal
If Adventists wish to inspire us "heathen" types, there is little need to preach.
(April 15, 2002)
By David R. Larson
Sometimes the only way forward is to stop looking backward.
(April 8, 2002)
By Kent Daniels Seltman
The kingdom of Heaven is about trust, not power.
(April 1, 2002)
By Daniel Reynaud
Humans simply don't understand the issues at stake.
(March 25, 2002)
By Richard Rice
To believe in God is to believe that love is more powerful than hatred.
(March 18, 2002)
By James L. Hayward
The very fact that such a story could be imagined said something to me about a reality beyond.
(March 11, 2002)
By David R. Larson
One of the best ways to kill a thriving church is to make it a nation's official religion.
(March 4, 2002)
By Susan Peabody
Those who choose only a masculine God are missing something in their spiritual lives.
(February 25, 2002)
By David R. Larson
It is not always easy to distinguish between principles and applications when considering behavior.
(February 18, 2002)
By Sasha Ross
If an Adventist were to fall in the forest with no one around, would it make any noise?
(February 11, 2002)
By Kent Hansen
David had an advantage that Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton didn't: the king was the government.
(February 4, 2002)
By Douglas Morgan
"My difficulty with the whole thing is that I went in really thinking that I was going to be helping God and country."
(January 28, 2002)
By Chris Blake
Words will fool us.
(January 21, 2002)
By Heather Isaacs
Is it possible that something is lacking in our theological pedagogy beyond doctrinal homogeneity?
(January 14, 2002)
By Daniel Reynaud
How easy it is to mock the incongruity of other people's behavior; how difficult to recognize our own reflection in their mirror.
(January 9, 2002)
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