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vol. 32, no. 1, winter 2004
Marriage in 2004
The International Adventist Grapevine
Drive for Regional Conference Continues in Pacific Union
Adventism in Africa
Encountering the Ethiopian Eunuch
By Gifford Rhamie
Given the rich indigenous historical beginning of Christianity
in Africa, do new and different questions need to be asked about
African missions?
Hope in the Land of Dried Corn and Salted Coffee
Text and Photographs by Kimberly
Osborn
Getting acquainted in Gimbe, Ethiopia, an American college student
learns the meaning of hope.
God’s Will for the Wealthy and the
Poor
By Gorden R. Doss
Did God decide that Africa would be poor, whereas America and
other nations would be wealthy?
Time, Chance, and God’s Designs
By A. Gregory Schneider
Responding to Gorden Doss’s call for a theology of wealth
and poverty drives one to the Preacher of Ecclesiastes.
ADRA and Adventist Missions: Resued or
Kidnapped?
The Concerns of a Missiologist
By Børge Schantz
Rediscovering the Humanitarian Aspect of Mission
By Reinder Bruinsma
The View from ADRA: An Interview with Charles Sandefur
By Bonnie Dwyer
In this section three
church leaders debate the Church’s theology of mission
as it applies to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency.
The Great Controversy and the Problem of Evil
By Richard Rice
The cosmic struggle depicted in Revelation provided Ellen White
with her most important theological concept. She employs the
theme of the great controversy to interpret the essential elements
of Christian fith, as well as the distinctive concerns of Adventists.
She also applies it to the problem of evil.
On the Necessity of Evil
By Marilyn Glaim
Going back to the Greeks to see how goodness defines evil.
The Great Controversy over You-Know-Who
Nancy Lecourt
School libraries set the stage for discussion of the world’s
evils.
A Day of Gladness, by Herold Weiss
Reviewed by John
Brunt and Alden Thompson
The truth about Sabbath in the New Testament.
Same Sex Marriage? A Christian
Ethical Analysis, by Marvin M. Ellison
Reviewed by David R. Larson
This book will unsettle many who oppose same-sex marriage and
many who favor it, giving everyone a reason to read and discuss
it.
Christian Science on Trial: Religious
Healing in America, by Rennie B. Schoepflin
Reviewed by Arthur N. Patrick
Forty-seven court cases form the context for examination of
Christian Science healing practices and healing.
The Next Adventism
By Bonnie Dwyer
Good Religion, Bad Religion: How to Tell
the Difference
By David R. Larson
Solomon
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