An Introduction to Biblical Narrative Analysis (Part 3a: Actions and Plot)
Actions are the events that take place in a story, including the deeds of the actors... Read more
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An Introduction to Biblical Narrative Analysis (Part 3a: Actions and Plot)
Actions are the events that take place in a story, including the deeds of the actors and the natural processes. They are frequent and play a central role. The plot unifies all actions into a cohesive progression.
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Millennial Adventists Who Identify as ‘Liberal’ Reject ‘Traditional’ Evangelistic Series Messaging, Survey Says
Young adult Seventh-day Adventists – whose place in the 18-to-34 age group is typically referred to as the millennial generation – aren’t much interested in traditional Adventist evangelistic lecture themes, a new survey revealed April 19.
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The Tithe Conundrum: A New Series by Rachel Cabose
Where does your tithe money go? Until recently I would have glibly answered, “The Adventist Church uses tithe to pay pastors.” But is that where it really goes? I started to wonder when an intriguing math problem occurred to me.
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Statement Regarding Suspected Terrorist Attack on Adventist Church in Pakistan
On Sunday evening, April 15, suspected terrorists opened fire in front of the Quetta Seventh-day Adventist Church in Pakistan, killing two and injuring eight. One of those killed was the 18-year old son of an Adventist church member.
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Millennial Adventists Who Identify as ‘Liberal’ Reject ‘Traditional’ Evangelistic Series Messaging, Survey Says
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God’s 1040
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Statement Regarding Suspected Terrorist Attack on Adventist Church in Pakistan
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Features
2017 European Adventist Youth Congress: Final
The journey at the Adventist Youth Congress has come to an end. Because it was the fi... Read more
2017 European Adventist Youth Congress: Day 3
It's Sabbath evening (August 4) in Valencia and there is an atmosphere of celebration... Read more
European Adventist Youth Congress 2017: Day 2
The second full day (third overall, including the first evening) I faced a real strug... Read more
European Adventist Youth Congress 2017: Day 1
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Reviews
Will a Progressive Pope Help Unite Church and State?
THE POLITICAL POPE: How Pope Francis Is Delighting the Liberal Left and Abandoning Co... Read more
If Adventists Are ‘People of the Book,’ Which Bible Translation Is Best? All of Them, One Author Says
There’s an old, old joke—did I mention it was old?—in Christian circles that if the A... Read more
The Love of God: A Canonical Model
The opening chapter of Peckham’s 2015 IVP Reader’s Choice Award-winning book introduc... Read more
Servants and Friends: A Biblical Theology of Leadership
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Dealing with Diversity (Lesson 13, 2017 Q4)
We have come to the final lesson for this quarter, and there are a few closing issues... Read more
The Point of No Return (Lesson 12, 2017 Q4)
We have two lessons remaining in this quarter, and thus it is time for us to begin to... Read more
Questioning the Justice of God (Lesson 11, 2017 Q4)
We have almost reached the end of this current Sabbath School quarterly (Q4 2017): we... Read more
Are Humans Predestined? (Lesson 10, 2017 Q4)
There are two major topics we need to cover in Romans 9: Predestination and Israel—tw... Read more