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Why am I Here?

This presentation is designed for people who have not yet come to a point in their spiritual journey where they have decided to become a follower of Jesus.

What To Do With Guilt

We live in a world that is filled with conflict and alienation, a world of fragmented and broken relationships, a world of lost dreams and personal failures. People are hurting for all kinds of...

What Is Faith And How Do I Get It?

The teacher in a children’s Sunday school class asked what faith was. A little boy raised his hand and said, “Faith is believin’ what you know ain’t true.” Many people have that concept of faith....

John Dunne wrote about some early Spanish sailors who reached the continent of South America after an arduous voyage. The fleet sailed into the headwaters of the Amazon, an expanse of water so wide...

The Hungers of My Life

There are two things that are endemic to the human condition. Number one, we all have heart hungers, deep longings that sometimes seem so hard to fill; dissatisfaction with the way things are, a...

Is It Possible to Know If there is a God?

How do you know what you know? When we have a conversation with someone about God or the Bible we usu- ally ask questions about the content of our faith. People who are curious about faith typically...

Influences on Your Spirituality

Newsweek magazine reported on a statue that sits in Manhattan on Fifth Avenue near the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s a three-foot statue of Cupid in a courtyard fountain. Thousands of people walk...

Human Destiny

Eschatology is the study of the end of history and the world as we know it. It relates to the ultimate destiny of humanity. It is from two the Greek words; eschatos, meaning “last” and logy, meaning...

How Can I Be More Compassionate and Centered?

Your life is like either a small bowl of still water or a wide, deep and fl owing river. The truth is, we cannot keep the “salt” from entering our lives—pain, crisis, difficulties, distasteful people...

Global Values and the Sabbath

Ziggy, clothed in his swim suit, is standing on the beach. He’s holding a big shell up to his ear, listening. A voice from inside says, “Good afternoon, sir. I represent the Crustacean Liberation...

War and Peace

War has been glamorized by Hollywood for decades. It shows the bravery, the valor, the dedication and heartwarming relationships between fellow soldiers. It portrays one country as “good” and another...

Social Implications of the Gospel

Have you ever been told that the Adventist mission really doesn’t include helping the homeless? Or have you been given the feeling that community service is a low priority compared to verbal...

Relationships

When most people think of God, they think of descriptors such as omnipotent (all- powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnipresent (everywhere-present). In the battle between world religions,...

Bioethics

In the beginning of each human being born since Adam and Eve, there was an egg and a sperm. They came together in a perfectly planned way so that the parents’ DNA would combine and produce a perfectly...

Why Organized Religion?

So what community do we belong to today? There is the national community, the country to which we belong. We are American, Canadian, British or Ghanaian or Mexican, etc. There is the regional...

Finding Rest in a Restless World (Sabbath for Pre-Christians)

We live in a world that is filled with the shocks of life; stress, anxiety, fear, danger, failure, hurt, pain, brokenness. The list is long. We are surrounded by forces that drain us, damage our...

Introduction to the Bible

A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child’s work. As she got to one little girl who was working...

Introduction to Spiritual Growth

So how does one go about paying attention to what matters most? This is what is often referred to as “spirituality,” taking the time to pay attention to the internal issues of life, the heart-soul...

How God Communicates

One of the fundamental truths about God is that God communicates. God is not silent, withdrawn, aloof or distant. God desires to be known. Which means that God chooses to communicate with people for...

Forgiveness

Even the best among us spend time demanding payment, don’t we? Think about it. Doesn’t someone owe you something? An apology? A second chance? A fresh start? An explanation? A thank you? A childhood?...