I would like to ask you a question. . . Have you noticed which hymn, of all the ones we sing at a nursing home, is the one that the people know best and remember? If you guessed “Amazing Grace” you are correct. By the 19th century this song had become a staple in the [...]
It was spring time in Battle Creek, and a general meeting was being planned in the church. It had been announced in the Review and Herald that all were invited to this conference and that the church members of Battle Creek would entertain, as well as they could, all who came. Every Sabbathkeeper in the [...]
“The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.” Psalm 12:6–7 What is a hybrid? The term denotes the mixing of two different elements. This has been done with plants, [...]
“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.” James 1:27 DEFINING RELIGION “A religious life is action of the mind and body in harmony with divine forces.” –Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6, p. 371 [...]
We know John as one of the disciples of Jesus, a brother of James, son of Zebedee (Matthew 10:2). They were surnamed Boanerges, which is, the sons of thunder (Mark 3:17). John is distinguished above the other apostles as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” John 21:20 (The Desire of Ages, p. 292). Just as John, [...]
“I am that bread of life.” John 7:48. Have any of the Scribes or Pharisees believed on Him? “Those to whom the message of truth is spoken seldom ask, ‘Is it true?’ but, ‘By whom is it advocated?’ Multitudes estimate it by the numbers who accept it; and the question is still asked, ‘Have any [...]
Many people get discouraged in their Christian experience and they feel like there is no hope for them, because they repeat the same mistakes until Satan comes and says, “You are not forgiven. Look at your life, it is a disaster. Don’t you see how far you are from the standard of God? God has [...]
In His prayer to His Father, Jesus spoke these words in the end, “Thy will be done.” Jesus was facing a terrible ordeal that same night. Gladly He would have avoided it, but the will of His Father was more important to Him than His own comfort. How often do we pray and ask many [...]
A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school’s first teacher-parent conference. To the little boy’s dismay, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher would meet his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a [...]
If one does a Google search on End of the World 2012, you will find there are 1,560,000,000 websites with that reference. The whole world is talking about the year 2012 being the end of the world, with numerous signs mentioned as proof that this event will take place. According to the Mayan Long Count [...]