In Focus

Are You Posting Evil Thoughts?

Jacquelyn — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:11:28 +0000

“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts…” – Matthew 15:19 A brief feature on the news the other day caught my attention. A comment posted by a school administrator on her own Facebook wall, which she thought was set on “private” but was actually public, ended up not only embarrassing her, but due to [...]

ANN: Teach Substance and Involve Youth

Jacquelyn — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:18:42 +0000

Adventist News Network recently featured a commentary by Lisa Rasmussen sharing her views on the issue of keeping youth not only in the church, but satisfying their spiritual needs and getting them involved. Many Seventh-day Adventists are concerned with keeping youth involved in church. I was in a unique position to observe this at the [...]

What happens when we die?

Nilopher — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:40:11 +0000

Guest contributor, Nilopher, shares the Biblical answer to the question: “What happens when we die?” To understand what happens when we die, we have to understand what the soul is. “And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a [...]

I Will Come Again

Jacquelyn — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:36:19 +0000

The Sabbath of May 1, 2010, was such a wonderfully relaxing day filled with simple blessings. For the first time in a long time, I was able to sit down with a good book. I choose I Will Come Again, the 1966 edition of Carlyle B. Haynes’ 1926 book, The Return of Jesus, which includes [...]

Steps to Christ in Song

Jacquelyn — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:30:58 +0000

Recently I purchased Steps to Christ in Song by Fountainview’s Strings & Choir. This DVD production brings Ellen White’s simple book Steps to Christ, originally published in 1892, to life through 13 half-hour episodes of powerful music, personal testimony, devotionals, and gorgeous scenery. This musical production features the students of Fountainview Academy (high school) not [...]

The Vegan Project: Seven Month Update

Jacquelyn — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:12:28 +0000

On January 4, 2010, I made the radical decision to change to a vegan diet. It did not take any long deliberation nor did I transition into the vegan diet slowly. On January 3rd, I was adhering to the clean and unclean meats of Leviticus 11, and on January 4th, I stopped eating any kind [...]

Animal Rights: An Adventist’s Stand

Jacquelyn — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:08:14 +0000

Despite some glaring black marks on the history of the Christian church, one of the key principles of Christianity is human rights. One of the most notable teachings of Christ Jesus was love for God and love for fellow man. Matthew 22:37-40 records Jesus’ words: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy [...]

New Year’s Resolution: In God’s Word Daily

Jacquelyn — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:15:31 +0000

It is January 1, 2010, and that means that all across the world, people have celebrated the end of one year and the beginning of another. Each year, thousands of people set yearly goals and resolve to achieve them. Some of the more common goals include losing weight, getting in shape, dropping a bad habit [...]

The Birth of a Savior

Jacquelyn — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:42:17 +0000

Luke 2:4-20, NIV I Believe by Natalie Grant So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was [...]

Why Can’t It Be Easier to Believe?

Jacquelyn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:14:14 +0000

Question: But why does God want us to have this strong faith in him? why can’t he make it easy for us? Even when God did speak and allowed Himself to be heard by many people… not all of them believed or continued to believe. Even with God’s existence proved in front of our very [...]