In April of 1990, Reader’s Digest published an article “Dr. Ben Carson: Man of Miracles.” As a 9 year old child, I remember reading that article and admiring Dr. Carson. I admired his struggle, his ability to overcome the challenges of his childhood. I marveled after his obvious intelligence and his miraculous accomplishments. When I found out he was Seventh-day Adventist like me that cemented my fandom. His story spoke to me as a shy smart kid, making my way through my first year at a public school.
Christianity Stands Apart from Warfare (A.T. Jones)
The early Christians did not engage in war. They
would die rather than kill a fellow-being. It was not until apostacy had honeycombed the church that Christians
were to be found bearing arms and engaging in carnal warfare.
Fashionable Murder – Advent Review and Sabbath Herald – (1867)
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] By John Todd, D.D. [dc]N[/dc]othing but an imperative sense of duty could induce me to pen what I am about to write. Letters from different sections of the country, and from physicians too, are so urgent that I should write on this subject, that I may choose. I have no…
Baptist Joint Committee Announces Religious Liberty Essay Contest – Due March 1, 2013!
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] The Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest is open to all high school juniors and seniors. To enter, write an essay of 800 to 1,200 words addressing the following topic: The United States of America was religiously diverse at its founding. Its population included numerous Protestant groups, small Catholic and Jewish populations, those…
La Sierra University Responds to Edward Allred Center Story
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] La Sierra University has responded to concerns regarding its naming of the Edward C. Allred Center of Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship that have circulated in recent days with the following press release. Websites covering the story include Christianity Today, WorldNetDaily, The Christian Post, Advindicate, Life Site News, California Catholic Daily,…
Catholic Bishops Promise to Investigate Hospital’s Legal Argument That Fetuses Are Not Human
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] [dc]I[/dc]n Colorado, a Catholic hospital chain is being sued by John Stodghill who claims that the Catholic hospital failed to save the life of his seven-month pregnant wife’s twin fetuses when she died. The hospital’s lawyers, in turn, argued that fetuses were not people, and even if they were, they…
Religious Liberty: Windows of Vulnerability?—Bert Beach
[fblike style=”standard” showfaces=”true” verb=”like” font=”arial”] 01-19-2013 Burt Beach: Religious LIberty: Windows of Vulnerability? from Spencerville Adventist on Vimeo. Bert Beach presented this sermon at the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church on January 19, 2013.
A Matter of Honor – Christian University Honors MD Who Invented Assembly Line Abortion
In 2010, La Sierra University, a Seventh-day Adventist liberal arts institution in Southern California, named its “Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Center” after notorious abortion provider Edward C. Allred. Allred, a 1964 graduate of Loma Linda University Medical School, has achieved legendary status in the pro-life community for his frank comments in a 1980 interview with the San Diego Union.
John Kerry Calls for Release of American Pastor Imprisoned in Iran
[dc]I[/dc]ncoming U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry called for the release of Pastor Saeed Abedini, American citizen who was sentenced last week to eight years in an Iranian prison on charges of threatening Iran’s national security because of his Christian activities in Iran. During the Senate Confirmation hearings yesterday, Kerry said that working for Abedini’s…
Preferential Treatment, Persecution, or Loss of Privilege?
Some people believe that their religion obligates them to not only control themselves, but to control others as well. I believe that it is possible to make religious freedom as expansive as possible, and truly allow people to follow the dictates of their hearts as God (or whatever they believe in) leads them. Not only do I think that this is the solution that works best for our democracy, but I also happen to think that this is the solution that gets us closer to what God wants as well.