How Can I Know If I’m Saved?
COLLEEN TINKER The moment is emblazoned in my memory. Richard and I were sitting in a classroom in an Adventist church in San Diego County one Sabbath afternoon in 1996. […]
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Category: Devotional
The Heavens Declare God’s Majesty
BY ROLAANT MCKENZIE “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Day to day pours out speech, and night to night reveals knowledge. […]
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Freedom to Celebrate!
BY KELSIE PETERSEN Celebration. The word conjures images of smiling groups of people, whether gathered around festively decorated tables or in a backyard with brightly colored tablecloths spread with summer […]
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Resolving End-Time Fear
BY COLLEEN TINKER It happened again today. The phone rang, and a former Adventist who is firmly grounded in the finished work of Jesus asked, “What do you all believe […]
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It Is For You, Too!
ROLAANT MCKENZIE One of my favorite stories at Christmas time is A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, which has been re-interpreted in many movies since then. It […]
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Do You Fear Death or God?
RICHARD TINKER WITH COLLEEN TINKER It happened so fast. The doctor who did my biopsy in December was not alarmed, and four weeks flashed by before my follow-up appointment. His […]
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A Trip Through Holy Week
COLLEEN TINKER This information is gleaned from the book A Harmony of the Four Gospels by Orville E. Daniel. I will use Daniel’s harmony as my resource to describe the […]
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Stronger Together in Jesus
ROLAANT MCKENZIE In the last book of The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle, a wicked ape named Shift persuaded a naïve donkey called Puzzle to […]
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Who Shall Separate Us?
MARTIN CAREY Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? (Romans 8:35) The Adventist message […]
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Filleted by God’s Word
DARREL CARSON This time of year I get up around midnight to put wood on the fire. Sometimes I go right back to sleep, and other times, I lay there […]
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Eternal, Immortal, Invisible God
KELSIE PETERSEN I‘m nothing if not human, of that I am sure. As the deadline for this piece neared, I noticed that I was feeling an increasing sense of futility […]
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Anniversary Reflections on Cancer and Covid
COLLEEN TINKER Today is Richard’s and my wedding anniversary. I would marry him again in a heartbeat. Ours is a second marriage for both of us, and statistics stacked the deck […]
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Jesus Has the Monopoly on Victory
ROLAANT MCKENZIE Many of us, whether we live in the United States or one of many other countries around the world, have heard of the board game called Monopoly or […]
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Our Shepherd Keeps Us
Have you noticed the news lately? Of course you have. We hear of horrible acts of violence and lawlessness almost every day now. I propose to you that our world needs […]
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Led By the Spirit of Adoption
Romans 8 has been called the greatest chapter in the Bible for good reason. In 39 verses, it describes the Christian life with a sweeping eternal perspective, building up our […]
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