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Think about this question before reading any further: What do cars, armies, corporations, courtrooms, and the solar system all have in common? Seriously, think about it for a minute and see what answers you come up with. Perhaps you’re thinking, they all have something to do with people, but that’s not the answer. Maybe you’re thinking, each one […]

On January 20, 1961, over twenty thousand Americans huddled in the sub-freezing temperatures of Washington D.C., watching as the Supreme Court clerk held up the large Fitzgerald family Bible. The white marble of America’s Capitol building bleakly blended with the deep snows around; the top of its dome was lashed by the arctic winds. The

Have you ever been in a church where going on outreach with your fellow church members moved slower than molasses and was more painful than having teeth pulled? Maybe your church is shrinking, but you can’t seem to steal enough youth from the other Adventist churches to bring in the crowds. Or did your church

(originally published as ‘Christ Man’s Example’ in the Review and Herald, July 5, 1887) Jesus prayed for His future disciples, including His end-time Church, “that they all may be one… [so] that the world may believe that You sent Me.”[1] Notice that Jesus stakes the world’s acceptance of Him upon the unity of the Church. When the Church

Today’s surrender to God’s will is tomorrow’s path for success. This is particularly true in ministry that is to produce revival and a system of selfless service. “When the cities are worked as God would have them, the result will be the setting in operation of a mighty movement such as we have not yet witnessed.”[1] Such was the case for arguably

Eight tall shadows fall across the wooden ramp. The wood creaks as the family walks together up it, their eyes focused forward. Below them, a sea of humans hurls all manner of taunts and jeers at them. With quickening steps, the little family reaches the threshold of the ark and is about to enter when the Patriarch turns to

In December of 1746, John, an Anglican preacher, started a free medical dispensary[1] in London. Given the dismal condition of the health and hygiene among the poor of London, along with the equally dismal condition of the current hospitals and medical infirmaries, the free “medical clinic” was a booming success. The success of this first dispensary inspired him

The emergency alert, indicating TORNADO WARNING, instructed them all to immediately take shelter. Without another moment’s hesitation, Sarah, Dylan, and Jake all ran from their places of accommodation into the inner room of a basement, the three of them huddled over their phones, expectantly watching for any updates of the tornado’s movement. It was a

If the gospel were a YouTube video posted two thousand years ago, it could aptly be described as “gone viral.” The gospel of Christ reached literally every person on planet earth in a single generation.[1] Like COVID-19, it spread rapidly throughout the whole world, changing lives and crossing borders– political, linguistic, and cultural–with ease. In fact, the

(Originally printed as “Our Medical Workers and Our World-Wide Mission”, in [The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald], February 7, 1929.) Percy T. Magan, an early leading educator in the Seventh-Day Adventist church, was what some might call a radical reformer. Soon after co-founding Madison College, Magan was called to serve at the College of Medical