Going home for Christmas

Going home for Christmas

Written by pastor Solon Kyriacou (Grantham, England) If there’s a time of year when people seem to feel the need for warmth, a sense of belonging, a sense of being home – it’s Christmas. If there’s ever a time when not being home is a burden – it’s Christmas. For people who are forced to be away from home at that time, employers often…

Baptism

Baptism

By Herbert Kiesler, reproduced from chapter “The Ordinances: Baptism, Foot Washing, and Lord’s Supper,” as published in Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology (Review and Herald, 2000). Baptism is the door to the church, a symbol of renunciation of the old life and the adoption of a new life in Christ (Rom. 6:4). Of key importance to the topic of baptism…

Understanding Hell

Understanding Hell

Have you ever met a witch? I knew she was different the moment I saw her. But I didn’t realize right away just how different she was. I was participating in an outreach project that had me going door-to door when I met a young woman named Mary Ellen. As she stood at the door of her apartment in a small town, I noticed right away that Mary Ellen was different.