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english  |  español  |  русский  |  português Среда, 14 января 2015. Сегодня я решил, что настало время чтобы взяться и изучить предмет ординации/рукоположения женщин лично, для себя. Ведь моя церковь находится в огромном конфликте по этому вопросу. Готовясь к этой задаче, мне интересно, а что я обнаружу если я отложу...

english  |  español  |  русский  |  português Miércoles, 14 de enero 2015. Hoy he decidido que es hora de consagrarme y ponerme manos a la obra y estudiar el tema de la ordenación de la mujer por mí mismo. Después de todo, mi iglesia está envuelta en un conflicto de...

Background In September of 2012, I was asked to serve on the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) "Theology of Ordination Study Committee." This group met four times during 2013 and 2014, and considered voluminous amounts of material on the subject of ordination in general, and the role of gender...

Adventism is heating up as we approach the GC Session in Texas, during which a vote will be taken on women’s ordination. In all my years as a member of this church I love, I have never seen so many of our people so roused about any other issue. It...

english  |  español  |  русский  |  português Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Today I have decided that it is time for me to knuckle down and study the subject of women's ordination for myself. After all, my church is engaged in a titanic conflict over the subject. As I gear up...

A pastor. A physical therapist. A builder. An investment banker. Since its inception, ARISE has attracted diverse groups of people, and this year’s class was no different. Diversity is one of ARISE’s greatest strengths, but also presents one of our greatest challenges. How so? Well, not only are the students...

The word obstinate has a bad rap. The dictionary definition is: Refusing to give up or let go; persevering obstinately Refusing to give up or let go. Persevering. Insistently repetitive or continuous. Some of us are obstinate all the time. All of us are obstinate some of the time. It’s possible to be obstinate in a good way....

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change,” said Albert Einstein. Others of comparable IQ have defined intelligence similarly, as the ability to adapt to change. I find this an interesting way of looking at something we try so hard to measure, whether by exams, IQ tests, or career....

“Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, ‘This is the way, walk in it,’ whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left” (Isaiah 30:21). Apparently, God sees in us an inclination to veer off course to the right or to the left....

I was heart-converted in November 2008 after 36 years growing up “in the church.” With this heart-conversion came a deep longing to share Christ, yet I felt powerless and tongue-tied when it came to speaking up among my peers in the corporate world. While I believed the teaching I heard,...

The resurrection of Jesus was not an arbitrary act of God. Rather, it was the definitive conquest of other-centered love over the death-dealing principle of self-centeredness inherent in all sin. According to Paul, “the law of the Spirit of life” and “the law of sin and death” waged their decisive...

When I first came to Christ I knew very little about the Bible. I said a simple sinner’s prayer, experienced God’s boundless forgiveness and fell madly in love with Jesus. When I was confronted with the Bible evidence for the seventh-day Sabbath, Jesus’ words, “if you love Me, keep My...