This past February marked the 11-year anniversary of one of my most life-changing events. It spiraled my life into a decade-long whirlwind, filled with unanswered questions and unfinished chapters. How my journey culminated with a simple realization is an…
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“Will we need the Bible in heaven?” “All Scripture is inspired by God…” (2 Timothy 3:16). The Bible is the word of God. “The very word of God continues to work in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13) “For…
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This is the work ethic I developed as a kid. Through most of public schooling, my parents booted me to school no matter how awful I was feeling. There wasn't really another option. Better to be in the company of teachers, because they know everything, right?…
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Growing up, we didn’t know what living in a house was like. My family bounced around from apartment to apartment, making new friends, riding bikes on the sidewalks, and trying not to make too much noise at night because the walls were thin. We were a…
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Hello! My name is Jonathan Hur and I have been a youth leader at Pleasanton Korean Seventh Day Adventist Church for seven years. Originally, I did not devote my life to God - but in the 7th grade I got involved in community service. My first glimpse of God…
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I recently saw a movie called “God’s Not Dead.” The movie is about a college freshman that encounters a bullish philosophy professor proclaiming that God is dead. In the classroom, the professor openly taunts anyone who believes in God and…
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A newborn shivers as she lies abandoned in a dumpster. A child gasps faintly as starvation takes his last breath. A woman screams as she fails to fend off an intruder and knows she is about to be violently taken. A man buys sleeping pills as the heartbreak…
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It was four months after the Faith Trip ended. I was in my apartment in Davis, CA, sitting in my reading chair one night when I came across this passage: “But like Enoch, God’s people will seek for purity of heart and conformity to His will, until…
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As Adventists, we are all familiar with the Great Controversy. This is the backdrop of our entire belief system. But I want to address the "other great controversy" that seems to exist in our midst, which is the age-old question of faith vs. works. Are we…
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Youth ministry has become a laboratory to experiment with different approaches and options. Today’s models range from variations of social outreach to blatant entertainment. Though well-meaning, the adoption of these models by some youth leaders has…
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