Tossing and turning in bed my eyes were wide open and sleep was literally a dream I couldn’t achieve. I tried so hard to silence the thoughts in my head but they kept shouting louder and louder. I wasn’t nervous about an upcoming test or worried about getting in trouble at school. What was keeping…
I’m not that old. Like, seriously. At the time of writing, I’m only 28. I’ve never felt as though I’m getting old before. That is, aside from the fact that my back hurts a lot more lately. Apparently though, all millennials can relate to that. Right? Recently though, something made me feel old and I…
In her book Why You Are Australian: A Letter to My Children, expatriate Australian writer Nikki Gemmell reflects on various aspects of Australian-ness, particularly in contrast to her adopted home in London, including the Australian ambivalence toward religion. “As an adult I’d never done church—it was for people in strange places like Cooranbong,” she writes.…
‘Why Adventism?’ It is an interesting question for me to think about. Being Adventist has just become second nature! I have been an Adventist for four years now. I didn’t grow up as an Adventist or even as a Christian. A friend during high school did introduce the concept of God to me. Unfortunately, I…
I’ve always referred to myself as a Christian. Whether that was growing up in an Assembly of God church, or now, as a 24 year old proudly identifying as a Seventh-day Adventist. Although I was always a Christian, I never understood what that meant until God lead me to an Adventist church. The Adventist church…
What Is Faith? Let’s see what the bible says about faith: Hebrews 11:1-3(GNTD): [1] “To have faith is to be sure of the things we hope for, to be certain of the things we cannot see.” [2] “It was by their faith that people of ancient times won God’s approval.” [3] “It is by faith…
The gospel is a message of justice. It’s a judgement on oppressive systems and people and liberation for the oppressed. Jesus throughout His ministry constantly challenged the cultural biases and presuppositions of his day. He always called into question the racial prejudice many Jews held. Don’t believe me? Let’s take a look at a well…
The words ‘Jesus is coming soon’ have been echoed through time. For thousands of years Christians have been preaching the same message and yet, this Earth continues to suffer great tragedies – earthquakes, terrorist attacks, wars, famines and sickness. Many question ‘why hasn’t Jesus come yet? And is He really coming? While many others are…
They say art should afflict the comfortable, and comfort the afflicted. I think the same is true for Scripture. It challenges and confronts, yet at the same time, it comforts and supports. But I need to ask when was the last time you wrestled with what was in the Bible? I think scripture has a…
For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He has united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. . . Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross,…