Editorial Archives - Steps to Life

Editorial – Lest Any Fail of the Grace of God

October 2, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

It is possible to receive the grace of God in vain and fail to receive eternal life.

Editorial – Tuberculosis and Modern Pandemics

August 31, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

Tuberculosis, a major cause of death throughout the world even today, was one of the leading causes of death in Ellen White’s day. It is usually spread by infected air-borne droplets, coughed up by individuals with the active disease and inhaled by susceptible persons—a very similar means of transmission to the modern emerging viruses that have recently caused panic throughout the world.

Editorial – If You Are Loyal and True

July 30, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

If you are loyal and true, that God who walked with the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, who protected Daniel in the lions’ den, who manifested Himself to John on the lonely island, will go with you wherever you go.

Editorial – Fishers of Men

July 8, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

Jesus told His disciples that He would make them fishers of men. To fish, you put bait on a line and then wait for a fish to bite. I have watched fishermen sitting for hours waiting for a fish to accept the bait.

Editorial – I Am

June 2, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

The word Jehovah or Yahweh is a derivative of the expression “I AM.” What does the expression “I AM” signify? It was the name of God given to Moses to express the idea of the eternal presence of God…

Editorial – The Day of Atonement

May 10, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

A correct understanding of Daniel 8:14 shows us that we are living in the day of atonement. Under the old covenant, the Passover was celebrated every year, but under the new covenant,…

Editorial – Purification of the Church, Part I

May 4, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

What is involved in the purification of the church? How does it happen? And why is it necessary? We will look at the last question first.

Editorial – Purification of the Church, Part II

May 3, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

The early Adventists thought that the midnight cry was at the end of the path to the city of God, but the Lord revealed to Ellen White that the midnight cry was at the beginning of the path and was of vital importance to the purification of the church.

Editorial – Purification of the Church, Part III

May 1, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

Question: How does the work of purification begin in the church? “Let the churches who claim to believe the truth, who are advocating the law of God, keep that law and depart from all iniquity.

Editorial – Purification of the Church, Part IV

May 1, 2020 by John J. Grosboll

What is the objective of the purification of the church? The objectives are: that the church reach perfection here (that each church member becomes faultless in character with every impurity destroyed),…