1997 March
Editorial
Editorial — Not Ignorant of His Devices, part 1
Presumption is Satan’s counterfeit of faith. Faith claims God’s promises, and brings forth obedience, but presumption uses them to excuse transgression.
Church
The Shadow of the Stanton Controversy, part 1
We address the accusation that Historic Adventism does not believe in the definition of the church described in the Stanton manuscripts by Ellen White.
Christian Life
The wise man was not making an exaggerated statement when he warned us that a furious mother bear was less to be feared than the deceit of a fool.
Church
Willard Santee delivered a series at Prophecy Countdown. As a result John Osborne made the statement, "I don’t want to be a historic Seventh-day Adventist."
Church
News Update from the South Pacific
Kul's group was to meet and tell the SDA brethren more of their work. Upon arriving they were punched, kicked, beaten and chased, by GC supporters.
Christian Life
Persecution and tribulation are as the sun. Can a plant grow without the sun? We need trials to prepare us for Heaven, so that we will be ready for it.
Children's Story
I love harvest time. When the leaves on the trees are yellow, and the air is fresh and chilly and scented with the smell of freshly harvested grain.
Church
The Church in the Wilderness, part 2
Among the developing apostasy, there remained individuals and groups who refused to be caught up in the terrible apostasy prevailing in the church.
Church
Independence that puts human wisdom and authority above God’s wisdom and authority, making man independent of God, is sinful independence.
Recipe
Inactivity is a cause of disease. Exercise quickens and equalizes the circulation of the blood, but in idleness the blood does not circulate freely.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.