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True Leadership: Defining the Qualities of a Godly Leader
By: Dr. Paul Gotthard Kraemer II Have a humble opinion of your own capabilities. It’s not about you. Be willing to be instructed and learn, realizing you don’t know everything. Assemble a team of experienced, wise men who are under the instruction and guidance of God’s Word It’s not about you and your vision, it’s…
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Holy War: The Vatican, Pope Francis, Kirill, and Putin in Prophecy
The Vatican says that Pope Francis would be willing to facilitate dialogue to help stop the war in Ukraine. A large majority of the Ukrainian population identifies as orthodox Christian and their religious leaders have publicly condemned the invasion. Sadly, Russian Patriarch Kirill openly supported Moscow’s invasion. This has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church and…
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Jesus Christ: The Man the World Needs Most Today
The world needs a leader. A leader that understands the human condition. Kind, compassionate. One who exhibits other-centered love, not self-love. One who has experienced what living in poverty is like. One who was betrayed by His friends and mocked for His love and grace. One whose life mission was grossly misunderstood. One who was wounded for our…
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Death and Resurrection: The Infinite Sacrifice of the Messiah
ASSURANCE OF SALVATION “Is He my Savior? Can I lay hold upon His merits this very hour? Can I commit the keeping of my soul to Jesus Christ today? Yes. How? What assurance have I? I point you to Christ of Calvary. Can you stand under the shadow of the cross and there talk your…
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Eisenhower’s Farewell Address: A Prophetic Warning for America
We now stand ten years past the midpoint of a century that has witnessed four major wars among great nations. Three of these involved our own country. Despite these holocausts America is today the strongest, the most influential and most productive nation in the world. Understandably proud of this pre-eminence, we yet realize that America’s…
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Faithfulness of God: Was It Abraham’s Trust or God’s Promise?
Abraham is called the “father of the faithful.” This identification is true, not because Abraham was always faithful, but he is still is regarded as the the “father of the faithful,” because his experience is so reflective of the experiences of so many of us – sometimes strong in faith, sometimes failing and putting Christ…
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1919 Bible Conference: A Turning Point in Adventist Leadership
Written by: Gilbert M. Valentine Published In Spectrum Magazine: May 10, 2022 In this two-part article, Dr. Gilbert Valentine explores the particular circumstances surrounding the exit from office of General Conference presidents Daniells and Butler, and then surveys the circumstances involved in the exit of the other occupants of the office of GC president since…
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Religious Decline: What America’s Spiritual Shift Means Today
New surveys show Americans’ membership in communities of worship has declined sharply in recent years, with less than 50% of the country belonging to a church, synagogue or mosque. Why it matters: The accelerating trend towards a more secular America represents a fundamental change in the national character, one that will have major ramifications for politics…
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End of the World: Key Events That Will Lead to Earth’s Final Hour
There is much speculation regarding the end of the world. Is there a Mark of the Beast? If so, when will the Mark of the Beast be Enforced? When will Probation close for mankind? When will God’s people be delivered? When is the Parousia, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ? What is the Great Controversy?…
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Battle of Armageddon: The Final Conflict Between Good and Evil
Religion is a practical saving energy, a principal wholly from God, a personal experience of God’s renewing power upon the soul. The most bitter opposers of truth today are found among those who profess to be its defenders. We live in a time where one will hear and not understand, seeing one will not see and not perceive;…
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Papacy in the Last Days: Its Role in End-Time Prophecy
Very slowly, at first in stealth and silence, and then more openly, increasing in strength, and gaining control of the minds of men, the “Mystery of Iniquity” carried forward its deceptive and blasphemous work. Almost imperceptively, the customs of heathenism found their way into the early Christian Church. The spirit of compromise and conformity was…
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Love vs Selfishness: The Ongoing Battle Within Every Heart
Our sinful behavior, our selfishness does not make us sinners, but only proves what we are by human nature. Our very nature condemns us to death from our very birth. Romans 5: 12 – 18, Ephesians 2 :1-3. Clearly, the New Testament presents sin as both a verb (an action statement) as well as a noun (stating…
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Four Angels: Understanding the Final Messages of Revelation
Revelation symbolically depicts the mission of God’s church as four angels flying over the earth proclaiming vital end time messages. The First Angel The first angel’s message is the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ, opening people’s minds to God’s unconditional, unmerited love as the only way of salvation and the only premise for true worship. “I saw another…
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Gospel to All Nations: God’s Global Mission Before the End
Jesus explained that the proclamation of the gospel— the good news of God’s saving grace— as a “witness” to “all nations” is the pivotal factor of earth’s final events. Once that happens then the end will come. Everyone will have decided for or against Christ. The apostle Paul defined the gospel of Christ as “righteousness by faith” empowered…
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Loud Cry: God’s Final Call to the World Before the End
The true beauty of God’s character will go global. John saw “an angel coming down from heaven having great authority and the earth was illuminated with his glory. And he cried mightily with a loud voice saying Babylon the great is fallen is fallen”. The proclamation of the gospel in the context of the three angels’…
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Millennium: A Thousand Years of Peace, Judgment, and Renewal
At the second coming of Jesus, the Millennium begins. With the saints in heaven and the wicked dead on earth, Satan and his demonic hosts are bound in isolation to a desolate planet in complete ruins. With nobody to tempt and deceive, the devil and all his fallen angels are left alone to contemplate their…
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Second Coming of Jesus Christ: Hope, Glory, and Final Redemption
As the suffering, struggling children of God flee from the rage of the wicked and wrestle in their hearts to be assured of God’s favor, suddenly, an unusual cloud approaches the earth, small at first, but increasing in size until it fills the whole sky. The followers of Jesus recognize this as their Savior returning to earth…
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Jacob’s Trouble: A Time of Testing Before Christ’s Return
God’s people enter an experience of deep spiritual heart- searching and self- examination, tightening their grip on God’s grace, and not their own good works, as their only hope. Each one sees their life of sin and feels their unworthiness before God, but the Holy Spirit impresses upon them a sense of God’s acceptance and love. Their…
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New Heaven and Earth: God’s Promise of Eternal Restoration
As the earth is cleansed by fire, the saints abide safely in the city of God, the New Jerusalem. The trauma of the whole ordeal, including the destruction of the wicked, is so overwhelming that the righteous are weeping. But God, who is perfect with empathetic love, “will wipe away every tear from their eyes”…
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New Jerusalem: When Heaven Descends and Evil Ends
At the conclusion of the Millennium, the New Jerusalem, and inhabited by the righteous of all ages, descends to the earth. The wicked of all ages are resurrected. Satan picks up where he left off before the second coming of Christ. He deceives the wicked with the promise that under his leadership, they can take…
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Song of Moses: A Hymn of Deliverance and God’s Faithfulness
Lessons from the ancient Israelites can be learned. Had Israel continued in faith and gone on singing and had not once stopped to murmur, they would have speedily reached Zion, the city whose Builder and Maker is God. When the redeemed of the Lord do at last stand on Mount Zion, having the harps of…
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Word of God: Finding Life, Power, and Truth in Scripture
The Jews found it difficult to believe the words of Christ, that He would give them Himself to eat. They said, “How can this man give us flesh to eat?” Jesus repeated the statement still more emphatically and then said: “It is the Spirit that quickens, the flesh profits nothing; the words that I speak unto…
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Mercy and Justice: How God Balances Grace with Righteousness
Through Jesus, God’s mercy was manifested to men; but mercy does not set aside justice. The law reveals the attributes of God’s character, and not a jot or a tittle of it could be changed to meet in his fallen condition. God did not change His law, but He sacrificed Himself, in Christ, for man’s redemption. “God…
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Moses Strikes the Rock: A Lesson on Faith and Living Water
If we believe the Word, we may know that we drink as directly from Christ as did the Israelites in the wilderness. He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water. In Him all things consist. The water which we drink, coming forth from the ground, is as truly from Him…