Closer Look
How’s Your Heart?
Grandpa is going in for his procedure this week,” my mother shared quietly as we sat together on the couch. My elderly grandfather was going in for a second carotid artery stent, a relatively routine procedure but one his surgical team took seriously. “We need to pray it goes smoothly,” she finished. Any cardiovascular procedure … Continued
Beth Thomas
January 30, 2023
The Gift
This collection of highly personal views of the Sabbath comes from an astonishing 168 different individuals. Six editors compiled the work of writers from 25 countries. The essays are short, punchy, and easy to digest. The roster of contributors reads mostly like a Who’s Who of Adventist leadership, although chapters by non-church leaders, including a … Continued
Susan Phelps Harvey
January 30, 2023
Love Fights Back
During the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom, I slipped into our closed office to make photocopies. Coincidentally, Patrick Johnson was there on the same mission. I asked him what he was doing to fill his days of lockdown. He said he was writing a book about Revelation’s three angels’ messages. To myself I thought, … Continued
Mack Tennyson
January 30, 2023
Digging Deep and Finding Treasures
The past decades have seen the publication of several study Bibles focusing either on archaeology or cultural backgrounds, but the newly released Archaeology and Cultural Background Study Bible from Adventist publisher Safeliz offers a more comprehensive perspective and seeks to bring both elements together. This is a helpful approach, for archaeological remains are always part … Continued
Gerald Klingbeil
December 27, 2022
Dirty Work
Eyal Press has published another book on mental decency. But unlike with Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks, and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times (New York: Picador, 2012), he does not here focus on our better angels. Instead he writes on displaced morality, on its scope; on its disconcerting pervasiveness; on its … Continued
Lael Caesar
December 4, 2022
Scripture Lies at the Heart of Adventism
The appearance of the first volume of the new Seventh-day Adventist International Bible Commentary (SDAIBC) series represents an important moment in Adventist biblical scholarship, and, following soon after the publication of the two-volume Andrews Bible Commentary (2020, 2022), highlights the significant contribution of dozens of Adventist Bible scholars hailing from all corners of the world … Continued
Gerald A. Klingbeil
November 5, 2022
Worldview Transformation
Allow me to get it off my chest right from the beginning: Living With the Mind of Jesus is a volume that should be required reading for young adults, college students, and yes, also more experienced members of our faith community who have seen it all. Its cover design doesn’t shout that to the casual … Continued
Gerald A. Klingbeil
October 3, 2022
Islamic Culture And Society
The author of this book is an Adventist Old Testament scholar, who grew up in an Arabic culture (in his case, the Arabic culture of Egypt). The book has 17 chapters, a glossary of almost 90 Islamic terms, an extensive bibliography, and three appendices: Scripture, Church Fathers and Apocrypha, and Qu’ranic and Hadith texts. The aim … Continued
Gerhard Pfandl
September 4, 2022
Hidden Song of the Himalayas
Mission stories help us see God at work in this world. Hidden Song of the Himalayas is a book about missions, yet it doesn’t seem to fit the stereotypes of successful missionaries baptizing thousands and establishing important institutions. Hidden Song of the Himalayas chronicles the journey of frontline church planters in the Indian Himalayas, seeking … Continued
Gerald A. Klingbeil
September 4, 2022
A Biblical View of Sexuality
Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have brought back to the forefront many issues involving sexuality, including abortion, same-sex marriages, gender identity, and contraception, to name a few. All of these topics and many more are dealt with in an engaging way from a biblical perspective in a recent and timely publication, Sexuality: Contemporary Issues From … Continued
Clinton Wahlen
September 4, 2022
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