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History of the 28 Fundamental Beliefs

President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, talks about the history of the Adventist Church’s beliefs.

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Pay Attention to the Bright Side of Life

Time is valuable, and we need to choose well how we use each minute

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The Memory That Comes from the Boy in the Manger

Doing good to others is a real way to give Christ

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On The Eve of A New Year

This week, President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson talks about God's special message of love during the new year.

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From Where I Stand: There's a Fine Line

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” said Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgentstein. I’ve been thinking about this rather profound statement and how it applies...

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Joseph’s choice: Keeping the faith by following God’s call

It’s the end of another year and I hope that you will carve out some time for rest with family this Christmas season. Although the Christmas account is very familiar, it can provide new insights for t...

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God’s Amazing Gift

This week, President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church Ted N.C. Wilson and his wife Nancy, talk about God’s gift to humanity.

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Outsiders

For their prominence in many retellings of the Christmas stories, the Magi have only a relatively brief cameo in Matthew’s narration of the story. And, while so many nativity scenes like to include th...

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Let’s Have a Drink

I remember when I was a child my father, who was not a believer, brought a bottle of Tequila to our house. He placed it in the highest spot in the kitchen hoping that our short little arms would not r...

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How Can We Receive Wisdom from God?

President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson talks about the importance of getting wisdom from above.

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What in the Word: Love

“Love” is a word we often hear about at church and experience deeply in our families. My most overwhelming experience of love was at the birth of my son and then my daughter. It was a sense of deep em...

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The Organizational Fakery of Our Grief

In Max Porter’s novella, Grief is the Thing with Feathers, its central character, an unnamed widower and father, speaks about the grief of losing his young wife. He says, ‘I sat alone in the living ro...

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Rethink your leadership

Discover Three Essential Characteristics for Christian Leaders

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The Desperate Give and the Real Take

Message magazine’s work often puts it right in the middle of a desperate give and take.

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Living Kingdom: Sowing with power

Parable of the sower “But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what wa...

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How Can Good Health Practices Lead to an Abundant Life

President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, talks about the importance of the Adventist health message.

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Appreciation Never Expires

“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Timothy 1:15, NKJV). It’s always encouraging to hear the words “Thank you.” We love f...

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How Can You Discover Your Spiritual Gifts?

Learn how to identify and foster spiritual gifts in yourself and others

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Does Revival and Reformation Still Matter Today?

President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson, shares about Revival and Reformation during Stewardship Revival Week.

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How To Be A Great Leader

We are all called to be leaders. Be it in the private sphere, professional sphere, academic sphere, or religious sphere, we have all at some point been required to step up and lead.For pastors, being ...

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