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In 1890, one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church, Ellen G. White (EGW), who the church officially recognizes as having the special gift of prophecy, wrote an absolutely stunning article published in the church’s official flagship publication, The Review and Herald, in which she specifically applies the Laodicean message to the SDA Church.

If we could go back in time and interview Saul of Tarsus before his Damascus Road experience and ask him, as he is persecuting Christians, “Saul, are you being faithful to God and His covenant with Israel?” — what do you think he would have said? Can people be faithful to something other than God and God’s cause?

What do you think of the idea that, whatever our age, it is easier to do wrong than to do right? Is this an absolute truth, a situational truth, or an untruth? If it contains truth, when is it true?

Are people either an introvert or an extrovert? Are you one or the other? What was Jesus? Can you be of service to people if you are an introvert?

When you hear calls to be obedient to God’s law, what comes to mind? Do you think of God’s law like our human laws, rules imposed that God polices and enforces through punishments?

If people continue to focus upon fears, threats, the world, the abuses, the injustices, then their future, with all its potential imaginary threats, will only get worse.

After 40 years of wandering in the desert, the Israelites were finally about to walk into the Promised Land. But before they could enter, there was still one thing they needed to do to be made ready. We read about this in Joshua chapter five. Stories like this one were recorded in the Bible under the inspiration of God not only to document real historical people who did real historical things, but also to serve as object lessons that teach us the larger plan of salvation.

Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are an interesting object lesson, because when God brought the Israelites into the land of Canaan, he told them to pronounce a blessing on Mount Gerizim and a curse on Mount Ebal. Why?

Gideon cognitively believed in God; he knew God was leading. But before he could succeed, he had to overcome some things in his own life.