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God’s Dress Code
By Jon Beaty : A Scary Wedding Mix-Up :: Some people put a lot of effort into making sure they’re dressed for the occasion. Really, everyone should. There may be a dress code. A code is a signal. How we dress is a signal for a lot of things. Among other things, how we dress…
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Oh For Joy
By Larry Young : The constant daily drumbeat of bad news in the media or even the constant flow of Christian warnings we preach and publish can feel overwhelming at times. In a 1976 movie titled “Network”, a revered TV news anchor was overwhelmed by the constant bad news and simply went nuts during his…
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Revival: Do You Want It?
By Jon Beaty : You know the feeling. You’ve been a Seventh-day Adventist your whole life, or perhaps for decades. You know the Sabbath. You know the state of the dead. You may even read Adventist Review and watch Hope Channel. You tithe faithfully, show up for Sabbath School, and eat haystacks at potlucks. And…
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Tough Love Tough Truth
By Larry Young : There’s one entire subject area that is generally avoided in our church and denomination, and with good cause: demonic activity. I have been told that focusing to any extent on this subject takes our focus off of Jesus and salvation, putting us at risk of being sucked into the very evil…
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The Great Withdrawal
By Larry Young : Jesus once told a story about a field that looked perfectly healthy at first glance. The farmer planted good seed, tended the soil, and expected a clean harvest. But while everyone slept, an enemy slipped in quietly and scattered tares among the wheat. Nothing seemed amiss in the early days. Wheat…
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Love Lost: The Hidden Cost of an Unforgiving Heart
By Jon Beaty : When someone wrongs us, we naturally focus on what we’ve lost. Our dignity was taken. Our reputation was damaged. We were hurt deeply, perhaps in ways that still echo years later. We hold onto grudges, resentment, and anger because these feelings seem justified by our pain.
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Past and Present Persecution Merge
By Larry Young : It was just a few years ago that there would only be one or two serious national headlines in a typical weekly news cycle. But now, America’s newsrooms are flooded with serious national and international headlines nearly every day. One such headline broke a week ago Sunday January 18th that caught…
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Love Restored: God’s Plan for Healing Broken Relationships
By Jon Beaty : “What the world needs now is love, sweet love…” These lyrics, penned decades ago, still resonate with a truth that echoes through every generation. Our world is fractured by division, loneliness, and broken relationships. Families struggle, friendships fall apart, and hearts ache with isolation. But there’s hope. As Seventh-day Adventists, we…
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Soap Samples and Tithe
By Larry Young : Everyone who has come into contact with God has a testimony to share with others. This article is a tribute to my wife Cheryl, who grew up in an identifiably “Adventist” home, but certainly not a true “Christian” home. Cheryl was horribly abused ‘every which way’ from early childhood until she…
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Thinking Outside the Box
By Larry Young : Haven’t we all been “blown away” by someone’s accomplishments or scientific discoveries at some point in our lives? For instance, DNA contains the written code for every living thing on this planet. But we didn’t start figuring that out until DNA was isolated in 1869 by Swiss chemist Friedrich Miescher, and…
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The New Year 2026
By Larry Young : We have just crossed over into the new year 2026. Are you looking forward to all the great possibilities for this new year, or have you already started dreading it? I’ve got some really great news for you!! God already knows every detail of what will happen this new year. For…
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Don’t Hide Your Light: Your Power to Move the World
By Jon Beaty : Have you ever felt like your faith is private, deeply personal, but limited to your participation in Sabbath services and personal devotions? Do you wonder if your faith has any impact in the lives of those around you?
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Turning Point USA and The Sabbath
By: Larry Young : The final book written by Charlie Kirk, recently assassinated CEO of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) was just released on December 9th: “STOP, IN THE NAME OF GOD…WHY HONORING THE SABBATH WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE”. Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow and new CEO of TPUSA has been interviewed on numerous television networks and…
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True Happiness
By: Larry Young : Do you want to be happy? Are you generally happy? Are you generally unhappy? Is your happiness a revolving door? If you answer these questions honestly, you might shock yourself. Let’s change these questions a little: Does God want you to be happy? Do you think God’s way generally make you…
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Nature Abhors a Vacuum
By: Larry Young : There’s an old axiom: “Nature Abhors a Vacuum”. It’s certainly true in the world of physics, but it’s also true in how we make life’s choices: we come to a “Y” in the road…so then which road will we take? One example is the results of buying a lottery ticket…or not.…
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The Forgotten Law Of Gratitude
By Jon Beaty : Years ago, while delivering pizzas for Domino’s during my college days, I learned a hard lesson about laws we don’t know exist. I parked my idling car outside a dorm to drop off an order, only to return and find a police officer writing me a ticket. It turns out it’s…
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Hate Casteth Out All Love
By Larry Young : As a young person, I experienced realizations about “hate” that changed my life. The July 20, 1998 issue of The Gleaner published my testimony about hate on the inside front cover titled: “Hate Casteth Out All Love”. Today I am republishing this article here because our country is being rocked by intense dangerous…
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Going Up? How to Maintain a Christlike Attitude in Daily Life
By Jon Beaty : Life can feel like a roller coaster. One day you’re praising God that you can pay this month’s bills. The next, a busted water heater or an argument with your spouse drags you down. Along with life’s unpredictable ups and downs, our spiritual temperature sometimes swings from hot to cold—if it’s…
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Race to the Bottom
By Larry Young : Have you ever seen one of those movies where a vehicle races to the edge of a steep precipice, but stops at just the right moment, with the driver holding his breath as the vehicle teeters back and forth on the ragged edge? Then the driver realizes he is OK and…
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Talk It Pray It and Sing It
By Jon Beaty : I’ve been reading a little book published in 1924. Though written over a century ago, its message resonates even more powerfully today than when it first appeared.