Online version of the Discover Bible Studies series. Includes 26 lessons online or in print. Additional free materials available.

Frikart emphasizes the importance of our attitude towards God's Word - read it, embrace it, accept it.

Looking for good Bible software? This free 37 volume Logos Bible Software CD is an incredible offer provided by The Ephesians Four Group (E4), a nonprofit ministry. Shipping and handling costs are the buyer's, and more advanced versions, including Greek text...

A book by book study through the entire Bible, asking of every story, teaching, and event, "What does this reveal to us about God?" Each of the sixty-six books is viewed as part of the inspired record of God's revelation of the truth about Himself...

Study Greek from the New or Old Testament in parallel mode with 108 versions in 59 languages. A powerful study tool - read, translate, organize, share or ask for help.

"We offer monologues, sketches, plays, musical and worship resources and instructional books — all free and ready for immediate download. If you are involved in church drama, you will want to perform our professional-quality scripts; if you are...

"Christianity derives its authority from the Word of God. Christ and His apostles regarded the Scriptures as a revelation of God, with an undergirding unity among its various teachings (see Matthew 5:17-20; Luke 24:27, 44, 45-48; John 5:39). Many church...

Logos Bible Software is loaded with tools and resources that will change the way you think about Bible study. Available in several editions: Christian Home, Bible Study, Leaders, Original Languages, Scholar, Silver, Gold, and Platinum, each including more...

This brightly illustrated 3 volume series helps preschool and early elementary children make Jesus their very best Friend. Volume 1: God and Joseph and Me (God's love], Rescued from the River [Salvation], Grandma Stepped on Fred [Forgiveness], Max Moves In...

Barry Black answers questions for young Adventists, including: "What events put you on the path toward military chaplaincy? What did you experience as a military chaplain that you couldn’t have experienced as a parish pastor? We don’t generally...

Website featuring Bible based children's activities and Bible learning tools. Memory verses (four new a month), coloring pages, word puzzles, "Bee-ing what God wants me to Be," and more.

Searchable Bible online in multiple English versions and at least 50 other languages from this website. Use this online resource to search for specific words, rapidly print out passages for a class, look up a passage reference, find cross-references to a passage,...

"We are in the world, a world that God loves, and a world in which we have a mission. And yet we are not of this world, and we should guard against falling in love with this world...."In a broad sense, culture may be defined as the beliefs, values,...

Andrews seeks to address the subject of evaluative considerations for church music with its primary source originating from a Biblical perspective and to develop an awareness of the various factors, which impinge on our musical opinions and positions.

This...

Learn how to allow God to speak to you all the time and anywhere in this every moment devotion.

Interactive animated tutorials, web links and research connections help students gain a better understanding of genetic concepts and how geneticists work.

"Knight's introductory textbook offers a survey of philosophies and philosophic issues in education and presents educational theories, from scholasticism to educational anarchism, that have existed throughout time. Part I touches on basic issues in philosophy...

"This larger-than-usual issue of the Journal [of Adventist Education] was prepared in the hope that examining some aspects of the history of our educational system can stimulate discussion and thought that will prevent us from repeating some mistakes...

Guest editor Ed Boyatt previews articles, listed below, in the third issue on Boardmanship for K-12 and college/university board members or trustees.

Articles in this issue include:
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This editorial explores the character trait of integrity as transparent honesty and consistent truthfulness, being faithful advocates of the gospel in the way we teach, serve on a committee, administer, discipline and interact with colleagues and students.

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Osborn shares six biblical principles of members of school boards or trustees of higher education. Articles included in this issue:
Principals and Boards: A Team
The...

Boss, lead and laissez-faire management styles are compared in the context of educational leadership. Six leadership characteristics are discussed: loving, listening, leveling, learning, leading, and limiting. Research and experience on management is shared,...

Logan suggests a method of identifying secular students in Christian colleges and discusses why they chose to attend and how the institution as a whole can minister to the needs of these students.

This paper was presented at the first Institute of Christian...

In this unit students will explore the belief of the Seventh-­day Adventist church concerning Conscientious Objectors during wars. Students will understand the historic background at the foundational level of the Seventh-­day Adventist Church. The...

Richards gives some resources for educators for online professional development opportunities.

Sexual abuse and harassment within the church setting destroys trust, alters personality, and compromises the individual's relationship with God. Prevention begins with establishing dialogue, policies, and procedures while simultaneously creating a body of...

This study examines substance use at a church-affiliated university which prohibits the use of alcohol, tobacco, and drug substances. The purpose was to investigate the prevalence of substance use, the prevention efforts put forth by the university, and whether...

Davidson shows that there is much evidence to show unity in the Genesis flood account. "A close reading of the Flood narrative as a coherent whole, with particular attention to the chiastic structure, resolves apparent discrepancies in the Genesis account."...

The American Bible Society seeks to make the Bible available to every person in a language and format each can understand and afford, so all people may experience its life-changing message.

"Modern science has had a great influence on our culture. Its influence has become so pervasive that the scientific viewpoint is often taken for granted as the basis of knowledge. It is often overlooked that science is based on certain presuppositions....

"Cambodia is a country that lags behind many of its neighbors in literacy. Seventh-day Adventist church workers have found that offering adult literacy classes is one good way to introduce Buddhists to Christianity. Many of the literacy students are actually...

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Compact and easy to use, this concordance is a practical, convenient, eminently useful companion to the King James Version and other classic translations of the Bible. Includes more than 200,000 references to both the King James Version and the Revised Version....

In Part 1 of this article, Zuccarelli discusses recent developments and ethical issues raised on the topic of reproductive cloning. He sets out to provide basic information about reproductive cloning, stem cells, and gene therapy, and suggests that three factors...

Gary Land charts the historical development of science education within Adventist higher education. The article begins at Battle Creek College where the first science curriculum included classes such as physiology, natural philosophy, botany, chemistry, geology,...

In the light of disorientation or the condition being experienced by both Adventist and Christian denominations, leadership seems paralyzed to act decisively. Based on the Bible and the principles of Ellen G. White, the Journal of Adventist Education continues...

Jesus’ principles regarding war and violence are applicable even today. In most countries, a Christian is under pressures of governments to bear arms. Yet there are several ways in which you can live according to Jesus’ example. Your actual course...

Roy shares how strategies in the Rebecca Sitton Spelling Workshop finds can be successfully implemented in the math classroom in order to help students to master multiplication tables. One important strategy discussed in this article is the importance of posting...

The concept of vision is linked in a very powerful way to teaching and includes the teacher's envisioning of his or her ideal role, as well as creating visions within students. The teacher's vision will largely determine how the classroom learning environment...

Ben Clausen shares ideas and suggestions on integrating faith into the teaching of science. A brief historical overview of Judeo-Christian foundations of scientific principles is presented. Also discussed are specific examples of physical science topics that...

In this article Goodwin asks the provocative question: "How can the Adventist educator help students deal with the difficult issues while preserving intellectual integrity and enhancing faith in God and His word?" Goodwin encourages teachers to be...

Swafford tells how to begin an outdoor education program, and demonstrates simple steps to integrating key subjects such as English and Language Arts, Social and Environmental Studies, math, and science. Factors such as taking an outdoor inventory, planning/teaching...

Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), a hands-on international, environmental science and education program, links students, teachers, and the scientific community in efforts to learn about environment through student data collection...

This book is a chronicle of how the death of a beloved pet was dealt with in the author's own home; how concepts, words and types were used to help create meaning for her three year old daughter. It helps to explain how loss and stress affect young children....

A Search Institute resource for parents, offering "positive, strength-based approach to parenting that gives families small, everyday steps to raising successful kids."

Foster proposes a construct that will help accounting teachers in SDA schools of higher education begin integrating values and learning. New ideas are also proposed to those who have already begun.

This paper was presented at the 21st Institute of Christian...

Akers explains how an Adventist educator must go beyond professional expectations of teachers, beyond the parent and pastoral roles, to become a masterful Christian teacher who serves as both prophet and priest.

This paper was presented at the 8th Institute...

Lindsay discusses how studying denominational history can nurture the faith of the student. The teacher needs to go beyond the dates and names. They need to encourage their students to study Adventist church history in a candid and honest way, seeing where...

Coffin looks at the puzzle of petrified trees and suggests that creationists "need to study this phenomenon carefully."

This paper was presented at the 8th Institute of Christian Teaching.

Kibuuka attempts "to discuss how organizational behavior may portray a Biblical worldview, approaching the subject from the two dimensions. It is further hoped that it will stimulate further study by Adventist Educators in the field of organizational...

Newport discusses reason and revelation and it's place in Adventist education. He suggests the following statement on the relationship between reason and revelation: "Seventh-day Adventists acknowledge the fact that God has chosen to reveal himself to...

McBride notes, that "Like any other academic or scientific discipline, sociology offers a particular perspective or reality. It reminds us that social group membership affects behavior, attitudes, institutions, and even theology...reminds us of the rich...

Higgs explores the current environment in business, some literature dealing with the need for the teaching of ethics is discussed followed by a review of the teaching of business ethics in secular universities. The paper concludes with a conceptual model for...

Rumble gives suggestions to Adventist Colleges and Universities for their human subject research. She reviews the important areas outlined through research and laws and gives suggestions for how Adventist institutions can assure the best situation for all...

Steyn discusses "the essences of a media-dominated information society, in order that the nature of thinking Christianly may be established and consequently fostered."

This paper was presented at the 7th Institute of Christian Teaching.

Rogers discusses modern physics and concludes that "modern physics not only underwrites genuine freedom and becoming in this world, but suggests a mechanism by which it is accomplished. One is left to reflect on the circumstance that after four centuries...

Elder notes that spiritual care is important to patient care. He argues that "the absence of intentional spiritual care is patient negligence!"

This paper was presented at the 19th Institute of Christian Teaching.

Brown offers "a philosophy counseling that will guide both those who teach and those who practice counseling in Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities."

This paper was presented at the 14th Institute of Christian Teaching.

Ouro looks at constructing an Adventist psychology which takes "the best of Adventist thought and contemporary psychology, without sacrificing either good science or what God has revealed about human beings and the ways He would have us relate to Him...

Wilkinson examines the values which nursing has identified as being fundamental to the profession in the 1990s. Two questions are asked relating to Adventist nursing educators: What influence do Christian values have on nursing as we approach the year 2000?...

Abura explores ways in which the individual student can be assisted so that he/she can gain from the instructions offered in the various fields of education." Abura also "looks at ways in which optimum communication can be achieved through teacher-student...

Knight concludes that "the survival of Adventist colleges will not be worth the effort if these schools fail to produce a unique product. Their product must fill a gap that other institutions do not and cannot fill. In order to achieve this goal, curriculum...

Rasi addresses the concept of worldview. He then contrasts "the Christian worldview with two major perspectives that compete for attention in contemporary culture." Finally he suggests "some implications for thoughtful Adventists and other Bible-believing...

Koh seeks first to examine principles for worship and life from the Scriptures and the Spirit of Prophecy writings; second, to identify what constitutes authentic Christian worship experience; and third, to explore principles to improve worship life in school....

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Download and customize USA standards-aligned flex-books using content available free online. Texts are structured by chapters including learning activities. Assemble books with desired chapters, add to a flexbook shelf, save and name books, and distribute...

A customizable 7 chapter introductory text on probability and statistics, covering topics: an introduction to independent events, an introduction to conditional probability, discrete random variables, standard distributions, the shape, center and spread of...

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This unit is designed to take the fear out of fractions and help students succeed in all parts of fraction computation. Eleven presentations give the student a visual explanation of concepts. Powerpoint titles include: Equivalent Fractions, Jeapardy, Fractions,...

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GraphPower develops students' ability to analyze and interpret data by teaching students how to create an array of graphics including pictographs, bar graphs, and circle graphs. An on-line tutorial helps users overcome graphing problems. Ventura Educational...

Each unit integrates instruction in Directed Reading, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies. Students also incorporate social skills development, character building, and service experiences throughout the unit. The North American Division Curriculum Guides...