Jesus invites us worship God will all our heart, mind, and strength.  

Worship is not just a matter of how we feel, or a decision we make to believe something we've been told, but it also involves making sense out of what we believe. One person has said, "My heart cannot rejoice in what my mind rejects" which is why we believe that honoring God and His Word involves bringing the best thought, research, and our collective wisdom to the task.   

In a world where technology has made it possible for anyone to publish anything, some have observed that while readily available "information" can seem like it is a thousand miles wide, it is too often only about a quarter of an inch deep, and sometimes also reflects poor scholarship and misinformation. So, with that in mind, what we've tried to do here is provide you with links to some of the better, more helpful, resources as you honor God by worshiping with all your heart, strength, and your mind as well. This, of course, is not an exhaustive or infallible list, but it is a good place to start.  

Some Current Topics / Issues You May Have Questions About:

Spiritual Formation and the Controversy Surrounding it

• The Great Spiritual Formation Kerfuffle (2012 article sketching how this became an issue for so many)
• Three Fictitious Conversations about Spiritual Formation
  

             - Listening for God in the Other

             - Continuing a Fictitious Conversation

             - Still Talking: Contemplative Spirituality

• What is a Mystic? - Adventist Review Article
  
• My God and I - Special Issue of the Adventist Review
  
• Christian Spirituality in a Post Modern World - Adventist Review Article
  
• Spiritual Formation:  A Rose by Any Other Name
• Spirituality:  Biblical & Non-Biblical:(part 1) Ministry article by Jon Dybdahl
• Spirituality:  Biblical & Non-Biblical (part 2)  Ministry article by Jon Dybdahl
• How Does Your Spiritual Life Grow?  Ministry articles by Dan Apell

Women in Ministry

• The Unique Headship of Christ in the Church (A Statement of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary)
  
• A Short History of the Headship Doctrine in the Seventh-day Adventist Church
  
• What Does the Scripture say About Women?
  
• Selected Reading List
  
• Biblical Questions on Women and Ministry
  
• 5 Reasons to Stop Using 1 Timothy 2:12 Against Women
• Pacific Union Conference Letter re: Women in Ministry
• North American Division Response to General Conference Compliance Document
  
• Explanation of North American reaction to General Conference Compliance Document
• Helpful analysis of where the Church Actually is on the topic of Women's Ordination
  

Social and Relational Issues

    Domestic Violence

• Breaking the Silence - You Can Stop The Violence
• Preventing Relationship and Dating Violence

    Understanding Human Sexuality

• There is more to Human Sexuality than XX and YY
  

Bible Study / Hermeneutics

• Biblical Hermeneutics 101
  
• Hermeneutics and Slavery - Adventist Review Article 2016
• Ways to Read the Bible (1982 Issue of Spectrum)
  
• Thinking Theologically
  
• Reading Scripture
  
• Proving More Than Intended
  
• ATS Hermeneutic - Ray Cottrell
  
• Good Bibliography
  
• See Also Alden Thompson's book "Inspiration" (currently out of print, but available at most libraries and a few used book stores - one of the best books on the topic)
  
• For a look at how Adventist doctrinal beliefs developed from a historial perspective see "A Search for Identity: The Development of Seventh-day Adventist Beliefs" by George R. Knight. An excellent and quite readable overview.
• For an excellent easy to read resource check out "Enjoying Your Bible:  Finding Delight in the Word" by John Brunt - available on Amazon or through your local Adventist Book Center.
  
• *Interpreting Ellen White's Writings
• The Bible in American Sign Language ASL