“As has been the case with other hot button topics that have been discussed heavily in our church, there remains a void in our church’s institutional input on those issues. Dr. Carson has the potential to step into that void (perhaps he already has)…and if the church is not careful, it could allow the unintended consequence of having him speak for it.” — Michael T. Nixon
What Ben Carson’s transformation from an inspiring role model into a polarizing political figure means for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
When I turned nine years old, I started dreaming about who and what I wanted to be when I grew up. Predictably, those dreams included the usual “nine year old boy” suspects: firefighter, astronaut, karate kid, power ranger, etc. Long before I turned nine years old, my mother had a single dream in mind for me, her first-born son: to become a physician. My mom, who now has her doctorate in nursing & serves as a nurse practitioner, was not shy in expressing her desire to me. It was so strong that when I enrolled in my first semester of college at the age of 17, she signed me up (against my will) for Anatomy & Physiology class. So for the first 5 weeks of my freshman year, I was the only history…
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