Editorial: “The Value of Your Attention”
“Not only does hurry keep us from the love, joy, and peace of the kingdom of God—the very core of what all human beings crave—but it also keeps us from God himself simply by stealing our attention. And with hurry, we always lose more than we gain.” — John Mark […]
INVESTIGATION: Former Rector of Polish Adventist University Arrested in Diploma Mill Scam
20 June 2025 | On May 12, 2025, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office and Central Anti-Corruption Bureau announced the arrest of five individuals charged with participation in an organized criminal enterprise, engaged in issuing falsified documents intended to get unearned diplomas, as well as accepting financial bribes ranging from 5,000 to […]
Juneteenth
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 19 June 2025 | A white woman may seem an unlikely author for an article about Juneteenth. While there are others who have more authority to speak on such things, I find myself captivated by Juneteenth. Juneteenth is about the history of slaves being freed […]
“I Love You No Matter What!”
by Melody Tan | 18 June 2025 | Growing up, the only overseas holiday my family could afford was a one-month visit to England when I was 16. Other than that trip, where I saw a different country through the tinted lens of a tourist, my birth country was the […]
ATSS: Tammy L. Wiese, “The Cost of Sin: Reconstructing What Happened at the Cross”
18 June 2025 | The praise group Elevation Worship in a beautiful song, O Come to the Altar (2016), sings that “Forgiveness was bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ.” Some familiar gospel songs, such as “Jesus Paid it All” and “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus” express the same […]
“I Alone Can Fix It”: How Churches Grow and Evolve
by Mark Johnson | 17 June 2025 | Adventism is in a decades-long crisis. We are split into at least two different churches.2 Reinder Bruinsma and others have defined the widely differing categories into which we fall. New members pour into the church in some geographical areas while the disenchanted […]
Comments of the Week June 9-16
Comments of the Week June 9-16 “Will an anonymous observer from the GC Compliance Committee be taking names?” –Jim Hamstra, jokingly, on AToday’s Invitation to our readers to join us for lunch at the upcoming GC Session Meetings in St. Louis Comments on Aunt Sevvy, SATIRE: Michigan Conference Bans Sex […]
Conferences and Unions Collaborate for Indigenous Evangelism
16 June 2025 | According to Adventist Review, a historic congress was hosted under the theme “Huastecs United,” aimed towards Indigenous people. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mexico recently gathered more than 1,000 members from its Huastec region during a special congress for division and union leaders in El Higo, […]
Aunty, do other Christians interpret the prophecies the same way we do?
16 June 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Are there other denominations that interpret Daniel and Revelation in similar ways to Adventists? Signed, Curious About Prophecy Dear Curious, Daniel and Revelation, with their numbers and metaphorical beasts, have always been a rich field for speculation about the end times. One of […]
ADRA Employees Charged With Defrauding $1.4 Million From the Organization
13 June 2025 | Two Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) employees of the Zimbabwe division have allegedly embezzled US$ 1.4 million. Fortune Goredema was brought before Harare regional magistrate Ms. Marehwanazvo Gofa on fraud charges. He was released on $1,000 bail under strict conditions, including a mandatory report to […]
Editorial: “Heading to St. Louis for GC Session? Come Have Lunch With Us!”
Are you attending this summer’s General Conference (GC) Session in St. Louis? If so, we’d love to meet you in person! Join us for a casual, complimentary vegetarian buffet lunch on Friday, July 11, at the Hotel Saint Louis, Autograph Collection (705 Olive St, St. Louis, Missouri)—just two blocks from […]
Has a New Book on Ellen White Been Deep-Sixed?
by Loren Seibold | 12 June 2025 | Recently we read a rumor that a new book about Ellen White, published by Pacific Press, had been withdrawn from the market. A far-right Adventist website was the first to say that Reclaiming the Prophet had been pulled from both the shelves […]
Active Member in New Jersey Seventh-day Adventist Church Arrested for Sexual Crimes Against a Minor
12 June 2025 | According to a recent news report, on Friday, June 6, a member of the Burlington (New Jersey) Seventh-day Adventist Church was accused of 26 charges of sexual abuse and violence against a minor. One news outlet states: Shawn Tracey, 44, of Mount Holly, was taken into […]
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INVESTIGATION: Former Rector of Polish Adventist University Arrested in Diploma Mill Scam
20 June 2025 | On May 12, 2025, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office and Central Anti-Corruption Bureau announced the arrest of five individuals charged with participation in an organized criminal enterprise, engaged in issuing falsified documents intended to get unearned diplomas, as well as accepting financial bribes ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 Polish złoty (abbreviated as […]
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Juneteenth
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 19 June 2025 | A white woman may seem an unlikely author for an article about Juneteenth. While there are others who have more authority to speak on such things, I find myself captivated by Juneteenth. Juneteenth is about the history of slaves being freed by Abraham Lincoln’s declaration—but many […]
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Editorial: “The Value of Your Attention”
“Not only does hurry keep us from the love, joy, and peace of the kingdom of God—the very core of what all human beings crave—but it also keeps us from God himself simply by stealing our attention. And with hurry, we always lose more than we gain.” — John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of […]