I’m confused: why do Adventists wear jewelry and have tattoos?
16 September 2024 | For many years I have often been taught by our church pastors that we should not wear any jewelry, as it is sinful. Today Adventists not only wear jewelry, but have tattoos on their hands and bodies. I am totally confused. Confused Adventist Dear Confused: We […]
Gunman Threatens New England SDA Church Service
15 September 2014 | Sabbath services were interrupted at 12:22 pm on Saturday, September 14, the Middletown Dispatch Center was contacted by a Veterans Crisis Line, claiming there was a male on the line saying he was armed with a gun and threatening to shoot congregants at the Middletown Portland […]
Editorial: “The Prophecy Cult”
A friend of mine, when asked what makes him an Adventist, declares emphatically that the foundation of his belief is the parallel identities of Rome in Daniel 2, 7, and 8, along with the beasts of Revelation 13. He finds in these the confirmation for the existence of our church, […]
The Case for Fresh, New Leadership
13 September 2024 | Recently one of my friends, noting the new optimism generated by a fresh presidential candidate in the United States, wondered, “Could that happen to the Adventist Church?” “With Harris-Walz, it seems like the nation is starting to breathe again, seeing hope, sensing joy. Does the church […]
Open Letter Pleads for Wilson to Confront Alleged Sexual Predator
13 September 2024| An open letter was written to General Conference president Pastor Ted Wilson in Spectrum magazine regarding the alleged sexual predator and spiritual abuser Daniel Țecu, a prominent member of the Adventist Church. The author, Mihaela-Alexandra Tudor, a full professor at the Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3, is […]
News Briefs for September 12, 2024
12 September 2024| News from Malaysia “Nearly 800 women from all over Malaysia attended the first Women’s Ministries Convention, which the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Malaysia hosted at the Palace Hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, from July 26 to 28.” Quoted from full article. News from West Central Africa […]
Abortion, Amputation, and Votes
by Jack Hoehn | 12 September 2024 | What are the politics of conscience? On the sidewalk outside of your church, have you heard things like this? “Surely every Seventh-day Adventist must vote in favor of life? How can we do anything but hold our noses and vote for politicians […]
Why?
by Melody Tan | 11 September 2024 | Humankind wanting to know “why?” is the reason we know about things such as gravitational forces (“Why does an apple fall to the ground and not up?”) and the structure of the atom (“Why do materials have different properties?”). Our natural curiosity […]
Rare Historic Bible Collection Reaches South Pacific Division
11 September 2024| Polish pastor Henryk Patryarcha, an avid collector of rare, historic Bibles, is bringing his impressive collection from Europe to Australia in a special exhibition. His collection of nearly 200 Bibles, as well as stamps and scrolls, was curated over 50 years, with some dating back to the […]
ATSS: Bryan Ness, “Are We Predestined?”
11 September 2024 | In Romans chapter 9 Paul talks about various Old Testament individuals and how God chose to use them for his purposes. This chapter makes it sound like God has predestined certain individuals to play specific roles in history, with no choice on their part. This led […]
A Dark and Dirty Bible Story
David Geelan | 10 September 2024 | Most of us know the story of Lot, the one righteous man in Sodom who was saved from the destruction of that City of the Plain. We recall Abraham’s negotiation with God—“If there are even ten righteous men in Sodom…”—and that it turned […]
Southern California Wildfire Leads to Evacuations Near Redlands
10 September 2024 | Southern California had been battling excessive heat warnings for over a week when the situation sparked a wildfire on September 5 and came to a head on Saturday, September 7, leading Governor Newsom to declare a state of emergency for San Bernardino County. California secured a […]
ADRA Mongolia Promotes Self-Sustaining Agriculture Practices
10 September 2024 | ADRA Hong Kong has expressed support for ADRA Mongolia’s new Climate Adapted Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Project (CANSAP) project. Smallholder farmers in Bayan-Ulgii province have endured severe weather, depleting crop health, shortening growing seasons, and limiting market access, placing their livelihood and community health in a precarious […]
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Gunman Threatens New England SDA Church Service
15 September 2014 | Sabbath services were interrupted at 12:22 pm on Saturday, September 14, the Middletown Dispatch Center was contacted by a Veterans Crisis Line, claiming there was a male on the line saying he was armed with a gun and threatening to shoot congregants at the Middletown Portland Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church. The […]
Commentary
The Case for Fresh, New Leadership
13 September 2024 | Recently one of my friends, noting the new optimism generated by a fresh presidential candidate in the United States, wondered, “Could that happen to the Adventist Church?” “With Harris-Walz, it seems like the nation is starting to breathe again, seeing hope, sensing joy. Does the church need the same? Who could […]
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I’m confused: why do Adventists wear jewelry and have tattoos?
16 September 2024 | For many years I have often been taught by our church pastors that we should not wear any jewelry, as it is sinful. Today Adventists not only wear jewelry, but have tattoos on their hands and bodies. I am totally confused. Confused Adventist Dear Confused: We Adventists base our anti-jewelry stance […]
