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Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Refused to Treat Injured China Extradition Protestor - 23 June 2019 | Hong Kong’s Department of Health has requested an explanation from an Adventist hospital in the territory after it emerged the facility had refused treatment to a political protestor. According to the South China Morning Post, a patient presented to Hong Kong Adventist Hospital in Tsuen Wan at 10.30pm on June 12. […]
“Average Evangelical Christian” Explains Why He Keeps the Sabbath - 20 June 2019 | The politically conservative NOQ Report has published an article by writer JD Rucker titled “Why I choose to keep the Sabbath as an average evangelical Christian.” Rucker stresses that he is not a Seventh-day Adventist in the June 1 article. He advises those interested in studying the biblical support for a […]
Final Week of Regular Rate AT1 Registration - In just over a week, regular registration ends for AT1, the brand-new gathering for the Adventist community organized by Adventist Today. Regular registration ends on June 30. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture.” AT1 will call everyone who attends to reimagine the Adventist narrative to fully embrace the reassuring, present truth of God’s love and […]- News Briefs for June 21, 2019 - News reports from Loma Linda University Medical Center, Southern Adventist University, Walla Walla University, Union College and Southwestern Adventist University The Diabetes Treatment Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center was recently recognized as a quality diabetes prevention program by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A Loma Linda University Health news report […]
Senior Government Minister Defends Pakistan’s Human Rights Record to Ted Wilson - 19 June 2019 | Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference of the Adventist Church, met with the chief minister for the Sindh province of Pakistan on June 9. The two met at the minister’s residence in the city of Karachi. According to Pakistan’s The International News, Syed Murad Ali Shah said to the […]
Dozens of Patients File Lawsuit Against Porter Adventist Hospital - 18 June 2019 | According to The Denver Post, a lawsuit which includes 67 patients and 20 spouses was filed last Saturday against Denver, Colorado-based Porter Adventist Hospital. About a year ago, Porter sent letters to approximately 5,800 patients who had received orthopedic or spinal surgeries at the hospital between July 21, 2016, and April 5, […]- ADRA Statement for 2019 World Refugee Day - 18 June 2019 | June 20 is World Refugee Day, when the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins the United Nations and the world to commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees, and show support for families forced to leave their homes due to persecution or conflict. ADRA remains committed to […]
Baby Cut from Adventist Mother Dies - 16 June 2019 | After two months on life support, a baby cut from his mother’s womb in a gruesome Chicago-area crime died Friday of severe brain injury. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez,” Julie Contreras, a family spokesperson, said in a statement. “Please […]- U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black Named 2019 Canterbury Medalist - 13 June 2019 | From a Becket Media Relations news release via the North American Division news page: Barry C. Black, 62nd Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, has been named Becket’s 2019 Canterbury Medalist for his honorable defense of religious liberty for people of all faiths. The Canterbury Medal, Becket’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who […]
- Two Weeks Left of Regular Rate AT1 Registration - In about two weeks, regular registration ends for AT1, the brand new gathering for the Adventist community organized by Adventist Today. Regular registration ends on June 30. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture.” AT1 will call everyone who attends to reimagine the Adventist narrative to fully embrace the reassuring, present truth of God’s love and […]
News Briefs for June 14, 2019 - News reports about Refugee Sabbath as well as from Oakwood University; England; Ogden, Utah; and Loma Linda University Health 15 June is Refugee Sabbath for Adventist churches. Many will show “The Tenth,” a 3-minute video available online at refugeeministries.org or on YouTube. Adventist congregations that are involved in sponsoring refugees in their community may introduce […]- Former Fresno Adventist Academy Teacher Refuses Plea Deal in Sexual Crimes Case, Could Face up to 260 Years - 12 June 2019 | Christopher Bispham, a former teacher at Fresno Adventist Academy, refused a plea deal this week that would have seen him accept a 30-year prison sentence. Bispham faces accusations of repeatedly molesting students and, if convicted of all charges, could face up to 260 years in prison. He will be tried in […]
Commentary
The Day of the Lord Is Darkness, Not Light - By Sonja DeWitt | 20 June 2019 | Recently I have heard several versions of the following sentiment voiced by good pious Christians. Why should we care if children are placed in cages and shot in schools? Why should we care if Christians are misrepresenting God and trying to make America into a “Christian” […]- Why the Free Exercise Clause Needs to Be Strengthened - by Michael Peabody | 19 June 2019 | The Free Exercise Clause that guarantees religious freedom is much weaker than most people realize. While freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and even the establishment clause are subject to highest “strict scrutiny” levels of protection, the free exercise of religion receives the […]
- The Toxic Politics of Church Leadership Elections - by Alvin Masarira | June 19, 2019 | The period leading up to the end of 2020 will be marked by some events that have a significant impact on the church in the Southern Africa Union Conference. Towards the end of this year, two local conferences (Trans-Orange Conference and the Northern Conference of South Africa) […]
- What Scares Me About Evangelism - by Rebecca Brothers | 14 June 2019 | Prior to serving a ten-month stint as an Adventist student missionary, I learned a popular evangelistic tactic called “friendship evangelism.” The theory was that to draw people to the Adventist church, you make friends with them first. You show them hospitality, and wit, and good humor. You […]
- Scientism and Grand Narratives: Understanding the Postmodern Condition - by David Geelan | 14 June 2019 | Science and its colleague technology have done much, throughout human history, to expand our understanding and control of the world around us and to enable us to enhance our lives. This is true for both high and low technology. I’m writing this on a computer much more […]
- What Sort of Truth Is the Truth of Knowing God? - By Connie J. French “Are you willing to die for the truth?” The question weighed heavily on my preschool shoulders, with fears of the investigative judgment and the time of trouble and persecution so confidently taught to me as I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Truth? What truth? God? Knowing God? I was […]
- From Optimism to Hope - by Christopher C. Thompson | 8 June 2019 | The glass is half full. I’ve always been like that. Studies show most people are optimists. Or, at least that’s what they profess to be. I agree: I think most people like to look at the world from a positive perspective. If nothing else, you see […]
- Wrench Ministers - by John McLarty | 8 June 2019 | On the second day of our trip to the desert the air conditioner in the car quit working. Karin said, “We cannot do this trip without air conditioning!” It was Friday. We were in northern Utah driving south toward St. George where our tour started on Sunday. […]
- A Prodigal Daughter - by S. M. Chen | 7 June 2019 | “Learn from the mistakes of others. There’s not enough time to make them all yourself.” Eleanor Roosevelt, longest-serving First Lady of the United States (1933-1945) One of the most powerful and moving parables of Holy Writ is that of the prodigal son. It illustrates, on a […]
- An Adventist Remnant in the Wilderness - by Jack Hoehn | 4 June 2019 | Last month I spent a week wandering in the desert with a small tribe of Adventists on the Talking Rocks geological tour. Perhaps we were replaying the Festival of Booths or Tents, advised by Jehovah to be annual, after the grown-up children of slaves entered the Land […]
- Aprender de otros: El peligro de la autosuficiencia - By Daniel A. Mora | 2 Junio 2019 | For a computer translation of this article to English, click here. En el año 2017, la Unión Adventista del Sur de los Estados Unidos, decidió invitar a su reunión ministerial al pastor evangélico Dante Gebel, para hablar sobre familia; y al grupo de cantantes argentinos Amanecer, […]
- How Des Ford Enriched My Life - by Richard Voth | 2 June 2019 | Des Ford’s knowledge of the Bible and Mrs. White and how he shared those insights with us is something that I will always appreciate. His ability to tie things together from the Old and New Testaments was amazing to me. On almost any topic he would quote […]
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- How Can I Find an Adventist Husband? - 21 June 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am a single Adventist woman. It is very difficult to find Adventist men to date who I feel comfortable with. I want to have someone in my life who shares my values and my faith, but there just don’t seem to be many options for me. Do […]
Adventists, the Constitution and Same-Sex Relationships - by Ronald Lawson, PhD | 21 June 2019 | This paper was originally published in 2003 in the Kinship Connection. Two prominent Adventists have recently urged a reversal in our Church’s long held position of opposing the enactment of laws attempting to impose morality. They have urged that it take a public position against the […]- Sharing Scripture for June 16 – 22 - This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
- Our Discouraging Small Church - Dear Aunt Sevvy, My wife and I just moved from southern California to a small city in the Midwestern plains—a work transfer. We’re very Adventist. So we went to church (the only church for an hour in any direction). Almost everyone was old. The Sabbath School class plodded through the lesson, though with criticism of […]
- A Changing Church: Adventism in Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s - by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 11 June 2019 | A summary paper written in 2002 Although Adventism experienced an astonishing rate of upward mobility in the New Guinea Highlands, especially the Southern Highlands, during this period, much of the rest of (PNG) Adventism, especially in the villages, remained poor in income, lifestyle, and level of […]
- Sharing Scripture, June 9-15 - This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
- Sharing Scripture, June 2-8 - This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
- I’m the Third Wife of an Adulterer. Am I Lost? - Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve been married for over a decade. We’re in our 70s and are very happy together. My husband and I were both widowed. However, my husband’s late wife was the woman he left his first wife and kids for. His first wife never remarried. For what it’s worth, my husband was not […]
- Ethics for Gay Christians?: The Seventh-day Adventist Experience - by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 31 May 2019 | Read this article and others on Dr. Lawson’s website here. The Seventh-day Adventist Church, like many conservative denominations, has officially rejected homosexuality and its members who practice homosexuality. The Seventh-day Adventist Church Manual states that “…homosexual practices and lesbian practices are among the obvious perversions of […]
- Sharing Scripture, May 26 – June 1 - This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
- Isn’t There a Better Greeting than “What Church Do You Go To?” - Dear Aunt Sevvy, When I went to an academy reunion recently, one of the first questions people asked me was, “”Where do you live now?” Then the second question was, “Oh! Cool! And where do you go to church?” Here’s my problem. I don’t attend church anymore and haven’t for 25 years. So after a […]
- Adventist Relations with Other Churches - by Ronald Lawson, Ph.D. | 26 May 2019 | This paper was presented at the meeting of the Religious Research Association, 2008. Adventists viewed themselves as “God’s Remnant People,” who, as the bearers of “present truth,” were charged with delivering God’s final warning message in the last days. Other Protestant groups were “apostate” and had […]
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- Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Refused to Treat Injured China Extradition Protestor - 23 June 2019 | Hong Kong’s Department of Health has requested an explanation from an Adventist hospital in the territory after it emerged the facility had refused treatment to a political protestor. According to the South China Morning Post, a patient presented to Hong Kong Adventist Hospital in Tsuen Wan at 10.30pm on June 12. […]
- How Can I Find an Adventist Husband? - 21 June 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am a single Adventist woman. It is very difficult to find Adventist men to date who I feel comfortable with. I want to have someone in my life who shares my values and my faith, but there just don’t seem to be many options for me. Do […]
- Adventists, the Constitution and Same-Sex Relationships - by Ronald Lawson, PhD | 21 June 2019 | This paper was originally published in 2003 in the Kinship Connection. Two prominent Adventists have recently urged a reversal in our Church’s long held position of opposing the enactment of laws attempting to impose morality. They have urged that it take a public position against the […]
- The Day of the Lord Is Darkness, Not Light - By Sonja DeWitt | 20 June 2019 | Recently I have heard several versions of the following sentiment voiced by good pious Christians. Why should we care if children are placed in cages and shot in schools? Why should we care if Christians are misrepresenting God and trying to make America into a “Christian” […]
- “Average Evangelical Christian” Explains Why He Keeps the Sabbath - 20 June 2019 | The politically conservative NOQ Report has published an article by writer JD Rucker titled “Why I choose to keep the Sabbath as an average evangelical Christian.” Rucker stresses that he is not a Seventh-day Adventist in the June 1 article. He advises those interested in studying the biblical support for a […]
- Final Week of Regular Rate AT1 Registration - In just over a week, regular registration ends for AT1, the brand-new gathering for the Adventist community organized by Adventist Today. Regular registration ends on June 30. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture.” AT1 will call everyone who attends to reimagine the Adventist narrative to fully embrace the reassuring, present truth of God’s love and […]
- News Briefs for June 21, 2019 - News reports from Loma Linda University Medical Center, Southern Adventist University, Walla Walla University, Union College and Southwestern Adventist University The Diabetes Treatment Center at Loma Linda University Medical Center was recently recognized as a quality diabetes prevention program by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A Loma Linda University Health news report […]
- Why the Free Exercise Clause Needs to Be Strengthened - by Michael Peabody | 19 June 2019 | The Free Exercise Clause that guarantees religious freedom is much weaker than most people realize. While freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and even the establishment clause are subject to highest “strict scrutiny” levels of protection, the free exercise of religion receives the […]
- Senior Government Minister Defends Pakistan’s Human Rights Record to Ted Wilson - 19 June 2019 | Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference of the Adventist Church, met with the chief minister for the Sindh province of Pakistan on June 9. The two met at the minister’s residence in the city of Karachi. According to Pakistan’s The International News, Syed Murad Ali Shah said to the […]
- The Toxic Politics of Church Leadership Elections - by Alvin Masarira | June 19, 2019 | The period leading up to the end of 2020 will be marked by some events that have a significant impact on the church in the Southern Africa Union Conference. Towards the end of this year, two local conferences (Trans-Orange Conference and the Northern Conference of South Africa) […]
- Dozens of Patients File Lawsuit Against Porter Adventist Hospital - 18 June 2019 | According to The Denver Post, a lawsuit which includes 67 patients and 20 spouses was filed last Saturday against Denver, Colorado-based Porter Adventist Hospital. About a year ago, Porter sent letters to approximately 5,800 patients who had received orthopedic or spinal surgeries at the hospital between July 21, 2016, and April 5, […]
- Sharing Scripture for June 16 – 22 - This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]