Aunty, I’m still terrified when I hear of “the time of Jacob’s trouble”!
14 October 2024 | Dear Aunty, I’m a fourth-generation Adventist who spent 16 years in our educational system. I’ve been on a 50-year journey to get “deprogrammed” from the disinformation and fear I was exposed to. However, I find I can still be “triggered” by certain phrases, and one of […]
Killeen SDA Church Tackles Loneliness Epidemic Through Food and Fellowship
The Killeen Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in Killeen, Texas, hosted October Blast, a five-night community event. Each evening was planned to provide something valuable to the community members by offering free meals, childcare, door prizes, and 5-minute sermons hosted by the youth and Bible study groups. The event was an […]
Comments of the Week October 7-13
Comments of the Week October 7-13 “What is the perceived threat that the SDA church sees by allowing LGBTQ to exist as employees of the church?” -Floyd Poenitz weighs in on the lawsuit against Maryland. See what others have said! Comments on the Lawsuit against Maryland, Adventism & Catholicism, Trading […]
Editorial: “To Be, Not Merely to Believe“
I am unimpressed by “John 3:16” unfurled from a fan’s seat along the front tier of a baseball stadium, or graffitied on a wall or stall. Yes, believing in Jesus is important. It’s a first step. But John 3:16, taken out of context and presented as the whole picture, means […]
Adventist Church in Ghana Builds Baptistries Because Rivers Are Polluted
Due to illegal mining, bodies of water in Northern Ghana have been contaminated. As a result, the church has begun planning to construct baptistries in its churches to continue its efforts in ministry. According to local news outlets the illegal mining, called galamsey, goes beyond the failure of a single government […]
Quit Hatin’ on Haiti!
by Carl McRoy | 10 October 2024 | This article is reprinted here by permission of Message magazine and the author. Boredom had me flipping through the channels until I paused to watch a popular senior statesman of the International Ecumenical Church of Televised White Evangelical Supremacy. During the prayer […]
News Brief: 10 October 2024
10 October 2024 | News from Portugal “For the first time in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Portugal, the number of members reached 12,097, marking a significant moment for the denomination, which celebrates 120 years this year.” Excerpt from the full article, here. News from the North […]
The Body Temple: A Magical Juice
“Blood is a most magical juice.” (from Johan Wolfgang Goethe’s Faust, “Blut ist ein ganz besondrer Saft.”) by Jack Hoehn | 9 October 2024 | Blood demands respect. The Biblical “life of the flesh” was in the blood, and Jews were commanded not to eat it. Ties to other humans […]
ATSS: Horace Alexander, “Can the Bible Be Read as Literature?”
9 October 2024 | When people look at a photograph, they may accept what they see at face value. But if a person is a photographer, many issues come to mind: a particular angle or perspective was chosen; some things in the picture may be in focus, while others are […]
Seventh-day Adventist Church Files Federal Lawsuit Against Maryland
9 October 2024 | The Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church has filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Maryland. The lawsuit challenges the Maryland Supreme Court’s August 2023 interpretation of the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act which limited religious organizations’ ability to hire and fire employees based on their sexual […]
“Adventism and Catholicism in a Changing World” is on again—in a new location!
8 October 2024 | The presentation featuring Dr. Reinder Bruinsma on the relationship between Adventists and Catholics, scheduled for October 12, 2024, at 3:00 PM Pacific time at the Loma Linda University Centennial Complex, had been has been relocated to a new venue. The event is sponsored by the Loma […]
Trading the Gospel for Political Power
Reviewed by Robert Crux | 8 October 2024 | The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism is a compelling and ultimately disheartening analysis of what happens when the church engages with political power. Tim Alberta is a political journalist, but also a practicing […]
PRESS RELEASE: NSF Innovation Grant to Fund Collaboration and Lab at Andrews University
08 October 2024 | PRESS RELEASE from Andrews University: BERRIEN SPRINGS, Michigan —The Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship has received a three-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will increase innovation capacity by fostering collaboration. Andrews University applied for this grant as part of the EXPAND consortium, […]
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Killeen SDA Church Tackles Loneliness Epidemic Through Food and Fellowship
The Killeen Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church in Killeen, Texas, hosted October Blast, a five-night community event. Each evening was planned to provide something valuable to the community members by offering free meals, childcare, door prizes, and 5-minute sermons hosted by the youth and Bible study groups. The event was an outreach effort toward single parents, […]
Commentary
Quit Hatin’ on Haiti!
by Carl McRoy | 10 October 2024 | This article is reprinted here by permission of Message magazine and the author. Boredom had me flipping through the channels until I paused to watch a popular senior statesman of the International Ecumenical Church of Televised White Evangelical Supremacy. During the prayer segment, his co-host shared a […]
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Aunty, I’m still terrified when I hear of “the time of Jacob’s trouble”!
14 October 2024 | Dear Aunty, I’m a fourth-generation Adventist who spent 16 years in our educational system. I’ve been on a 50-year journey to get “deprogrammed” from the disinformation and fear I was exposed to. However, I find I can still be “triggered” by certain phrases, and one of those is “the time of […]
