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Andrews University Raises Nearly $1 Million to Help Students Hit By COVID - 26 February 2021 | Since April 2020, 532 donors have given to two Andrews University student aid funds for a total of nearly US$1 million. According to the Lake Union Herald, the Student Life COVID-19 Emergency Fund and the President’s Student Scholarship Fund have brought immediate crisis assistance and help for long-term financial hardship related […]
Historic Loma Linda University Health Fundraising Effort Concludes After Raising Over $476 Million - Vision 2020 – The Campaign for a Whole Tomorrow raised $476,832,220 over 8 years. The $476 million raised greatly exceeded the campaign’s original goal of $366 million, with more than 40,500 donors making approximately 280,000 gifts to the campaign since its inception. Over $411 million was designated for Vision 2020 priorities, with an additional $65 million […]
Oakwood University Church Responds to Recent Extreme Weather in Texas - 26 February 2021 | Huntsville, Alabama-based Oakwood University Church (OUC) and Breath of Life television ministry partnered to collect 30,000 bottles of water and other essential items for victims of the extreme weather that caused havoc in Texas earlier this month. Four million Texans lost power due to harsh winter weather, and rolling blackouts continued even […]
Anticipating AT1–February 26, 2021 - Matthew 25 tells us what the final exam will be like. It will be Who we know and how we serve others as a result of that loving relationship. So what are the needs around you that are begging for a response? You know it’s going to make you feel good when you act. […]
News Briefs for February 25, 2021 - News reports from the Association of Adventist Women, Guam-Micronesia Mission, Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) (two announcements) and Germany’s Friedensau Adventist University: A TOOLBOX FOR WOMEN IN MINISTRY – a free online workshop, cosponsored by Mt. Rubidoux/SECC and Association of Adventist Women, will be held Sunday, March 7, 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM. Speakers include […]
HuffPost Story on Families Torn Apart by QAnon Features Adventist - 25 February 2021 | A February 11 HuffPost article titled ‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents, featured an Adventist believer in the conspiracy-driven right-wing movement and her family. The Adventist woman’s daughter, identified as a 42-year-old Colorado woman called Kat, spoke to HuffPost. She said […]
Adventist Satellite, Anyone? - From AT content collaborator site, AdventInnovate: “Can we buy a satellite so we can continue to communicate at the end of time?” This was an actual question asked by GT Ng, executive secretary of the General Conference (GC). He was speaking about innovative approaches to evangelism in a breakout session of a church leadership conference […]
Governor Gavin Newsom Visits Community Vaccine Center at Loma Linda University - California Governor Gavin Newsom visited Loma Linda University Health’s community vaccine clinic at the Drayson Center on Wednesday, February 17. Newsom spoke favorably of Loma Linda University students that help staff the vaccine clinic. 19 February 2021 | From Loma Linda University Health – Loma Linda University Health’s community vaccine clinic at the Drayson Center was […]
Facebook Blocks News Content in Australia Impacting Adventist Media - 19 February 2021 | Content from a number of Adventist publications in Australia can no longer be shared on Facebook. Adventist Record, Signs of the Times, and Mums at the Table content has now been blocked by the social media giant. A news report from Adventist Record explains the block comes as a response from Facebook […]
Church Leaders Move General Conference Session to St. Louis, Missouri - The location of the twice-postponed General Conference Session has now been moved from Indianapolis, Indiana, to St. Louis, Missouri. The Executive Committee (EXCOM) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church voted for the location change on Wednesday, February 17, after GC Management was unexpectedly informed by the city of Indianapolis that the space in Indianapolis was no longer […]
Anticipating AT1–February 19, 2021 - We have a daily invitation to follow Jesus. Some days that’s easy. Other days not so much. Our stage of life, and certainly the circumstances of our life factor into our comfort level with being all in with Jesus. So in these uncertain times, how is your journey with Jesus going? We’re so delighted […]
News Briefs for February 18, 2021 - News reports from Newbold College, Southern Adventist University, Adventist educational institutions in several South American countries, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital and Loma Linda University Health’s growing podcast efforts: From Newbold College in Berkshire, England (via Facebook): Huge congratulations to Dr Tihomir Lazić, whose two recent academic articles have been published by Palgrave Macmillan! The […]
Commentary
Should We Restore Fallen Pastors? - by Steve Nelson | 28 February 2021 | God’s Word is abundantly clear: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Why, then, do some churches mandate stiff consequences for moral failures from spiritual leaders? Wasn’t David forgiven […]
What’s the Future of Pastoral Ministry? - by Loren Seibold | 25 February 2021 | When I graduated from college and seminary, it was pretty much a guarantee that if you were a halfway presentable human being, you would find a job as an Adventist pastor. You could, depending on your talents or lack of them, end up knocking around small church […]
Cup Overflowing - by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 24 February 2021 | What do you hold in your hands right now? Most likely it’s a smart phone, possibly a tablet, maybe a magazine. But what else do you have? Not the obvious, like sweat, or even a virus. What do you spy with your little eye? The easy […]
The Correspondence Between the Creation of the Universe in Science and the Bible - By Paul Priest | 22 February 2021 | The evidence for an old earth, old life, and an old universe contradicts the traditional model of a six-day creation occurring about six thousand years ago. I find this troubling, since the God who created the universe also inspired the Bible, and both the Bible and science […]
Qristians and the Faith Trap - By Debbie Hooper Cosier | 19 February 2021 | Between Christmas and New Year’s I was walking my dogs in a local beachside town when an older man, a stranger to me, surprised me with a comment: “How lovely it is to see you smiling amidst all these sad, worried people!” I didn’t know I’d […]
It’s Past Time for Strong Accountability for Religious Sexual Predation - By Matthew Shallenberger | 18 February 2021 | On February 11, Christianity Today published a devastating report on the investigation into Ravi Zacharias’ sexual misconduct. The investigation, commissioned by Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), not only confirmed some of the existing allegations against Zacharias, but it also uncovered evidence that his sexual abuse was even […]
Of Insurrection and Reconciliation - by Christopher C. Thompson | 17 February 2021 | I was at the Capitol with my school students. We were literally next in line to enter the gallery and observe the country’s lawmakers as they carried out our nation’s most sacred tasks. As we were waiting, we noticed that the Capitol police and security team […]
Our Churches and the CDC Regulations - by Ronald L. Preast | 12 February 2021 | At first glance the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulations for reopening our churches appear to be inconvenient. Yet if one looks more closely at these guidelines, it becomes clear that our churches shouldn’t have too much trouble with them: variations of […]
Denominational Panacea, or the Spirit’s Guidance? - By Eugene Gerasimov | 11 February 2021 | We often see, in connection with medical care, the symbol of a snake, usually wrapped around a pole. Occasionally you will see a mythical keeper of the snake: the goddess Hygeia, who feeds her snake from a bowl. Hygeia was a young goddess, daughter and chief attendant […]
Ellen G. White Around the Tea Table - By Ron Graybill | 9 February 2021 | As Mrs. White sat for her picture in 1878, the photographer handed her a large book, T. De Witt Talmage’s 500-page Around the Tea Table.[1] Photographers of the day commonly used books as props when their subjects posed for portraits. In several other photographs Ellen White is […]
Has the Truth Changed? - By S.M. Chen | 8 February 2021 | In my e-mail inbox recently was an invitation to view one of the latest offerings by Josh Fox, entitled The Truth Has Changed (updated in 2021), sponsored by The Walker Art Center of Minneapolis. Initially a book, then a film, it is a documentary of Mr. Fox’s […]
Righteousness by Faith Is for Everyone - by Chester Hitchcock | During 29 years as a pastor in small multi-church districts, I made it my mission to declare righteousness by faith in every sermon. Ellen White wrote: The sacrifice of Christ as an atonement for sin is the great truth around which all other truths cluster. In order to be rightly understood […]
Features
Aunty, is the government lying to us about vaccine safety? - 26 February 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Several friends and family have safely received their COVID vaccines with minimal side effects. I’m planning to be vaccinated, but all the conspiracy theories are starting to get to me. Should I wait and see? I’m 95% sure it’s fake news, but the government always tells us only […]- Anticipating AT1–February 26, 2021 - Matthew 25 tells us what the final exam will be like. It will be Who we know and how we serve others as a result of that loving relationship. So what are the needs around you that are begging for a response? You know it’s going to make you feel good when you act. […]
Sharing Scripture for February 21 – 27, 2021 - 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 […]
Ellen G White: A Psychobiography - Dr. Steve Daily’s Ellen G. White: A Psychobiography is a searing indictment of Seventh-day Adventism’s most famous founder. Daily reveals new evidence previously unavailable: “Even to this day, the record of these ‘visions’ can only be viewed by those who get special permission to enter the Ellen White vaults.” This issue of transparency continues throughout […]- Anticipating AT1–February 19, 2021 - We have a daily invitation to follow Jesus. Some days that’s easy. Other days not so much. Our stage of life, and certainly the circumstances of our life factor into our comfort level with being all in with Jesus. So in these uncertain times, how is your journey with Jesus going? We’re so delighted […]
- Sharing Scripture for February 14 – 20 - 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 […]
Aunt Sevvy, why hasn’t Jesus returned yet? - 12 February 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, My great-grandparents looked forward to Jesus’ soon coming. My grandparents believed they would be alive to see Jesus come. My parents clung to the Blessed Hope knowing they’d wake up to see Jesus in the clouds. They are all at rest, and we’re still here. The world seems […]
Anticipating AT1–February 12, 2021 - Have you ever wondered if Adventists danced more that we would be better at working together? While we have a history of not dancing, what benefits would it bring to our denominational health message if we did? An important topic to consider on this Valentine’s holiday weekend. We’re so delighted you’ve found Anticipating AT1. […]- Sharing Scripture for February 7 – 13, 2021 - 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 […]
Help! I can’t join the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar! - by Loren Seibold | 9 February 2021 | Every Sabbath, somewhere between 20 and 2 minutes before the beginning of our Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar is about to start, those who monitor our social media (Facebook comments and messages, email, texts and telephone) get frantic communications from people who say, “I really want to join […]
Anticipating AT1–February 5, 2021 - Whatever stage of life you find yourself in, are you noticing that you are consumed with worry? Wanting to control the outcome of your life? Jesus invites you to be open to the Spirit, which transforms us into vulnerable and joyful people, despite the circumstances of our current condition. We’re so delighted you’ve found […]- Sharing Scripture for January 31 – February 6, 2021 - 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 […]
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- Should We Restore Fallen Pastors? - by Steve Nelson | 28 February 2021 | God’s Word is abundantly clear: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Why, then, do some churches mandate stiff consequences for moral failures from spiritual leaders? Wasn’t David forgiven […]
Thanks for the “big tent” edition of the AT magazine. - 26 February 2021 | Dear Editor, I have just about finished devouring the Winter edition of the Adventist Today magazine, and I do mean DEVOURING! Your editorial was right on target, as were the articles. I am totally in favor of the “29th Fundamental Belief” even though I know that it will only exist in […]- Aunty, is the government lying to us about vaccine safety? - 26 February 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Several friends and family have safely received their COVID vaccines with minimal side effects. I’m planning to be vaccinated, but all the conspiracy theories are starting to get to me. Should I wait and see? I’m 95% sure it’s fake news, but the government always tells us only […]
- Andrews University Raises Nearly $1 Million to Help Students Hit By COVID - 26 February 2021 | Since April 2020, 532 donors have given to two Andrews University student aid funds for a total of nearly US$1 million. According to the Lake Union Herald, the Student Life COVID-19 Emergency Fund and the President’s Student Scholarship Fund have brought immediate crisis assistance and help for long-term financial hardship related […]
- Historic Loma Linda University Health Fundraising Effort Concludes After Raising Over $476 Million - Vision 2020 – The Campaign for a Whole Tomorrow raised $476,832,220 over 8 years. The $476 million raised greatly exceeded the campaign’s original goal of $366 million, with more than 40,500 donors making approximately 280,000 gifts to the campaign since its inception. Over $411 million was designated for Vision 2020 priorities, with an additional $65 million […]
- Oakwood University Church Responds to Recent Extreme Weather in Texas - 26 February 2021 | Huntsville, Alabama-based Oakwood University Church (OUC) and Breath of Life television ministry partnered to collect 30,000 bottles of water and other essential items for victims of the extreme weather that caused havoc in Texas earlier this month. Four million Texans lost power due to harsh winter weather, and rolling blackouts continued even […]
- Anticipating AT1–February 26, 2021 - Matthew 25 tells us what the final exam will be like. It will be Who we know and how we serve others as a result of that loving relationship. So what are the needs around you that are begging for a response? You know it’s going to make you feel good when you act. […]
- News Briefs for February 25, 2021 - News reports from the Association of Adventist Women, Guam-Micronesia Mission, Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) (two announcements) and Germany’s Friedensau Adventist University: A TOOLBOX FOR WOMEN IN MINISTRY – a free online workshop, cosponsored by Mt. Rubidoux/SECC and Association of Adventist Women, will be held Sunday, March 7, 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM. Speakers include […]
- What’s the Future of Pastoral Ministry? - by Loren Seibold | 25 February 2021 | When I graduated from college and seminary, it was pretty much a guarantee that if you were a halfway presentable human being, you would find a job as an Adventist pastor. You could, depending on your talents or lack of them, end up knocking around small church […]
- HuffPost Story on Families Torn Apart by QAnon Features Adventist - 25 February 2021 | A February 11 HuffPost article titled ‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents, featured an Adventist believer in the conspiracy-driven right-wing movement and her family. The Adventist woman’s daughter, identified as a 42-year-old Colorado woman called Kat, spoke to HuffPost. She said […]
- Cup Overflowing - by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 24 February 2021 | What do you hold in your hands right now? Most likely it’s a smart phone, possibly a tablet, maybe a magazine. But what else do you have? Not the obvious, like sweat, or even a virus. What do you spy with your little eye? The easy […]
- Adventist Satellite, Anyone? - From AT content collaborator site, AdventInnovate: “Can we buy a satellite so we can continue to communicate at the end of time?” This was an actual question asked by GT Ng, executive secretary of the General Conference (GC). He was speaking about innovative approaches to evangelism in a breakout session of a church leadership conference […]