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Aunt Sevvy, can a person go to heaven without being an Adventist?
20 January 2025 | In order to go to heaven, the Bible says only you must believe in Jesus and be baptized. But our church says that you must also be an official member of our church. Being a church member requires a commitment to 13 baptismal vows and 28 […]
Pastor Dies in Australian Floodwaters
19 January 2025 | Search and rescue is about to go into its second full day for missing 53-year-old pastor William (Willie) Strickland, whose utility vehicle was swept off the road by raging floodwaters on Saturday night in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Pastor Strickland was […]
Comments of the Week January 13-19
Comments of the Week January 13-19 “Our hope is in Jesus Christ and not in this bunch of fellas!” —Jeremy Low on who controls Adventist Theology Comments on Coffee Urn & Weak Sister, Church Worker Loss of Employment Protections, Genes & Genesis, and Broken Trust EDITORIAL: The Coffee Urn & […]
Editorial: “The Weak Sister & the Coffee Urn”
I remember once, in a church where I was a pastor, that the suggestion was made that we set up a coffee urn in the lobby. I’m not a big coffee drinker—a cup is about all the caffeine I can handle—but I didn’t see what it could hurt. Virtually everyone […]
The Ministerial Exception: How Church Workers Lost Legal Employment Protection
by Loren Seibold | 17 January 2025 | In comments under a recent Aunt Sevvy, someone asked about the status of church employees under the law. The question intrigued me enough that I started digging a bit into it. (I’m focusing here on the United States, since that’s where I […]
Genes and Genesis: Are We Designed to Grow for Eternity?
by Don Fraser | 16 January 2025 | What follows is, I admit, speculation. I’m exploring the possibility that we human beings might have been genetically designed to have access to both eternal existence and to the infinite universe. There are two key phrases from the story of creation as […]
News Brief: 16 January 2025
16 January 2025 | News from Andrews University “Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist school in Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States, has received a grant of US$6,326,735 from Lilly Endowment, Inc., through its Ministry in Rural Areas and Small Towns initiative. The aim of the initiative is to provide resources to […]
ATSS: Kärt Lazic, “Reframing and Reforming Congregational Worship: An Appeal for a Reset”
8 January 2025 | What is it that happens when we come together for a “church service”? What should happen? Church members are regularly encouraged to “not forsake the assembling of ourselves together” (Heb. 10:25). But what are we supposed to do when what we experience there seems to be so far […]
Who Controls Our Theological Narrative?
by Reinder Bruinsma | 15 January 2025 | Church authority is a complicated topic. Is it primarily about administrative oversight and personnel management, financial issues, the upkeep of buildings, and denominational strategies? Or is theology the most important role of ecclesial authority? Or perhaps it is about practical application of […]
Rare Inscribed Ivory Comb Artifact Coming to Southern Adventist University on Loan for Only U.S. Viewing
15 January 2025 | The following is a press release: In partnership with the Israel Antiquities Authority and The Israel Museum, Southern Adventist University invites the public to see the ivory comb with the oldest deciphered complete alphabetic sentence in writing. The rare object dating to 1700 BC and excavated […]
Village Church Demands Reinstatement of Ron Kelly in Official Statement
14 January 2025 | The Village SDA Church released an official response during their January 11th service, regarding the Michigan Conference’s removal of their Lead Pastor Ron Kelly, and Elder Conrad Vine. 20 of the 21 elders gathered on the rostrum to: “reject both the premise and the process by […]
Broken Trust: My strange and disturbing summer at Adventist summer camp
by Carlos J. Gonzalez | 14 January 2025 | I’m a native of Brooklyn, New York. I loved my city while growing up there—and I still do. The salsa and beat-heavy music, and the air of innocence on DeKalb Avenue, were a utopia for me. But for my mother, things […]
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The Ministerial Exception: How Church Workers Lost Legal Employment Protection
by Loren Seibold | 17 January 2025 | In comments under a recent Aunt Sevvy, someone asked about the status of church employees under the law. The question intrigued me enough that I started digging a bit into it. (I’m focusing here on the United States, since that’s where I have lived and worked. Perhaps […]
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Aunt Sevvy, can a person go to heaven without being an Adventist?
20 January 2025 | In order to go to heaven, the Bible says only you must believe in Jesus and be baptized. But our church says that you must also be an official member of our church. Being a church member requires a commitment to 13 baptismal vows and 28 Fundamental beliefs, some of them […]
