News
Top 10 in Los Angeles Ranking for Adventist Health Glendale - 15 August 2019 | U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Adventist Health Glendale in 10th place out of over 130 Los Angeles area hospitals. According to the Glendale News-Press, the facility scored highly in six of 16 adult specialty care categories (gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgeries, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and urology.) It […]
Register for AT1 to Hear from These Amazing Speakers - Still on the fence about attending the October 4-6 AT1 gathering? If so, check out our group of fascinating speakers and their topics below. You don’t want to miss this inaugural, grace-focused, lay-organized event. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture” and our goal is to help support a positive, progressive new chapter for the Adventist […]
News Briefs for August 16, 2019 - News reports from Hermiston, Oregon; Loma Linda University School of Nursing; Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee; Oakwood University Department of Nutrition and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s Army Of Youth: According to the East Oregonian, the region’s Hermiston Seventh-day Adventist Church is about to be rebuilt about a year after it was destroyed by fire. The remains of the […]
Pacific Union College Opens 35 Miles of Hiking Trails to Public - Pacific Union College is opening 35 miles of forest trails for public use. The Napa Valley Register reported that the trails are set to officially open by the end of August. They are located at Angwin in the mountains northeast of St. Helena in the Napa Valley area of Northern California. The Adventist institution had […]
Religious Workplace Active Shooter Protection Info Released - 13 August 2019 | Recently updated policies on responding to active shooters and violence in the workplace have been shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and The Department of Homeland Security. The guidance is specifically aimed at religious institutions and includes information on gun violence. A long-standing strategy that is emphasized to respond to […]
Medical News Platform Sums Up Pros and Cons of Eating Adventist-Style - 12 August 2019 | Medical news site Medical Daily recently published an article detailing the publication’s understanding of the pros and cons of the Adventist diet. The July 30 article noted that the denomination “preaches to its members about clean vegetarian practices propagated by the Book of Leviticus,” and that about 40 percent of Adventists […]
Lawsuit Filed by Adventist Siblings over Tennis Tournament Sabbath Scheduling - 11 August 2019 | Adventist high school-aged siblings Joelle and Joseph Chung have filed a federal lawsuit against the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association arguing that their rights have been violated due to consistent scheduling of tennis championship tournament play on the Saturday Sabbath. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court in the Western […]
Adventist Community Services Supply Spiritual and Emotional Support After El Paso, Texas, Mass Shooting - From a news release by the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist Church: Shortly after a gunman fired on crowds in a Walmart and its parking lot in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 3, local Adventist Community Service Disaster Response (ACS DR) leader Marshall Gonzales reached out to W. Derrick Lea, North American Division […]- Have More Fun in the Sun with AT1 - It’s summer. You’re getting some quality time in the sun as you lounge by the beach sipping your virgin piña colada. How could your day possibly get better?? By getting your AT1 gathering registration out of the way, of course! The theme of our grace-centered camp meeting-style event is Christ Challenges Culture and we have […]
News Briefs for August 9, 2019 - News reports from Christian Century, Italy, Rwanda and Southern Adventist University: Dr. Charles Scriven, retired Adventist editor and theologian, is the author of a book review published in the July 17 issue of Christian Century, one of the major Protestant journals published in the United States. He reviews Power, Pleasure, and Profit: Insatiable Appetites from […]- Substitute Teacher at California Adventist Schools Arrested on Child Porn Charges - 7 August 2019 | Justin Daniel Villegas, 22, a substitute teacher who was employed by two Adventist schools in California’s San Joaquin Valley and an Adventist camp in Yosemite National Park, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of possessing child pornography. Law enforcement claimed he was in possession of more than 600 images of child […]
Kettering to Host Mental Health and Community Conference this Fall - 7 August 2019 | You’re invited to delve into the connection between faith and mental health at The George T. Harding IV Mental Health and Community Conference this fall from September 29 to October 1 in Dayton, Ohio. It will be hosted by the Kettering Health Network. Joining Adventist pastors, educators, and health professionals from around […]
Commentary
- Sabbath School, Mass Shootings—and Deafening Silence - by Christopher C. Thompson | 16 August 2019 | I was serving as the interim pastor of a small church in Georgia not too long ago. On a Sunday morning the church leaders and I sat together to discuss the business of the church. It’s a small rural church, but given the trend of current […]
- Does the Church Have Authority Over Science? - by David Geelan | 15 August 2019 Eppur si muove, which translates as “And yet it moves,” is a phrase purportedly muttered by Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) as he was led away from his trial by the Inquisition for heliocentrism—the belief that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of the solar system. Galileo was […]
- Mass Shootings and Toxic Masculinity - by Lindsey Painter | 13 August 2019 | In the last two weeks there have occurred three of the latest mass shootings in America. The worst word in that sentence is “latest.” One of them happened at a place I was planning to be. I have the Gilroy Garlic Festival on my calendar, and I […]
- Dying Deities, Part 2: The Meaning of the Crucifixion - Richard W. Coffen | 12 August 2019 | Slogans and mottos influence us all, and most glom onto our brain cells. Can you name the product that the following slogan promotes? “When you care enough to send the very best.” Yes, Hallmark Cards. I always look for a Hallmark card because . . . you […]
- Can a Pastor Call Evil by Name—Even If It’s Political? - by Reinder Bruinsma | 9 August 2019 | A few days ago a professor I know who has an educational background in law and theology started a discussion on a Facebook group for pastors that I follow regularly, about the question of how pastors in their preaching might address some of the moral dilemmas that […]
- Dying Deities, Part 1: Did God Die for Our Sins? - by Richard W. Coffen | 9 August 2019 | Devotees of various historic religions have supposed that certain gods have descended to the underworld (the realm of the dead; compare the Hebrew she’ol) but then later reappeared. Popular Myths Historical documents support such myths, although some controversy exists as to whether such fabled ancient experiences […]
- Remembering the Port Arthur Massacre - by Debbie Hooper Cosier On April 28, 1996—my 30th birthday—I was watching television as details emerged about a massacre in Port Arthur, Australia’s historic penal colony in Tasmania. My first son was due in a few weeks. The shooter, Martin Byrant, was only a year younger than me. On that day he killed 35 people […]
- I Had the Truth—and FriChik Too: Brand Managing the Adventist Church - by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 5 August 2019 | I leaned forward and listened in rapt attention as my colleague described the ministry outreach of a local nondenominational congregation. They had adopted their entire city block and made it their ministry to care for everyone within it, including redoing the sidewalks and fixing homes and […]
- Do We Need New Adventist “Distinctives”? - by Edward Reifsnyder | 2 August 2019 | In yoga, there is a position named Warrior 2. It looks like this: The pose suggests kinetic energy and directionality. The body appears to be moving forward, but from the strong, stabilizing base of the rear foot. The eyes are looking over the front hand into the […]
- Supersize: Welcoming the Obese in Church - by Garry Duncan | 1 August 2019 | We have never seen 75-year-old Kevin in our charity shop. He doesn’t get out much. But his friend, Harold, goes shopping for clothes for Kevin every week. He visits all the charity shops in the area, but usually doesn’t find anything for Kevin. You see, Kevin is […]
- Why the Church Needs a Membership Adjustment Before 2020 - By Loren Seibold | 29 July 2019 | Every time I attend a meeting where General Conference (GC) leaders speak, I am told that Ellen White said that the General Conference in session is God’s highest authority on earth. You would be astonished at the number of times in a GC executive committee meeting listeners […]
Implications of an Intelligently Designed Alphabet—DNA, part 3. - (Third of a three-part series on DNA, God’s Language.) (Part 1 is here.) (Part 2 is here.) by Jack Hoehn | July 7, 2019 He said to me, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true… I am the Α and the Ω [the A and the Z], the beginning and the end […]
Features
- “That’s not your real hair color, is it?” - 16 August 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Not long ago at church one of the older women walked up to me and said, “This has been bothering me for a long time. That’s not your real hair color, is it?” At first I made a joke about covering my gray. But she gave me a […]
- Sharing Scripture for August 11 – 17 - 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 Just Lost My Dream Job. What’s God Doing to Me? - 9 August 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: I took a degree in one of those liberal arts fields that people make fun of as leaving you unemployable. But about a year ago, as an answer to prayer, I secured my dream job! It used my interest in the arts, it was something I did well, […]
- Sharing Scripture for Aug 4 – 10 - 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 […]
- Aunty, I’m Finally Admitting I’m a Lesbian - 4 August 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am 23 years old, Adventist, and I’m finally admitting to myself that I’m a lesbian. I want to come out but I don’t think my local church would accept me. I’m even more afraid to tell my parents: they have always held a hard line about homosexuality […]
- Sharing Scripture for July 28 – Aug 3 - 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 […]
- A Living Sacrifice: An Interview with Author David Trim - Dr. David Trim’s new book, A Living Sacrifice, is a book of mission stories—but quite different than the “happy ending” ones you may have read. Dr. Trim goes back to the early days of Adventist missions, and remembers those who gave their all for the cause of Christ, but who didn’t have books and stories […]
- Sharing Scripture for July 21 – 27 - 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 […]
- Perceptions of the Protestant Reformation in Seventh-day Adventism - Rolf J. Pöhler, ed., Perceptions of the Protestant Reformation in Seventh-day Adventism. Friedensau, Germany: Friedensau Adventist University, Institute of Adventist Studies, 2018. 320 pp. Reviewed by Eudritch Jean MTS. In 1517, Martin Luther launched what soon became known as the Protestant Reformation. This movement impacted Christianity in many respects. One of them is the soil […]
- Dear Aunt Sevvy: I eat too much! - 20 July 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I love food. The more I eat it, the more I love it. My favorite things are junk food, soda, meats, and heavy dairy. Since I joined the Adventist Church I’ve realized that this kind of diet is unhealthy for me. Being around so many vegan people has […]
- Interview with Rodney Vance of the LSU Film & TV Production Department - 16 July 2019 | AT contributor Larry Downing interviewed Rodney Vance, MFA, Chair of the Department of Film and Television Production at La Sierra University. Rodney Vance is a professional filmmaker and has mentored many Adventist students who wish to pursue a career in the film industry. LD: Rodney, in the past, faculty of Adventists […]
- Sharing Scripture for July 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 […]
All
- Adventist Summit on Abuse - Everyone is invited to participate in an effort to deal with the problems of sexual and physical abuse in the church and in the world. It will be livestreamed on the Internet on Wednesday, 4 September, starting at 3 pm Eastern time. Pretending that abuse does not exist in “my church, school, community or home” […]
- Sabbath School, Mass Shootings—and Deafening Silence - by Christopher C. Thompson | 16 August 2019 | I was serving as the interim pastor of a small church in Georgia not too long ago. On a Sunday morning the church leaders and I sat together to discuss the business of the church. It’s a small rural church, but given the trend of current […]
- “That’s not your real hair color, is it?” - 16 August 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Not long ago at church one of the older women walked up to me and said, “This has been bothering me for a long time. That’s not your real hair color, is it?” At first I made a joke about covering my gray. But she gave me a […]
- Top 10 in Los Angeles Ranking for Adventist Health Glendale - 15 August 2019 | U.S. News & World Report recently ranked Adventist Health Glendale in 10th place out of over 130 Los Angeles area hospitals. According to the Glendale News-Press, the facility scored highly in six of 16 adult specialty care categories (gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgeries, geriatrics, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics and urology.) It […]
- Register for AT1 to Hear from These Amazing Speakers - Still on the fence about attending the October 4-6 AT1 gathering? If so, check out our group of fascinating speakers and their topics below. You don’t want to miss this inaugural, grace-focused, lay-organized event. Our theme is “Christ Challenges Culture” and our goal is to help support a positive, progressive new chapter for the Adventist […]
- News Briefs for August 16, 2019 - News reports from Hermiston, Oregon; Loma Linda University School of Nursing; Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee; Oakwood University Department of Nutrition and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s Army Of Youth: According to the East Oregonian, the region’s Hermiston Seventh-day Adventist Church is about to be rebuilt about a year after it was destroyed by fire. The remains of the […]
- Does the Church Have Authority Over Science? - by David Geelan | 15 August 2019 Eppur si muove, which translates as “And yet it moves,” is a phrase purportedly muttered by Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) as he was led away from his trial by the Inquisition for heliocentrism—the belief that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of the solar system. Galileo was […]
- Pacific Union College Opens 35 Miles of Hiking Trails to Public - Pacific Union College is opening 35 miles of forest trails for public use. The Napa Valley Register reported that the trails are set to officially open by the end of August. They are located at Angwin in the mountains northeast of St. Helena in the Napa Valley area of Northern California. The Adventist institution had […]
- Religious Workplace Active Shooter Protection Info Released - 13 August 2019 | Recently updated policies on responding to active shooters and violence in the workplace have been shared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and The Department of Homeland Security. The guidance is specifically aimed at religious institutions and includes information on gun violence. A long-standing strategy that is emphasized to respond to […]
- Mass Shootings and Toxic Masculinity - by Lindsey Painter | 13 August 2019 | In the last two weeks there have occurred three of the latest mass shootings in America. The worst word in that sentence is “latest.” One of them happened at a place I was planning to be. I have the Gilroy Garlic Festival on my calendar, and I […]
- Sharing Scripture for August 11 – 17 - 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 […]
- Medical News Platform Sums Up Pros and Cons of Eating Adventist-Style - 12 August 2019 | Medical news site Medical Daily recently published an article detailing the publication’s understanding of the pros and cons of the Adventist diet. The July 30 article noted that the denomination “preaches to its members about clean vegetarian practices propagated by the Book of Leviticus,” and that about 40 percent of Adventists […]