
News Brief 13 January 2025
13 January 2025| News from Southern Adventist University “Southern Adventist University School of Music will host the Honor Choir Festival concert at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 4829 College Drive E. The concert will feature eight high school choirs, presenting a varied program to conclude […]

Has Our Time Come?
by Loren Seibold | 13 February 2025 | A commenter on Facebook recently wrote this: Here in Australia during the pandemic, some local Adventists were passing out Adventist literature at anti-vaxx, anti-government, anti-lockdown protests in town. Result: anti-vaxx, anti-government, anti-lockdown converts with little or no motivation or guidance to moderate […]

Michigan Conference Fires Ron Kelly
13 February 2025 | In a letter dated yesterday, February 12, Michigan Conference confirmed that they were releasing controversial pastor Ron Kelly from employment as pastor of the Berrien Springs Village Church. The letter begins, We are writing to inform you that the Michigan Conference Executive Committee voted by secret […]

Help! I’m losing control!
by Melody Tan | 12 February 2025 | There is a lot of control involved when it comes to parenting. Born as helpless babes, parents have full control over how our children live, what they wear, what they eat, the toys they play with . . . . the list […]

Hope Media Europe Launches New Media Projects
12 January 2025 | On November 15-19, 2024, GAiN Europe conference was hosted in Budva, Montenegro. Hope Media Europe presented three documentary series, a narrative film, an upcoming book on “Purpose,” and a new free-to-view streaming website J+. Global Adventist Internet Network (GAiN) Europe, in coordination with Hope Media Europe, […]

The Bible & Satan’s Poison
by Don Fraser | 11 February 2025 | The Canadian-born economist John Kenneth Galbraith taught at Harvard for some 50 years, and played a major role in balancing the United States’ economy through the years of World War II. He is said to be the most published economist of the […]

ATSS: Andreas Bochmann, “Lessons from the Barmen Declaration”
12 February 2025 | The Barmen Declaration is one of the most fascinating theological documents of the Confessing Church in Germany during Nazi times. It was designed primarily by Karl Barth, Hans Asmussen, Karl Koch, Karl Immer, and Martin Niemöller and unanimously adopted in May 1934 at the Protestant Synod […]

Aunty, will the Sabbath be the test at the time of the end?
10 February 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’m of the opinion that when Earth’s final events occur, the day one chooses to worship will not be the test. Rather, coercive methods to enforce religion will be the dividing line—even for those who don’t observe Saturday Sabbath. What do you think, […]
Ukraine and South Korea Create Partnership for Adventist Universities
10 January 2025 | The Ukrainian Humanitarian Institute has taken steps towards developing international relations with Adventist educational institutions, particularly Sahmyook University in South Korea. This particular partnership has been in the works for many years, with Andriy Shevchuk, the head of the educational complex, visiting in August 2023 to […]
Comments of the Week Feb 3-9
Comments of the Week Feb 3-9 “To ‘challenge AND confirm their beliefs’? That’s not a thing.” –Peter Veith on Southern Professors Explore Connection Between Faith and Science Comments on Our Dearly Deported, The Omnipresent Divine Spirit, Adventists & Immigration, Southern Professors Explore the Connection Between Faith & Science, Satire about […]
Editorial: “Our Dearly Deported”
Last week a pastor in the United States wrote on Facebook about a frantic call he had received from a family in his church. The father of the family—one of the church elders—had been picked up at work by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and his wife didn’t know what […]
ADRA Responds to USAID Funding Pause — Embracing Opportunities for Continuity
7 January 2025 | The following is an official statement from ADRA: Seventh-day Adventists have a long tradition of using both personal and church resources to support those whose lives are threatened by hunger, poverty, sickness, disasters, and civil unrest. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) was established in […]
African American Heroes
by Christopher C. Thompson | 7 February 2025 Here’s a trivia question for you. What do Susie King Taylor, Robert Smalls, and Harriet Tubman have in common? They all played crucial roles in Beaufort, South Carolina, contributing to the Union war effort and advancing freedom, education, and civil rights for […]
News
News Brief 13 January 2025
13 January 2025| News from Southern Adventist University “Southern Adventist University School of Music will host the Honor Choir Festival concert at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Collegedale Church of Seventh-day Adventists, 4829 College Drive E. The concert will feature eight high school choirs, presenting a varied program to conclude the four-day Honor Choir Festival. […]
Commentary
Has Our Time Come?
by Loren Seibold | 13 February 2025 | A commenter on Facebook recently wrote this: Here in Australia during the pandemic, some local Adventists were passing out Adventist literature at anti-vaxx, anti-government, anti-lockdown protests in town. Result: anti-vaxx, anti-government, anti-lockdown converts with little or no motivation or guidance to moderate their views, and a ready-made […]
Features
ATSS: Andreas Bochmann, “Lessons from the Barmen Declaration”
12 February 2025 | The Barmen Declaration is one of the most fascinating theological documents of the Confessing Church in Germany during Nazi times. It was designed primarily by Karl Barth, Hans Asmussen, Karl Koch, Karl Immer, and Martin Niemöller and unanimously adopted in May 1934 at the Protestant Synod of Barmen, where pastors, church […]