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Kenyan Boys’ School Suspends 17 Adventist Students for Skipping Sabbath Exams - 23 January 2020 | A group of 17 Adventist students were recently suspended from Kabianga Boys High School in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya for refusing to sit for exams on a Saturday. Kenya’s Standard Digital reported on January 21, that Mongare Matonya, a lawyer representing the students, gave the school seven days to […]
News Briefs for January 23, 2020 - News reports from Jack Van Impe; O’ahu’s Adventist Health Castle Hospital; Loma Linda University Health; ADRA Philippines; Adventist University of the Philippines and Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Jack Van Impe, an Evangelical televangelist who spent decades warning that the end of the world was near in ways some thought were parallel to Adventist […]
Sydney Adventist Hospital Raises $20,000 for Bushfire Relief Appeal - From the Adventist Record, by Leisa O’Connor – 22 January 2020 Sydney Adventist Hospital has so far raised more than $A20,000 for the Red Cross bushfire relief appeal. Staff have generously donated $10,000, which has been matched by hospital administration. Many staff have also been personally involved in the firefighting effort as volunteers, including radiology […]
ADRA Provides Ongoing Aid in Puerto Rico - From ADRA – 21 January 2020 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in partnership with Adventist Church leaders in Puerto Rico has been spearheading relief efforts in Guayanilla, Sabana Grande, Yauco, Ponce, Guaypao, Bo Luna in Guanica, and Jagua after a series of earthquakes struck the southwestern part of the island since the […]
Panamanian Authorities Allege Union Mission Misused Funds - 21 January 2020 | The news media in Panama is reporting a complaint filed on 22 November 2019 by three Adventist church members before the Superintendency of Banks of the Republic of Panama. The complainants request a financial investigation of the denomination’s Panama Union Mission to determine whether their use of funds constitutes crimes under […]
Closure of Birthing Unit Followed by Decision to Close Inpatient Mental Health Department at Adventist Health St. Helena - 20 January 2020 | Days after the closure of the birthing unit at Adventist Health St. Helena on January 11, the hospital has announced that it will also close its inpatient mental health and senior behavioral health units. According to facility’s president, Steven Herber, M.D., the closure decision involves 105 full-time, part-time and per diem […]
Mile High Academy and Local Community Join Together to Honor Student - From a North American Division news story – 19 January 2020 | Mile High Academy (MHA), local Denver, Colorado, churches, and the community have joined together as they honor the life of one of their students who passed away. Mya Pena was killed after she left school on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020. A candlelight vigil was held […]
Judge Dismisses Retirement Plan Lawsuit Against AdventHealth - A major legal challenge to AdventHealth (formerly Adventist Health System) has been dismissed after a judge threw out a lawsuit by a former AHS employee that claimed the system underfunded its retirement by millions and had breached its duty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. The Adventist network had argued that it was not […]- News Briefs for January 16, 2020 - News reports from Southern Adventist University, Adventist International Instititute of Advanced Studies, Adventist music, Oakwood University and Voice of Prophecy: According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press, an exhibit of rare Bibles from around the world opened this Wednesday on the campus of Southern Adventist University. The “From Script to Scripture” exhibit contains a Gutenberg […]
ADRA Philippines Responds to Taal Volcano Eruption - 15 January 2020 | ADRA Philippines reported that it has completed a first round of disaster response assessments in the area surrounding the Taal Volcano in the Batangas province of the Philippines that erupted Sunday afternoon. “Based on our assessments in the evacuation centers and consultation with the MSWDs (Municipal Social Welfare Departments), the urgent […]
Death of Richard M. Ritland, Adventist Scientist and Professor - From Juanita Ritland – 14 January 2020 | Richard Martin Ritland passed away peacefully at his home on December 13, 2019, in Olympia, Washington. Richard was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, on July 3, 1925, to Martin and Mae Ritland and grew up in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. After graduating from Portland Union Academy, […]- Volcano Erupts Close to Several Major Adventist Institutions in the Philippines - 13 January 2019 | Today, work was suspended at a number of Adventist institutions located close to the Taal Volcano that erupted Sunday evening in the Northern Philippines. The Southern Asia-Pacific Division(SSD) headquarters, the Adventist World Radio-Center for Digital Evangelism (AWR-CDE) office, the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) campus, the Adventist University of […]
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What Adventists Say About Climate Change - by Loren Seibold | 25 January 2020 | Seventh-day Adventists, from our very beginning, have believed God was interacting not just with individuals, but with an entire planet. The dark day, the blood moon, the falling stars, the Lisbon earthquake—these were events God was causing (or, say some, allowing—a distinction without a difference) in the […]
Do Ends Justify Means? - by S M Chen | 24 January 2020 | “It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.” —Richelle E. Goodrich (1968- ), American writer A couple of recent exposures got me thinking. I viewed a BBC presentation on what came to be called the “Auschwitz Protocol,” a cogent, detailed account of what […]
God and the Big Bang - By Paul Priest | 23 January 2020 | The purpose of this essay is to explore the creation of the heavens, and what that creation says about the nature of God. The Bible begins with “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen.1:1). The rest of Genesis 1 addresses the creation of […]
Why I Marched Instead of Going to Church - By Danita Rasmussen | 21 January 2020 | I’m skipping church today (not attending the morning services at our church)—and I’m a pastor. I’m not sick or going on vacation; there wasn’t a scheduling conflict, and I’m not skipping just because I just needed some time off. Although, as is true for most of us, […]
Casting the First Stone - by Mark B. Johnson | 20 January 2020 | “For I was born a sinner – yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.” Ps. 51:5, NLT I was born a sinner. He was born a sin. As we talked about his life and the challenges he faced, his demeanor wavered between grief and thinly […]
Adventist Tomorrow: The Pillars of Adventism - by Jack Hoehn | 1/8/2020 | What are the pillars or core teachings that make Adventism stand or fall as a distinctive denomination? 12-year-old Ellen Harmon heard William Miller preaching the soon return of Jesus Christ in Portland, Maine.[1] Ellen grew up with and then led, by influence, the Seventh-day Adventist movement that came from […]
Your Existence Is Political: The Privilege of Neutrality - by Rebecca Brothers | 16 January 2020 | Last year, I signed up for a class at my church. The class is called “Education for Ministry.” It’s a four-year program coordinated by an Episcopal college, the University of the South. First-year EfM students study the Hebrew Scriptures; second years, the New Testament; third years, Christian […]
Like Mitch McConnell, Jesus Isn’t an Impartial Juror - by Stephen Ferguson | 13 January 2020 | Am I the only person confused with this whole story about impeaching US President Donald Trump? Maybe it is because I am not an American. In my defense as a mere foreign observer, I recently saw a television survey (okay, I admit this was from Fox News) […]
The Alcohol Flowed Freely and the Dancing Was Intense - By Steve Moran | 12 January 2020 | Sheila got up in front of 600 people in tuxedos and shimmering gowns to tell her story, her four children at her side. “I was homeless, living in a tent next to the river with my kids, then without them when the authorities took them away. I […]
Sorting the Truth in the Inferno - By Debbie Hooper Cosier | 10 January 2019 | This morning I write from my rainforest home in the Tweed Valley, 28 kilometres from a wildfire. My family and I are safe for now, whilst many other Australians face the inferno. It’s still early, but the sound of trickling water alerts me that my oldest […]
Are Adventist Women the Madwoman in the Attic? - by Elle Berry | 7 January 2020 | My first introduction to the literary classic Jane Eyre came via a 1996 film adaptation. My sister and I had a family friend who often invited us for Sunday matinées, and so it happened that one spring Sunday I took my first foray into the world of […]
Why Our Children Aren’t Attending an Adventist School Anymore - by Terry Brava | 6 January 2020 | Much has been written about why some parents choose not to send their children to Adventist schools. Is it because they can’t afford tuition? Aren’t dedicated to the church’s teachings? Are ignorant about what the schools offer? In reality, there’s a lot more nuance to that question. […]
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Our Pastor Had Affairs with Four Women! - 24 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our pastor had romantic affairs with four of the female parishioners in our small church. We are in shock. What should we think, and what should we do? Signed, Devastated Dear Devastated, I’ll assume “romantic affairs” is a euphemism for sexual relationships. But let’s be clear: there is […]
Sharing Scripture for January 19 – 25 - 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, I’m running out of time! - 17 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I never feel like I have enough time for everything. I work full time, have a freelance job on the side, have two kids, in the church choir, teach kindergarten Sabbath School, and I’m in a book club. And I always feel like I’m letting someone down! Half […]
Hope Center Redux: An Interview with Rita Corbett - 15 January 2020 | In 2018, Rita Corbett told us about the difficulties they’d encountered in trying to gift a million-dollar conference center to South Andhra Section (Mission) in India. Recently we followed up with an interview to try to get a learn what has happened since. Adventist Today: We first published the story of […]- Sharing Scripture for January 12 – 18 - 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 […]
- Sharing Scripture for January 5 – 11 - 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 […]
Dave Edgren 2020 Vision - Dave Down Under talks about his vision for 2020 and you can have one, too! To comment, click/tap here.- Sharing Scripture for December 29 – January 4 - 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, I always fail in my new year resolutions! - 30 December 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, At the beginning of every new year I hear people talk about making resolutions. I’ve made many, and mostly, it’s been discouraging. I’m still overweight, though I’ve “resolved” many times to work on that. I’m still not on a steady exercise program—another resolution. I’ve also resolved to be […]
Sharing Scripture for December 22 – 28 - 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 […]
Dave Down Under–Christmas Suffering - Dave Edgren is a primary school chaplain in Melbourne, Australia. He and his wife, Jenny, have three grown children. He’s a popular Biblical storyteller who speaks to all ages. You can contact him at his website at davedgren.com To comment, click here.- Sharing Scripture for December 15 – 21 - 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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- What Adventists Say About Climate Change - by Loren Seibold | 25 January 2020 | Seventh-day Adventists, from our very beginning, have believed God was interacting not just with individuals, but with an entire planet. The dark day, the blood moon, the falling stars, the Lisbon earthquake—these were events God was causing (or, say some, allowing—a distinction without a difference) in the […]
- Our Pastor Had Affairs with Four Women! - 24 January 2020 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our pastor had romantic affairs with four of the female parishioners in our small church. We are in shock. What should we think, and what should we do? Signed, Devastated Dear Devastated, I’ll assume “romantic affairs” is a euphemism for sexual relationships. But let’s be clear: there is […]
- Do Ends Justify Means? - by S M Chen | 24 January 2020 | “It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.” —Richelle E. Goodrich (1968- ), American writer A couple of recent exposures got me thinking. I viewed a BBC presentation on what came to be called the “Auschwitz Protocol,” a cogent, detailed account of what […]
- Kenyan Boys’ School Suspends 17 Adventist Students for Skipping Sabbath Exams - 23 January 2020 | A group of 17 Adventist students were recently suspended from Kabianga Boys High School in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya for refusing to sit for exams on a Saturday. Kenya’s Standard Digital reported on January 21, that Mongare Matonya, a lawyer representing the students, gave the school seven days to […]
- News Briefs for January 23, 2020 - News reports from Jack Van Impe; O’ahu’s Adventist Health Castle Hospital; Loma Linda University Health; ADRA Philippines; Adventist University of the Philippines and Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies: Jack Van Impe, an Evangelical televangelist who spent decades warning that the end of the world was near in ways some thought were parallel to Adventist […]
- God and the Big Bang - By Paul Priest | 23 January 2020 | The purpose of this essay is to explore the creation of the heavens, and what that creation says about the nature of God. The Bible begins with “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen.1:1). The rest of Genesis 1 addresses the creation of […]
- Sydney Adventist Hospital Raises $20,000 for Bushfire Relief Appeal - From the Adventist Record, by Leisa O’Connor – 22 January 2020 Sydney Adventist Hospital has so far raised more than $A20,000 for the Red Cross bushfire relief appeal. Staff have generously donated $10,000, which has been matched by hospital administration. Many staff have also been personally involved in the firefighting effort as volunteers, including radiology […]
- Sharing Scripture for January 19 – 25 - 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 […]
- ADRA Provides Ongoing Aid in Puerto Rico - From ADRA – 21 January 2020 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in partnership with Adventist Church leaders in Puerto Rico has been spearheading relief efforts in Guayanilla, Sabana Grande, Yauco, Ponce, Guaypao, Bo Luna in Guanica, and Jagua after a series of earthquakes struck the southwestern part of the island since the […]
- Why I Marched Instead of Going to Church - By Danita Rasmussen | 21 January 2020 | I’m skipping church today (not attending the morning services at our church)—and I’m a pastor. I’m not sick or going on vacation; there wasn’t a scheduling conflict, and I’m not skipping just because I just needed some time off. Although, as is true for most of us, […]
- Panamanian Authorities Allege Union Mission Misused Funds - 21 January 2020 | The news media in Panama is reporting a complaint filed on 22 November 2019 by three Adventist church members before the Superintendency of Banks of the Republic of Panama. The complainants request a financial investigation of the denomination’s Panama Union Mission to determine whether their use of funds constitutes crimes under […]
- Closure of Birthing Unit Followed by Decision to Close Inpatient Mental Health Department at Adventist Health St. Helena - 20 January 2020 | Days after the closure of the birthing unit at Adventist Health St. Helena on January 11, the hospital has announced that it will also close its inpatient mental health and senior behavioral health units. According to facility’s president, Steven Herber, M.D., the closure decision involves 105 full-time, part-time and per diem […]