Drink Deeply, O Lovers!
by Jim Burklo | 26 March 2025 | In the Roman empire, sexual abuse was rampant. Male slave-owners regularly raped their male and female slaves. “Homosexuality” did not exist as a distinct social category at the time: it was common for otherwise heterosexual men to engage occasionally in homosexual acts. […]
ATSS: Maury Jackson, “The Greatest Hits of the Epistle to the Galatians”
26 March 2025 | Galatians is a short book with some fascinating content. But reading through it could raise some questions in your mind. Paul starts some of his books with praise and appreciation. Why does he start this book with a scolding? What’s significant about Paul’s conversion story that […]
New GC Session App Will Be Offered in Seven Languages
26 March 2025 | “The last GC session was revolutionary in the digital media sphere,” said Sam Neves, associate director of communication at the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. “This year’s session will be evolutionary.” According to the General Conference publication Adventist News Network (ANN), the communication […]
Australian Digital Discipleship Conference Faces Tropical Cyclone
25 March 2025 | Tropical Cyclone Alfred caused power outages, flooding, and evacuations when it impacted the coast near Surfer’s Paradise just days before the 2025 South Pacific Division’s (SPD) Digital Discipleship Conference, which took place in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The widespread devastation resulted in power outages at the […]
Is It Always Necessary to Be Nice?
by Shelley Curtis Weaver | 25 March 2025 | At the prayer service following the 2025 inauguration, Episcopalian bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the newly elected United States president to show mercy during his new term of office. With cameras trained both on her and on the president and his […]
ADRA Germany Supports Ukrainian Refugee Students
24 March 2025 | The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is partnering with the Marienhöhe School Center in Darmstadt, Germany, to support low-income students affected by the war in Ukraine through the Zhyve Slovo (Living Word) School. Run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the school has become a haven […]
Aunt Sevvy, does anointing for healing work?
24 March 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I have chronic pain that makes life difficult. A family member suggested I ask my pastor for anointing. Two of my relatives were anointed: one died and the other is still sick. Does anointing work, Aunty? Needing a Miracle Dear Miracle: The problem […]
Comments of the Week Mar 17-23
Comments of the Week Mar 17-23 “Basic hygiene? Ah, how low the bar doth go….” –Patti Purdy Hansen Tompkins on Satire about Eligible Adventist Men Being Declared Extinct. Comments on Bass Memorial Academy Closing, Is Prophecy Fate? Am I the Villain? Andrews University Time Capsule, Satire Pieces, and Aunt Sevvy […]
Editorial: The Good & the Bad of Sectarianism
Not long ago in a conversation with a friend I referred to Adventists as “sectarian.” She asked me what that meant. In case you don’t know either, let me try to explain. In terms of doctrines, Seventh-day Adventists share a great deal with most other Christians. But we have quite […]
Adventist Boarding Academy Bass Memorial Projected to Close
21 March 2025 | Bass Memorial Academy in Gulf States Conference (Alabama, Mississippi, and part of Florida) is expected to close this year, pending a constituency meeting scheduled for June 8. The academy has 49 students, with 20 of those graduating. A video message scheduled to go to church members […]
Paulo Lopes Becomes New President of ADRA International
20 March 2025 | Paulo Lopes has just been announced as the new president of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International, effective April 1, 2025. After the announcement of Michael Kruger’s choice to step away as president, many wondered who would step into the position. According to ADRA’s official […]
Is Prophecy Fate?
by Stephen Ferguson | 20 March 2025 | In the blockbuster 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day, about robots sent back in time to either kill or protect a human child destined to lead a resistance against future artificial intelligence who takes over the world, a key theme is a […]
News Briefs: 20 March 2025
20 March 2025 | News from the Inter-American Division “More than 16,000 new converts joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church during baptismal ceremonies across the Inter-American Division (IAD) territory recently, thanks to intense united evangelistic efforts conducted by local pastors, elders, laypersons, and small groups. This special event marked the second […]
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New GC Session App Will Be Offered in Seven Languages
26 March 2025 | “The last GC session was revolutionary in the digital media sphere,” said Sam Neves, associate director of communication at the General Conference (GC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. “This year’s session will be evolutionary.” According to the General Conference publication Adventist News Network (ANN), the communication department plans to utilize social […]
Commentary
Is It Always Necessary to Be Nice?
by Shelley Curtis Weaver | 25 March 2025 | At the prayer service following the 2025 inauguration, Episcopalian bishop Mariann Edgar Budde asked the newly elected United States president to show mercy during his new term of office. With cameras trained both on her and on the president and his squirming family in the pew, […]
Features
Drink Deeply, O Lovers!
by Jim Burklo | 26 March 2025 | In the Roman empire, sexual abuse was rampant. Male slave-owners regularly raped their male and female slaves. “Homosexuality” did not exist as a distinct social category at the time: it was common for otherwise heterosexual men to engage occasionally in homosexual acts. Consensual, committed, long-term homosexual relationships […]