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Tim Ruybalid and Paul Richardson - Before you leave, we want to thank you in advance for supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Independent, accessible journalism in the Adventist community helps sort facts from denominational PR. With your help we can continue to offer more excellent content while creating meaningful community both on and offline. Please make a donation at atoday.org/donate
Giving Feels Good - Thanks for your generous support of the AT Spring Fundraiser! If you haven’t had the chance to give yet, there’s still time to do your part at atoday.org/donate
Those With Doubts and Those With None • 10 April 2021, 1:30 PM Eastern (1730 GMT) - 7 April 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for this Sabbath’s class. Excerpt: Doubt can be frightening to devout Christians. It seems to be a step too close to an abyss from which there may be no turning back. Yet even the New Testament introduces us to a small cluster of believing doubters. Nicodemus […]
WWU to Host “What Does Equity Look Like?” Conference - 9 April 2021 | Walla Walla University’s Donald Blake Center, along with co-sponsor Adventist Health, will host a teach-in conference next week titled “What Does Equity Look Like?” The conference is spread over three days. On Tuesday, April 13 at 11 AM PDT, Rebecca Parshall, a PhD candidate in educational administration and policy at the […]
Prosecutors Raid Taiwan Adventist Hospital Over Health Insurance Fraud Allegations - 9 April 2021 | Taiwan News reported on April 8 that prosecutors had raided Taiwan Adventist Hospital in search for evidence supporting an alleged NT$1.22 million (US$42,800) health insurance scam. Investigators are questioning eight individuals, including the hospital’s president, Huang Hui-ting (黃暉庭), in connection with forgery and fraud, according to Taiwan News, referencing a story […]
Loren Seibold - Before you leave, we want to thank you in advance for supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Independent, accessible journalism in the Adventist community helps sort facts from denominational PR. With your help we can continue to offer more excellent content while creating meaningful community both on and offline. Please make a donation at atoday.org/donate 
AT1–April 9, 2021 - “Our culture’s tilt is toward ‘doing’ in contrast to ‘being.’ We are jeopardizing the souls of our greatest resource as teams and organizations: the human being side of our doers.” Strategic Stop by Dr. Greg Nelson, an Adventist Today board member. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking […]
News Briefs for April 8, 2021 - News reports from Adventist Risk Management, Morningstar Farms, Stanborough Press, The 2021 Sonscreen Virtual Experience and Newbold College: From the NAD: Adventist Risk Management, Inc. (ARM) announced on April 1, 2021, the appointment of Karnik Doukmetzian as interim president for both ARM and Gencon Insurance Company of Vermont (GICV). The appointment by the ARM board […]
ADRA Responds to Flash Flooding in Timor-Leste and Indonesia - Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Timor-Leste have reportedly resulted in at least 100 fatalities, and thousands of people have been displaced. ADRA in Timor-Leste is part of the coordinated assessment team organized by the country’s government. From ADRA – 7 APRIL 2021 | Torrential rain since Friday, April 2, has caused flash flooding […]
The Karlman Family - Before you leave, we want to thank you in advance for supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Independent, accessible journalism in the Adventist community helps sort facts from denominational PR. With your help we can continue to offer more excellent content while creating meaningful community both on and offline. Please make a donation at atoday.org/donate
Haitian Adventists Celebrate Safe Release of Abducted Members - All four kidnapped church members that were kidnapped on April 1 have been released. They were originally kidnapped during a live online worship program. Church leaders in the country are encouraging members to be especially cautious about minimizing security risks given the high number of kidnappings in the country. From Inter-America Division/ANN – 6 April […]
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Why We Can No Longer Defend a Fearful Urgency about Jesus’ Return - By Loren Seibold | 9 April 2021 | Recently I read about the retirement of one of the church’s most beloved leaders, Dr. G.T. Ng, Secretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Ng has served as the warmer, more comedic sidekick to the sincere but charisma-challenged Ted Wilson. People looked forward to G.T’s jokes, […]
Dying Deities - by Richard W. Coffen | 8 April 2021 | Holy Week and Easter are over. At church the choir’s, “The Old Rugged Cross” anthem has been shelved until next spring. The echoes of “He Lives” are already fading. Sermons about the road to Emmaus will be temporarily forgotten. Perhaps, therefore, the time has arrived to […]
Can the Church Recover from Covid? - by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 7 April 2021 | I was talking with a friend who told me her church is considering in-person meetings again. “I don’t know if I’m going,“ she said. “I haven’t really missed it.” After 35 years in pastoral ministry, it’s a real temptation to feel that we’ve wasted our whole […]
Are We God’s Favorite Team? - Rebecca Brothers | 6 April 2021 | About fifteen years ago, the Adventist Sabbath School Quarterly featured a story about the American bomber Bockscar, which was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Kokura on August 9, 1945. Frustrated by a layer of clouds that obscured the bomb’s target, the pilot […]
The Case for Easter Saturday - 3 April 2021 | Years ago, in the week before Easter, I saw my next door neighbor in the yard. He said, “Hey, Loren: Are you going to be celebrating Good Thursday this week?” “Good Thursday?” I couldn’t figure out what he meant. He said, “Don’t you Adventists do everything a day early?” He earned […]
Holy Week, part 3: A Superhero for All Time - by S.M. Chen | 2 April 2021 | Most of the time when I was growing up, my father cut my hair. I would sit in a high black and chrome vinyl chair in the kitchen with a sheet draped around my shoulders as he applied the clippers. I think sometimes he placed a bowl on my […]
The Crucifixion Is the Making of a People - by Lars Dorland | 31 March 2021 | Why did Jesus die for us? What did his death actually accomplish? The Bible gives us a plain and simple reason: “Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures” (1 Cor 15:3). The challenge is to unpack this statement. What does it mean to die […]
Holy Week #1: Pontius Pilate and the Illusion of Choice - by Mike Fortune | 31 March 2021 | “In the climax to Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities, Sydney Carton glimpses a chance to do something heroic. He himself is smitten with love for Lucie Manette, but she hopes to marry Charles Darnay; and Darnay is going to the guillotine. ‘It is a […]
The Scourge of Clergy Sexual Abuse - By Samantha Nelson | 30 March 2021 | It happens all over the world, in every faith community, in every denomination, in every church, synagogue, temple, mosque, parochial school, and counseling office. Clergy sexual abuse is a scourge of all faith communities. Whether by members of the clergy, faith-based educators and counselors, youth leaders, evangelists […]
God’s Temple Is Not a Building - By Arthur Sibanda | 26 March 2021 | My memories of primary school include episodes of competitive bragging with my friends. It might have been that my dad was stronger than everyone else’s dad, or even that the buses in our part of town were faster than those in other parts of town! And then […]
If Death Is Like Sleep, Do the Dead Dream? - by Stephen Ferguson | 25 March 2021 | The Bible’s favourite metaphor for death is sleep. The analogy is used by Daniel (Dan. 12:2), Job (Job 3:11-17), David (Ps. 13:3), Luke (Acts 7:59-60), Paul (1 Cor. 15:20; 1 Thess. 4:15-17), and a host of other prophets and biblical authors. The most famous user of this […]
Visible Felt (Church) Leadership - by Alvin Masarira, PhD | 24 Mar 2021 | The previous organization I worked for was a global mining company operating both underground and surface mines, as well as ore-processing plants in various parts of Africa, South America and Australia. Mining operations are characterized by activities that pose high risks of injury and even fatality […]
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- Those With Doubts and Those With None • 10 April 2021, 1:30 PM Eastern (1730 GMT) - 7 April 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for this Sabbath’s class. Excerpt: Doubt can be frightening to devout Christians. It seems to be a step too close to an abyss from which there may be no turning back. Yet even the New Testament introduces us to a small cluster of believing doubters. Nicodemus […]
- AT1–April 9, 2021 - “Our culture’s tilt is toward ‘doing’ in contrast to ‘being.’ We are jeopardizing the souls of our greatest resource as teams and organizations: the human being side of our doers.” Strategic Stop by Dr. Greg Nelson, an Adventist Today board member. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking […]
Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society - 7 April 2021 Hannele Ottschofski, Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society, Kindle Direct Publishing, February 2021, 188 pages. Reviewed by Reinder Bruinsma. The title of Hannele Ottschofski’s book Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society pointedly describes her concern. Ottschofski is a native of Finland, who later moved to Germany and has lived most of her […]
Sharing Scripture for April 4 – 10, 2021 - 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 […]
Who’s Walter Veith, Aunty, and what’s he all about? - 2 April 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve been listening to Dr. Walter Veith, and the things he says trouble me. His talks appear to be mostly about conspiracies. What do you think? Slightly Suspicious Dear Suspicious, Walter Veith (pronounced with a long “i”, like “rice”) is a popular Adventist speaker and writer from South […]
AT1–April 2, 2021 - Holy discontent starts when we realize our hearts are broken by the things that break Heaven’s heart. What injustices are happening around you that you want to change for the better because you’re motivated by the One who gave everything for you and rose triumphantly this Easter weekend so many years ago? We’re so […]- Sharing Scripture for March 28 – April 3, 2021 - 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, what’s wrong with going to a nude beach? - 2 March 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy My wife and I holidayed last year near a naturist/nudist beach. We tried it and enjoyed the sun on our entire bodies, with absolutely no sexual activity. Is this wrong? Isn’t it as God originally intended in the garden of Eden? And doesn’t it also conform with our […]
AT1–March 26, 2021 - It’s easy to think that we can reason our way out of the circumstances we find ourselves in. We have been given sharp minds by our Creator and we should use them. But what happens when our logic and knowledge aren’t enough for your present challenges? What then? We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. […]
Sharing Scripture for March 21 – 27, 2021 - 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 […]
AT1–March 19, 2021 - Do you feel held back by the circumstances of your life? Have you made some decisions with consequences that are causing havoc in your life and maybe that of your family? Jesus is willing to meet you wherever you are and reveal to you the resources of Heaven available to you for your transformation. […]- Sharing Scripture for March 14 – 20, 2021 - 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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- Tim Ruybalid and Paul Richardson - Before you leave, we want to thank you in advance for supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Independent, accessible journalism in the Adventist community helps sort facts from denominational PR. With your help we can continue to offer more excellent content while creating meaningful community both on and offline. Please make a donation at atoday.org/donate
- Giving Feels Good - Thanks for your generous support of the AT Spring Fundraiser! If you haven’t had the chance to give yet, there’s still time to do your part at atoday.org/donate
- Those With Doubts and Those With None • 10 April 2021, 1:30 PM Eastern (1730 GMT) - 7 April 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for this Sabbath’s class. Excerpt: Doubt can be frightening to devout Christians. It seems to be a step too close to an abyss from which there may be no turning back. Yet even the New Testament introduces us to a small cluster of believing doubters. Nicodemus […]
- Why We Can No Longer Defend a Fearful Urgency about Jesus’ Return - By Loren Seibold | 9 April 2021 | Recently I read about the retirement of one of the church’s most beloved leaders, Dr. G.T. Ng, Secretary of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Ng has served as the warmer, more comedic sidekick to the sincere but charisma-challenged Ted Wilson. People looked forward to G.T’s jokes, […]
- WWU to Host “What Does Equity Look Like?” Conference - 9 April 2021 | Walla Walla University’s Donald Blake Center, along with co-sponsor Adventist Health, will host a teach-in conference next week titled “What Does Equity Look Like?” The conference is spread over three days. On Tuesday, April 13 at 11 AM PDT, Rebecca Parshall, a PhD candidate in educational administration and policy at the […]
- Prosecutors Raid Taiwan Adventist Hospital Over Health Insurance Fraud Allegations - 9 April 2021 | Taiwan News reported on April 8 that prosecutors had raided Taiwan Adventist Hospital in search for evidence supporting an alleged NT$1.22 million (US$42,800) health insurance scam. Investigators are questioning eight individuals, including the hospital’s president, Huang Hui-ting (黃暉庭), in connection with forgery and fraud, according to Taiwan News, referencing a story […]
- Loren Seibold - Before you leave, we want to thank you in advance for supporting the Adventist Today Spring Fundraiser. Independent, accessible journalism in the Adventist community helps sort facts from denominational PR. With your help we can continue to offer more excellent content while creating meaningful community both on and offline. Please make a donation at atoday.org/donate
- AT1–April 9, 2021 - “Our culture’s tilt is toward ‘doing’ in contrast to ‘being.’ We are jeopardizing the souls of our greatest resource as teams and organizations: the human being side of our doers.” Strategic Stop by Dr. Greg Nelson, an Adventist Today board member. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking […]
- News Briefs for April 8, 2021 - News reports from Adventist Risk Management, Morningstar Farms, Stanborough Press, The 2021 Sonscreen Virtual Experience and Newbold College: From the NAD: Adventist Risk Management, Inc. (ARM) announced on April 1, 2021, the appointment of Karnik Doukmetzian as interim president for both ARM and Gencon Insurance Company of Vermont (GICV). The appointment by the ARM board […]
- Dying Deities - by Richard W. Coffen | 8 April 2021 | Holy Week and Easter are over. At church the choir’s, “The Old Rugged Cross” anthem has been shelved until next spring. The echoes of “He Lives” are already fading. Sermons about the road to Emmaus will be temporarily forgotten. Perhaps, therefore, the time has arrived to […]
- ADRA Responds to Flash Flooding in Timor-Leste and Indonesia - Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Timor-Leste have reportedly resulted in at least 100 fatalities, and thousands of people have been displaced. ADRA in Timor-Leste is part of the coordinated assessment team organized by the country’s government. From ADRA – 7 APRIL 2021 | Torrential rain since Friday, April 2, has caused flash flooding […]
- Can the Church Recover from Covid? - by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 7 April 2021 | I was talking with a friend who told me her church is considering in-person meetings again. “I don’t know if I’m going,“ she said. “I haven’t really missed it.” After 35 years in pastoral ministry, it’s a real temptation to feel that we’ve wasted our whole […]