by Jeff Boyd AT News Team, March 9, 2014 The second season of Preacher's Daughters reality television series began last Wednesday (March 5) and featured an Adventist young adult struggling with alcoholism as she went to church to hear her pastor father preach. It provoked a rare Sabbath news release from the denomination's North American […]
by Monte Sahlin By Adventist Today News Team, March 4, 2014 Among the Seventh-day Adventists activists working for democracy in Ukraine was a Union College graduate. Serhiy Horokhovskyy returned to his homeland three years ago after completing his degree at Union College. In an interview with Adventist Today, Horokhovskyy said he was not part of […]
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, March 7, 2014 Celeste Ryan Blyden became the first woman to be elected a union conference vice president in the Seventh-day Adventist denomination on Thursday (March 6). She will serve as vice president for strategic communications and public relations in the Columbia Union Conference, the denomination's regional […]
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, March 7, 2014 Seventh-day Adventist Kinship, an independent fellowship of Adventists who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersexual (LGBTI), has released a letter they sent last week to Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the denomination's General Conference (GC) objecting to the "marginalization" of their constituency […]
by By AT News Team, March 6, 2014 In the lawsuit involving the forced resignations of three faculty members at La Sierra University (LSU), the court on Wednesday (March 5) issued a summary judgment in favor of the North American Division (NAD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the denomination's Pacific Union Conference and LSU. […]
by Andrew Hanson By Andrew Hanson, March 5, 2014 (Written for the dedication of Kiefer and Quinn) You know the old silly question Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons? Let me go on record right now They did When I was younger The Bible story about Adam Being made out of clay […]
by Monte Sahlin By Yolanda Elliott, February 28, 2014 This week, international news sources have confirmed that Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law a bill that imposes prison sentences of seven years to life for same-sex intimacy, 7-year sentences for those who perform same-sex marriages, and 5-7 years in jail for people […]
by Danny Bell By Danny Bell, March 4, 2014 I first met Eddy (name changed) when we arrived at a new church after I left ministry. He was friendly and well-dressed, with a decent hand shake, which always tells me a lot about the man. Ed was a great preacher—a change from the boring […]
by Jack Hoehn By Jack Hoehn, March 3, 2014 Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and the Problem of Animal Suffering, By Ronald E. Osborn InterVarsity Press, 2014 ISBN: 978-0-8308-4046-5 print ISBN: 978-0-8308-4046-3 digital Ronald E. Osborn is an Adventist voice many people are listening to. Reviewer praise from Fuller Theological, Columbia Theological, Westmont […]
by Ervin Taylor Reviewed by Ervin Taylor, February 28, 2014 Death Before the Fall: Biblical Literalism and Problem of Animal Suffering, Ronald E. Osborn. Downers Grove: IVP Academic 2014 This important volume is now available for purchase through your local book retailer or from various online sources such as Amazon.com. Two reviews of […]