by Debbonnaire Kovacs by Debbonnaire Kovacs submitted January 9, 2014 Perhaps it’s a statement that could be made of many, if not most artists, but Greg Constantine definitely has a quirky sense of the world. He also has an eclectic taste in art, having experimented with an amazing variety of techniques and subjects during […]
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, January 8, 2014 Florida Hospital, the flagship institution of the Adventist Health System (AHS), has agreed to allow a Panera Bread restaurant being opened on hospital property to include bacon on its menu. That is a change in policy, reports United Press International (UPI) in its "Odd […]
by Jack Hoehn By Jack Hoehn, January 9, 2014 The Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington assiduously seeks to remain agnostic about the Intelligent Designer. They wish to fight the battles over Intelligent Design (ID) free from the accusation of religious sectarianism, as an evidence-based scientific enterprise. All they are asking is to acknowledge that this […]
by Greg Prout By Greg Prout, January 8, 2014 It's funny how song lyrics can sleep in one’s brain for years and then suddenly reappear demanding another look. Almost as if the lyrics had a life of their own, waiting patiently in your mental library, and when they feel the time is ripe, they […]
by Adam Hendron Our new water heater is bigger than the old one. That makes for better showers, but required remodeling to fit it in. The location, however, is not discrete. Our home's builder put this unit right next to the kitchen sink. We've employed a drop cloth to make it less noticeable. The […]
by Harry Banks This week I wrote an evaluation for the CEO of a nonprofit agency which serves as a safety net for our community. As I was poring through the minutes, reports, financials and other documents, I ran across a line from our Chief Executive's annual report in November. A Little Background As part […]
by Don Watson Mark 3:10 tells about the huge crowd of people who came to Jesus from all over Israel—even the heathen areas of Tyre and Sidon—to be healed and have devils cast out of their loved-ones. And so I've wondered many times why God doesn't heal people today like He did back then. […]
by Harry Banks I was the only guy in the women's studies University of Alaska—Anchorage student showcase group. A friend at work had written a paper on the women clerical worker's 1984 strike at Yale University. Unable to personally make her presentation, she had asked me to read her paper for the student showcase […]
by Ed Dickerson It’s become a pretty constant refrain. “I believe in a God, but not in . . .” The blank is most often filled with “the God of the Old Testament,” or one of its variants, such as, “the God who ordered the extinction of the Canaanites,” but there are other alternatives, such […]
by Monte Sahlin By Harry Banks, January 1, 2014 Hitchhiking in a foreign country without knowing the language is an adventure. What's a vector? First let me tell you a story. In the 1960’s I attend Newbold College in England just west of London, and in the spring decided to catch a […]
by Danny Bell By Danny Bell, January 6, 2014 Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven–as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little." (Luke 7:47 NIV) Jesus dropped this bombshell after telling a parable of the Money Lender in the presence of Simon the Pharisee at […]
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, January 2, 2014 Eight people were killed when lightning struck a Seventh-day Adventist church in Lilongwe, Malawi, on Sabbath afternoon (December 28). A ninth person was in intensive care at Kamuzu Central Hospital, according to reports on the Sky News satellite television channel and 40 more were […]