by Tim Allston by Tim Allston, Media Relations Director, Oakwood University submitted January 2, 2014 If they timed their Thanksgiving/Black Friday/Christmas/New Year’s Eve activities in New York City’s Times Square precisely, an estimated 986,000 daily visitors will see 10 seconds each hour of Oakwood University’s new marketing awareness campaign flash up on the marquee beneath […]
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 […]
by Monte Sahlin By AT News Team, January 2, 2014 A distinctive vegetarian food product which is exclusively manufactured by Sanitarium Foods, the large grocery company in Australia owned by the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, is again widely available throughout the country and across the Pacific region. "Marmite" is a food spread made from yeast […]
by Preston Foster Sin is bad. Agreed? So why do we preach about it so much? Why do so many Adventist Christian preachers act as though sin is the strongest, most irresistible force in the world? Sin is more than bad; it is horrific. It breeds sickness, death, pain, unease, strife, hunger, war, […]
by Ron Nielsen, MD Hello, are you a Christian? Please, can you help me? I used to be a Christian; maybe I still am. I don’t know. I am not sure. It’s not that I don’t believe anymore; it’s just… I don’t understand any more. I used to believe in God; at least, I thought […]
by Andrew Hanson THE EVENT On midnight, (10:00 GMT) as December 29, 2011 ended, Samoa and Tokelau “fast forwarded” to December 31. In other words, these countries chose to “move” from the United States side of the International Date Line to the New Zealand and Australia side to benefit trade and tourism. That meant […]
by Jack Hoehn Since completing my series of blogs on Long Term Creationism for Adventists, I have been met by people who tell me they have enjoyed reading the blogs even though they don’t fully agree with me, and others who thank me for writing things they have thought for a long time. I […]
by Lawrence Downing I’m old enough to have experienced “genuine” American Adventist adult Sabbath School “programs.” For those who are not of a certain age, here is how the typical adult Sabbath School unfolded: Song service, Scripture reading and opening prayer followed by the Superintendent’s Remarks, usually a “spiritual” lesson often accompanied by a “sweet” […]
by Mark Gutman Devil’s Advocate On July 5, Pope John Paul II was cleared for sainthood in an unusually quick canonization process. In the Roman Catholic world, sainthood is the last (highest) of a four-step process: servant of God, venerable, blessed, and saint. Each new step brings certain recognition and honors. John Paul II’s speedy […]
by Andrew Hanson Des Ford was defrocked by the Adventist Church because he didn’t believe that 1844 A. D. was the beginning of God’s Investigative Judgment in which Christ would eventually determine the fate of every human being, i.e., whether they would be saved or lost. (1) That date, according to official Adventist doctrine, was […]
by Jack Hoehn The Sabbath School Lesson 10 on Origins is not controversial and supports environmental stewardship. This teaching is true no matter what chronology of creation Adventists accept, so study your lesson and practice it. Part of environmental responsibility is care of the environment of your stomach, so let me share with […]
by Lawrence Downing Charles Scriven opined recently that if the Adventist Church does not shift toward a new kind of Adventism, “our church will go out like a spent candle. It’s a matter of time, but it will happen.” (Spectrum, Winter 2013, p. 3) Only time will tell if Scriven’s prognostication is correct. What is […]