June 7, 2016: The building where the Adventist Media Center was located from 1995 until last year has been sold, reports the Simi Valley Acorn local newspaper. It sold for 11.5 million dollars in May to a real estate investment partnership named Kids from the Valley XIV, a secular business entity with no connections to […]
From ANN, June 8, 2016: Frank Brenda, programs director for emergency response for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Germany, speaks frankly about the issues and hopes of more than 1,000 Yazidis refugees based in a remote refugee camp in the foothills of Mt Olympus, Greece. The Seventh-day Adventist Church for the Trans-European […]
by Ervin Taylor, June 6, 2016: In Part I, we noted that in 2015, the corporate Seventh-day Adventist Church, in General Conference assembled, adopted a “fundamental” position that declared that the creation of life on this planet occurred “recently,” that it was accomplished in six, literal, 24-hour days, and that a recent, literal, world-wide flood […]
June 5, 2016: Pastor Charles D. Brooks, founding speaker for the Breath of Life television ministry and one of the most famous Adventist evangelists in the history of the denomination, died this morning after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer earlier this year. His ministry produced tens of thousands of converts, at least 15 congregations planted […]
by Alvin Masarira Please welcome Dr. Alvin Masarira as a new columnist for Adventist Today. Alvin is originally from Zimbabwe, and is now a Structural Engineering Consultant based in Johannesburg, South Africa. He lived and studied in Germany and the United States before moving to South Africa, where he was an academic for 7 years at the University of […]
From ANN, June 3, 2016: At a Seventh-day Adventist-sponsored dinner in Washington, D.C, a high-ranking African Union official challenged the international community to step up its efforts to track and respond to religious intolerance and sectarian violence. Erastus J.O. Mwencha, Jr., deputy chairman of the African Union, told a group of Washington D.C.’s policy makers […]
Stories from Kenya, Canada, Jamaica, Washington Adventist University, Australia, North American Division’s new office, Oakwood Adventist Academy, New Zealand, and the United States Congress resolution about an Adventist pastor. Adventist leaders in Kenya joined others in urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to reach out to opposition political leaders to resolve the current dispute over the electoral […]
Photo by S M Chen, posted June 2, 2016 by D Kovacs. Rome, 2006 ‘Some days you’re the pigeon; some days you’re the statue.’ – P. Bruce Dickinson, musician (1958- )
By S M Chen, posted 6-2-2016 by D Kovacs Based on E. G. White’s Early Writings, p. 40 Written in English to facilitate understanding (dialogue may be in another language unknown to Earthlings) ——————— Dawn is tall, perfectly proportioned, and stunning. Her hair, like a living waterfall, cascades down her shoulders, nearly concealing her ears. […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 2, 2016 Based on 1 Kings 17:17-24 How much time has passed between the miracle of the flour and oil that saved the lives of the widow, her son, and Elijah? In the Bible it almost looks like the next week, or the next day. We don’t know. I have imagined […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 2, 2016 “In 2012 we started teaching about the non-violence of Jesus. We lost 25% of our support overnight.” I was doing a phone interview with Herb Montgomery, of Renewed Heart Ministries (RHM), and was so startled that I interrupted him. “From Adventists?!” “Yes, within Adventism. I always thought we were a […]
Sent in by Carole Derry-Bretsch, posted 6-2-16 by D Kovacs A very special concert will be happening this Sabbath, June 4. Larry Ford, well known as a member of the Gaither Homecoming Series, and from the Family Reunion Music videos, will be in Loma Linda. Sabbath. June 4 6:00 PM Campus Hill Seventh-day Adventist Church 11057 […]