Editorial: “The Value of Your Attention”
“Not only does hurry keep us from the love, joy, and peace of the kingdom of God—the very core of what all human beings crave—but it also keeps us from God himself simply by stealing our attention. And with hurry, we always lose more than we gain.” — John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Elimination of […]
INVESTIGATION: Former Rector of Polish Adventist University Arrested in Diploma Mill Scam
20 June 2025 | On May 12, 2025, Poland’s National Prosecutor’s Office and Central Anti-Corruption Bureau announced the arrest of five individuals charged with participation in an organized criminal enterprise, engaged in issuing falsified documents intended to get unearned diplomas, as well as accepting financial bribes ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 Polish złoty (abbreviated as […]
SATIRE: Local Adventist Church Baffled by Lack of Community Interest Despite “Obviously Superior Lifestyle”
Babylon, Maryland — Members of the Righteousness Heights Seventh-day Adventist Church expressed bewilderment this week after their latest evangelistic series, “Why Everyone Should Be Like Us,” failed to attract a single non-Adventist visitor. “I just don’t understand it,” said church elder Harold Sanctimonious, adjusting his perfectly pressed tie while standing in the church lobby adorned […]
Juneteenth
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 19 June 2025 | A white woman may seem an unlikely author for an article about Juneteenth. While there are others who have more authority to speak on such things, I find myself captivated by Juneteenth. Juneteenth is about the history of slaves being freed by Abraham Lincoln’s declaration—but many […]
Asociaciones y Uniones en Mexico colaboran en la evangelización indígena
Según Adventist Review, se celebró un congreso histórico bajo el lema «Huastecos Unidos», dirigido a los pueblos indígenas. La Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día en México reunió recientemente a más de 1.000 miembros de su región huasteca durante un congreso especial para líderes de divisiones y uniones en El Higo, Veracruz. El evento, organizado por […]
“I Love You No Matter What!”
by Melody Tan | 18 June 2025 | Growing up, the only overseas holiday my family could afford was a one-month visit to England when I was 16. Other than that trip, where I saw a different country through the tinted lens of a tourist, my birth country was the only culture I experienced for […]
ATSS: Tammy L. Wiese, “The Cost of Sin: Reconstructing What Happened at the Cross”
18 June 2025 | The praise group Elevation Worship in a beautiful song, O Come to the Altar (2016), sings that “Forgiveness was bought with the precious blood of Jesus Christ.” Some familiar gospel songs, such as “Jesus Paid it All” and “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus” express the same idea. Ellen White writes that […]
“I Alone Can Fix It”: How Churches Grow and Evolve
by Mark Johnson | 17 June 2025 | Adventism is in a decades-long crisis. We are split into at least two different churches.2 Reinder Bruinsma and others have defined the widely differing categories into which we fall. New members pour into the church in some geographical areas while the disenchanted hemorrhage out the back door […]
Comments of the Week June 9-16
Comments of the Week June 9-16 “Will an anonymous observer from the GC Compliance Committee be taking names?” –Jim Hamstra, jokingly, on AToday’s Invitation to our readers to join us for lunch at the upcoming GC Session Meetings in St. Louis Comments on Aunt Sevvy, SATIRE: Michigan Conference Bans Sex on Sabbath—Says It’s Work, Lunch […]
Conferences and Unions Collaborate for Indigenous Evangelism
16 June 2025 | According to Adventist Review, a historic congress was hosted under the theme “Huastecs United,” aimed towards Indigenous people. The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Mexico recently gathered more than 1,000 members from its Huastec region during a special congress for division and union leaders in El Higo, Veracruz. The event, organized by […]