Death Wish

by Tyler Kraft  |  14 January 2022  |   Can I let you in on a secret? Pastors get angry at times.  Well, maybe not all pastors. Perhaps there are some who are thoroughly spiritually enlightened. But I confess that I get angry on occasion. So do some of my pastor friends.  That’s probably not too […]

Confessions of a Feminist Mother

by Hannele Ottschofski  |  11 January 2022  | I attended a seminar at church once where the pastor was speaking about parenting. He quoted something that reminded me of what I had learned as a young girl: The king upon his throne has no higher work than has the mother. The mother is queen of […]

Do I need to be legally married to be welcome in the church?

10 January 2022  | Dear Aunt Sevvy, This is a real situation. I am a 3rd-generation Adventist (not recently active) with 16 years in the Adventist education system, and a widower after 40+ years of marriage to one Adventist wife.  About four years after her death, I began a monogamous long-term relationship with a Christian […]

No More Female Leaders. Just Leaders.

by Thandazani Mhlanga  |  7 January 2022  | We in the western world have been greatly influenced by the ancient Greeks. Aristotle had strong opinions on gender, for example—women, in particular. He assigned them second-class status, and thought of females as “deformed males.”  So the gender issues at the forefront of modern civil and religious […]

But God Said It—Didn’t He?

by Russ Spangler  |  6 January 2022 Seventh-day Adventists believe that if we can just get people to read the Bible, they would see that God is real, and that God loves them. That hasn’t worked for everyone. A.A. Milne, the author of Winnie the Pooh, wrote: The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, […]

Of Braided Hair, Gold, Pearls, & Costly Array

by Loren Seibold  |  4 January 2022  |   I have a vivid memory, from when I was about five, of going with my father to the auto parts store in Jamestown. While I waited I looked down (I was close to the floor in those days) and saw rolling around near my shoe a little […]

Is Sin a Wave or a Particle?

by David Geelan  |  28 December 2021  | What is the ‘nature of sin’? Is sin something we do, or is sinners something we are? Is sin the transgression of the law, or is it a state of separation from God? These are questions guaranteed to spark furious (and often circular) debates among believers, and […]

Lop-sided Ethics at Life’s Edges

by Jim Walters  |  24 December 2021 | This op-ed, written by Adventist Today founder and professor emeritus of the LLU School of Religion Jim Walters, was originally printed on December 5 in the San Bernardino (CA) Sun.  The Supreme Court’s likely ruling on Mississippi’s abortion law will surely exacerbate the growing gap between the […]

Presumption: On jumping off the temple roof

By Loren Seibold  |  21 December 2021  |   A few months ago an acquaintance went on a rant on social media about why he wasn’t going to take the vaccine, and how foolish (indeed, anti-Christian) were those who did.  He had done “research,” he said.  Now, when I think of research, I picture a laboratory […]

To Whom Daniel Was Writing Makes All the Difference

Richard W. Coffen  |  17 December 2021  | The Bible! We reverently call it “God’s Word.” When we use this terminology, we imply that “word” does not denote a single term, such as a noun, verb, adverb, adjective, or preposition, but a message. A synonym is “communication.” So let’s start by analyzing the process of […]

Why We Shouldn’t Build Eschatology on History

by Clarence Pamphile  |  9 December 2021  |   When doing eschatology in the 21st century, we should no longer simply pick through the abundance of historical information for an incident here and another there, and lay these as foundations for our eschatological structure. It will no longer do to tweak the data to maintain a […]

Forgiveness—with Consequences

by Loren Seibold  |  2 December 2021  | So, once again, this happens: A man[1] in a position of influence and trust does or says something harmful. Something a Christian—much less someone people look up to as a role model—shouldn’t say or do. It shouldn’t surprise us anymore. This is a truth about human beings—all […]

The Remnant Church Is on My Couch

by Paul Annala  |  30 November 2021  |   I’ve been following Pastor Ted Wilson’s official Facebook page, and according to that, he seems to be busy. He’s been touring the Philippines. We see Ted Wilson welcomed by people waving flags. Ted Wilson welcomed by a uniformed Pathfinder troop, saluting him. Ted Wilson met by big colored […]

The Tragic Implications of Purity Culture and Headship Theology

by Lindsey Abston Painter  |  26 November 2021  | If you’ve been following Adventist Today’s reporting or just about any other Adventist news source, social media, or even the Washington Post, you have heard the saga of Burnett Robinson, until this week pastor of the Grand Concourse church in the Bronx. But in case you […]

The Fear of Being Too Much

by Elle Berry  |  24 November 2021  | I was five years old when I tattled on him. Of course I told a grown-up; what else would I do at five? It’s a fine line between tattling and asking for help when you are only five years old. How could I possibly know the difference? […]

Vindication by the Cross

by Stephen Ferguson  |  14 November 2021  | “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son.” (Romans 5:10) Renowned atheist Richard Dawkins once said, in his award-winning book The God Delusion: “The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: […]

AT INTERVIEW: ESTHER LOEWEN

4 November 2021  | Esther Loewen was until recently Pastor Kris Loewen of the Redlands Adventist Church. In this interview, Esther tells AT about her struggle and her transition to being a woman, and where she goes from here. To comment, click/tap here.

New ADRA Center in Mauritania Made with 34,000 Plastic Bottles

Bottles filled with sand used instead of bricks or cinder blocks. Project took $117,000 to build, which was provided by ADRA International and ADRA Belgium. Center will house medical equipment for primary health care, equipment for a multimedia center, a library and rooms for language learning, sewing and embroidery. Classes in computer skills and languages […]

News Briefs for January 13, 2022

News reports from Andrews University, Brazil, Ethiopia, the United States and Zambia. Making Peace This weekend, Adventist Peace Fellowship (APF) will hold its second annual online/virtual event, “Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Unholy Trinity: Liberating the Church from Violence,” with the “Unholy Trinity” being racism, militarism and materialism. The event takes place Saturday, Jan. […]

Church Building Collapses and Kills 5, Including Child, in Zambia

5 dead, 4 injured, when church building collapses on members during downpour. Collapse of building attributed to poor building materials used during construction. Tragedy comes just one week after six Adventist young adults drowned in Lake Kariba during an Adventist Youth camp meeting. 10 January 2022 | Five members of the Bethsaida Seventh-day Adventist Church in […]