Aunty, when should an Adventist girl start dating?
29 January 2024 | Dear Aunty, At what age is it acceptable for an Adventist girl to start dating? Signed, Africa Girl Dear Africa Girl, It sounds to Aunty like you are eager to begin dating! Aunty remembers, and gets it—it’s a perfectly healthy and normal desire. However, Aunty should tell you that age is […]
Тётушка, моя незамужняя дочь собирается родить, используя донорскую сперму!
13 марта 2023 | Дорогая тётя Аня, Моя незамужняя и не состоящая в отношениях дочь недавно пришла к нам с женой и сообщила, что у нее будет ребенок. Она говорит, что ей не повезло найти мужа, с которым она хотела бы провести всю свою жизнь, и так как она стареет, но всегда хотела ребенка, поэтому она […]
SATIRE: PUC Housekeeping: Please Flush, La Sierra Needs the Water
ANGWIN, California — Tensions are at an all-time high between Northern California’s Pacific Union College (PUC) and its sister institution to the south, La Sierra University. The firestarter for this most recent spat between the two highly competitive Adventist schools was a cleanliness campaign initiated by PUC’s Housekeeping Department. Yesterday, signs were put in every […]
SATIRE: Raising Hands in Worship Identified as Adventist Unpardonable Sin
ADVENTIST WORLD — Raising hands in worship has always been taboo in Adventist circles. The practice has now been elevated to the unenviable status of “Adventist unpardonable sin” by theologians at the General Conference’s Biblical Research Institute (BRI). Hand raising narrowly beat out stealing the pastor’s parking spot and excessive pew whispering for the worst […]
EDITORIAL: Fearful, & Not in a Way I Like
We Adventists want to be known for our focus on health, education, and a hopeful belief in a soon Second Coming. What we don’t like to admit is how fearful we are of God. It’s not the healthy reverence found in the Psalms, the awe that inspires us to strive for holiness. This fear is […]
Наш пастор сует нос в церковные книги, и нам это не нравится!
24 апреля 2020 | Дорогая тётя Аня, Недавно в нашу общину был назначен новый пастор. Одной из первых вещей, которые он сделал, был звонок казначею общины, чтобы она принесла ему финансовые документы церкви. Он планировал оценить, какие члены церкви платили церковную десятину и приношения, а какие – нет. Когда казначей отказался это сделать, пастор огорчился […]
Pleasant Truth
by Rich Hannon | 26 January 2024 | Adventism was born and raised with the self-image that we are a band of plucky truth-seekers. That’s not wrong, but neither is it wholly true. Over time, and certainly at present, the church seems to be less about seeking and more about preserving current orthodoxy. There is […]
News Briefs for January 25, 2024
25 January 2024 | Interfaith Leaders Gather for NAD’s Fifth Religious Freedom Prayer Breakfast “On January 18, 2024, roughly 110 local faith and civic leaders attended the fifth Religious Freedom Prayer Breakfast hosted by the North American Division (NAD) and organized by its Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) department.” Full story at NAD News […]
The Locked Church Door
by S.M. Chen | 25 January 2024 | We had planned to get together for some time—a Norwegian friend and I, someone I’d known since college days—which goes back decades. He’d expressed interest in meeting the Ukrainian couple I have been sponsoring in my home since September. My Norwegian friend has a female friend, a […]