Thank God Ellen White Was an Alcoholic
by Stephen Ferguson | 27 January 2023 | I was conversing with some ex-Adventist the other day when I came across a claim that Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and prophetess Ellen White was an alcoholic. It seemed farfetched to me. However, after doing my own research, I was able to find Mrs. White’s own words on […]
News Briefs for January 26, 2023
26 January 2023 | Adventist Student Establishes Ambulance Service in Northern Mexico For the past two years, Gustavo Rivera, a third-year medical student attending Montemorelos University in northern Mexico, has been running his own private ambulance service. Seeing the demand for ambulance service in Montemorelos when he began studying, he pulled some savings together and […]
Andrews Alumnus and Obama Foundation Leader Wandile Mthiyane Raises Funds for Anti-Racist Conversation Cards
25 January 2023 | DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. Architecture student and Andrews alumnus Wandile Mthiyane walked into a water sport club on Durban’s new public promenade to buy some food. As Mthiyane entered, the manager shouted, “Hey, you can’t eat here!” Confused, Mthiyane asked, “Why can’t I eat here?” The manager responded, “Um, well, are you […]
Cambiando las viejas etiquetas por unas nuevas y auténticas
Siempre me han gustado las vans de los años 70’. Ya sabes, las furgonetas con cortinas en las ventanas y llenas de todas las calcomanías conocidas por la humanidad. Son conducidas por los espíritus libres del mundo, los tipos más excéntricos que dicen: “Oye mundo, esto es lo que soy, te guste o no”. Supongo […]
ATSS: Bryan Ness on “Christians, Creation Care, and Climate Change”
25 January 2023 | by Bryan Ness Christianity, which heavily influenced Western culture, has been frequently blamed for being the cause of our current environmental crises. As acknowledged by Christians, when God created humans, He gave them dominion over all things: “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill […]
Pastor, Evangelist, and College President Jon Dybdahl Passes Away at 80
24 January 2023 | Former Walla Walla University (WWU) president, professor, and long-time Walla Walla Valley resident Jon Dybdahl passed away Wednesday morning, January 18. Dybdahl was president at WWU from 2002 to 2006. He taught theology at WWU for 13 years starting in 1976. Prior to accepting the presidency of WWU, Dybdahl served as […]
Hands up for Footwashing!
by Kris Coffin Stevenson If you walk in the doors of the church and then realize it’s communion Sabbath, it will make your heart skip a beat. That’s either because you’re so excited to join in, or it’s because you missed your pedicure appointment or your outfit makes footwashing impossible or just because—feet! If you […]
¿Mi iglesia es un buen samaritano?
Desde pequeños, conocemos esta historia. La hemos visto retratada en ilustraciones y pinturas. Incluso hay una estatua del Buen Samaritano en el campus de la Universidad de Loma Linda. Es una historia maravillosa. Enseña una buena lección. Queremos que nuestros hijos la escuchen. Pero nos resulta difícil hacerlo. Anoche volví a escuchar la historia mientras […]
Wife Charged with Killing Husband in Failed Murder-Suicide at AdventHealth Daytona Beach
23 January 2023 | A 76-year-old woman, Ellen Gilland, is facing first-degree murder charges and being held without bail after allegedly fatally shooting her terminally ill husband, in what police say was an intended murder-suicide on Saturday, January 21. According to CNN, the husband, 77-year-old Jerry Gilland, was hospitalized at the AdventHealth Hospital in Daytona […]
Why can’t the homeless use our empty camp meeting grounds when we’re not there?
23 January 2023 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: Our conference has a huge camp meeting grounds in a major metro area that sits empty all year. I have fond memories of camp meetings from my childhood, decades ago. I also remember that on the last Sabbath evening the preacher would almost always say, “This might be […]