New Minnesota Conference President, Daniel Honoré, Passed Away
14 January 2023 | The Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists reports that Elder Daniel Honoré, recently named president of the conference, is dead. It is with great sadness that we share this news. On Friday, January 13, 2023, Minnesota Conference President Dr. Daniel Honore, passed away unexpectedly in his home. More information will be shared […]
Is My Church a Good Neighbor?
by Patricia Johnston | 13 January 2023 | We’ve heard the story many times, from when we were little children. We’ve seen depictions of it in picture rolls and paintings. There’s even a statue of the Good Samaritan on the campus of Loma Linda University Health! It’s a wonderful story. It teaches such a good […]
Regresando a la fe después de dejarla
A finales de 2021 se produjo un fascinante escándalo religioso en Internet y las redes sociales. El Dr. Yitzhak Y. Melamed, profesor de filosofía de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, publicó en Facebook una carta que había recibido de la sinagoga portuguesa (la Esnoga) de Ámsterdam. El Dr. Melamed había escrito a la sinagoga solicitando permiso […]
First Director for GC Women’s Ministries, Rose Marie Otis, Passes Away
13 January 2023 | Rose Marie Otis, age 82, passed in her sleep early on Saturday morning, January 7, 2023. She was living in Frederick, Maryland, with her husband of 64 years, Harold “Bud” Otis Jr. She was known as an author, speaker, and prominent leader within the Seventh-day Adventist church. In 1977, Rose left […]
News Briefs for January 12, 2023
12 January 2023 | Play About Anabaptist Faith Highlights Role in SDA Heritage Pacific Union College (PUC) Professor Laura Wibberding wrote and produced a play highlighting the Anabaptist faith, in collaboration with the college’s history department and PUC Preparatory School. “The radical ideas the Anabaptists were promoting — believer’s baptism, separation of church and state, […]
The Art of Forgiveness
by Melissa Brotton | 12 January 2023 | “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9 NKJV) There is something called the science of forgiveness, which my colleague Dr. Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson and I teach through La Sierra University’s general studies program. The science of forgiveness is wonderful. It tells […]
LGBTQ Christians, Parents, and Allies Meet to Worship at Annual Q Christian Fellowship Conference
11 January 2023 | More than 1,000 participants gathered at this year’s Q Christian Fellowship Conference (QCF) in Washington, D.C., from January 5–8 to worship, fellowship, attend workshops, and listen to prominent Christian keynote speakers in the LGBTQ community, under the theme “Liberated to Love.” Representatives were welcomed from all Christian denominations, including SDA Kinship, […]
ATSS: Jon Paulien, “Revelation for the 21st Century, part 1”
11 January 2023 | Revelation for the 21st Century Jan 14—Youthful Atheism and the Adventist Approach to Revelation 12. “My son is involved in an online forum that includes a number of ex-Christian and ex-Adventist atheists. These young people have two common denominators in their leaving God and the church. We will explore these briefly and […]
Adventist Leader Dr. Patricia Clark Foster Passes Away
10 January 2023 | The Association of Adventist Women (AAW) has drafted a news release on the life of Dr. Patricia Clark Foster, former Associate Dean of Loma Linda School of Nursing, former President of the Association of Adventist Women, and Woman of the Year recipient. Foster was in hospice care when she passed on […]
Los placeres del sexo
Independientemente de que sean cristianos o no, muchas personas cargan con grandes prejuicios o ideas negativas sobre el sexo, sus peligros, los riesgos y la pecaminosidad, junto con sentimientos de culpa y temores de condenación sobre sus pensamientos y acciones. Es cierto que puede abusarse del sexo. Pero, también de la comida, la bebida, el […]