Here’s How We Keep AT Censorship-Free
Hi AT Family! I’ve got friends that work in mainstream Adventist media outlets that are constantly frustrated at how little freedom they have in what they are allowed to publish. No matter how valid the opinion expressed in an editorial or how important the breaking news story, the powers that be can (and do) step […]
News Briefs for December 29, 2022
29 December 2022 | Mexico Inaugurates New Regional Office After Earthquake Recovery Five years after an 8.2-magnitude earthquake hit the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, killing nearly 100 people and damaging more than 110,000 houses and structures, the Isthmus Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church inaugurated a brand-new headquarters building to minister to the growing church […]
Crosswalk Chattanooga Plans to Buy Property from Venue Church
28 December 2022 | After sharing a former Sam’s Club property with Venue Church on weekends, Crosswalk Chattanooga now has the opportunity to purchase the full property after Venue Church filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. Venue – a megachurch that held services on Sundays – brought in 800–1,500 people before a number of changes at […]
Religion: Talk About It Less, and Practice It More.
by Rajaratnam Jones | 28 December 2022 | When my train arrived at the Poona railway station, it was almost 7:00 A.M. I came out of the station to hire an autorickshaw to take me to the mission guest house at Salisbury Park, when a large billboard caught my attention. “Religion:” it said. “Talk about […]
American Favorability Ratings on 35 Different Religions
27 December 2022 | A recent YouGov poll explores Americans’ attitudes toward 35 religious groups, organizations, and belief systems. Belief systems that encompass the largest shares of Americans — including Christianity, Catholicism, and Protestantism — are among the ones the most Americans view favorably. Viewed least favorably are Satanism and Scientology. Using this metric, Christianity is […]
Adventist Musicians Contribute to Blockbuster Movie: Wakanda Forever
26 December 2022 | La Sierra’s Director of Choral Studies, Dr. Ariel Quintana, received an email several months ago from a colleague at the Los Angeles Master Chorale, where Quintana previously spent four years as Assistant Conductor. The email was from the Chorale’s Artistic Director, Grant Gershon, who shared that a production company was looking […]
“Abre tus ojos para que veas la luz”: Receta para una vida feliz
“Mi vida jamás ha sido más triste, pero tampoco más feliz”. Estas palabras fueron pronunciadas durante la fiesta del 80 cumpleaños de una amiga mía. Había vivido una larga vida de dolor y trabajo duro, una vida que yo habría considerado plena y difícil. Sin embargo, de algún modo, las aguas de su vida no […]
Aunt Sevvy, I’ve had two terrible marriages, and this one is now ending!
26 December 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I was married to an Adventist for 25 years of total mismatch—emotionally unavailable. Then I dated non-Adventists, and met my current husband of 4 years, a Jewish man. This marriage? Sexual betrayal. Pornography addiction. Narcissistic emotional abuse. I’ve spent over $30,000 in therapy to work on myself. Now […]
Two new ATSS PRESENTS programs now on YouTube
25 December 2022 | Satan is hardly mentioned in the Old Testament—just three times—and is present almost everywhere in the New Testament. Where does that emphasis on Satan come from? The Old Testament is silent about an afterlife: the dead know nothing, feel nothing, experience nothing. The New Testament shows a different picture. There is […]
¡Qué forma tan extraña de salvar al mundo!
¿Has participado alguna vez en un desfile de Navidad o recitado un mensaje de Pascua? Si lo ha hecho, entonces apreciará la historia que tengo que contarle. Cuando yo crecía en la Primera Iglesia Bautista Africana de Beaufort, Carolina del Sur, organizábamos comúnmente desfiles de Navidad, recitábamos discursos de Semana Santa y ese tipo […]