Aunty, what about people with sexual sins in the church?
16 May 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: I just recently read Aunt Sevvy’s response to a person who had issues with having a drug addict attending church with them. I have a related question. How should the church handle a person addicted to pornography, masturbation, or illicit sex? The church manual lists these as issues […]
Washington Adventist University Tuition Lowered to $12K for Adventists in CUC
“Christian education is the guaranteed pathway to the workplace and to eternal life,” wrote WAU President Weymouth Spence. In 2018-19, WAU tuition cost was $25,200. In 2020, WAU suspended several degree programs due to economic factors. 16 May 2022 | Washington Adventist University (WAU) is offering to all Seventh-day Adventist members of the Columbia Union […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Robert Johnston on Jesus and the Parables
16 May 2022 | From a literary standpoint the parables of Jesus were like those of his contemporaries, but their purpose and effect were dramatically different. This presentation will examine the importance of the parables, the narrative technique of Jesus, and how the parables should be interpreted. Our familiarity with them and the tradition of […]
ATSS Presents: Laurence Turner on Adventism and the Cosmic Week
15 May 2022 | Seventh-day Adventism arose in the aftermath of the Great Disappointment of 1844. Despite numerous “proofs” culled from Scripture, used confidently to pinpoint the date of the second advent to October 22, 1844, Christ did not return. This failure of chronological calculations ensured that official Adventism would never predict a precise time […]
Luchando por sus derechos: La Academia Adventista Oakwood presenta una demanda por discriminación religiosa contra la Asociación Atlética
La demanda afirma que la AHSAA mostró discriminación religiosa contra la Academia Adventista Oakwood al negarse a acomodar sus creencias adventistas del séptimo día “sin otra razón que la intransigencia burocrática”. La demanda decía que la AHSAA prohíbe programar partidos en domingo debido a las “prácticas religiosas de muchos habitantes de Alabama” y que […]
Whom Does Abortion Kill?
by Richard W. Coffen | Morning news, noontime news, evening news—the media are reporting a leak of a legal opinion allegedly supported by the majority of the justices of the United States Supreme Court. Someone, somewhere, somehow has released to Politico, without authorization, a 98-page “Opinion of the Court” written by Justice Samuel Alito. The force […]
Family of Adventist Church Member in Ukraine Saved When Invading Russian Troops Turned on Themselves
Adventist woman said her son’s family were able to flee Makariv after the Russian troops fired on each other. The Guardian reported that Russian troops had run over their own commander with a tank in Makariv. The Guardian also reported that Russian soldiers are refusing to go fight in Ukraine. Hundreds of people in Russia […]
Cancelling “Cancel Culture”
by David Geelan | 11 May 2022 | To be honest, I’m not 100% sure what I think about “cancel culture.” Often when I sit down to write for Adventist Today I have a fairly clear idea of the conclusion I hope to share, or at least the question I want to leave you with. […]
Desembolsando: Millones de dólares disponibles para proyectos de ministerio de base
Se distribuirán 2,5 millones de dólares para ser usados en el 2022. El dinero puede utilizarse para construir una escuela, para pagar un salario, para financiar la evangelización, cualquier cosa, según el director del PGTS, Dennis R. Carlson. La fecha límite para presentar una propuesta de proyecto al Departamento de PGTS de la CG […]
‘What the Hell…?’: Jamaican Adventist Leader Speaks Up Against Violent Crime
Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference of the denomination, spoke out against violence in Hanover Parish, Jamaica, soon after a triple murder in the Santoy neighborhood. The Adventist denomination is partnering with local police to discourage violent crime in the area. The denomination has a history of partnering with the police force in […]