Scared Out of the Church!
by Joni Bell | 20 January 2022 | I occasionally journey to Southern California to visit my childhood home and catch up with my cousins still living in the area. A few days of reflection on my roots helps me think again about my choices, my life, my purposes. And yes, it is a great […]
News Briefs for January 20, 2022
News reports from Allegheny East Conference (NAD), Ghana, Loma Linda University Church, Trans-European Division. Something to Talk About Sabbath Seminars, a Sabbath School class at the Loma Linda University Church, is studying the subject of LGBTQ+ in the Adventist community. The class seeks to better understand a greatly dismissed, ignored and excluded part of our […]
Signs of All Times: What About the Middle East?
19 January 2022 | Should we connect prophecies and signs with specific historical events? We will look at particular on events in the Middle East, the tensions between West and East and on the question of whether the establishment of the state of Israel has any end-of-time significance. To read for this class: Excerpt from […]
Human Mess—Divine Cleanup
by Richard W. Coffen | 19 January 2022 | His name was Ibex (a.k.a. Terah), and he lived in Mesopotamia. His occupation involved creating images of deities to sell. When he was 70 years old (Genesis 11:26), Terah became the father of triplets: Sire-of-A-Crowd (a.k.a. Abram; Abraham), Sanctuary (a.k.a. Haran), and Snorting (a.k.a. Nahor). According […]
Church Leaders Oppose Saturday Election Date in Ghana
Church leaders calling for amendment to constitutionally mandated date of December 7 every four years for elections. In 2024, the date falls on a Saturday. An amendment would “make it possible for all Ghanaians to exercise their franchise and discharge their civic responsibility without being made to choose between their faith and civic responsibility,” said […]
Church Awaiting News After Massive Volcanic Eruption Devastates Tonga
2 people, so far, have been reported dead in Tonga due to tsunami waves from volcanic eruption. Main island of Tonga appears blanketed in ash, with some buildings appearing to have collapsed. No internet on Tonga as main undersea communication cable was damaged. 18 January 2022 | Seventh-day Adventists across the South Pacific are anxiously […]