News Briefs for November 4, 2021
News reports from AdventHealth, Iraq, North America Division, Southern Adventist University, Ukraine AdventHealth Doctor: Give Kids COVID Vaccines a Shot On Tuesday, an advisory committee of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) unanimously recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine for US kids ages 5 to 11, according to an article from Health.com. “Fever […]
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Nonviolence in Christian History
3 November 2021 | Over the centuries, Christians have tried to fulfill Jesus’ words: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” We all want peace, but not just any peace—we want a peace in which we can live and thrive. How do we get a peace which is also just? In the 2,000 years since the sermon on […]
¿El pastor debe ser un esposo?
por Loren Seibold | 3 de noviembre de 2021 | Cada vez que se publica en Adventist Today un artículo sobre la ordenación de la mujer, hay alguien –a menudo dos o tres personas– que comenta con esta cita, creyendo que resuelven el tema: “Es necesario que el obispo sea … marido de una sola […]
Will My Cat Be in Heaven? Stephen Ferguson on God and the Animals We Love
3 November 2021 | by Stephen Ferguson A little over a year ago, my beloved Siamese cat named Inca tragically passed away. He was hit by a bus. Inca was the first blue-eyed “baby” my wife Amy and I had. Inca was an amazing pet who was very much part of our family. As is […]
GC President Ted Wilson Gives Advice on How to Deal with Gays, Be a Real Adventist
During interview, GC President Ted Wilson said, “Same-sex marriage — God does not accept that. The Bible does not accept that.” Wilson also said that people involved in same-sex sexual activity can not be baptized until they change their lives and stay away from such activity. “What you do is more important than what you […]
The African Concept of Personhood, Community and Responsibility
By Arthur Sibanda | 2 November 2021 | Ubuntu is a Nguni Bantu term meaning, literally, “humanity.” But it has a broader understanding. It can be read as ”I am because we are,” or ”humanity towards others”—that is to say, a belief in a universal bond that connects us all. I believe that the traditional […]
People Don’t Like Us: Day 2 of the North American Division 2021 Year-End Meeting Business Session
2 November 2021 | Kyoshin Ahn, executive secretary of the North American Division (NAD), gave his report at the second business session of the NAD Year-End Meeting in Columbia, Maryland, on Oct. 31, 2021. Statistics on membership growth (or lack thereof) were shared, as well as broader overview of what the church looks like in […]
Aunty, will there be animal sacrifices in heaven or the new earth?
1 November 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I recently heard from a member of another denomination that there will be animal sacrifices in heaven or the new earth. I thought it was crazy, but there are verses to back up the idea, such as Zechariah 14. Weren’t Old Testament sacrifices supposed to point forward to […]
MMM, What’s That? It’s Day 1 of the North American Division 2021 Year-End Business Session
From NADAdventist.org: 01 November 2021 | The North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists 2021 annual executive committee year-end meeting had its first business session on Oct. 28, 2021 in Columbia, Maryland, USA. Though the meeting is themed “Together in Mission,” the members were not together in person as the session was held virtually for […]
Stars of Wonder
by Melissa Brotton | 18 October 2021 | The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. (Psalm 19:1 NKJV) Some of my earliest memories of childhood are of walking with my mom and sister on backroads near our family farm just 30 miles or so from the Canadian border. With […]