Ten Celebrations of Adventist Theology
by Carsten Thomsen | 17 October 2021 | I just finished listening to Elder Ted Wilson’s Annual Council Sabbath sermon in its entirety. What an oratorical masterpiece! Speaking with great confidence and conviction, leaving nothing open to discussion, with all the pieces of Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, identity and purpose clearly enunciated, it took me back […]
Why People Hurt People
by Christopher C. Thompson | 15 October 2021 | Let’s start by stating the obvious: hurting people hurt people. This is a fact of life. And for all of those on a path to pursuing some grand and lofty goal that God has set before you, hurt is bound to happen. I’m going to describe […]
Check Out Our Rebecca Liu ATSS Trailer
Can you tell we’re excited?😀 Ordained Chinexe Adventist minister Rebekah Liu is joining us from Chinz to present at this week’s (Oct 16 / 1:30 EST) AT Sabbath Seminar. We made a trailer for the occasion. Check it out and SHARE😀🙌 Zoom details are posted at atoday.org on Saturday (tomorrow.) #Adventist #adventistchurch #womensordinationsda #womeninministry
The Apocrypha & Adventism: A Response to Ted Wilson
by Matthew Korpman | 14 October 2021 | In his sermon on October 9 for the 2021 Annual Council meeting, Elder Ted Wilson warned that “the devil,” “strange voices,” and “Babylon” were attempting to “confuse” Adventists with “aberrant” views on the Bible. Among these, he notes that: I have even heard of an attempt to […]
Fiery Rhetoric from Church Leaders During 2021 Annual Council Leaves Many Steaming
14 October 2021 | The senior leadership of the Seventh-day Adventist Church may have wanted to clarify the church’s beliefs and strengthen its identity during the 2021 Annual Council of the General Conference Executive Committee, but they probably could also lead a master class in “How to Generate Angry Tweets on Twitter.” The flurry of […]
News Briefs for October 14, 2021
News reports from ADRA, Loma Linda University Medical Center, Southern University, North America Division, LifeTalk Radio Party’s Over for This Fungi As a result of the flood disaster in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia, toxins and pollutants washed ashore which settled in houses and gardens. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) issued […]
#GCAC21: Last Day of Annual Council Ends with Church Leaders Telling People to ‘Go’
14 October 2021 | The fourth day of the 2021 Annual Council of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Executive Committee focused mainly on the “I Will Go” strategic plan. “I Will Go” falls within the framework of GC’s Total Member Involvement (TMI) initiative that was started in 2016 and aims to get every church […]
#GCAC21: Third Annual Council Business Meeting Sticks with the Rules, While Schools Get Hard Knocks
13 October 2021 | Policy amendments, reports from the department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, ADRA, Hope Channel International and a doubling down on church senior leadership’s message on church identity and mission characterized the Oct. 12, 2021 third business session of the Executive Committee of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Oh, and […]
Rebekah Liu: The Adventist Church in Chinz
6 October 2021 | I will begin with a brief introduction of the history of Christian mission in Chinz, including the history of Adventist mission from 1888 till the present time, with 1950s as the breaking point. The historical background will provide insights into current Chinexe Adventist theological divisions among various Adventist groups. In this […]
Is Ernie Knoll Our Church’s New Prophet?
11 October 2021 | Is Ernie Knoll a new prophet approved by our church? He claims to have dreams from God. Signed, Searcher Dear Searcher: Ernie Knoll appeared on the Adventist scene about fifteen years ago, with some spectacular claims to divine messages. His initial presentations were pretty much typical Adventist end-time warnings and instructions […]