Why don’t our church leaders follow Fundamental Belief 14?
27 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Adventist Fundamental Belief 14 says that “distinctions of race, culture, learning, and nationality, and differences between high and low, rich and poor, male and female, must not be divisive among us.… we are to serve and be served without partiality or reservation.” So why do the General Conference […]
Signs of the Times Editor, Eschatologist, Marvin Moore Dies
27 September 2021 | Marvin Moore, for 26 years editor of the denomination’s flagship evangelistic magazine Signs of the Times, has died. He worked out of the Pacific Press in Nampa, Idaho. Moore was a prolific writer, and wrote dozens of books, many of them about eschatology. Says Adventist Today Executive Editor Loren Seibold, Marvin […]
WWI Explosive Kills Adventists in Ukraine
27 September 2021 | Earlier this month, 11 Adventists were camping in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine. The group lit a fire to keep warm at night at a popular camping site. That night a World War I explosive detonated in the location of the fire, killing two members of the group. “We started a […]
AT1 — September 24, 2021
A spirit of abundance is lifegiving. Remembering what you’re grateful for and determining what you can do now in every moment enhances that abundance. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking AT Trending News, to our melodic moment of music, we trust this short program adds value to […]
On Complete LGBTQ+ Acceptance in the Church
By Loren Seibold | 24 September 2021 | I was given a blessing in regard to LGBTQ+ people when I was younger, though I didn’t understand it at the time, nor realize how it would shape my ministry. I grew up in the narrow world of rural North Dakota. Questions of sexual orientation were not […]
Alum of Adventist High School in India Becomes Country’s Youngest Commercial Pilot
24 September 2021 | Maitri Patel, a graduate of Metas Adventist School in Surat, Gujarat, India, has become the country’s youngest commercial pilot at the age of 19. India Times reported that Patel’s father is a farmer and her mother works in the health department of Surat Municipal Corporation. Instead of saving for her wedding, as […]
Volcano Erupts on Spain’s Canary Islands, Adventist Church Prepares to Respond
The September 19 eruption on La Palma has not affected church faculties or member homes. Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA) is poised to supply victims with non-perishable food as needed. 23 September 2021 | An Inter-European Division news release: On September 19, a volcanic eruption on La Palma sent lava oozing through the streets […]
News Briefs for September 23, 2021
News reports from Malden, Washington; Russia; Southern Adventist University and Washington Adventist University: After the nearby community of Malden, Washington, burned down last year, Pathfinders from Spangle, Washington, took a proactive approach to helping with rebuilding. Thurston Talk reports the Patfinders started brainstorming ways to help with one of their leaders, Scott Rivas, a senior […]
Are Our Grandchildren Damned?
15 September 2021 | Read this poem, and the following essay, in preparation for our class. Are We and Our Grandchildren Damned? A Biblical Basis for Setting Our Hearts at Rest Just a year or two into my first ministerial assignment, I conducted a funeral service for the eighteen-year-old son of one of my new […]