AT1 — September 10, 2021
God has given us a spirit of love, not fear. (1 John 4:18) In uncertain times, flexibility is essential. A positive attitude and a non-anxious presence with others often win the day. 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, […]
News Briefs for September 9, 2021
News reports from Jamaica, Newsweek, Southern Adventist University, Loma Linda University Health and Ireland: According to the Jamaica Observer, Dr Newton Cleghorne, a vice president of Adventist-owned Northern Caribbean University (based in Mandeville, Jamaica), passed away Friday last week. “He died at age 67 reportedly of complications associated with COVID-19,” reported the newspaper. Cleghorne was […]
ComeAndReason.com Seems Unreasonable on COVID
by Jack Hoehn | 9 September 2021 | Timothy R. Jennings MD is a prominent Chattanooga psychiatrist who graduated from University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in 1990 and did a psychiatry residency at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Atlanta. He has been especially noted for treating depression with […]
ATSS: Remembering 9/11/2001
8 September 2021 | Read this essay in preparation for the class. Excerpts of the four points: 1. The enemy Some Christian leaders rushed to Islam’s defense. Yet I also received an email written by a clergyman, that was just short of Hitlerian in its bigotry and willful misinterpretation of the theology and social system of […]
Sharing Scripture for September 5 – 11, 2021
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […]
Anxious Times: Reflections on 9/11/2001
by Loren Seibold | 7 September 2021 | Shortly after 9/11, I rushed out a book on the event for Pacific Press, which they titled badly and promoted poorly, and it didn’t sell. (Lesson: writing a book isn’t an automatic path to fame. I’ve often wondered if anyone read it—aside from Mrs. Hooper, my academy […]
Can This Planet Be Saved?
by S.M. Chen | 7 September 2021 | “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.” —Native American saying The dodo bird and the passenger pigeon are just two I remember. You may be thinking of your own names—names of those who have gone before, who are no […]
Bible TikTok Videos Go Viral
From AT innovation content partner site, AdventInnovate: 7 September 2021 | The leaders of the Adventurer and Pathfinder clubs at a church in southern Indiana recently decided to create TikTok content. “All the kids were on TikTok,” said Sabra Johnson, the Adventurer director for Jasper Church, explaining why she and her (Pathfinder leader) husband, Nick, […]
Appreciation comes from the heart, not the calendar
6 September 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Does the calendar still have a day set aside for appreciation of pastors? If so, how can the church best celebrate this day in accordance with the Church Manual? Signed, Planning Ahead Dear Planning: Pastors’ Appreciation Day—actually known as Clergy Appreciation Day to take into account those religions […]
Thanks for your thoughts on The Great Controversy distribution!
6 September 2021 | Dear Editor, Without intending to extend this controversy, I wish to say that I agreed with and appreciated Loren Seibold’s concern about the planned distribution of a billion copies of The Great Controversy (“The Wrong Way to Reach the World,” 27 August 2021). Would it be possible to channel the enthusiasm […]