Bryan Ness: Noah’s Flood vs. Science – 4 September 2021
4 September 2021 | Read the essay by Bryan Ness here. Excerpt: These are important questions because Adventists that are scientifically well educated often recognize that the scientific evidence does not support the existence of a worldwide flood, and if the church insists all must believe in a worldwide flood, or their salvation is at […]
Your Spiritual Journey: New Book by Monte Sahlin
A new book by Monte Sahlin entitled Your Spiritual Journey has been released. It is available in both paperback and eBook formats from Amazon.com internationally. A guide to how adults grow in their spiritual life and interact with religion based on thousands of personal interviews. This is not a prescriptive book, but a description of […]
The Battle Between Science and a Literal Interpretation of Noah’s Flood
by Bryan Ness | 31 August 2021 | This article will be discussed at the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar this coming Sabbath. The story of Noah’s flood has long been a favorite children’s story because of its apparent simplicity of message. Since Adam and Eve mankind has become progressively more sinful and God finally reaches […]
Reflections on “COVID, Coercion & Conscience”
by Ben Kreiter | 31 August 2021 | COVID, Coercion & Conscience, a much-talked-about conference on the weekend of August 20-21 sponsored jointly by the Berrien Springs Village Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Liberty and Health Alliance, was billed as “neither an anti-vaccination, nor pro-vaccination event, rather it is a call to the full engagement […]
Aunt Sevvy, what about unfriending people on social media?
Dear Aunt Sevvy: Will I be lost because I unfriended someone on Facebook? Signed, Seriously not serious Dear Serious, You indicated that you meant this question tongue-in-cheek. But you raise an issue we need to talk about. Social media is so new that we are all still figuring out how to use it so that […]
ADRA Donates Computers to Local Schools in the Colombian Islands
90 new computers were delivered to the ministry of education for use in five schools located on San Andres and Providencia. The selection of five schools to benefit from the computers was done through the government that oversees the small islands. The computers will benefit nearly 1,000 children and adolescent pupils enrolled in the designated […]
The Wrong Way to Reach the World
By Loren Seibold | 27 August 2021 | Adventists (they weren’t Seventh-day Adventists yet) had a pretty good idea back in the 1830s and 1840s. They believed Jesus was returning, and they wanted to be ready for him. They were wrong about the date. But they were sincerely and innocently wrong. And righteously wrong: they […]
Jamaican Adventist Leadership Endorses National Coronavirus Vaccination Program
27 August 2021 | Leaders of a number of denominations in Jamaica, including the Adventist Church, have endorsed the country’s national coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination program. On August 26, the Jamaican Information Service reported that Anglican, Roman Catholic, Church of God, Pentecostal, and Seventh-day Adventist leaders took part in a recent press conference organized by the Ministry […]
Hope Channel Airs Inauguration of Zambia’s New President, an Adventist
27 August 2021 | Hope Channel Zambia aired the August 24 inauguration of Hakainde Sammy Hichilema as president of Zambia. Hichilema, a prominent Seventh-day Adventist in the country, was declared president-elect on August 12, 2021. This was his sixth run for the presidency. Reuters referred to the win as a “stunning landslide victory” for Hichilema, known […]
LLUH Study Identifies Micro Clots as Cause of Death in Some COVID-19 Patients
Researchers say severely ill COVID-19 patients likely die as the result of micro clots formed in the lungs that spread to cause deadly damage to organs throughout the body. This finding from a recent study is different from the current understanding that the COVID-19 virus travels to the body’s organs and damages blood vessel lining […]