The World Has Changed. So Must the Message
By Edison Garcia-Creitoff | 17 August 2021 | The history of the Adventist Church is characterized by tension between conservative and liberal sectors. The tension seems to come from how we think of our identity. That identity that traps some in their defense, others in their rejection, others in their wish to reform the church. […]
Thank you, Aunt Sevvy, for addressing polyandry!
17 August 2021 | Dear Adventist Today, Thank you so much for Aunt Sevvy’s column posted on Monday. Our son told us several months ago that he and his wife were now in a polyamorous relationship. We met their new partner and her children and like them very much. We have accepted the situation, though […]
I’m horrified: my son & wife added another wife!
16 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, My family has a situation I haven’t heard about much. My son and daughter-in-law have just informed me they are taking a new “wife” and will be a threesome. They are all “married” to each other, I guess. I am horrified and completely blindsided by this news. They […]
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The Apologetics of Disparagement
By Loren Seibold | 13 August 2021 | In the past year a number of Seventh-day Adventists, including me, have raised questions about whether Adventist eschatological details, such as Sunday laws or the close of probation or predictions of imminent persecution, are the necessary interpretations of Bible prophecy. We have suggested that you cannot come […]
Ted Wilson Announces GC Plans to Distribute 1 Billion Copies of “The Great Controversy”
13 August 2021 | Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, has announced General Conference plans to distribute a billion copies of Ellen White’s The Great Controversy. Wilson announced the distribution project at the Adventist-laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) International Convention held last week in Orlando, Florida. “The Great Controversy is […]
AT1 — August 13, 2021
Matthew 6:19 posits a penetrating question when it asks what is the primary focus of our lives? There are all sorts of demands for our time, treasure, and talent. If we focus solely on personal pleasures, they will perish before our eyes. But if we pursue heavenly priorities and trust God to give us […]
Naked but Not Ashamed: The Return to Spiritual Vulnerability
by Arthur Sibanda | 12 August 2021 | The Bible says that when God created Adam and Eve, there was no need for them to cover themselves with clothing. Ellen White adds that they were enveloped with the same glorious light that enshrouded God Himself (see Psalm 104:2). (The theory isn’t original to her: Jewish […]
News Briefs for August 12, 2021
News reports from Nigeria, Loma Linda University Health, South Korea, Tonga, Jamaica and Parker Adventist Hospital: According to Nigeria’s The Sun, Yemi Osibanjo, Vice President of Nigeria, recently congratulated the Adventist Church and Adventist-owned Babcock University (BU) in Ogun State for supporting quality education in the country. The leader was delivering Babcock’s 33rd inaugural lecture […]
Loma Linda University Health: Dennis and Carol Troesh Medical Campus Opens
The campus is home to LLUH’s new 16-story Medical Center and 9-story Children’s Hospital tower. The acute care facility is built upon 126 base isolators to reduce the impact of seismic activity. The Medical Center is the second-tallest hospital in California and has 320 licensed beds, while the Children’s Hospital expansion adds 84 licensed pediatric […]