Sharing Scripture — August 1 – 7, 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 […]
The Religious Establishment vs. the Gospel
by Daniel A. Mora | 3 August 2021 | In the prologue to John’s Gospel we find this statement: “He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him” (John 1:11 NIV). On reading that, we first think of the people of Israel—that it was the Jewish people who did […]
Aunty, we had six sermons against The One Project!
2 August 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently in my church six sermons were dedicated to informing the congregation of the dangers of The One Project. I happen to think The One Project is doing a wonderful job of presenting Jesus to the world. How can I challenge what happened at this church in a […]
CEO Scott Reiner to Leave Adventist Health at Year End to Establish a Family Foundation for Global Health, Well-being
2 August 2021 | A press release from Adventist Health: ROSEVILLE, California – Scott Reiner, the visionary Adventist Health CEO who has led the nonprofit, faith-based company to reimagine the future of healthcare, is leaving at year end to establish a family foundation that is focused on global health and well-being, Board Chairman Dr. Ricardo […]
Moore refutes Mora’s characterization of his view of inspiration
31 July 2021 | Dear Adventist Today: I am responding to the article by Daniel A. Mora, “I Do Not Claim to Be a Prophetess” that appeared on a recent Adventist Today web site, which is his response to an article of mine that appeared on an earlier web site titled “A Response to Loren Seibold.” In […]
Blind Goliaths & Women’s Ordination
By Debbie Hooper Cosier | 30 July 2021 | There’s some debate about Goliath, the Philistine champion who terrorized the Israelites day and night in the Valley of Elah. According to unreliable conversions from ancient units of measurement, his height at ‘six cubits and a span’ was about ten feet. But Dead Sea Scrolls scholars […]
Social Media Attacks Target Members of Missing Child Summer Wells’ Adventist Church
30 July 2021 | The pastor of the Adventist church where missing 5-year-old Summer Wells attended church with her family has protested social media attacks targeting his members. Summer has been missing for over a month. Earlier this month, Pastor David Ryder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kingsport, Tennessee, told News Channel 11 the […]
Independent Adventist Ministry Plasters Jamaican Neighborhoods with Sunday Law Billboards
30 July 2021 | An independent Adventist ministry in Jamaica has put up billboards in several neighborhoods of Kingston (the country’s capital) to warn that the government is getting ready to introduce a Sunday Law nationally. Vincent Hoo and Wilhelm Lecky, leaders of FTB Ministries, are behind the billboard that warns “Sunday worship will be […]
“Pandemic of the Unvaccinated” Hits AdventHealth Central Florida Hospitals
30 July 2021 | AdventHealth hospitals in Central Florida are approaching an all-time record high of coronavirus cases “This is clearly what has been described as a pandemic of the unvaccinated,” said Dr. Victor Herrera, AdventHealth Orlando’s chief medical officer this week according to Daily Commercial. “Over 90 percent of patients that are in the […]
Denominational Leaders Inaugurate Affordable Housing Development in New York
30 July 2021 | A news release from Northeastern Conference Communications: General Conference President Ted Wilson, accompanied by North American Division President Alex Bryant led out in the ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Northeastern Towers Annex, a 158-unit affordable housing complex sponsored by the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, on July 21, 2021. The […]