Father-and-Son Team to Kayak 200-Mile Chesapeake Bay to Raise Support for ADRA’s Pandemic Hunger Relief
On July 16, Hearly and Andreas Mayr, a Maryland father-and-son sea kayaking team, will begin a 12-day kayaking journey to raise money for hunger relief, one of the most pressing COVID-19 related issues affecting people today. The two will kayak 200 miles (320 km) north-to-south across Chesapeake Bay, the largest bay in the United States. […]
AT1–July 16, 2021
Contentment isn’t always easy to come by. There are so many unrealized dreams in our lives. So many things to be fearful of, or worry about. Jesus’ offer in Matthew 11:28 to come and find rest seems so idealistic and out of reach in today’s world. How is contentment possible? We’re so delighted you’ve […]
News Briefs for July 15, 2021
News reports from Tanzania’s Mtoto Africa Week, Wendy’s, a media-driven Tanzanian evangelistic success, Southern Adventist University and Loma Linda University Health: From AT Tanzania correspondent, Tyson Jacob: Adventist children in the Tanzanian district of Arusha joined the region’s Mtoto Africa (African Child) Week celebrations last month. On June 16, about 2,000 children from Adventist churches […]
Leaving Behind the Institutional Baggage that Separates Us from Jesus
By Edison García-Creitoff | 15 July 2021 | Few will be surprised to hear me say that there is a tendency to inflexibility and rigidity in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The church “froze” in the 20th century, and is finding it difficult to adapt to the 21st. A false identity took hold: that what defines […]
ATSS: Ronald Lawson on the Seventh-day Adventist Church and Polygamous Converts
14 July 2021 | The entire document can be read here. The following excerpt is mostly about the Adventist response to polygamy: Christianity grew up in what was basically a monogamous world. The first recorded official Christian statement on polygamy dates from 1201, when the Bishop of Tiberius asked Pope Innocent III if polygamous converts […]
Sharing Scripture — July 11 – 17, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”The Roots of Restlessness” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] 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 […]
SAD Report: Young People Leaving South American Church
by Daniel Mora | 14 July 2021 | Last week’s report of the South American Division’s (SAD) Executive Secretary shows an alarming loss of young people from the Adventist Church in that region. According to data provided by Elder Edward Heidinger, Executive Secretary at the SAD headquarters in Brazil, of the 2,568,201 Adventist members, 37% […]
Sometimes empowered, sometimes bewildered, always glad
13 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I just want to say that I enjoy your weekly column very much. I am an 83-year-old white-haired gentleman. (I do try to be gentle in all matters). Each week I look forward to your wisdom and candor and relaxed personal approach. Sometimes I feel empowered by your […]
Support Adventist Today Without Giving a Cent!
by Lindsey Abston Painter | 12 July 2021 | Since the pandemic began I am more likely to order my household supplies from Amazon than go to the store to pick them up. And I know I’m not the only one. Many people enjoy the convenience of ordering online and having what they need delivered […]
Aunty, can I support my pastor without giving money to the GC?
12 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I was interested in your answer to the man in the small church who wanted to give his tithe to his needy congregation rather than to the conference. My question is related, but slightly different. I like my conference, I am happy with my pastor, and I want […]