News Briefs for June 10, 2021
News reports from Sweden, Walla Walla University, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Fiji and Southern Adventist University: The Swedish Union of Churches Conference recently hosted an “End it Now” conference aimed at protecting children and adults who have experienced domestic abuse. According to TED News, over 160 people from 27 countries participated in the […]
Jim Walters: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation
9 June 2021 | This week’s ATSS conversation is based on Jim’s reading of David Bentley Hart’s book, That All Shall be Saved: Heaven, Hell and Universal Salvation. You can read a more lengthy report on the Hart’s ideas here. Excerpt: David Bentley Hart argues for an admittedly minority position in this book. But is his […]
Your cover was ugly, and the paper too expensive
9 June 2021 | To the editor, Re your Spring 2021 issue of Adventist Today: It was interesting reading about the “Hamburg Seers” because I was living in Hamburg at that time and remember the meeting to decide about them. I was young then, and everything seemed a little spooky to me. I had not […]
Sharing Scripture–June 6-12, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”New Covenant Sanctuary” 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 news […]
Why should our congregation pay tithe if it has no pastor?
8 June 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently my wife and I began attending a small Adventist congregation near us. Officially it has been downgraded from a church to a company: all members have their membership at a larger church in the region, or in the conference church. (Companies can’t officially hold members.) Our pastor […]
Sonscreen Film Festival Reinvented. Again.
From AT innovation content partner, AdventInnovate: 8 June 2021 | In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced a complete rethink of the Sonscreen Film Festival as the NAD (North American Division)-sponsored young adult event was held entirely online for the first time. This year the reinvention of the festival continued with what an NAD report called […]
A Response to “Ellen White, the Bible, and Persistent Hermeneutical Confusion”
by Marvin Moore | 7 June 2021 | I am responding to Loren Seibold’s “Ellen White, the Bible, and Persistent Hermeneutical Confusion.” And while I agree with much of what Loren said, I do have some reservations. I’ll begin with the list of seven ways to regard the writings of Ellen White, none of which […]
ADRA Ramps up Critically Needed Oxygen Production in India; Expands COVID-19 Response in Nepal and Sri Lanka
ADRA delivered a new oxygen production system from Italy to the 300-bed METAS Hospital in Gujarat, western India. The Pressure Swing Absorption Generation Plant (PSA) will provide 600 liters of medical-grade oxygen per minute 24-hours a day to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. ADRA plans to install additional oxygen generation plants in other medical facilities in […]
Praying Like a Mantis: When “Seek” Means “Act”
by John Phiri | 4 June 2021 | “Things may come to those who wait, but only those things left by those who hustle”—Abraham Lincoln. A praying mantis is a fascinating insect, named because its prominent front legs are bent at an angle and held together in a way that suggests a prayer posture. Its […]
Angolan Court Reduces Prison Sentence of Adventist Sect Leader Convicted of Homicide
4 June 2021 | According to the Angola Press Agency (APA), the Supreme Court in Angola has reduced the prison sentence of the leader of a breakaway Adventist sect in the country from 30 to 23 years. José Julino Kalupeteka, leader of the former Seventh-day Adventist Church “A Luz do Mundo,” was originally convicted in […]