Why God Had to Die
by Mark B. Johnson | 3 June 2021 | The Academy Award winning movie City Slickers (1991) tells the story of three friends in New York City who are struggling with middle-age. Their work is unrewarding and each of them, to a varying degree, is having problems in his marriage. To get away from their trouble […]
Denis Fortin: Lessons from the 1919 Bible Conference
2 June 2021 | This week’s ATSS conversation will be based on this article by Denis Fortin (linked at the Spectrum website.) Excerpt: [Ellen White] had written numerous books and articles on biblical history, biblical themes, and biblical and Christian history. How were her writings to be used in matters of biblical and historical facts? Were […]
Where Is a Woman’s Place?
by Richard W. Coffen | 2 June 2021 | “A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.” Professor Leona Running, grande dame of the seminary, used to wear a shirt bearing that bon mot to classes she taught. Not all assertions about women have been as lighthearted: “Let women stay at […]
Sharing Scripture–May 30-June 5, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”The New Covenant” 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 […]
Australian Union Strengthens Support for Women in Ministry
1 June 2021 | On May 31, Adventist Record reported that the recent 2021 Australian Union Conference (AUC) Executive Committee meeting decided to expand on a 2015 AUC Constituency Meeting resolution on women in ministry. Below is the official statement from this year’s meeting: As a Church we continue to be blessed by the spiritual […]
Aunty, there’s a possible sexual predator in our church!
1 June 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently the adult son of one of our congregation’s leading families was arrested for propositioning a minor for sex. The family bailed him out of jail pending a trial, but they all insist that he did nothing wrong. It was the girl’s fault, they say—this teenager “seduced” him. But […]
Politics Has Tainted Everything Good
by Elle Berry | 30 May 2021 | I’ve followed this person on Instagram for a while. She’s not someone I know personally, but she posts about her faith and her mental health, and I’ve sometimes thought that if I met her I think she’s someone I would want to be friends with. A few […]
Pacific Union College Selects Ralph Trecartin as President
28 May 2021 | The Pacific Union College (PUC) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Ralph Trecartin as the next president of the institution. According to a May 25 announcement on PUC’s website, Trecartin is the Angwin, California-based institution’s twenty-fourth president in its 138-year history. He will assume his new role on July 1, 2021. “Dr. […]
Racism Addressed by Virtual Global Campmeeting
28 May 2021 | Three mainstage speakers at the Adventist denomination’s first-ever Virtual Global Campmeeting (held May 19-23) addressed race relations and cultural understanding. According to Adventist News Network, Dr. Barry Black, chaplain of the United States (US) Senate (and himself an Adventist), spoke about breaking down barriers to personal ministry. Dr. Ella Simmons, vice […]
The Adventist Pioneers Meet Malcolm X
By Carl McRoy & Christopher C. Thompson | 27 May 2021 | What if radical abolitionists like Joseph Bates could hear the Muslim son of an Adventist mother proclaim a version of Revelation’s judgment hour message? What if Malcolm Little had encountered the mid-19th century change-agents that birthed the Seventh-day Adventist Church instead of the […]