News Briefs for April 8, 2021
News reports from Adventist Risk Management, Morningstar Farms, Stanborough Press, The 2021 Sonscreen Virtual Experience and Newbold College: From the NAD: Adventist Risk Management, Inc. (ARM) announced on April 1, 2021, the appointment of Karnik Doukmetzian as interim president for both ARM and Gencon Insurance Company of Vermont (GICV). The appointment by the ARM board […]
Dying Deities
by Richard W. Coffen | 8 April 2021 | Holy Week and Easter are over. At church the choir’s, “The Old Rugged Cross” anthem has been shelved until next spring. The echoes of “He Lives” are already fading. Sermons about the road to Emmaus will be temporarily forgotten. Perhaps, therefore, the time has arrived to […]
ADRA Responds to Flash Flooding in Timor-Leste and Indonesia
Flash flooding and landslides in Indonesia and Timor-Leste have reportedly resulted in at least 100 fatalities, and thousands of people have been displaced. ADRA in Timor-Leste is part of the coordinated assessment team organized by the country’s government. From ADRA – 7 APRIL 2021 | Torrential rain since Friday, April 2, has caused flash flooding […]
Can the Church Recover from Covid?
by Kris Coffin Stevenson | 7 April 2021 | I was talking with a friend who told me her church is considering in-person meetings again. “I don’t know if I’m going,“ she said. “I haven’t really missed it.” After 35 years in pastoral ministry, it’s a real temptation to feel that we’ve wasted our whole […]
Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society
7 April 2021 Hannele Ottschofski, Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society, Kindle Direct Publishing, February 2021, 188 pages. Reviewed by Reinder Bruinsma. The title of Hannele Ottschofski’s book Tired of Waiting: Women in Church and Society pointedly describes her concern. Ottschofski is a native of Finland, who later moved to Germany and has lived most of her […]
The Karlman Family
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Haitian Adventists Celebrate Safe Release of Abducted Members
All four kidnapped church members that were kidnapped on April 1 have been released. They were originally kidnapped during a live online worship program. Church leaders in the country are encouraging members to be especially cautious about minimizing security risks given the high number of kidnappings in the country. From Inter-America Division/ANN – 6 April […]
Are We God’s Favorite Team?
Rebecca Brothers | 6 April 2021 | About fifteen years ago, the Adventist Sabbath School Quarterly featured a story about the American bomber Bockscar, which was tasked with dropping an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Kokura on August 9, 1945. Frustrated by a layer of clouds that obscured the bomb’s target, the pilot […]
Sharing Scripture for April 4 – 10, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”Covenant Primer?” 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 you […]
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