Should I buy guns and go “off the grid” to prepare for the Time of Trouble?
3 March 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently I heard of an Adventist group that was putting together a whole seminar on how to live off the grid and be self-sustaining for the Time of Trouble. I’m wondering: should we prepare for the end of time? Is it necessary to live “off the grid”? Or […]
Jesus: ¿Liberal?
Desde el lunes 20 de enero de 2025, en Estados Unidos se vive lo que se ha llamado por intelectuales del Derecho: “una Monarquía Constitucional”. Desde la presidencia se han emitido 22 órdenes ejecutivas, cientos de memorandos presidenciales y acciones ejecutivas relacionadas con el presupuesto, la inmigración, el cambio climático y la diversidad. La avalancha […]
Comments of the Week Feb 24–Mar 2
Comments of the Week Feb 24–Mar 2 “Well done. This line spoke volumes to me: ‘When women are silenced, a part of God is silenced, and the church cannot fully encounter him.’ If I want people to see and experience God, I must give voice to women.” –Dennis Austin on How a Sexist Church Hurts […]
Conrad Vine renuncia a su cargo de director de Adventist Frontier Missions
En un comunicado de prensa publicado, Conrad Vine, controvertido por sus posiciones sobre las vacunas, el diezmo y el nacionalismo cristiano, renuncia a la dirección de Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM). Vine afirma: Dios nos trajo a mi familia y a mí a AFM en agosto de 2011 de una manera providencial, y desde entonces Él […]
Editorial: “Soup, Watermelon, & the Gospel”
A few years ago I came across a Facebook post where Adventists were discussing Ellen White’s instruction that you shouldn’t drink liquids with your meal. They took it very seriously. Someone wrote, “Many soups have liquid in them. Are we allowed to eat soup?” After a bit of casting about, someone came up with the […]
Editorial: Jesus sigue presente…
Hace poco reflexionaba sobre cómo ha cambiado mi relación con Jesús desde que dejé la fe de mi infancia. Aunque ya no creo en todas las cosas que creía en mi infancia adventista del séptimo día (confieso que ya no voy a la iglesia), descubrí que Jesús sigue presente en mi vida. Siempre amé a […]
A Sexist Church Hurts All of Us: Commentary on Safe Church by Andrew J. Bauman
28 February 2025 | Safe Church: How to Guard Against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities. By Andrew J. Bauman, Baker Books, 2025, 192 pages. Reviewed by Dorothy Porawski As a woman with her own personal church baggage, few topics get my blood pumping and my temperature rising like the systemic problems of abuse and […]
The Killing of USAID and DEI: Where Is the Moral Outrage?
by Jim Walters & Loren Seibold | 27 February 2025 | One of the new American presidential administration’s first actions was to fire 10,000 workers from the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) workers, leaving less than 400. Let’s be clear: the stripping of this agency will mean that millions in poor countries will […]
Tante Louise, puis-je tresser mes cheveux?
27 février 2025 | Chère tante Louise, En tant qu’africaine, j’aime tresser mes cheveux. C’est pratique: je suis très occupée et cela me permet d’être jolie avec un minimum d’efforts. Pourtant, en s’appuyant sur 1 Timothée 2.9, certains pasteurs prêchent que c’est un péché pour les femmes de se tresser les cheveux. Qu’en penses-tu, ma […]