Aunt Sevvy, can a person go to heaven without being an Adventist?
20 January 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In order to go to heaven, the Bible says only you must believe in Jesus and be baptized. But our church says that you must also be an official member of our church, which requires a commitment to 13 baptismal vows and 28 Fundamental beliefs, some of them […]
SATIRE: A Used Pathfinder Sash, and Other Presents for Adventists with Inconvenient January Birthdays
Wallet still recovering from Christmas? Fear not! Here’s a list of budget-friendly gifts for the Adventist in your life who had the audacity to be born in January: A Used Pathfinder Sash Nothing says “I care” quite like a hand-me-down symbol of achievement. This gently used Pathfinder sash comes complete with a variety of badges, […]
Pastor Dies in Australian Floodwaters
19 January 2025 | Search and rescue is about to go into its second full day for missing 53-year-old pastor William (Willie) Strickland, whose utility vehicle was swept off the road by raging floodwaters on Saturday night in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. Pastor Strickland was in a convoy of vehicles […]
Un vídeo alerta de un «pastor» que habla en las iglesias y pide «préstamos» personales
{Adenda: Esta nota fue recibida de la esposa de Billy Mirander, Abigail Foster: «Me gustaría aclarar que he estado separada de Billy Mirander durante más de cuatro años, sin contacto alguno, debido a una orden judicial de protección. Pido que se publique un comunicado para corregir esta tergiversación, confirmando que nunca he estado involucrada en […]
Comments of the Week January 13-19
Comments of the Week January 13-19 “Our hope is in Jesus Christ and not in this bunch of fellas!” —Jeremy Low on who controls Adventist Theology Comments on Coffee Urn & Weak Sister, Church Worker Loss of Employment Protections, Genes & Genesis, and Broken Trust EDITORIAL: The Coffee Urn & the Weak Sister “We had […]
Editorial: “The Weak Sister & the Coffee Urn”
I remember once, in a church where I was a pastor, that the suggestion was made that we set up a coffee urn in the lobby. I’m not a big coffee drinker—a cup is about all the caffeine I can handle—but I didn’t see what it could hurt. Virtually everyone in the meeting admitted they […]
Pas de leaders masculins. Pas de leaders féminins. Des leaders, tout simplement.
par Thandazani Mhlanga | 17 janvier 2025 | Nous autres, dans le monde occidental, avons été grandement influencés par la Grèce antique. Aristote avait des opinions bien arrêtées – sur la question du genre, par exemple, et celui des femmes, en particulier. Il leur attribuait un statut de deuxième classe et pensait qu’elles étaient des […]
Las bendiciones de un año nuevo
En mi lengua materna, el holandés, deseamos a la gente un «feliz» o un «bendito» año nuevo. Hay una historia sobre el origen de esta diferencia: los protestantes prefieren el término «feliz», mientras que los católicos optan por «bendecido». Me gustan ambos conceptos: la felicidad humana y la bendición divina. Durante la última semana […]
The Ministerial Exception: How Church Workers Lost Legal Employment Protection
by Loren Seibold | 17 January 2025 | In comments under a recent Aunt Sevvy, someone asked about the status of church employees under the law. The question intrigued me enough that I started digging a bit into it. (I’m focusing here on the United States, since that’s where I have lived and worked. Perhaps […]