Southern Adventist University Utilizes AI Model for Paleontology
11 December 2024 | Southern Adventist University’s Biology and Allied Health Department and School of Computing have partnered to harness artificial intelligence (AI) to classify dinosaur teeth. A specific form of AI called deep learning uses artificial neural networks to learn from data and solve complex problems. The idea originated in the fall of 2022 […]
The Berrien Springs Village Church: Laying Bare the Adventist Secret
by Loren Seibold | 11 December 2024 | When I was a young pastor, I remember saying to an another pastor who thought like I did, “Won’t it be nice when our generation takes over and the church will be more open-minded, more progressive? When it can at least accept people across the spectrum of […]
Los dos relatos de la creación del Génesis | Parte 2: YHWH crea a su modo único
El primer relato de la creación tiene rasgos de estructura poética. El género literario del segundo relato hebreo de la creación es la prosa narrativa. Como el primero, es una etiología, es decir, una explicación de los orígenes. Pero no es el relato escueto y estructurado del primer Génesis. Se trata de un relato bastante […]
Jesus vs. the Narrative Controllers
In 1998, Saturday Night Live aired a School House Rock parody that was later banned. The episode was removed because it outlined how a small number of powerful corporations controlled much of the news and entertainment media. This “media-opoly” created the illusion of choice for audiences, while controlling information in ways that protected corporate interests. […]
Our Outrage as Christians Is a Window Into Who We Are
by Benjamin Cremer | 9 December 2024 | I grew up as a conservative Christian. I pastored for the majority of my adult life in conservative churches. I have always heard staunch advocacy for the lives of the unborn—yet such advocacy seems to stop with the unborn alone. Then I watched with great embarrassment and […]
Australian Medical Center Serves Rural Communities
10 December 2024 | The ELIA Lifestyle Medicine Centre, or Empowering Lifestyle Innovation & Advocates, has committed itself to extending care to rural communities in New South Wales, Australia. Center medical director Andrea Matthews celebrated the impact of accessible medical care for rural patients, “Access to health services is a major issue complicated by barriers […]
Update on SDA School Shooting
10 December, 2024 | In an update surrounding the Feather River Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) School shooting last Wednesday, the shooter, who killed himself after he opened fire in the school, injuring a 6-year-old and a 5-year-old, has been identified as Glenn Litton. The 56-year-old has, according to one news outlet, a lengthy criminal record, including […]
Arrestada maestra por conducta sexual inapropiada con un estudiante de 14 años en la Escuela Adventista Sawgrass
Candace Allison Brown, una profesora de 35 años de la Escuela Adventista Sawgrass, se entregó en la oficina del sheriff del condado de Broward el viernes 22 de noviembre, acusada de participar en actos sexuales inapropiados y lascivos con un menor. El menor en cuestión es un estudiante varón de 14 años. Como resultado, Brown […]
Se propone oficialmente la venta del Atlantic Union College
Desde 2012, los administradores del Atlantic Union College han estado anunciado planes para reabrir, cada año dando vueltas al asunto. Durante la última década, ha habido esperanzas de asociarse con la Universidad Adventista de Washington, tratando de reabrir sin acreditación, luchando con el recorte de fondos de la asociación, la oferta de una corporación china […]
Los dos relatos de la creación del Génesis | Parte 1: Elohim hizo todo rápido en solo 6 días.
Es un error exegético -es decir, de interpretación- afirmar, como hacen algunos lectores de la Biblia, que Génesis 2 amplifica Génesis 1, como si se tratara de un recuadro de un mapa. (Véase, por ejemplo, Andrews Bible Commentary: Light Depth Truth, vol. 1, p. 144.) No obstante, una lectura minuciosa revela algo muy distinto. Por […]