Comments of the Week August 19-25
Comments of the Week August 19-25 Welcome to a new feature, where we select the best comments of the week, and invite you to revisit the essays where they were made. —Editors Why Do You Let Ex-Adventists Write for Adventist Today? “Adventist apologists and fundamentalism in general ask people to put reason and brains in […]
How did Ellen White know such specific details about the life of Christ?
26 August 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve been reading The Desire of Ages. While it is inspirational, I’ve wondered how the author developed such specific details regarding the life of Christ when the biblical writers only gave broad outlines. Such questions are interfering with my appreciation for the book and other books by the […]
SATIRE: Sub-3-Hour Marathon Added to Baptismal Requirements
Those wishing to be baptized anytime after next Sabbath had better commit to a serious training regimen because the requirements of baptismal candidates are about to get exponentially harder. “Anyone wishing to be baptized will be required to participate in an officially timed marathon and complete it under 3 hours without the use of stimulants […]
Queer Filmmakers Attempt to Capture the Emotional Nuance of The Great Disappointment
26 August 2024 | Queer filmmakers in West Philly have created an artistic adaptation of The Great Disappointment which occurred during the Millerite movement. Filmmakers Chani Bockwinkel and Ty Burdenski were drawn to the nuance of the event, specifically the feeling of anticipation and using the desire for the end of times to ask deeper […]
La manera equivocada de predicar el Evangelio
Los adventistas (aún no eran adventistas del séptimo día) tenían una idea bastante clara en las décadas de 1830 y 1840. Creían que Jesús iba a volver y querían estar preparados. Se equivocaron, pero se equivocaron sincera e inocentemente. Y justamente equivocados: querían que Jesús viniera a arreglar las cosas en la tierra. Y si […]
SafePoint desafía el ateísmo en la República Checa a través de la comunidad
La República Checa está considerada en gran medida una de las regiones más ateas del mundo. A sus ciudadanos se les enseña desde pequeños a rechazar la religión por considerarla una institución nociva diseñada para controlar y corromper mediante decepciones. Las investigaciones sugieren que muchas personas están recurriendo a prácticas de fe y espiritualidad no […]
SATIRE: Literalist Men’s Retreat Ends With Everyone’s Eyes Plucked Out
The “Blind Faith” Men’s Retreat ended today with an entirely eye-less crowd of men trying to find their way out of an auditorium. Speakers at the retreat had advocated a stridently literal approach to Bible reading, discouraging any attempt to detect genre and intent. The self-assured crowd roared with approval as they read New Testament […]
El presidente de Adventist Frontier Mission aboga por una organización paralela para desviar el diezmo
En una reunión de campamento la semana pasada, Conrad Vine, presidente de Adventist Frontier Missions, abogó por el establecimiento de una organización paralela a la iglesia que retenga el diezmo y lo entregue sólo a aquellas organizaciones que se opongan al «marxismo cultural» y defiendan la libertad de conciencia en materia de vacunación y cambio […]
Editorial: “Why do you let people who aren’t Adventists anymore write for Adventist Today?”
Someone wrote me a note recently: “Why do you let people who aren’t Adventists anymore write for Adventist Today?” she asked. It’s a good question. The answer goes to the heart of the Adventist Today philosophy. There is an official understanding of what makes someone a Seventh-day Adventist, of course: your name is recorded on […]
Northern New England Conference Responds to Vine’s Sermon—More or Less
23 August 2024 | The Northern New England Conference, where the Northern Maine Camp Meeting of last week took place, has made a response—though a decidedly tepid one—to the controversial sermon by Conrad Vine, president of Adventist Frontier Mission. The letter praises the camp meeting, though making clear that it was “…not organized by the […]