by Rebecca Brothers  |  22 September 2022  | Around the year 360, the Roman emperor Julian (a.k.a. “the Apostate”) wrote a missive known as “Letter 22,” directed to Arsacius, the pagan high priest of Galatia. In his efforts to reinstate Hellenistic polytheism as the official state religion, Julian reopened many temples, repealed privileges Constantine had […]

by Stephen Ferguson  |  14 September 2022  | While I am no scientist or philosopher, just an interested amateur, recently I have been thinking and engaging with atheists about their views of the afterlife, and how Adventists might share a lot in common. Hang on, you say: Atheists don’t believe in an afterlife! Don’t they? […]

by Alvin Masarira  |  02 September 2022   | As I write this, it has been over two months since the 61st General Conference (GC) Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic this session had to be postponed twice (from 2020). Since this was the first GC Session in the era […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  21 August 2022  | The other morning my new shoes arrived on my doorstep. As I opened the package, the inside of the box’s lid told me that the shoes had been repacked in “frustration-free packaging because the original box was damaged in transit.” I looked closely at the box to […]

by Alicia Johnston  |  18 August 2022  | It’s good when church leaders focus on learning how to serve the LGBTQ+ community, on how to stop causing harm to that community. These are worthy endeavors. Yet in focusing on their own behavior, they may be missing what is the biggest advantage of including my community […]

by David Geelan  |  11 August 2022  | My last essay on the Adventist Today website was about ‘cancel culture’, free speech and whether all views deserve a platform everywhere. I argued that some views, while they shouldn’t be suppressed by government action, also should not be given a megaphone. This time, let’s go beyond […]

by Stephen Ferguson  |  30 June 2022  | My wife and I just finished watching the sixth and final season of Lucifer, produced by Fox and later taken up by Netflix. With a solid 88% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes: “=This series follows Lucifer, the original fallen angel, who has become dissatisfied with his […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  21 June 2022  | Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand” (John 13:7). I watch the tortoiseshell kitten as she climbs to the top of the rope hanging in the middle of her large crate. She claws into the rope and hangs […]

by Alicia Johnston  |  14 June 2022  | A lot of Christians chafe at the idea of anyone describing themselves with the word “pride” as if it were a virtue. Pride has been the problem all along. Pride led to the fall of Lucifer, the first movement of sin in the universe. Pride is behind […]

by Samuel Jeudin & Christopher C. Thompson |  9 June 2022  | One of the greatest failures of the Christian church is that we spend so much time preaching that we haven’t cultivated the ability to listen. Given the depth and pervasive tragedies and injustices in our world, this failure borders on egregious, and in […]

by David Geelan  |  11 May 2022  | To be honest, I’m not 100% sure what I think about “cancel culture.” Often when I sit down to write for Adventist Today I have a fairly clear idea of the conclusion I hope to share, or at least the question I want to leave you with. […]

by Melissa Brotton  |  25 April 2022  | “And where I go you know, and the way you know.” (John 14:4 NKJV) “Beverly, do finish your breakfast, and gather your books. Grandpa will have the sleigh at the door in just a few moments, and he won’t want to keep the horses waiting in cold […]