by Stephen Ferguson | 27 January 2023 | I was conversing with some ex-Adventist the other day when I came across a claim that Seventh-day Adventist pioneer and prophetess Ellen White was an alcoholic. It seemed farfetched to me. However, after doing my own research, I was able to find Mrs. White’s own words on […]
by Amy Nordhues | 16 January 2023 | I’ve always loved those 1970s VW buses. You know—the vans that have curtains in the windows and are covered by every bumper sticker known to humanity. They are driven by the free spirits of the world—the eccentric types that say, “Hey world, this is who I am, […]
by Melissa Brotton | 12 January 2023 | “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” (Matthew 5:9 NKJV) There is something called the science of forgiveness, which my colleague Dr. Lourdes Morales-Gudmundsson and I teach through La Sierra University’s general studies program. The science of forgiveness is wonderful. It tells […]
by Admiral Ncube | 27 October 2022 A unique feature about Adventism has always been our eschatological view of the world and our nuanced understanding of the sin problem. Because we relate to the world through eschatological lenses, we have an inherent mistrust of ecumenism, and an indifference towards politics and social justice issues—unless, of […]
by Melissa Brotton | 17 October 2022 | “Hi, Siobhan,” Tim greets his colleague of five years, then stops abruptly. “Everything okay?” Siobhan looks up from her laptop briefly. “Yeah. Well, not really. I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed.” “Anything I can do?” Tim leans into Siobhan’s cubicle. “Not sure. It’s not that I feel incompetent, […]
by Carl McRoy & Christopher C. Thompson | 20 October 2022 | It was roughly 2,000 years ago that Jesus said, “God’s kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you will be able to see with your eyes” (Lk. 17:20 NCV). It is as if these words were spoken with the year 2022 […]
by Amy Nordhues | 6 October 2022 | Why is it that when a person is victimized, especially domestic violence or sex crimes, people are more likely to scrutinize the victim’s actions than those of the perpetrator? Psychologists describe this tendency to blame victims as the “just-world hypothesis,” and it stems from a deeply rooted […]
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 […]
