by Stephen Foster, November 4, 2015: The amazingly under-told story in this Carson saga and how Adventists and Adventism are now being discussed and perceived, particularly by one of Carson’s competitors for the GOP (Republican) nomination, is that Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Barry Black, PhD. has been serving with distinction as the chaplain of […]
By Loren Seibold, November 3, 2015: On Monday (Nov. 2) the Adventist denomination’s North American Division (NAD) executive committee approved, by a not-unanimous but still very strong vote, a document entitled “Statement on Human Sexuality.” In spite of the title, the subject was not all of human sexuality, but homosexuality and our relationship as […]
Updated, November 3, 2015: Two papers centered on the topic of homosexuality were discussed at the annual meeting of the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist denomination. Dr. Jiří Moskala, dean of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, summarized a paper submitted by the seminary faculty entitled “An Understanding of the Biblical […]
October 29, 2015: The 2015 annual meeting of the executive committee of the Adventist denomination’s North American Division (NAD) started this morning with a review of goals by Pastor Dan Jackson, the president of the NAD. The denomination began in North America over a century ago and it has grown to 1.3 million members and […]
By Loren Seibold, October 29, 2015: This afternoon at the annual meeting of the governing body for the North American Division (NAD) of the Adventist denomination, a report was shared on the division’s Women in Ministry initiative, introduced in 2012. Pastor Alex Bryant, NAD secretary, said there’d initially been some confusion about the program, because some thought […]
By Carole Derry-Bretsch, posted Oct. 29, 2015 ***SAVE THE DATE**** HERITAGE SINGERS 45th ANNIVERSARY FINAL REUNION CONCERT!!!!! Saturday, July 30, 2016 7:00 PM Citizens Business Bank Arena 4000 E. Ontario Center Parkway Ontario, CA **This reunion will be the biggest event the Heritage Singers have ever done. You are not going to want to […]
Sent in by Carole Derry-Bretsch, posted Oct. 29, 2015 [Note: Only a few more days to vote for Kim Carter at CNN Heroes to receive the CNN Hero of the Year and a very large grant to help with her work with homeless women and children!] Mere Image Concert Poster Orange NOTE: We were unable […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Oct. 29, 2015 On a busy street in the small town of Java, South Dakota stood a bank. People passing by on this day in 1927 were startled to see a very small girl (three years old, in fact) standing before the bank, singing happily. Some began offering her coins, and before […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, October 29, 2015 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we […]
By S M Chen, posted October 29, 2015 “He that hath the Son hath life…” – I John 5:12 I am unable to ascertain whether this tale is factual, or merely purported to be such. Regardless, whether true, based on actual events, or fabricated, despite being no doubt familiar to […]
by Ervin Taylor, October 27, 2015: For those interested in the current theological debates now raging inside corporate Adventism, the Adventist Review (AR) is an important source of at least one side of the various contested points of view. Currently, the editorial opinion and most stories published in the AR reflect the party line of […]
October 26, 2015: For the first time in the history of the United States of America, an Adventist has made it into the top echelon of candidates for president. Last week two polls in the State of Iowa, where the first presidential primary will be held, showed Dr. Ben Carson, the Adventist physician, ahead of […]
