Those who are quick to defend Ms. Homolka’s volunteer presence among schoolchildren would do well actually to familiarize themselves with the nature of her crimes. As I recall, law enforcement officials involved in the case said it was one of the most horrific cases they ever had seen. As I further recall, her acts were […]
From News Release, June 2, 2017: A book authored by an Adventist nutritionist and published by the denomination’s publishing house in Australia has been named “Best in the World.” Food as Medicine: Cooking for Your Best Health was awarded the Best Health and Nutrition Cookbook in the world for 2016 at the prestigious Gourmand World […]
June 2, 2017: It is “almost legendary” wrote Marcos Paseggi, a contributor for the Adventist Review. Nearly five decades ago John D. Freeman operated a small business in Michigan and was an active member of the Adventist Church. He wanted his family to go on a short-term mission trip and learn the value of service. […]
June 2, 2017: Pastor William C. Scales, Jr., the first Ministerial Association secretary of the Adventist denomination’s North American Division, died Thursday at his retirement home in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. He conducted many public evangelism campaigns throughout his career, baptizing thousands of converts. Born in Charleston, West Virginia, Scales nearly lost his life […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, June 1, 2017 It all began with about 45 people who wanted something different. They might not have been completely sure what it was, exactly, that they wanted, but it had to be a different sort of church. And they, not a hired seminary-trained pastor, planned to be the ones to […]
June 1, 2017: This year marks the 125th anniversary of Steps to Christ, the small book that is probably the most widely circulated of the many volumes written by Ellen G. White, the co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. It was published in 1892 by a leading Protestant publishing house instead of an Adventist publisher. […]
Reviewed by John McLarty, June 1, 2017: This anniversary edition also marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 theses and the Protestant Reformation with a historical introduction and notes by Denis Fortin. In the 1970s a revival swept the Adventist college campuses in the United States. At the center of this revival was the […]
By Tysan, May 29, 2017: Tribalism in society, politics and economics has been a significant challenge that Kenya has faced and still faces. And this virus has entered into the Adventist Church. It raises its ugly head when a Luos congregation will not cooperate with a Kikuyu district pastor and vice versa. And it circulates […]
Fifth of an 8-part Series By Cleran Hollancid, May 29, 2017: The die is cast. Segregation, insensitivity, hypocrisy and the racism (institutional racism, covert racism, color-blind racism, soft racism, smiling-face racism) inherent within the deep recesses of the Adventist denomination have to stop now. Let the sanctuary be cleansed. No more soft-pedaling around the issue. […]
by Larry Downing, May 29, 2017: One of the questions inquiring Adventists ask is, “What do pastors do all week?” It is common understanding that we work only one day a week. What about the other six? One partial answer: we do visit people. There are occasions when a pastoral visit provides far more information […]
Fourth of an 8-part Series By Cleran Hollancid, May 26, 2017: There were two Adventist churches on the same street, in an area outside Houston (where I lived for a while in the late 20th century), with members living like Cold War enemies. One church belongs to the Regional Conference and the other to the […]
Stories from Indianapolis, Manchester (UK),Washington DC, Germany, Ghana, California, Youth Sabbath School and Vision ….. On Sunday (May 28) just before the running of the 101st Indianapolis 500 auto race, an alumna of Oakwood University, the Adventist institution in Huntsville, Alabama, will sing “God Bless America,” reports the Indianapolis Star. Angela Brown grew up in […]
