Comments of the Week Mar 3-9 “I like this EGW quote: ‘Live the life of faith day by day. Do not become anxious and distressed about the time of trouble, and thus have a time of trouble beforehand. Do not keep thinking, ‘I am afraid I shall not stand in the great testing day.’ You […]
Comments of the Week Feb 24–Mar 2 “Well done. This line spoke volumes to me: ‘When women are silenced, a part of God is silenced, and the church cannot fully encounter him.’ If I want people to see and experience God, I must give voice to women.” –Dennis Austin on How a Sexist Church Hurts […]
Comments of the Week Feb 18-23 “When I think of the millions of Christians who worship on Sunday – wonderfully loving and caring people, I tend to think of that side of them, rather than the day on which they worship.” –Joyce Elliott on Sunday Laws: The Great Adventist Obsession Comments on Editorial, The Rider & […]
Comments of the Week Feb 10-18 “I think it might be useful to mention that most employers do not give any details about the decision to terminate an employee. They are not required to do so and as someone who has terminated employees, I can tell you that an employer does not wish to incur […]
Comments of the Week Feb 3-9 “To ‘challenge AND confirm their beliefs’? That’s not a thing.” –Peter Veith on Southern Professors Explore Connection Between Faith and Science Comments on Our Dearly Deported, The Omnipresent Divine Spirit, Adventists & Immigration, Southern Professors Explore the Connection Between Faith & Science, Satire about Trump Praising the GC for […]
Comments of the Week Jan 27-Feb 2 “Who is a ‘Good Adventist’?” – Daniel Robobassie Melbourne, on Aunt Sevvy’s Question: Does God do more miracles for good Adventists? Comments on Contemporary Thinkers, Hazing at Mt. Pisgah Academy, Posting the 10 Commandments, the Close of Probation, and Aunt Sevvy Engaging Contemporary Thinkers: Hollywood & Mars Hill […]
Comments of the Week January 20-26 “I thought he was the second coming!” —Steve Ferguson sarcastically on SATIRE: Trump Vows to Cause Second Coming First 90 Days in Office Comments on Letting God Interpret the Bible, Legislating Certainty, The Body Temple: Sugar Time, and Aunt Sevvy Let God Interpret the Bible “When I used to say […]
Comments of the Week January 13-19 “Our hope is in Jesus Christ and not in this bunch of fellas!” —Jeremy Low on who controls Adventist Theology Comments on Coffee Urn & Weak Sister, Church Worker Loss of Employment Protections, Genes & Genesis, and Broken Trust EDITORIAL: The Coffee Urn & the Weak Sister “We had […]
Comments of the Week January 5-12 “It’s called ‘lay activities’ and is a very effective means of church growth.” —Jeffrey C. Taylor on the satire piece about why parents lock the door to pray each Sabbath afternoon Comments on Badge of an Oppressor, Exorcisms, Satire, Is My Child a Jerk?, and Aunt Sevvy Do I […]
Comments of the Week December 23-29 “Who bows down, or worships their Christmas tree? No more than you bow down or pray to your child’s picture. Common sense needs to be used in ALL things!” –-Barbara Clark Wassom on whether Jeremiah bans Christmas Trees Comments on Grief, Christmas Scolds, Aunt Sevvy, and Missing the Forest […]
Comments of the Week December 9-15 “Why did our pioneers make it all about us, when it was clearly about the people who read it back then? This is the best ‘unpacking’ of Revelation in terms of the first century I’ve ever read.” –-Loren Seibold on Revelation Comments on Revelation, Pagan Christmas, Aunt Sevvy, and […]
Comments of the Week December 9-15 “I feel the outrage. And maybe worse, I feel shame that our church has drawn us away from the path of righteousness instead of proclaiming love, justice, and mercy.” –-Patti Purdy Hansen Tompkins on Christian Outrage Comments on being ex-Adventist, Fairies, Bunnies, and a Jolly Fat Man, Adventist Secrets, […]
