Loren Seibold
About Loren Seibold
Posts by Loren Seibold:
Editorial: “Soup, Watermelon, & the Gospel”
A few years ago I came across a Facebook post where Adventists were discussing Ellen White’s instruction that you shouldn’t drink liquids with your meal. They took it very seriously. Someone wrote, “Many soups have liquid in them. Are we allowed to eat soup?” After a bit of casting about, someone came up with the […]
A Sexist Church Hurts All of Us: Commentary on Safe Church by Andrew J. Bauman
28 February 2025 | Safe Church: How to Guard Against Sexism and Abuse in Christian Communities. By Andrew J. Bauman, Baker Books, 2025, 192 pages. Reviewed by Dorothy Porawski As a woman with her own personal church baggage, few topics get my blood pumping and my temperature rising like the systemic problems of abuse and […]
The Killing of USAID and DEI: Where Is the Moral Outrage?
by Jim Walters & Loren Seibold | 27 February 2025 | One of the new American presidential administration’s first actions was to fire 10,000 workers from the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) workers, leaving less than 400. Let’s be clear: the stripping of this agency will mean that millions in poor countries will […]
Kingdom Thinking vs. the Cult of Individualism
by Jim Burklo | 26 February 2025 | If we are looking in the Bible for specific public policy prescriptions for the present day, we’re going to be frustrated. But if we’re looking for inspiration to practice compassion through our social, political, and economic systems, we’ll find plenty of it in the scriptures. In the […]
ATSS: Marcelo Reis, “Lord’s Supper or Lost Supper? The Evolution of the ‘Sacramental Meal’ Between the 1st & 3rd Centuries”
26 February 2025 | Throughout Christian history, the Lord’s Supper has played a central role in the church’s theology and liturgy. It is perceived by some Christian traditions as the central ritual of the Christian faith. Despite its being frequently celebrated, not many Christians understand the historical development of the Lord’s Supper to the form […]
Revisiting Our Prophet Problem
by Mark Johnson | 25 February 2025 | Why don’t we just bite the bullet and admit it? We fell into the infallibility trap, and we now have a prophet problem. She may have lied about the authorship of much of her body of work. She might have done it all to enrich herself and […]
Conrad Vine Leaves Leadership of Adventist Frontier Missions
24 February 2025 | In a press release dated today, Conrad Vine, controversial for his stands on vaccinations, tithe, and Christian nationalism, has stepped out of Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM) leadership. Says Vine: God brought my family and me to AFM in August 2011 in a providential manner, and since then He has blessed our ministry […]
Aunty, I’m afraid to go to my friend’s Roman Catholic funeral
24 February 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I want to go to a funeral service for a dear Roman Catholic friend. But I’m afraid to, because a Catholic funeral service involves so many idolistic rituals. What should I do, Aunt Sevvy? Signed, Frightened Dear Frightened, Roman Catholic services feel strange to us Adventists. We don’t […]
Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar Recordings!
23 February 2025 | Hundreds of ATSS recordings are available. Here are some of the latest ones: Lindsey Abston Painter, “Neurodivergent People in Church” Sigve Tonstad, “The Election of Donald Trump and the Future of the World” Lena Toews, “The Spirit Unveiled: A Journey Through Mind, Soul, and Scripture” Denis Fortin, “What Is Inspiration? Another […]
