by Thomas Durst | 1 July 2019 | This special memorial publication from Good News Unlimited evoked deep emotions in me as I read it, for I was significantly impacted by the ministry of Dr Desmond Ford. In late 1979 a friend sent me Des’s PUC Forum lecture on the ramifications of Hebrews chapter 9 […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy, I got divorced several years ago. The experience was embarrassing and discouraging, but in the intervening years I have rebuilt my life and relationships. I have met a wonderful woman and we have recently gotten married. The problem is, her oldest child is 12 years old and having trouble accepting that I’m […]
By Loren Seibold | 25 June 2019 | On June 30, 2019, I take formal leave of the Seventh-day Adventist ministry, after 40¾ years as a church employee. I fall into that category of people who are entirely too introspective. Introspection is sometimes thought helpful for spiritual growth, but I fear it isn’t necessarily conducive […]
by Gary McCary | 26 June 2019 | The Greek word christos is equivalent to the Hebrew word for messiah, mashiach, and means “anointed one.” In the 3rd/2nd century BCE, those who translated the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek (the Septuagint) translated mashiach as the Greek christos. When the authors of the New Testament used the […]
21 June 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I am a single Adventist woman. It is very difficult to find Adventist men to date who I feel comfortable with. I want to have someone in my life who shares my values and my faith, but there just don’t seem to be many options for me. Do […]
By Sonja DeWitt | 20 June 2019 | Recently I have heard several versions of the following sentiment voiced by good pious Christians. Why should we care if children are placed in cages and shot in schools? Why should we care if Christians are misrepresenting God and trying to make America into a “Christian” […]
by Michael Peabody | 19 June 2019 | The Free Exercise Clause that guarantees religious freedom is much weaker than most people realize. While freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and even the establishment clause are subject to highest “strict scrutiny” levels of protection, the free exercise of religion receives the […]
by Rebecca Brothers | 14 June 2019 | Prior to serving a ten-month stint as an Adventist student missionary, I learned a popular evangelistic tactic called “friendship evangelism.” The theory was that to draw people to the Adventist church, you make friends with them first. You show them hospitality, and wit, and good humor. You […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy, My wife and I just moved from southern California to a small city in the Midwestern plains—a work transfer. We’re very Adventist. So we went to church (the only church for an hour in any direction). Almost everyone was old. The Sabbath School class plodded through the lesson, though with criticism of […]
by David Geelan | 14 June 2019 | Science and its colleague technology have done much, throughout human history, to expand our understanding and control of the world around us and to enable us to enhance our lives. This is true for both high and low technology. I’m writing this on a computer much more […]
By Connie J. French “Are you willing to die for the truth?” The question weighed heavily on my preschool shoulders, with fears of the investigative judgment and the time of trouble and persecution so confidently taught to me as I grew up in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Truth? What truth? God? Knowing God? I was […]
10 June 2019 | The Seventh-Day Adventists of Southern Asia Division Facebook group is reporting that employees from the Usilampatti Seventh-day Adventist School in Tamilnadu are protesting their dismissal by the school administration by donning dress of leaves. The workers say they are low caste, and that the bad treatment is a result of caste […]
