by Melissa Brotton | 20 April 2019 | “I come to the garden alone.” (C. Austen Miles, 1912) Those who walked in darkness have seen a great light (Is. 9:2). Resurrection and Creation: “Behold, I make all things new.” Jesus’s death and resurrection is forever tied to spring. This connection is no accident, as the […]
19 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Last Sabbath our pastor got up and announced that on Easter Sunday the church would have a sunrise service at the church to honor Christ’s resurrection, followed by breakfast. I immediately felt a chill of terror run through my body. I couldn’t believe that my Seventh-day Adventist Church […]
by Roger Lang | 19 April 2019 | The Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting occurred at the Tree of Life, also known as the L’Simcha Congregation, in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 27, 2018, during Sabbath morning services. The terrorist killed eleven people, and seven were injured. In February 2019, a centuries-old Jewish […]
by Sonja DeWitt | 18 April 2019 | The Jewish Christians were suffering. The latter half of the first century was not an easy or pleasant time to be a Jewish follower of Jesus. As Christians and as Jews, these people suffered persecution from within and without—from their own people, the Jews, and from the […]
Dear Aunt Sevvy, There is an opening for a Pathfinder leader in our church, and only one volunteer. This man is a pillar of the church, he frequently helps others, he’s a family man and a hard worker. He would be wonderful with the Pathfinders. However, some in the church claim that he occasionally drinks […]
by Dawnette Chambers and Christopher C. Thompson | 12 April 2019 | SPOILER ALERT: Whereas it is not our intention to ruin the experience for those who intend to see the film, please be advised that what follows does contain information that may reveal some key plot details. Given the strong biblical image that provides […]
By Loren Seibold | 11 April 2019 | Just before the election in 2016, a long-time Adventist Today reader wrote an indignant letter to the editor. One of our website writers had mildly disparaged Donald Trump, then candidate for the office of President of the United States. This reader, a retired Seventh-day Adventist pastor, informed […]
10 April 2019 “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” —Tertullian The SDA church martyred Desmond Ford in 1980. His symbolically-spilled blood gave life to many toiling away in the shadows of perfectionism, brought “out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). Luckily, I was one of them. Of […]
10 April 2019 | In a series of letters to church leaders, Pastor Gladwin M. Charan of Allahabad, India, has asked Pastor Surendra Lal, the president of the East Uttar Pradesh Conference (called a “section” in India) to account for how a geographical region with 32 small churches is boasting over 46,000 members. “As per […]
5 April 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Over the last 3 years I have fallen deeper and deeper into a funk. I can’t seem to motivate myself to enjoy the things I used to. My mood has affected my work performance, and I’m in hot water with my bosses, but I just can’t seem to […]
by John McLarty | 5 April 2019 | The world is heavy with hurt, Floods in Zimbabwe Tornadoes in Kansas Terrorists in Christchurch and Baghdad. Then there’s cancer and bills And heartbreak and lonely in the circle of humans who people my soul. Also, The world is adazzle with all manner of goodness Mothers who […]
