By Dan M. Appel, 13 December 2017 The first of two articles on Civil Discourse in an increasingly polarized church and society. Proverbs 18:13 (NLT) – Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish. “Someone who lies and someone who tells the truth are playing on opposite sides, so to speak, in […]
By Alicia Johnston As someone who spent many years closeted in a Christian community that most definitely did not affirm my sexuality, I know more than most what it takes to live life by the principle that your feelings can’t be trusted. “It’s just a feeling.” These were the words I used to distance myself […]
by Richard W. Coffen, 11 December 2017 Perhaps you’ve heard the question—or wondered yourself—“Why are most of the Ten Commandments expressed in the negative?” Eight of ten begin, “Thou shalt not . . .” They begin with the Hebrew word lō’ followed by a verb in the imperfect tense. Such a construction […]
Clifford Goldstein, Baptizing the Devil: Evolution and the Seduction of Christianity, Nampa: Pacific Press Publishing Association (2017) Reviewed by Jan M. Long, 10 December 2017 Baptizing the Devil, brings to the reader a “how-to” guide for idolatrous living, where story[1] assumes a central infallible pedestal, and inconvenient controverting data gets dismissed out of hand. In […]
by Loren Seibold, 9 December 2017 I did a brief stint in a conference office once. I was never to be a permanent fixture there, and I knew it—just a wayfarer passing through between assignments. I did learn something interesting, though: the moment you are on the other side of that desk, your view of […]
By Loren Seibold, 8 February 2017 Through my years in ministry, a number of people have claimed the privilege of being my leaders. Most I’ve appreciated, though I’ve puzzled about why others rose to those positions. I think of them as three types: Those who hindered my work, those who tried to add value to […]
I just finished reading Stephen Ferguson’s Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know … the title borrowed from a comment by President Donald Trump while campaigning in Iowa when Seventh-day Adventist Ben Carson was well ahead of him in the polls there last year. The careful Adventist Today online reader may have […]
by S.M. Chen In 2012 Philip Yancey, Jewish Christian apologist, whose approximate 20 books have sold no fewer than 14 million copies, wrote a 26 page essay entitled ‘Christians and Politics – Uneasy Partners.’ It became a short book, which I read recently. 2012 was an election year, as was 2016, last year. The book […]
Adventist Today doesn’t endorse or refute Mr. McHarg’s point of view which differs from our traditional interpretation. We do, however, support an open marketplace of ideas. A sympathetic observer appeals to the Seventh-day Adventist Church to be true to their Protestant heritage, and ground the understanding of the millennium in the Bible alone. by Winston […]
by Danielle Barnard, 30 November 2017 In September, America took time to remember the tragedy that happened in New York City in 2001. Anyone who was in grade school or older remembers everything about that day, from where we were when we found out the first tower had been hit, to the […]
by S.M. Chen Some of you may be familiar with The Elements of Style, by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. A slim (only 43 pages) volume, it more than compensates for lack of heft by pith and sage advice for the art of writing. Indeed, it became a classic. Brevity, as was observed […]
