by Reinder Bruinsma | 26 September 2024 | There were not many books in the home in which I grew up, but we did have a small library that was more or less standard in Adventist homes in the Netherlands. Seventh-day Adventists could be expected to have some quite voluminous, blue-gray tomes in a Dutch […]
by Mark Johnson | 24 September 2024 | “I simply argue that the cross be raised again at the center of the marketplace as well as on the steeple of the church. I am recovering the claim that Jesus was not crucified in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves; […]
23 September 2024 | Dear Aunty, I became an Adventist about 20 years ago. Initially I was very legalistic in my faith. My husband remained Roman Catholic. Prior to marrying me he had stressed that the children have to be Roman Catholic, and at the time I agreed. They have been baptized and received holy […]
There is a theory I’ve heard about the Bible. It is one I suspect is widely believed. The idea is that the Bible unfolds, easily and accessibly, a simple, pure, and complete truth, untouched by the cultures or experiences of the authors, and the culture and presuppositions of the reader. If one opens it with […]
by Skip Bell | 19 September 2024 | It is not easy being the church. Especially if you regard your church as the one true church, the distinctive repository and custodian of truth. In recent weeks I have been reminded of the humanity that accompanies our being the church. Some congregations of Christian believers in […]
18 September 2024 | Many people do not consider the book of Jonah worthy of serious attention. It might provide wonderful images for use in children’s Bibles—a huge fish swallowing and then regurgitating a prophet fascinates everybody—but this simply underlines that the book cannot be taken seriously. Those who pass that kind of judgment are […]
by Rich Hannon | 17 September 2024 | I’m getting old, and I’ve heard a lot of sermons in my life. But, quality aside, within the past few years it has occurred to me that they could be categorized based on their structure, not content. Sermons can roughly be divided into two forms: Leading with […]
16 September 2024 | For many years I have often been taught by our church pastors that we should not wear any jewelry, as it is sinful. Today Adventists not only wear jewelry, but have tattoos on their hands and bodies. I am totally confused. Confused Adventist Dear Confused: We Adventists base our anti-jewelry stance […]
A friend of mine, when asked what makes him an Adventist, declares emphatically that the foundation of his belief is the parallel identities of Rome in Daniel 2, 7, and 8, along with the beasts of Revelation 13. He finds in these the confirmation for the existence of our church, and the truth of our […]
by Loren Seibold | 13 September 2024 | Recently one of my friends, noting the new optimism generated by a fresh presidential candidate in the United States, wondered, “Could that happen to the Adventist Church?” “With Harris-Walz, it seems like the nation is starting to breathe again, seeing hope, sensing joy. Does the church need […]
