by Debbie Hooper | 18 August 2024 | In late May 2024, seven Adventists embarked on a grueling 1,145-kilometer (711-mile) evangelistic bike ride across Australia called “I Will Go Ride,” traveling from Brisbane, Queensland, to Eugowra, New South Wales. The self-funded riders included Pastor Glenn Townend (South Pacific Division president) and Pastor Brett Townend (South […]
The longest journey in the Bible—at least judged by the time it took—was from Egypt to Canaan, which by a direct route would be about 250 miles. It took the crowd of Hebrew people 40 years. Adventist Today is on a journey, too. If you’re reading this, you already know what an important outlet for news […]
by Charles Scriven | 16 August 2024 | Read part 1 here. Change is difficult as well as energizing. In obliterating complacency, Christ brings challenges as well as solace. Nor does anything I’m saying here entail disdain for helping administrative units to function well. For a large—in our case, international—communion of congregations, administrative units are […]
by Charles Scriven | 15 August 2024 | This essay will be the basis for our Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar, which you can join here. I stopped short when I read this from a Wendell Berry poem: “…only the dead are changeless.” In the margin I wrote: “Why would anyone want to imitate them?” And […]
by Melody Tan | 14 August 2024 | As I write this, I’ve not long returned from a three-week holiday with my son. We had gone to Singapore, country of my birth and where most of my extended family (including my mum) still live. Compared to Australia, Singapore’s costs for fun activities are significantly lower. […]
14 August 2024 | In this class I will use scripture both to make a critique of leadership as it is in Adventist life, and to set forth a better way. I will discuss how Christian leadership matters by using James Davison Hunter’s Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of the American Political Crisis, […]
by Loren Seibold | 13 August 2024 | I was for many years a frequent writer of essays for mainstream Adventist publications. I learned what Adventist editors wanted me to say about most topics. Including about Adventist families. I would start with familiar Bible texts about what an ideal family should be, bulked up by […]
12 August 2024 | I married a non-Christian man. Later I filed for divorce, because my ex-husband did not want to be in the family anymore. There was no adultery. I want to get married to a fellow believer. By getting married a second time, will I be breaking God’s Word? Signed, Seeking Happiness Dear […]
Next week, I’m combining two of my greatest passions: running and supporting Adventist Today. On Sunday, August 11, I’ll be setting off from Big Ben in London on a 230-mile run to Paris to raise funds for the AT Summer Challenge fundraiser. I know what you’re thinking. “Bjorn, have you lost your mind?” Perhaps a little, […]
9 August 2024 | News has reached Adventist Today that the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, home congregation to the families of many General Conference and Columbia Union officials, has burned. What follows is from a press release from the church. Silver Spring, Maryland – In the early hours of August 9, shortly after 1:00 a.m. […]
