18 July 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Why do Bible scholars argue so much about Antiochus IV Epiphanes and his significance in the prophecies of Daniel? Signed, History student Dear Student This can be answered in ridiculous detail, but here is Aunty’s simple explanation: Antiochus IV Epiphanes was the Greek leader of a Syrian kingdom […]
by Cherri-Ann Farquharson In science and in nature, a law may be thought of as a descriptive generalization about how some aspect of the natural world behaves as deduced from observations. If a particular natural or scientific phenomenon always occurs if certain conditions are present, it may then be classified as a law. Laws, therefore, reflect […]
by Daniel Mora | 14 July 2022 | We had been invited to a nearby Adventist church for a week of evangelism. The first night I took along my five-year-old daughter, Esther. I sent her off to a children’s activity being held in one of the church halls, while the adults were in the main […]
13 July 2022 | by Andreas Bochmann I rarely use the King James Version as an English Bible translation these days. But “self-control” and “self-discipline” (the usual modern English translations) sound a bit too much like a fitness studio to me, so don’t quite catch the idea of the word “Besonnenheit” which Bonhoeffer would have […]
Ostriches and Canaries: Coping with Change in Adventism 1966-1979 (Westlake Village, CA: Oak and Acorn Publishers, 2022). Reviewed by Reinder Bruinsma | 12 July 2022 What follows is more a personal reaction than a formal book review. Because reading Gilbert M. Valentine’s newest book Ostriches and Canaries—Coping with Change in Adventism 1966-1979 was an intellectual feast […]
11 July 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, The Scriptures say we are to be obedient to the laws of the land because it’s God who put them in charge (Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-17). So why did some Christians object to being vaccinated, since what the government asked does not contradict our faith or belief […]
by Richard W. Coffen | 8 July 2022 | One Sabbath, my pastor decided to dabble in apologetics. “Why doesn’t God intervene to override bad things?” he asked. First, he proposed that God chooses not to interfere with our use of free will, which he has given us. We can opt to worship on Saturdays […]
by Todd Leonard | 7 July 2021 Just a few days ago, my friend and pastor, Todd Leonard, lost a loved one by suicide. The man’s family asked Todd to preach the funeral. I was moved by Todd’s focused message of hope and understanding, and I asked his permission to share it with you. Names […]
by Robert M. Johnston | 7 July 2022 WHEN IS EASTER? by Robert M. Johnston Reinder Bruinsma’s article, “Should Adventists Celebrate Easter Sunday?”[1] in the Spring 2022 issue of the AT magazine raised a question for me that goes to the heart of how Adventism relates to the rest of Christendom: what is Adventists’ relationship […]
6 July 2022 | by Jim Walters When I began teaching bioethics to medical students in 1980 I thought the abortion debate would soon end (as Roe was then seven years old), and we’d fully engage new right-to-die issues such as termination of treatment for patients in a persistent vegetative state (PVS). I was wrong. […]
by Leigh Johnsen | 5 July 2022 | Jesus said some very hard things. He told us to love our enemies, to turn the other cheek, to go the extra mile, to expect persecution. In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, he deftly shredded leaders at the top of the religious hierarchy, represented by a […]
by Frank Merendino | 4 July 2022 | “Supreme Court sides with high school coach over 50-yard-line prayers. The justices’ decision found that the school system infringed the coach’s religious freedom and freedom of speech rights by seeking to block him from engaging in public prayers on the field.” —headline, Politico I am not an […]
