Category: ATSS

Julius Nam: Peace Church or Self-Defense Church?

4 December 2021 | This Sabbath, we explore Seventh-day Adventism’s checkered relationship with war, peace, military service, weapons, and self-preservation. Although “noncombatancy” (service in the military unarmed at all times) is not one of the church’s fundamental beliefs, it remains the official position of the church on military service. In 1954 and 1972, the General […]

December, 1
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Exploring the Deeper Reaches of Gratitude

24 November 2021 | I know that a lot of people think gratitude is a weak topic. I don’t. If gratitude is merely courtesy, then why does it come up throughout the Bible as an essential ingredient of the Christian life? David is always thanking God. Jesus is always thanking God. Paul is always thanking […]

November, 24
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ATSS: The Authority of the Local Adventist Church

17 November 2021 | By Todd Leonard A silver lining in what has otherwise been the dark cloud of the General Conference in Session’s refusal to endorse ordination equality is that it forced union conferences to recognize and reassert their authority over the issuing of ordination credentials. As unions in North America and Europe now […]

November, 17
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Seasons of the Soul in the Psalms

10 November 2021 | Our Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar concerns an aspect of Christian spirituality and worship and its implications for Adventism. Our focus will be on the Psalms, the Old Testament book of worship and praise par excellence. These psalms also permeate the New Testament, which quotes and alludes to them more than one […]

November, 9
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Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Nonviolence in Christian History

3 November 2021 | Over the centuries, Christians have tried to fulfill Jesus’ words: “Blessed are the peacemakers.” We all want peace, but not just any peace—we want a peace in which we can live and thrive. How do we get a peace which is also just? In the 2,000 years since the sermon on […]

November, 3
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Will My Cat Be in Heaven? Stephen Ferguson on God and the Animals We Love

3 November 2021 | by Stephen Ferguson A little over a year ago, my beloved Siamese cat named Inca tragically passed away. He was hit by a bus. Inca was the first blue-eyed “baby” my wife Amy and I had. Inca was an amazing pet who was very much part of our family. As is […]

November, 3
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New Reader Comments:

“While I have read many thousands of books in my lifetime, I have never written to an author to express my appreciation before. Now I am writing to do just that: after reading Adventist Tomorrow: Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus I am deeply moved … As I read each chapter, I found myself responding “Amen and amen!”… I read many chapters aloud to my wife… your articulations and critiques of Adventism might have come from my mind and heart.. It felt so good to read your words… many of my friends and colleagues have left Adventism over issues you address that they find incompatible with their value systems, like male headship, homophobia, legalism, and authoritarianism. I have held on, hoping and believing that I was not alone in a more progressive understanding of God’s intention for our movement…”

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“Reading… Adventist Tomorrow. Thanks for lubricating my squeaky spiritual ‘wheels.’ You have helped me put together thoughts about God that have been lurking in my head that I have been afraid to pursue…the chapter titled, Jesus Alone…is the best so far.”

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“Jack is a committed Adventist Christian who cares deeply about his church. He has written this book to build on what Adventism has been and is to what it can and must become. In his words, “Change is uncomfortable, but things that don’t grow die.”… I recommend this book to Adventists who want to see their church fulfill its potential. I also recommend it to any one who cares about the Bible as a guide to a meaningful life.”

“ Totally honest…but very caring and loving.” “The danger in Jack’s book is that it will make you think!” “It challenged my assumptions and gives me hope for a more relevant church.” “If you are (or were) an Adventist and enjoy new approaches, this is a book you should read.” “I bought 3 copies. Love the book.”
“It has been a genuine pleasure and a relief…you have added very richly to…the Adventist soul itself.”

“We talk enough about the Adventist past and the frustrating present, but the future is a blank slate. Adventist Tomorrow is a guidebook to that future.”

You can read Pastor Jennifer Ogden’s review of this book here.

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