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Reinder Bruinsma, “A Postmodern Reading of Daniel & Revelation”

5 October 2022 | According to the postmodern philosophers the ‘grand stories’ of the past are no longer valid. Could it, however, be that the ‘great controversy’ theme offers, in fact, a ‘grand story’ that can still appeal to people today? Can we read the apocalyptic books of the Bible in such a way that […]

October, 5
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Laurence Turner, on “Countering Old Testament Illiteracy”

28 September 2022 | Brent A. Strawn, in his book The Old Testament Is Dying, draws an analogy between the contemporary Christian church’s competence in reading the Old Testament and the ability to speak a language fluently. Acknowledging the limitations of any analogy, he argues that the church is losing its ability to understand the […]

September, 28
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ATSS: Jim Walters on “Why We Need Religion”

21 September 2022 | Humans need a purpose for which to live, and religion addresses this existential need more adequately than any other discipline. Religion functions at the affective level, where we really live; its content may sometimes be fuzzy and even wrong, but that’s secondary. Teacher: James W. Walters is professor emeritus of ethics […]

September, 21
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ATSS: Sigve Tonstad, “Job’s Ordeal, and What He Said at the End of It”

15 September 2022 | by Sigve Tonstad What Did Job Say at the End of His Ordeal—and What Did It Mean? The Book of Job is a book of revelations. The frame story and the poetic sections have many unexpected twists, but none greater than the ending. How can God say that Job has said […]

September, 15
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ATSS: Raj Attiken on “Competing Religious Liberties”

7 September 2022 | by Raj Attiken The following incidents, as reported by news media, have at least one feature in common: they all involve some question of freedom of conscience or religious liberty: Twenty-three Amish families in Minnesota lived in homes without running water or a modern sewage system because of their religious practice […]

September, 7
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ATSS PRESENTS: The Mysterious Melchizedek & His Successors

Loren Seibold & John McLarty | 31 August 2022 Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures in the Bible. He appears in person only once— in Genesis 14—but is referred to again in Psalm 110 and at length in Hebrews 7. But who was Melchizedek? All we know from Genesis is that he is […]

September, 5
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Back ATSS PRESENTS programs now available on AT’s YouTube channel

29 August 2022 | Our apologies that we fell behind in making available all the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar presentations. With the help of a new video editor, we’re now catching up. Please scroll down to see six ATSS PRESENTS programs that are now available on our YouTube channel. —Loren Seibold To comment, click/tap here.

August, 29
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ATSS PRESENTS: Gil Valentine on the Rise of Neo-Adventism

8/22/2022 | All during the 1960s unprecedented waves of turbulent social change had washed over North America and rippled around the world. The waves surged through Adventism, too. New theological ideas such as the new views on the heavenly sanctuary taught by Edward Heppenstall and the new approach to teaching the New Testament that included […]

August, 24
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ATSS: Nicholas Zork “The Art of Worship Planning and Leading”

24 Aug 2022 | Everything we do in congregational worship is a communal embodiment of what we believe, and a rehearsal of who we are becoming. Christian worship not only communicates meaning but facilitates meeting—an encounter with the Divine and one another. Our discussion will consider central priorities for worship planning and leading that can […]

August, 24
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ATSS: Lisa Clark Diller on “Embodied Souls, Theologies of Disgust, and Loving Our Neighbor”

3 Aug 2022 | Dr. Lisa Clark Diller will cover some of the social science research on how disgust impedes our ability to love our neighbors and how the vulnerability of the Incarnation can help us do that better. We use the stories from Jesus’s birth and childhood to show how he valued those whose […]

August, 3
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ATSS PRESENTS: “Genetics, Sex, Gender, & Sexual Attraction”

24 July 2022 | Despite the traditional interpretation of a scattering of “clobber texts” that are assumed to prohibit gender nonconformity and same-sex sexual relationships, the Bible gives little to no direct guidance about how LGBTQ+ individuals should be treated by believers, and certainly does not support condemning such individuals as sinful. From New Testament […]

Authority vs. Experience: What Shapes Christian Identity?

23 June 2022 | When famous Swedish chef Niklas Peter Ekstedt, whose greatest passions are food and health, visited Loma Linda, he was very impressed by the longevity of Adventist centenarians and even with our vegetarian dishes. However, when leaving the town he said that Loma Linda as a town was “pretty boring.” All he […]

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ADVENTIST TOMORROW—Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus, by Jack Hoehn

ADVENTIST TOMORROW is a best-selling book for Adventist Today, with over 1,000 copies sold so far. A Sabbath-school at LLU has discussed selected chapters. It is being read by Adventist College and University students. It is read in Canada, in Australia, in South Africa, in Kenya and in Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Even Clifford Goldstein told Jack he liked the chapter on Intoxicants and got a new idea from the chapter Not a Rib, “but not much else.” (Jack accepts this as good a review from Cliff as he could ever hope for!)

You too don’t have to agree with Jack to read the book. The ideas discussed are important and are very much topics of current interest. What is the Adventist view on abortions as needed health care or murder? Should Adventists vote–then who or what for? Should Adventists vote to protect the US 2^nd amendment or return to our historic position of “not-bearing arms.” Can we accept science and still believe in God? Is Genesis 1 an inspired summary of Creation or a detailed news report?

Readers are positive: “It’s a good read.” “ I have enjoyed it immensely.” “ A very valuable piece of work.” “Once I started it, I could not put it down.” “Very well written.” “An unprecedented and transformative rescue of Adventist thought.” “A genuine pleasure and a relief.” “An author should… make you think and maybe think a little differently than you did before. Jack…has accomplished this in spades!” “Added very richly to my heart, soul and mind.”

HOW TO GET YOUR COPY– (All sales go to support Adventist Today. In spite of inflation the price has NOT yet had to be raised.)

USA and Canada: CLICK HERE for Amazon.com who will print and mail you a paperback copy for $US 20.00 or send you an electronic Kindle copy for $US 9.00.

UK: ADVENTIST TOMORROW from www.Amazon.co.UK is available for GBP 14.64 paperback or GBP 6.47 Kindle.

Australia and New Zealand: ADVENTIST TOMORROW from www.Amazon.com.au for $AUD 28.38 for the paperback or $AUD 11.57 for the Kindle version.

Europe: For example Germany has www.Amazon.de where ADVENTIST TOMORROW (in English) is available for EUR 17,41 paperback or EUR 7,42 Kindle. You should be able to do the same with Amazon.[fr/es/it].

Japan: Try www.Amazon.co.jp. where paperback is offered for JPY 2,309 and Kindle for JPY 948.

Kenya: A few copies have been imported to your country, contact us for information.

Other Countries: If not close to one of the above sources, Amazon does ship to other countries. You can go here: https://www.amazon.com/International-Shipping-Direct and find out if a printed book could be shipped directly to you, and what shipping costs would be. Kindle electronic versions have no shipping costs.