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Category: Commentary

When Christians Play Fast-and-Loose With Science

by Rich Hannon  |  20 May 2022  | With the historical ascent of science and its theories about the natural world, there has been a gradual but intensifying religion-driven conflict about science’s trustworthiness, as some conclusions have departed from traditionally orthodox Christian understandings.   For example, believers have for centuries accepted the idea that the world […]

  • May, 20
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Ellen White’s Vision of a Flawed Final Generation

by Alden Thompson  |  19 May 2022  |   Recently I came across some astonishing “last generation” comments from Ellen White in the chapter “Joshua and the Angel” in Prophets and Kings (582-592). As I pondered the chapter, I was startled but encouraged at how clearly Ellen White presents the case for a sinful people standing […]

  • May, 19
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Whom Does Abortion Kill?

by Richard W. Coffen  | Morning news, noontime news, evening news—the media are reporting a leak of a legal opinion allegedly supported by the majority of the justices of the United States Supreme Court. Someone, somewhere, somehow has released to Politico, without authorization, a 98-page “Opinion of the Court” written by Justice Samuel Alito. The force […]

  • May, 13
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Cancelling “Cancel Culture”

by David Geelan  |  11 May 2022  | To be honest, I’m not 100% sure what I think about “cancel culture.” Often when I sit down to write for Adventist Today I have a fairly clear idea of the conclusion I hope to share, or at least the question I want to leave you with. […]

  • May, 12
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Adventists and Interfaith Weddings

by Loren Seibold  |  10 May 2022  | “Where’d you get married?” I asked. “In Jim’s church,” Terry said. Jim is a Seventh-day Adventist; Terry isn’t. “The Adventist pastor stood up in front with us and preached a sermon,” she said. “But he said he couldn’t marry an Adventist with a non-Adventist so we had […]

  • May, 10
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Every Child Born Should Be a Wanted Child

by Lindsey Abston Painter  |  6 May 2022  |   My job is to train professionals who work with children and families in a variety of needs.  One is the foster care system: I train new foster parents, seasoned foster parents, foster family case workers, social workers, and floor staff in group homes.  In my work […]

  • May, 6
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Ramadan, Easter & Warped Apocalyptic Exclusivism

by Admiral Ncube  |  5 May 2022  |   Recently I saw on the General Conference Youth Ministries Facebook page an announcement that on Sunday, May 1, 2022, our denomination would commemorate the global Ramadan prayer day, the keynote speaker being General Conference President Ted Wilson.  This initiative was championed by the Global Center for Adventist-Muslim […]

  • May, 5
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Four Misused Texts about Biblical Interpretation

by Olive Hemmings  |  2 May 2022  | Much of what we say we know about Biblical interpretation is derived from what the Bible says about itself. While the Bible has the right to self-identify itself as an inspired book, the problem is that several of the oft-used passages are taken out of context, and […]

  • May, 3
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You Can Trust Science—and the Bible

by Paul Priest  |  28 April 2022  |   I am a Bible believer. But I also believe in dinosaurs. I have seen their bones.  Science says the dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. My church says life was created in six days, 6,000 to 10,000 years ago. My church bases this belief on […]

  • April, 28
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The Way Home: Variation on an Old Family Story

by Melissa Brotton  |  25 April 2022  | “And where I go you know, and the way you know.” (John 14:4 NKJV) “Beverly, do finish your breakfast, and gather your books. Grandpa will have the sleigh at the door in just a few moments, and he won’t want to keep the horses waiting in cold […]

  • April, 26
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The Hypnotic Allure of Groupthink

by Thandazani Mhlanga  |  22 April 2022  | My picture of hypnosis, thanks to the movie industry, involves an unimaginably comfortable couch, a swinging pendulum, and the hypnotist’s persuasive and gentle voice counting down. But that concept always calls to arms the thinker in me to defend logic. Thus, I have tended to write hypnosis […]

  • April, 22
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From the Top to Rock Bottom

by Christopher C. Thompson  |  21 April 2022  | You know, it’s amazing how one decision and corresponding action can change your entire life! At this point, you have at least heard about “The Slap” that disrupted the Oscars live show. I know you’ve at least heard about it because not only did it disrupt […]

  • April, 21
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Adventist Tomorrow: Fresh Ideas While Waiting for Jesus, by Jack Hoehn

ADVENTIST TOMORROW by Jack Hoehn has become the best-selling book that Adventist Today has published, selling over 850 copies so far (480+ in the paperback and  370+ in the electronic Kindle version).  It is being read by Adventist College and University students.  It is being read in Canada, in Australia,  in South Africa, in Kenya and in Spain, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark.

Who is reading Jack’s book?  Jonathan Butler said it is on his reading list.  Smuts Van Rooyen says he is enjoying it.  Pastors John Hughson and Kenneth Preston have highly recommended it.  Pastor Kevin McGill in Seattle quoted from the book in one of his sermons.   Carmen Lau has read the book.  Jennifer Ogden, Beverly Beem, Linda Nottingham,  Cherri-Ann Farquharson, Gina Olberg have all read it with positive reviews.

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 in the book are important for all caring Adventists to carefully consider.  It is up to you to decide what you want to do about these issues.  Is there a future for Adventism as well as a past?  And what might that future look like?

Readers who like the book say:   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.  Added very richly to my heart, soul and mind.

The book is good for individual consideration.  It can be even better as the basis for group discussions — Sabbath School classes, book clubs,  classrooms, workers’ retreats focusing on the challenges of tomorrow.  After you read your copy share it with someone else, or gift them their own copy.   There are 92,000 SDA congregations in the world, most of  them should be having  discussions on important topics like these.

HOW TO GET YOUR COPY–

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.  All profits go to support Adventist Today.

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.

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