by Danielle Bernard  |  18 June 2018  | I stared at the screen of my phone in utter shock at what I had just seen. “Disturbed” is the only word that even comes close to articulating how I felt on that Sunday morning in early May after I watched American rapper Childish Gambino’s latest music […]

Por Loren Seibold  |  18 de junio 2018  |   En 2015 un estudio independiente comisionado por el Comité de Gobierno Eclesiástico de la División Norteamericana (NAD por sus siglas en inglés) reportó un hecho impactante en el Concilio Anual de la NAD. En ese momento (hace dos años y medio), el estudio descubrió que si eliminaban […]

by Christopher C. Thompson Terrorists, drug dealers, rapists, drug addicts, homosexuals… I’m trying to think of all the different types of people whom we consider to be cut off from God. I have long struggled with this given the fact that over the years it has been some of the very people on this list […]

13 June 2018  | At the request of readers, Adventist Today has researched a statement on the General Conference website dated 17 November 2017 and published in the “Presidential Perspectives” section of the official GC website. It was published under the byline of Elder Ted Wilson, the president of the General Conference, answering a question […]

by Alicia Johnston  |  11 June 2018  | The Supreme Court recently decided an important religious liberty case, ruling against homosexual activists who don’t want Christians to be able to practice their beliefs. Or was the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission a decision about ending discrimination and giving gay and bisexual people the […]

By Loren Seibold  |  9 June 2018 In 2015 an independent study commissioned by the North American Division’s Church Governance Committee reported a rather astonishing fact at the NAD’s annual Year-End Meeting. At that time (2½ years ago, now) the study found that if we eliminated all North American Division conference offices, and administered pastors, […]

By Erv Taylor  |  4 June 2018   | Introductory Note: My previous four commentaries have related conversations with a fictional character I’ve referred to as OV, or Our Visitor. Over the last six months, OV has visited Earth from time to time by traveling from a planet circling a star system we call Proxima Centauri. […]

by Arthur Klym  |  3 June 2018  |   In February 2018 a petition for writ of certiorari (a request that it accept an appeal) was filed with the United States Supreme Court asking it to review the South Carolina Supreme Court’s decision regarding the ownership of 29 Episcopal church properties. The South Carolina Supreme court […]

by James Brauer  |  2 June 2018  | I don’t really want to write this article. I’d prefer to just pretend the problem weren’t true. Speaking as a victim, I ask myself: Will anyone believe me? Will I be able to handle the negative reaction to my pointing fingers at important people for their having […]