by Alvin Masarira | 16 May 2018 | A number of Seventh-day Adventist church matters are ending up in the public courts of law around the world, even when the contesting parties are all members, entities and institutions of the church. This though the Bible and spirit of prophecy counsel against this. The biblical testimony in […]
By Stephen Ferguson | 16 May 2018 | I am increasingly convinced that we view God’s supposed power all backwards. I don’t think Lucifer would have bothered starting his rebellion if he thought he was up against an all-powerful divine being. In fact, I suspect God may be the weakest being in the entire universe. […]
9 May 2018 | Chapter 1, by Loren Seibold Awhile back I was attending a General Conference Executive Committee meeting in Silver Spring. It was mid-afternoon, about an hour after lunch. The discussion on the dais was a matter of considerable pith and moment to our work: Mark Finley on the opportunities to evangelize people […]
By Elle Berry | 8 May 2018 I remember July 2015 as a miserably hot month. Temperatures were circulating well into the triple digits every day, and since my sister and I had spent the end of June in San Francisco, I recall our July return to Walla Walla as being a particularly painful transition. […]
by Ronald Lawson | 8 May 2018 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church is conservative in its interpretation of the Bible, and typically upholds conservative standards on family issues, so much so that it has adopted strict rules concerning divorce and remarriage, and has stated that practicing homosexuals are not acceptable as members. However, on the […]
by Loren Seibold | 6 May 2018 | When I was a teen, one Adventist teaching that seemed extraordinarily clear to me was that Seventh-day Adventists were, and I supposed always would be, noncombatants in military service. This was the Vietnam era, and I knew Adventist young men who got drafted and served, not as […]
by Steven Siciliano | 4 May 2018 | This series of articles, called “Reading What’s There,” intends to show how studying biblical passages in their own context can provide insights beyond those that can be derived from other methods. Here we survey representative expositions of Jesus’ parable of the ten bridesmaids, a passage in Matthew […]
By Jack Hoehn | 23 April 2018 | There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church that suggest places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. (This article is # 5 of a series; other are […]
By Melody Tan | 24 April 2018 | It was an informal poll with some people I knew: describe a quintessential photo involving animals that made people realize the trash we are producing is doing the world harm and therefore spurred them into action. I got a few suggestions: starving polar bear stranded on an […]
by Larry Downing | 23 April 2018 | In the February 12 “Adventist Review on Line” (NEWS), Andrew McChesney, editor of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission Quarterly, reported on the 11th annual Global Leadership Summit (February 6-7, 2018) held in Lisbon, Portugal. According to McChesney, unity is a “key issue among church leaders as the General […]
por Daniel A. Mora | 17 abril 2018 | (To read in English, click here.) Hace unos días Mark Finley dio apertura al Concilio primaveral de la Asociación General (AG), reflexionando en su devocional del 10 de abril, sobre la situación actual y el porvenir de la iglesia («The Shaking: Will the Church Survive or Thrive […]
by Lauren Fry | 14 April 2018 | Some people oppose competitive sports in Adventist schools. They say, “You can play, but not against other schools.” Some say that “Playing sports in general is bad!” However, I have come to believe that competitive sport in our Adventist schools is a positive thing. I am a passionate volleyball, […]