Por Daniel A. Mora (Google machine translation here.) Los adventistas suelen reconocer que el error del catolicismo medieval fue la imposición de la tradición avalada por la «autoridad» de la estructura organizacional. Sin embargo, los adventistas son incapaces de reconocer que muchas de sus prácticas se basan en tradiciones propias sin ningún fundamento escritural. Mientras […]
by Ervin Taylor, October 1, 2017: Please Note: Part 2 of the series of this writer commenting on the book God Is Here to Stay: Science, Evolution and Belief in God will be posted on the AT website at a later time Warning: The theme for this commentary was inspired by a Doonesbury cartoon and […]
By Rebecca Murdock I walked into the empty auditorium, my footsteps echoing off the walls around me. I was 45 minutes early and hoping to do some reading before the event began. Looking up at the movie-theater style seats, I realized I could sit anywhere, but suddenly felt the need to pick my seat very […]
by Glenn Sackett Seventh-Day Adventists have hit a bump in the road, a bump so big it threatens the whole journey. This bump in the road occurred in 2015, leading up to, and during the General Conference session in San Antonio. In 2015 a decades-long discussion escalated into an ugly fight that descended into name-calling […]
A few months ago two friends, Caleb and Lindsey, had a minor disagreement. That is, it would have been minor, had it not happened the way it happened: online, in a public forum. I (Caleb) had some friends moving into a new house. I asked the husband what I should buy for his wife as […]
by Mark McCleary John Donne, English cleric, said, “No man is an island unto himself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the mien.” Donne speaks to the individual and his social context as corollaries. This perspective of social life provides breadth and depth to conflict and its potential resolution. Conflict […]
Por George Knight En 31 de octubre de 1517, Martín Lutero clavó sus 95 Tesis en la puerta de la Catedral en Wittenberg, Alemania. Este año, el mundo protestante está celebrando el 500 aniversario de ese evento. El 8 de mayo, el presidente de la Asociación General, Ted Wilson, dirigiéndose a los profesores de la […]
By Gary Patterson, September 19, 2017: In January this year the denomination’s General Conference (GC) administrators initiated a new communication venture with the members of the GC executive committee in the form of an online digital newsletter. Such attempts at information flow are to be lauded, given the distance which exists both physically and perceptually, […]
by Jack Hoehn, September 18, 2017: There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church that suggests places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. This article is # 1 of a series, available on the Adventist […]
In 1919, shortly after Ellen White’s death, participants in a Bible Conference talked openly about the nature of Ellen White’s inspiration and her role in the church. Many were troubled by, and openly discussed, Ellen White’s borrowing and extensive use of writers and editors. The conversation was so candid that the notes from it were […]
By Woodrow W. Whidden Basic Assumptions and Principles While the Bible does not speak directly to the issue as to whether women should or should not be ordained, its seems clear that it does offer believers essential principles that call for the setting apart of women by the laying on of hands to confirm their […]
By Monte Sahlin, September 11, 2017: Two of the biggest hurricanes on record have destroyed the homes of many people on a number of islands in the Caribbean, and in Texas and Florida. A major earthquake has destroyed cities in Mexico. And today many Americans remember the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington […]