By Marvin Moore  |  31 January 2019  | In an article that was posted on the Adventist Today website on December 7, 2018, Reinder Bruinsma argues that the Adventist teaching of end-time Sunday laws is becoming increasingly implausible. Sunday laws were being enforced in the United States in Ellen White’s day, especially in the Southern […]

by André Reis | 29 January 2019 | Adventist scholars have long debated whether the Old Testament background for Rev 4–5 is the inauguration of the earthly sanctuary or the Day of Atonement. The implications of this are not unimportant for Adventist historicists who see Jesus initiating his Day of Atonement ministry in 1844 rather […]

By Lindsey Abston Painter  |  28 January 2019 |   Lately, every time a feminist hashtag goes viral, or sexual harassment is debated in the media, I see people wringing their hands about their sons. What if my son is falsely accused? How can I raise a son in a world that isn’t safe for him? […]

by Tim Roosenberg  |  25 January 2019  | A concept that was of great importance to our Adventist ancestors was “present truth”—truth that shows God’s guidance at our particular point in time. In this essay I look at the context of Daniel 8-12 to explore what prophetic present truth is. Daniel 2 and 7 give […]

by Jack Hoehn  |  January 16, 2019  | As we awaken from a dream, we usually understand dreams to be fantastic. Although connected with reality, dreams are usually more emotional than factual. We dream fears or hopes. Sometimes we awake crying, laughing, or even yelling, but rarely with new facts or information. What about holy […]

by Benjamin Baker  |  21 January 2019  | Question: Please help me and my wife to settle our religious differences. My understanding is that a man and his wife are to be as one in everything, I am a Baptist and she is a Seven-Day [sic] Adventist. She goes to church on Saturday and I […]

By Sydney Freeman, Jr. “We must produce, as rapidly as possible, theologians who can interpret through the axiological grid of African-Americans the remnant categories of the Word of God. While leading the nation in evangelism, we have fallen behind in scholarship. We need and must have content theologians, systematic, New Testament, Old Testament scholars—the Ph.D. […]

by John Brunt  |  19 January 2019  | From 2012 to 2014 I had the privilege of participating in the Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC), along with a little over 100 others, who met to hear papers and discuss the theology of ordination. Although the focus was on the broad issue of ordination, it […]

by Stephen Ferguson  |  16 January 2019  | Ever noticed a commonality between Nazi “Deutsche Christianity,” Catholic monasticism and Scientology? And what do these religious movements have in common with the Hollywood productions The Matrix, Blade Runner and Westworld? These disparate movements and productions, for all their differences, share a common inspiration found in Christianity’s […]

by Elle Berry  |  7 January 2019  | Like many children growing up in the Adventist church, I was involved in my church’s Pathfinder club. Not only was I a Pathfinder, but my parents were the Pathfinder leaders for a portion of my childhood. Pathfinders, like many such clubs for young humans, often took trips […]

by S M Chen  |  9 January 2019  | “God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform.” William Cowper (1773), poem: “Light Shining out of Darkness” In June 2008 the Humboldt fire swept through Paradise, CA, a town of 27,000 in the Sierra Nevada. It scorched 23,000 acres. As many as 10,000 residents […]

by Larry Downing   |  7 January 2019  | “I accept this office with humility.” “I am humbled by the trust you have put in me.” “I ask that, in humility, you accept and follow the decisions of this body.” The phrases above, or ones like them, were spoken by numerous individuals after they learned the […]