9 October 2024 | When people look at a photograph, they may accept what they see at face value. But if a person is a photographer, many issues come to mind: a particular angle or perspective was chosen; some things in the picture may be in focus, while others are not; the picture may be […]
7 October 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I was doing an online course on an Adventist website and saw this passage: On that day, two small goats were brought to the front of the temple. Then lots were cast regarding which one would be “for the Lord,” and which one would represent the devil (Leviticus […]
Comments of the Week September 30-October 6 Comments on The Beasts of Revelation, whether or not Adventist Higher Education can be saved, is God really in control, and Adventist-raised children who left the denomination. Is your comment featured here? Who Are the Beasts? I Don’t Know! “One of the main principles of responsible Bible study […]
When I wrote that we Adventists shouldn’t condemn Roman Catholics just because our Victorian pioneers said that church was identified by beasts in Daniel and Revelation, someone sent me a note and demanded, “Okay, Loren: if those beasts aren’t the pope, who are they?” And I responded, “I don’t know.” Most scholars who have looked […]
by Björn Karlman | 4 October 2024 | In Part 1 of “Can Adventist Colleges Be Saved?” we examined the stark reality of the 23%+ drop in enrollment at North American Adventist colleges and universities over the last decade, and how these institutions are recognizing a stronger need for collaboration to address their difficulties. In […]
by Björn Karlman | 3 October 2024 | The outlook is bleak for Adventist higher education in North America. Confronted by financial pressures and fading enthusiasm among church members for Adventist schooling, the sector is struggling. And if that weren’t bad enough, there’s a growing segment of the American population questioning the value of higher […]
1 October 2024 | The disciples asked Jesus, “Whose sin caused the man to be born blind – his or his parents?” (John 9.1-12). On another occasion, Jesus asked the disciples whether a tower fell and killed eighteen people because they were more sinful than themselves (Luke 13.1-5). Jesus asked whether one should do good […]
30 September 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: I have three children, all raised as Seventh-day Adventists. Now they are all adults—and all in other Christian religions. They all love God, they tell me. They say that they serve the same God that I do. But don’t we all have to choose the keeping of the […]
Comments of the Week September 23-29 Comments on 3ABN’s alleged land theft, The cult of The Great Controversy, and why Calvary wasn’t a pagan marketplace. 3ABN Involved in Land Conflict “If 3ABN has any integrity, which I personally doubt, they will voluntarily relinquish their “right” to this property back to the family. A compassionate person […]
It took me 28 years to realize I was an Adventist nepo baby: a child born to a famous Adventist family. My grandfather is Dr. George W. Brown, the former president of the Inter-American Division of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and a renowned author and public figure. His daughter, my mother, has been on executive committees […]
23 September 2024 | Dear Aunty, I became an Adventist about 20 years ago. Initially I was very legalistic in my faith. My husband remained Roman Catholic. Prior to marrying me he had stressed that the children have to be Roman Catholic, and at the time I agreed. They have been baptized and received holy […]
Comments of the Week September 16-22 Welcome to a new feature, where we select the best comments of the week, and invite you to revisit the essays where they were made. —Editors The Truth About the Bible “If we start out with the Bible was written for us but not to us, and continually make […]