3 February 2025 | As an African lady I like to braid my hair. It’s practical: I’m a busy person, and it lets me look nice with minimum fuss. Yet some pastors here preach that it is a sin for women to braid their hair, giving as justification 1 Timothy 2:9. What do you think, […]
Comments of the Week Jan 27-Feb 2 “Who is a ‘Good Adventist’?” – Daniel Robobassie Melbourne, on Aunt Sevvy’s Question: Does God do more miracles for good Adventists? Comments on Contemporary Thinkers, Hazing at Mt. Pisgah Academy, Posting the 10 Commandments, the Close of Probation, and Aunt Sevvy Engaging Contemporary Thinkers: Hollywood & Mars Hill […]
If Jesus stepped into our church, what would he see? Let’s ask ourselves a few preliminary questions first. Would he only visit an Adventist church, or would he fill his weekends checking on his other Sunday- and Saturday-worshiping children? If he walked in off the street, with rough hands, a work shirt, and jeans, would […]
29 January 2025 | The United States excels at caging human beings. With less than 5 percent of the world’s population, we have more than 21 percent of all incarcerated people. Currently, if you include those in our prisons and jails, plus those on probation or parole, about 5.6 million of our fellow-citizens are under […]
27 January 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Growing up as an Adventist, there always seemed to be a good supply of miracle stories showing God’s special concern for and protection of Seventh-day Adventists—stories like tornadoes that lifted just before the Adventist’s house, or the hailstorm leaving the Adventist farmer’s crop intact, or about being saved […]
Comments of the Week January 20-26 “I thought he was the second coming!” —Steve Ferguson sarcastically on SATIRE: Trump Vows to Cause Second Coming First 90 Days in Office Comments on Letting God Interpret the Bible, Legislating Certainty, The Body Temple: Sugar Time, and Aunt Sevvy Let God Interpret the Bible “When I used to say […]
A lot of you know Adventist Today (AT) because of the interesting and challenging articles on our website. But in fact AT has been publishing a quarterly paper magazine for over 30 years. I think you’ll like the magazine that is about to be mailed out next week. It’s titled “A Curious and Charming History.” It […]
The Widening of God’s Mercy—Sexuality Within the Biblical Story. Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays, Yale University Press (2024). Reviewed by Jack Hoehn I was introduced to this new book by a critical review in First Things magazine, a publication that prides itself on supporting Christian traditions, including male headship, fetal personhood, and gender inflexibility. […]
22 January 2025 | Heaven is something we sing about and paint pictures of. Sometimes we imagine what it will be like. It’s a good theme for children’s stories. But the biblical descriptions aren’t especially detailed. In the Old Testament, heaven has to do with animals and vineyards, while in Revelation, heaven is a wealthy […]
20 January 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In order to go to heaven, the Bible says only you must believe in Jesus and be baptized. But our church says that you must also be an official member of our church, which requires a commitment to 13 baptismal vows and 28 Fundamental beliefs, some of them […]
Comments of the Week January 13-19 “Our hope is in Jesus Christ and not in this bunch of fellas!” —Jeremy Low on who controls Adventist Theology Comments on Coffee Urn & Weak Sister, Church Worker Loss of Employment Protections, Genes & Genesis, and Broken Trust EDITORIAL: The Coffee Urn & the Weak Sister “We had […]
I remember once, in a church where I was a pastor, that the suggestion was made that we set up a coffee urn in the lobby. I’m not a big coffee drinker—a cup is about all the caffeine I can handle—but I didn’t see what it could hurt. Virtually everyone in the meeting admitted they […]