18 December 2018 | To the Editor: I write to express concern that arises as I read and re-read the fall issue of Adventist Today. I must question your purpose in publishing the article about John Fetzer and the “book review” by Ervin Taylor, without the caveat “the following does not necessarily express opinions of the editors.” […]
Category: Letters
Stick with “Sabbath Reading”
21 November 2018 | Dear Editors: First and most importantly I want to express my appreciation for all of your great coverage of Annual Council and also the NAD meetings. I think you folks are doing an excellent job with your online news feed, that I would assume is drawing in a lot of new […]
“Little Horn” Offensive and Disrespectful to President
16 November 2018 | Greetings Friends, First of all, thanks for the ongoing attempt at honest journalism regarding Adventism. It is appreciated! Second, satirical or or not, I find the recent article “A New Interpretation of the Little Horn of Daniel 7” to be offensive and disrespectful. God sets up kingdoms and tears them down. […]
Unity Is Not Conformity
4 November 2018 | Dear Adventist Today: Here in South Queensland Conference, our ministers, keepers of the flock, are being asked to meet together today to consider the conundrum posed by the meetings and conformity issues from Battle Creek. As our treasured Ellen White considered the breezes from this same village to have little importance […]
Let’s Not Single Out One Denomination over Another
Thank you so much for sharing and exposing the hacking that has been undertaken by “someone/some body” on Dr Stefanovic’s lessons for next quarter (Jan-Mar 2019). I am a Sabbath School teacher, and bulletin editor. You can be sure that I will be including the original text which he prepared, both in my lesson presentation […]
“Ghosts” was brilliant writing
“The Ghosts of Adventism” was brilliant! Insightful, yes. But I’m writing because of the cleverness of the writing. Using the ghost theme, in October no less, tying together so many pieces of SDA history and consequent issues. I am in awe! I don’t know how long it took to craft such a masterpiece, but thanks […]
Responses to the GC Administrative Committee Actions
The September 14, 2018 Berlin-Central German Conference statement issued in response to the General Conference Unity Oversight Committee, compliance committee creation, and latest GC documents, concluded with the following statement: “As a consequence, we [the B-CGC] call the members of the General Conference Executive Committee, 1. to reject the documents of the Unity Oversight Committee […]
Swedish Congregation Joins Opposition to “Unity” Procedures
Dear Adventist Today, The Board of the SDA Church in Linköping, Sweden, has issued a public statement w.r.t. the ongoing discussions around unity, compliance review committees etc. The official web site for our statement is http://linkoping.adventist.se/unity-statement/ For your convenience, I’ll paste the English version of the statement below. I am well aware that several statements and […]
A Contrary Response to Loren Seibold’s Article on Tithe Withholding
I have many reasons to agree with Pastor (and Adventist Today Editor-in-Chief) Loren Seibold. Mostly because his spiritual insight is usually spot on. And his ability to express his ideas has not recently been surpassed in this denomination. I look forward to, and am often blessed by his printed and on-line editorials. I practice and […]
A response to “Creation and Evolution: Misunderstood Terms and Concepts”
August 30, 2018 | This letter is in response to the article entitled “Creation and Evolution: Misunderstood Terms and Concepts” by Erv Taylor, dated 22 August, 2018 that appeared in the August 24, 2018 email issue. Dr. Taylor’s phrase “biological evolution reflects the simple observation that biological organisms change over time” is not refuted, neither […]
“Facebook, I Love the Way You Lie”: A Reader Responds
This is a reactionary commentary regarding the article, “FaceBook, I Love the Way You Lie” in the Summer 2018 edition of our Adventist Today magazine. I am a life long Seventh-day Adventist well acquainted with the church’s doctrine, culture and traditions. And there have been several occasions when I have disagreed with the status quo. […]
Is the Idea of God Enough?
It was with significant interest and with some degree of concern that I read the article “Why I Think an All-Powerful God Might Not Exist” by Stephen Ferguson dated 16 May 2018 published in the May 18, 2018 issue of Adventist today. He asks a question asked by many others for many centuries. How can […]