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 […]
Category: Letters
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 […]
“Dear Elle”: 91-Year-Old on Her Life as a Church Employee
14 May 2018 | Dear Elle, Thank you for writing “The Day My Church Broke My Heart.” I have read it with interest. Perhaps you would like to hear my story along these lines. Since I am 91 now, I don’t claim to remember all the details exactly right. But I will do my best […]
Researcher Asks for Help in Languages Other Than English
Pastor Milton Adams has been asked to write a scholarly paper and he is asking for help from Adventists who have access to the book Desire of Ages by Ellen White in languages other than English. He asks, Would you be wiling to look up page 822? I’ve pasted in the English below so you […]
What Consequences for Corruption in the Treasury?
Letter to the Editor | March 30, 2018 | On January 31, Adventist Today published an interview between the Executive Editor Loren Seibold, and Victor Pilmoor, who served three terms as British Union Treasurer. The editor had received a note from an Adventist lay member in a developing country. Through a family member working in a conference […]
The Absolutely Final Comment on the Little Horn of Daniel 8
André Reis Responds to Cliff Goldstein’s “The Little Horn of Daniel 8” | 16 March 2018 | McHarg’s article on the “little horn” of Daniel 8 has elicited a heated debate. Clifford Goldstein’s piece is the latest iteration of what will perhaps continue to pester Adventist theology. Antiochus is, after all, a four-letter-word in Adventism. […]
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The Penultimate Comment on the Little Horn of Daniel 8
Winston McHarg’s Response to Clifford Goldstein’s “The Little Horn of Daniel 8” | 16 March 2018 | THE PARALLEL NATURE OF THE VISIONS – THE MISSING ROMAN BEAST. Goldstein finds a major key for the meaning of the little horn of Daniel 8 in the parallelism of chapters 2,7 and 8. While stressing the similarities […]
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Response to “Samoa’s Sabbath Wars” (Adventist Today Magazine Fall 2017)
6 March 2018 Dear Editor, We are grieving and feel betrayed by your article, Samoa’s Sabbath Wars (Fall 2017 magazine), in which writer Bjorn Karlman, added his personal defence of Seventh-day Adventist Sunday keeping by stating as facts, “the lost day,” “the seventh day now called Sunday,” and “Saturday became the sixth day.” The very […]