Adventist Health said in a statement, “Anthem [Blue Cross] is one of our lowest paying health plans, and we can’t continue to provide quality care for patients at significantly reduced rates.” Adventist Health also said that Anthem Blue Cross has enjoyed record profits for the past two years. Anthem Blue Cross countered that its reimbursement […]
News reports from Côte d’Ivoire, Iceland, Israel, Puerto Rico, United States. Leaving School Behind After several years of building churches and schools and drilling water wells across the West African nation of Côte d’Ivoire, Maranatha Volunteers International is wrapping up its work in that country, reported the Adventist Review. One of the highlight projects that […]
20 July 2022 | by Bryan Ness Many people assume that human sex and gender is binary, and that the normal outcome of reproduction and development is distinctly male or female. Likewise, it is considered normal for individuals to be sexually attracted to the opposite sex. Adventist believers typically consider this to be the way […]
Kids ages 8–12 in the United States spend, on average, four to six hours every day watching or using screens, with teens spending up to nine hours. Screen time negatively affects children and adolescents in the following ways: increases childhood obesity; increases cardiometabolic disease—such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease; disrupts sleep; increases mental health […]
Around 30 Seventh-day Adventists, which included 17 preteens and teens, had been stuck at an oceanside compound in Las Lajas, Panama. Thousands of people in protest have been protesting high fuel prices, marching in the capital and blocking the Pan-American Highway. A Chesapeake Conference statement stressed that “all participants are safe and away from active […]
42% of survey respondents said that “it’s scary to share [how] to become a Christian with a nonbeliever.” Survey revealed that 52% of U.S. citizens who identify as Christian believe that encouraging someone to change their religious beliefs is “offensive and disrespectful.” Those aged 65+ also were the most likely to disagree (28%) with the […]
News reports from Barbados, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Trans Pacific Union Mission, United States. To Russia, With Love The Bible Translation Institute at Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Maryland, U.S. (with affiliated site at Zaoksky Seminary in Russia), has officially completed the translation of the Bible into modern Russian. The 23-year endeavor began […]
13 July 2022 | by Andreas Bochmann I rarely use the King James Version as an English Bible translation these days. But “self-control” and “self-discipline” (the usual modern English translations) sound a bit too much like a fitness studio to me, so don’t quite catch the idea of the word “Besonnenheit” which Bonhoeffer would have […]
Jeffrey Dale, an Adventist doctoral degree student, was reported missing on June 30, 2022, as he was attempting to reach the summit of Mount Jefferson. His body was found more than 1,800 feet down the mountain from the point he was last seen, indicating he likely fell during his climb. A GoFundMe page was created […]
NCU lecturer Russell McLean accused of breaking into homes and threatening victims with a gun in order to assault them. McLean fled to Jamaica in 2007 when investigators uncovered evidence that identified McLean as a person of interest. McLean was a faculty member at NCU for more than 18 years before he was arrested. 12 […]
A physician affiliated with the AdventHealth system in Illinois diagnosed a woman as having a miscarriage but later discovered a fetal heartbeat during a procedure to remove what was presumed to be an unviable fetus. The baby later died from complications of the procedure, according to the mother’s lawyer. The $5.2 million award is the […]