Bill Knott | 03 December 2022 If you know anything about the history of Adventism, then you know that this movement was conceived in discussion, and it was birthed in dialogue. It was breast-fed on argument, and it grew up in a debating hall. It’s not for nothing that the signature book of this movement […]
5 December 2022 | Dear Aunty I recently attended one of our churches where the majority of the congregation was of a different ethnicity than myself. The coldness was shocking. Not even a handshake was extended to me. I felt like some made a conscious effort to avoid me. Are we not all brothers and […]
30 November 2022 | If you know anything about the history of Adventism, then you know that this movement was conceived in discussion, and it was birthed in dialogue. It was breast-fed on argument, and it grew up in a debating hall. It’s not for nothing that the signature book of this movement for more […]
2 December 2022 | A House on Fire: How Adventist Faith Responds to Race and Racism; Maury D. Jackson and Nathan Brown, editors; Signs Publishing, Warburton, Victoria, Australia, 2022; 244 pages, US$21.99. Reviewed by Stephen Chavez Racism in North America is nothing new. It’s been part of the fabric of the United States since the […]
28 November 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Why is Christmas never as relaxed and enjoyable as it is portrayed in the movies and sung about in popular songs? I was introduced to family Christmas when dating my now-husband. I quickly learned that the preparations are stressful, and the tension rises. The family dinner seems to […]
23 November 2022 | Spiritual abuse is a sensitive and largely neglected topic in the church. We are accustomed to talking about it in the context of cults, such as the infamous Waco group. For some, any criticism of the church seems like cutting the branch we are sitting on. So to even suggest that […]
Reviewed by Ronald Graybill Donald E. Casebolt, Child of the Apocalypse: Ellen G. White (Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2022). Donald E. Casebolt, Father Miller’s Daughter: Ellen Harmon White (Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2022). If you were persuaded by Numbers’ Prophetess of Health that Ellen White borrowed erroneous health teachings from secular sources, Don […]
22 November 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, What do you think about the mass mailings of The Great Controversy? Or the “mission trips” where they leave the book on people’s doors? I’m not convinced it’s an effective witnessing technique. People don’t need new fears of the end times as much as they need reassurance. Why […]
15 November 2022 | I still remember a time when divorce was not talked about very much in my church. At most, there were whispers behind closed doors. Divorce simply didn’t happen—and if it did, at least one person of the couple was disfellowshipped. Pastors who went through a divorce always lost their jobs. Divorce […]
14 November 2022 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Would it be better for me to marry a Seventh-day Adventist man even if he’s not my ideal man, or a man who isn’t Seventh-day Adventist but has the qualities I’m looking for? Signed, Searching Dear Searching, When Aunty was young, she was told that Adventists should always […]
13 November 2022 | The treasurer of the Metropolitan Conference of Panama, Mr. Ovidio Abdiel Guerra, has been removed from his position after being accused of a misappropriation of funds. In a Zoom meeting on Sunday, September 11, 2022, conference president Eluvinio Castrellon explained the departure of the treasurer to the church elders of the […]
9 November 2022 | Read this essay in preparation for this Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar (ATSS) class. by Thandazani Mhlanga I find the story of Uzzah in 1 Chronicles 13:1-11 and 2 Samuel 6:1-8 still as puzzling and perplexing as the first day I heard it. After all, if it weren’t for Uzzah, the ark […]