Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson Reviewed by Carrol Grady In the wake of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, I want to recommend a book I recently read that gives some insight into America’s racial problems. Just Mercy, a title that could be taken more than one way, is by Bryan Stevenson, […]
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So That’s Who I Am, by Chauncey Smith
So That’s Who I Am, by Chauncey Smith, Teach Publication Services, Inc., 2017, 115 pages. Reviewed by Ella Rydzewski Christian singer Sandi Patty introduces this story of one man’s search for his biological mother. Her friendship with the author goes back twenty years to when she and her husband consulted him about adopting a child. […]
New Book on Social Justice as Taught by Ellen White
By Monte Sahlin, July 27, 2017: Many Adventists may think that social justice is a topic that Ellen G. White never addressed. A new book clearly erases that misconception with contributions from 14 scholars, most from Oakwood University, the only Adventist institution recognized among the historically black colleges and universities in the United States. The […]
New Book: Does the Bible Teach that Women Should Not be Leaders?
By Monte Sahlin, July 26, 2017: There are a number of voices today that say that the Bible teaches that God does not want women to take a leadership role in the church. Some go so far as to say that this is a “testing” issue that divides the church between the loyal and the […]
Steps to Christ by Ellen G. White: Review of the 125th Anniversary Edition
Reviewed by John McLarty, June 1, 2017: This anniversary edition also marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s 95 theses and the Protestant Reformation with a historical introduction and notes by Denis Fortin. In the 1970s a revival swept the Adventist college campuses in the United States. At the center of this revival was the […]
La Sierra University Stages “God’s Peculiar People” by Dr. Marilyn Loveless
By Jiggs Gallagher Riverside, CA May 11, 2017—Marilynn Loveless, director of the drama program at La Sierra University, wrote her first full-length musical play, “God’s Peculiar People,” which she also directed as the department’s spring offering. The light-hearted romp about tangled relationships has played to sold-out audiences during its run at the university. She was […]
The Shack: Much to Love—and A Few Things Not To
This careful and critical book review by Melody Tan is the kind of thing you have come to expect from Adventist Today. Since this week is our Spring Fundraising drive, I invite you to click hereto support our ministry of independent Adventist journalism! —Loren Seibold, AT Executive Editor. by Melody Tan When it was (self-) published 10 […]
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Finding Jesus in the Book of Revelation, by Steve Case & Daniel Wysong
Reviewed by Mike Fortune. Finding Jesus in the Book of Revelation, by Steve Case and Daniel Wysong. Involve Youth (2014), Paperback,180 pages Seventh-day Adventist commentaries on Revelation that emphasize the KJV, endorse historicism, condemn Catholicism, limit the Sabbath to the seal of God, Adventism as the remnant church and Ellen White as the Spirit of Prophecy […]
William G. Johnsson’s Where Are We Headed? Adventism after San Antonio
William G. Johnsson launches Where Are We Headed? Adventism After San Antonio straight from the shoulder. “San Antonio was a tipping point in the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The General Conference Session of 2015 exposed and widened fault lines that had been developing for a long time. In later years the Session will […]
Gracism: The Art of Inclusion
Gracism: The Art of Inclusion, by David A. Anderson, IVP Books, Downers Grove, Illinois, 2007, 165 p, paperback. Reviewed by Ella M. Rydzewski I visited David Anderson’s multicultural ministry at Bridgeway Community Church in my hometown of Columbia, Maryland, a few years ago. Last fall I heard him speak again on inclusion at a local […]
Revised Edition of Book by Monte Sahlin Published through Amazon
One Minute Witness is a quick, practical read about how to share the good news of Jesus at a personal level in the contemporary, secular culture. The author is Monte Sahlin, executive director of the Adventist Today Foundation and well-known research scholar on faith in today’s context and developer of a number of innovative ministries […]
Book Review: America’s Secret Jihad: The Hidden History of Religious Terrorism in the United States
by Stuart Wexler, Reviewed by Edwin A. Schwisow, September 30, 2015: As an Adventist I spent most of my early years in the United States’ Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, in my case) and became strongly aware of the connection among Religion, Reformation, and (in a whisper, now) Racism. Adventists that we were, we lived […]