12 September 2022 | The following three ATSS PRESENTS recordings are now available on the AT YouTube channel. Competing Religious Liberties 10 September 2022 | Raj Attiken In this Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar we examine religious liberty from an individualistic understanding of the right of conscience. We will also note why religious liberty cannot be […]
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ATSS PRESENTS: The Mysterious Melchizedek & His Successors
Loren Seibold & John McLarty | 31 August 2022 Melchizedek is one of the most mysterious figures in the Bible. He appears in person only once— in Genesis 14—but is referred to again in Psalm 110 and at length in Hebrews 7. But who was Melchizedek? All we know from Genesis is that he is […]
Back ATSS PRESENTS programs now available on AT’s YouTube channel
29 August 2022 | Our apologies that we fell behind in making available all the Adventist Today Sabbath Seminar presentations. With the help of a new video editor, we’re now catching up. Please scroll down to see six ATSS PRESENTS programs that are now available on our YouTube channel. —Loren Seibold To comment, click/tap here.
ATSS PRESENTS: The Art of Worship Planning and Leading
29 August 2022 | Everything we do in congregational worship is a communal embodiment of what we believe, and a rehearsal of who we are becoming. Christian worship not only communicates meaning but facilitates meeting—an encounter with the Divine and one another. Our discussion will consider central priorities for worship planning and leading that can help us design […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Gil Valentine on the Rise of Neo-Adventism
8/22/2022 | All during the 1960s unprecedented waves of turbulent social change had washed over North America and rippled around the world. The waves surged through Adventism, too. New theological ideas such as the new views on the heavenly sanctuary taught by Edward Heppenstall and the new approach to teaching the New Testament that included […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Mike Tucker, “Tears to Joy: One Man’s Journey Through Grief”
19 August 2022 | Mike Tucker believes the entire world is grieving. COVID, monkeypox, war, climate change, economic downturns, and more have made it impossible for anyone to feel normal. Loss has become a constant and unavoidable part of life. Mike shares his experience with loss and what it has taught him about God, himself, […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Mathilde Frey on Cain, Abel and Violence
17 June 2022 | Introduction by Mathilde Frey. The story of Cain and Abel has been invoked in the wake of mass shootings numerous times. “Cain killed Abel with a rock, and God did not take away the rock.” Yes, I have seen the billboards and the memes, and I heard this message after every mass […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Esther Loewen, the Beatitudes, and Transgenderism
23 May 2022 | Because the process of changing gender-expression and outward identity is so far-reaching and consequential (especially when it takes place at middle-age and within Christian culture), I have found myself grasping a deeper reality: identity shapes hermeneutic. Who we are in context deeply affects the ways in which we read and understand […]
ATSS PRESENTS: Robert Johnston on Jesus and the Parables
16 May 2022 | From a literary standpoint the parables of Jesus were like those of his contemporaries, but their purpose and effect were dramatically different. This presentation will examine the importance of the parables, the narrative technique of Jesus, and how the parables should be interpreted. Our familiarity with them and the tradition of […]
ATSS Presents: Laurence Turner on Adventism and the Cosmic Week
15 May 2022 | Seventh-day Adventism arose in the aftermath of the Great Disappointment of 1844. Despite numerous “proofs” culled from Scripture, used confidently to pinpoint the date of the second advent to October 22, 1844, Christ did not return. This failure of chronological calculations ensured that official Adventism would never predict a precise time […]
Four Misinterpreted Texts About Bible Interpretation
8 May 2022 Much of what we say we know about Biblical interpretation is derived from what the Bible says about itself. While the Bible is right to self-identify itself as an inspired book, the problem is that several of the oft-used passages are taken out of context, and in some cases wholly misinterpreted. This […]
AT INTERVIEW: Christians, War & Violence, with Laura Wibberding
13 April 2022 | Laura Wibberding of Pacific Union College has made a study of Christians, war and violence. Her conclusion? Our convictions about peace depend on the power we want to preserve. To join this conversation, click/tap here.