ADRA and ACS Aid New South Wales After Devastating Floodwaters
23 May 2025 | Record floodwaters have devastated New South Wales, leading to evacuations and emergency rescues. Caused by heavy rain, the floodwaters left 50,000 residents isolated and caused four fatalities. Among the affected landscapes are numerous Adventist institutions. According to the Adventist Record, the Adventist Church in the North […]
ATSS: Courtney Ray “Mental Health Mythbusting”
21 May 2025 | Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 2 We Adventists say that we’re very interested in health. The extensiveness of Adventism’s hospital system is rivaled only by its educational system. It’s […]
News from the Philippines, Germany, Australia, and Florida
22 May 2025 | News from Germany The Young Adults Congress (YAC) brought together more than 50 young professionals, researchers, and students from immigrant backgrounds over the first weekend of May. Under the theme “Rooted in Christ,” the event was designed to encourage young people who are starting a new […]
New Rules to Oversee Adventist Governance Meetings: Are They Helpful?
by Hannele Ottschofski | 22 May 2025 | On a recent visit to Helsinki, we learned that anybody can watch the Finnish Parliament working, either in person or online. We arrived at the correct entrance at the designated time and passed the security check. From the visitors’ balcony we observed […]
The Canon Within a Canon: Editing Out the Bible’s Horror Stories
by Reinder Bruinsma | 21 May 2025 | Sometimes I am confronted with Bible passages that make me very uneasy. Here are three examples: Bald Elisha Recently I was working on a sermon about an incident in the ministry of the prophet Elisha. My topic was the story of the […]
Adventist Frontier Missions Announces New President
21 May 2025 | Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM) has a new president at the helm, with Brad Mills set to take the lead come August 1. According to the official statement, Mills brings extensive experience in global missions. In addition to fluency in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic, the new […]
Four Myths About Answered Prayer
by Richard W. Coffen | 20 May 2025 | Theologians have said that their main theological task is to speak well of God. In this essay, I’m going to address four commonly held reasons for prayer. I question them because it seems to me that they do not speak well […]
The Church Takes Action Amid the Tentative India-Pakistan Ceasefire
19 May 2025 | A fragile ceasefire has paused the drone war between Pakistan and India. However, the threat for Adventist congregations is still simmering. What began as allegations and accusations has led to devastating attacks through air strikes, causing the deaths of 36 people and injuring 57 more in […]
Aunty, I’ve encountered some passages in the Bible that directly contradict others. How can that be?
19 May 2025 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In Luke 21 where Jesus is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of time, he said, “They will put some of you to death” (v.16), followed by “not a hair of your head will perish” (v.18). What did Jesus mean […]
Comments of the Week May 13-18
Comments of the Week May 13-18 “When leaders cling to tradition and bad theology, a church becomes irrelevant.” –Janelle Smiley on Your Church Is Too Told Comments on Editorial, Can Adventists Use Condoms?, This, Right Here, Is Church, Members of the Dorcas Society Honored by Zambia’s President, & The Death […]
Editorial: Your Church Is Too Old
Something you’ll often hear Adventists complain about is that there aren’t enough young people in our church. There are probably many reasons for that, but one that I’d like to explore has to do with who’s leading the church. The word to describe leadership by the oldest people is “gerontocracy.” […]
Can Adventists Use Condoms? and other unnatural questions
by Stephen Ferguson | 16 April 2025 | Should Seventh-day Adventists support reproductive technologies, including birth control and in vitro fertilization (IVF)? How about genetic counseling and gene-linked pharmaceuticals? Should I dye my graying hair? Can I wear glasses? Is it a sin to consume drinks with artificial sweeteners added, […]
“This, Right Here, Is Church”
by Melody Tan | 15 May 2025 | The camera operator turned to me. “This, right here, is church,” he declared. We were sitting at the outside area of a shopping mall, watching a group of women interact. Among them was a recent immigrant who had her first child not […]
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News
News from Australia, Ghana, Southern Adventist University, and France
29 May 2025 | News from Australia From May 18 to May 20, the third annual Adventist National Games hosted 250 students from 11 Adventist schools across Australia to compete in a sports tournament on the campus of Avondale University. Sponsored by The Lift Project, the Lift Your Life Scholarship was presented, an award that […]
Commentary
Are Christians Guilty of Political Opportunism?
by Robert Crux | 27 May 2025 | Jesus, throughout his ministry, was on the side of the poor and exploited. Yet Christian politicians in 2025 America seem to have forgotten that. When political leaders use religion to try to justify policies that hurt women, children, immigrants, and the vulnerable; when Christianity justifies racism, xenophobia, […]
Features
ATSS: Landon Schnabel, “There and Back Again: Religious Change from Sectarian Roots to Spiritual Quest”
28 May 2025 | Religious change seldom follows a predictable, linear path. Instead, it moves in cycles—shifting between intensity and routine, separation and accommodation, institutional authority and personal authenticity. Institutions oscillate between radical fervor and bureaucratic stability, while individuals navigate periods of deep commitment and disengagement. Generational shifts increasingly reflect a move from institutional belonging […]