
Comments of the Week July 21-27
Comments of the Week July 21-27 “And he’s now an ‘Adventist cardinal,’ right?” –Cecil Ma on NAD President Bryant Makes Heartfelt Pitch at Cardinals’ Game Comments on Churches on the Edge, Jesus Is Coming Soon Is Bad Theology, Things That Make Adventists Jealous, Is African Adventism a Myth?, Contextualizing Prophecy, […]

Rafah is Gone
Rafah is gone, razed to the ground. new Holocaust coming around “Never again” is lost… not found Rafah is gone, razed to the ground Children are dead lost is the song leaders have lied killers are wrong Rafah is gone, razed to the ground just empty space and darkness around […]

Editorial: Churches on the Edge of Survival
One of my Facebook friends told me about the small church she attends. There are only 10 to 20 in attendance and she, 60ish, is the youngster. The church, she says, suffered a sequence of unsatisfactory pastors, and the problem with the one they have now is that he has […]

“Get Ready Because Jesus Is Coming Soon” Is Bad Theology
by Ron Hessel | 25 July 2025 | Have we not learned our lesson as a church? It makes me want to hang my head in shame every time I see one of our churches advertising an end-time prophecy seminar. Here’s something I want you to notice: 100% of end-time […]

Man Charged With Using Drones to Spy On Women’s Dorm at Walla Walla University
25 July 2025 | A local man has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree voyeurism for allegedly using drones to spy on women’s dorms at Walla Walla University, a Seventh-day Adventist school. According to a statement released on Facebook by the College Place Police Department based in College […]

Is African Adventism a Myth?
by Admiral Ncube | 24 July 2025 | In early 2022 when the Ukraine war erupted, Adventists were inundated with calls from church leadership to pray for and support affected Ukraine. This was followed by a decision by the then-church leaders to attach Ukraine to the General Conference in April […]

News from Kenya, Southern Adventist University, St. Louis, and Malaysia
24 July 2025 | News from Kenya Kendu Adventist Hospital (KAH) celebrated 100 years of providing mission-driven healthcare to western Kenya. Church leaders, government officials, international medical teams, and local community members gathered on June 22 for the centennial milestone. A free medical camp was held June 23-27 in collaboration […]

Nuevo Tiempo Paraguay Introduces Audio-Only Feature for Virtual Bible Study
23 July 2025 | The virtual Bible instructor, Esperanza, has helped launch a new course designed for the visually impaired. An article about the project said: Radio Nuevo Tiempo Paraguay joined the South American launch of the new Bible course, The God Who Speaks, a completely audio study created especially […]
ATSS: Laurence Turner: “Holy Time and Holy Space: What We See When We Don’t Read Genesis Literally”
23 July 2025 | The opening chapters of Genesis, particularly chs. 1–3, continue to intrigue readers. Insights from obvious connections with the mythologies of Israel’s neighbours have enriched our understanding of the content and purpose of the narrative. Genesis is clearly in dialogue with the beliefs of its ancient neighbours […]
What You Discover When You Read Prophecy in Context
by Dr. Jason A. O’Rourke, DMin | 22 July 2025 | In every age, God raises voices—apostolic and prophetic—to give guidance of His people. In this essay, I offer theological reflections on the nature of prophecy, especially as it relates to the role of the conquered and the call of […]
GC Session Travelers Make Headlines During Massive Delays
22 July 2025 | Celebrating 10 days of blessing and community with a world church is a beautiful experience until it’s time to head home. Attendees of the 62nd General Conference Session made headlines on Sunday when the mass exit of travelers led to extreme lines at the St. Louis […]
Aunty, are we still the remnant church when our prophet has been dead for over a century?
21 July 2025 | Our church has proclaimed itself the remnant church because we have a prophet. Do we qualify as having a prophet when the prophet has been dead for well over a century? Signed, Still the Remnant? Dear Remnant, While Ellen White was alive, she was a dynamic […]
NAD President Bryant Makes Heartfelt Pitch at Cardinal’s Game
21 July 2025 | According to an article by the North American Division publication Adventist Journey, “On Thursday, July 10, 2025, as the General Conference Session was winding down, G. Alexander Bryant wound up his pitching arm as he chose a different dinner venue — and experience — than the […]
News
Cherri-Ann’s Caribbean Photo Journey: #ATSummerChallenge
This August, I’m embarking on a visual journey for a cause close to my heart—Adventist Today. As a board member, I’m passionate about AT’s mission to provide accessible, independent journalism that encourages critical thinking, compassion, and spiritual growth within the Adventist community. For the #ATSummerChallenge, I’ll be posting one photo every day throughout August from […]
Commentary
Negative Eschatology: Embracing the Mysteries of Our Afterlife
by Reinder Bruinsma | 30 July 2025 | Professor Rik Torfs belongs to that small group of erudite people who have the gift of communicating their insights in accessible, enriching, and often surprising ways. He is a Belgian professor in canonical law. I became acquainted with him in 1997 when I was involved with the […]
Features
Aunty, is the Sabbath mandatory for Christians?
28 July 2025 | I read an article in an Adventist periodical awhile back that asked this question: “Does Colossians 2:16 teach that keeping the seventh-day Sabbath isn’t required of Christians?” Of course, the author said it doesn’t mean that—that the Sabbath wasn’t done away with by that passage. It was the phrasing of the […]