30 September 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy: I have three children, all raised as Seventh-day Adventists. Now they are all adults—and all in other Christian religions. They all love God, they tell me. They say that they serve the same God that I do. But don’t we all have to choose the keeping of the […]
23 September 2024 | Dear Aunty, I became an Adventist about 20 years ago. Initially I was very legalistic in my faith. My husband remained Roman Catholic. Prior to marrying me he had stressed that the children have to be Roman Catholic, and at the time I agreed. They have been baptized and received holy […]
16 September 2024 | For many years I have often been taught by our church pastors that we should not wear any jewelry, as it is sinful. Today Adventists not only wear jewelry, but have tattoos on their hands and bodies. I am totally confused. Confused Adventist Dear Confused: We Adventists base our anti-jewelry stance […]
9 September 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, An older church worker that I admired once told me that the church promotes people to their level of incompetence. I was new to church work at the time, and thought maybe he was just jaded. But over the last few decades I’ve seen it to be true. […]
2 September 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, What is the term limit for the GC president? Could such a rule be established? Signed, Hopeful Dear Hopeful, There is no term limit in policy for a General Conference (GC) president. Though the idea has occasionally been suggested, it has never gotten traction. A.G. Daniells served the […]
26 August 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve been reading The Desire of Ages. While it is inspirational, I’ve wondered how the author developed such specific details regarding the life of Christ when the biblical writers only gave broad outlines. Such questions are interfering with my appreciation for the book and other books by the […]
19 August 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, I’ve heard that in some financially struggling conferences, pastors are being assigned a ridiculous number of churches that aren’t even near one another. This is being presented as going back to the model of pastors as evangelists, who leave the local elders to run the church. They say […]
12 August 2024 | I married a non-Christian man. Later I filed for divorce, because my ex-husband did not want to be in the family anymore. There was no adultery. I want to get married to a fellow believer. By getting married a second time, will I be breaking God’s Word? Signed, Seeking Happiness Dear […]
5 August 2024 | Our church says it is the “remnant,” which we say means we are God’s only true church, because we obey the fourth commandment and have the spirit of prophecy. Yet the prophet has been dead for a long time, and it seems to me many congregations have become less loving and […]
29 July 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, My landlord is only available on Saturdays to make repairs on the apartment that I rent. Does this go against Sabbath observance? Signed, No Shower Right Now Dear No Shower, Is your landlord a Sabbath observer who is having to break the Sabbath to fix your apartment? Or […]
22 July 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy I have a female friend, 40 years old and single, who has long wanted a child. She was unsuccessful in finding a husband, so she consulted an obstetrician, who performed in vitro fertilization (IVF) for her. She is now the mother of a beautiful daughter. How does the […]
14 July 2024 | I grew up being told Satan can’t read our minds in the same fashion God can. Where does this idea come from, and is it true that Satan can’t play mind games with us? Signed, Feeling Invaded Dear Invaded, Ellen White is our source of the idea that Satan can’t read […]