by Melody Tan | 12 June 2024 | As a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, married to a Seventh-day Adventist husband, we are raising our child exposed to Seventh-day Adventist beliefs and practices. My seven-year-old son currently believes in Jesus, regularly attends church with us, and always says a prayer before tucking into his vegetarian meal. I […]
by David Geelan | 19 April 2024 | Talking with friends and family, both in person and online, got me thinking about the relationship between a person’s religious beliefs and the moral tone struck by their actions in the world. Such discussions tend to be anecdotally driven, and to line up on “party lines”: my […]
We can worship in the cuts and scrapes. Healing is a science showing foresight and purpose in creation. by Jack Hoehn | 27 March 2024 | Thomas was a twin. In ancient cultures twins were not heroes. In Zambia, a mother who had twins was thought to have been adulterous, because sex with one man […]
A recent survey conducted among Adventists has revealed a troubling trend: many members of the faith aren’t entirely sure about what they believe. Despite this uncertainty, they remain steadfastly convinced that everyone else is wrong. The survey, which polled thousands of Adventists worldwide, found that a significant portion struggled to articulate basic tenets of their […]
by AT Contributing Editor Stephen Chavez | We are not alone. That statement isn’t meant to reflect some universal or cosmological reality, it’s simply to say that we are not alone—we Adventists, I mean. For all our talk about the remnant, God’s true church, and the everlasting gospel, a quick look around reveals an undeniable […]
by Horace Alexander | 21 June 2023 | Our childhood and early life experiences often shape what we will believe as adults. As we develop we acquire biases and make assumptions that influence how we view life and the world. Some later experiences may cause us to modify our beliefs, but for the most part […]
