30 June 2021 | Reviewed by Jack Hoehn Stephen C. Meyer is very easy to listen to and very understandable when he participates in the many debates he has had presenting the scientific basis of Intelligent Design. His two previous major books, Darwin’s Doubt (2013) and Signature in the Cell (2009), can both be read […]
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Does the World Look Older in Australia than in America? Part 2 of 2
by Robert T. Johnston | 22 June 2021 | (This is a continuation of a report on the “Age of Life on Earth” conference organized by the Sydney Adventist Forum at Morisset, New South Wales, June 11-12, 2021. Read part 1 here.) YECs have long dismissed radiometric dating as inaccurate, self-contradictory, or based on flawed […]
Does the World Look Older in Australia than in America? Part 1 of 2
by Robert T. Johnston | 21 June 2021 | Over the weekend of June 11-12, 2021, I attended (via YouTube livestream and recordings) the Sydney Adventist Forum’s conference on the “Age of Life on Earth.” It featured excellent presentations by well-qualified presenters, most with PhDs in relevant disciplines. Lynden Rogers and the other organizers arranged […]
The Rocks Don’t Lie, and Neither Does God
By Paul Priest | 23 June 2020 | Much of Adventist origins theology is based on a young earth view of creation, which can be summarized with the following points: The earth was created about 6,000 years ago. It was created in 6 days. It was created perfect. Adam and Eve were the first humans. […]
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Adventist Tomorrow #7b: Grown-Up Creationism
by Jack Hoehn There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggest places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. This article is on an Expanded Creationism for Adventism growing big enough to fit the […]
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Adventist Tomorrow #7a: A Robust Creationism
by Jack Hoehn | 15 July 2018 | There is a confluence of ideas coming from within and without the Seventh-day Adventist church, that suggests places this church can go with its theology and mission. Jack wants to talk with you about some of them. This article #7a is on an expanded creationism, and parts […]
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Survey: Strong Support for Women’s Ordination in US
March 31, 2017: A survey of Adventists in the United States indicates that 86 percent support women serving as pastors and agree that these women should be ordained in the same way that men are. Less than 9 percent oppose the idea. Asked if they would support “having a female pastor in my own church,” […]
Ages of the Earth and Mankind: No Answers in Genesis or Ellen White, Part II
by Ervin Taylor, June 6, 2016: In Part I, we noted that in 2015, the corporate Seventh-day Adventist Church, in General Conference assembled, adopted a “fundamental” position that declared that the creation of life on this planet occurred “recently,” that it was accomplished in six, literal, 24-hour days, and that a recent, literal, world-wide flood […]
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Former Employees Drop Lawsuit against La Sierra University
By AT News Team, Feb. 18, 2015: Three former employees of La Sierra University (LSU) have dropped their lawsuit against the Adventist Church. The lawsuit sought damages for wrongful termination, breech of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and other grievances relating to what the trio claims were unfair coerced resignations from the university in […]
BOOK REVIEW — Genesis versus Darwinism: The Demise of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Desmond Ford. Genesis versus Darwinism: The Demise of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. 2014. Available on Amazon.com for $31.49. Reviewed by Ervin Taylor January 15, 2015 A Non-Fundamentalist Evangelical Christian Objection to Darwinism—But Not to Evolution Background This is not a typical work by a conservative Christian apologist addressing evolution. It certainly does not conform to […]