By Lindsey Painter 24 July 2018 “Moderation in all things” is a phrase my mother taught me. And I believe it applies to most things in life. Eating healthy, for example. I believe that most of the food I consume should be healthy, but it’s okay for me to have a chocolate truffle sometimes. There’s […]
By Jack Hoehn | 20 February 2018 | 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 the fourth in a series, available on […]
by Lindsey Painter, 21 November 2017 In my last article I wrote about having a disagreement with my friend. The comments for that article were fascinating. I was called a thin-skinned liberal feminist snowflake. I’ve been called worse. It got me thinking about this phenomenon of “being offended.” What does it mean, and why do […]
March 16, 2016: Every time Adventist Today reports on Adventist participation in national elections, comments are posted by readers who say the event should be ignored and Adventists should not vote. In fact, the church standard on “Community Relationships” in the Church Manual (page 137 in the 2010 Edition) indicates that Adventists are expected to […]
From ANN, January 21, 2016: As Jamaica and its two major political parties prepare for general election, which is constitutionally due this year, the president of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination in Jamaica is warning political leaders to be more mindful of the effects of what is said about each other on the political campaign […]
By AT News Team, March 5, 2015: Ben Carson, the former neurosurgeon who may run for president of the United States of America, has apologized for comments he made this week about homosexuality. On a CNN television program, Carson told Chris Cuomo that being gay is a choice. Carson pointed to prison in order to […]