Religious Belief & Moral Action
by David Geelan | 20 October 2023 | 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 […]
Rocky Mountain Conference Leadership Will Disband Boulder Church if It Accepts a Gay Member
18 April 2024 | This report was written with the help of Mark Johnson and Dave Ferguson Dave Ferguson started his life as a pastor—in fact, he served as an assistant pastor in the church in Boulder, Colorado, early in his career. Later Dave came out as gay, and is […]
News Briefs for April 18, 2024
18 April 2024 | New Document to Curb Theological “Slippage” Described as Proactive and Embracing “Ted N. C. Wilson, GC president, acknowledged that the rationale behind the document is to provide ‘an initiative to help stem the tide, to stop the drift, to help reduce the slippage of church members, […]
Bjørn Ottesen Appointed President of Danish Union
17 April 2024 | Bjørn Ottesen has been appointed as the new president of the Danish Union of Churches Conference (DUChC), according to the Adventist Review, following a meeting held on March 25. He succeeds Thomas Müller, who recently accepted a position as headteacher at Vejlefjordskolen in Daugård. Ottesen is […]
Disease and Doctors
If life is intelligently designed, with forethought, planning, purposeful, meaningful, are diseases intelligently designed, planned, purposeful too? Do we need more or less religion? Do we need more or fewer doctors? by Jack Hoehn | 17 April 2024 | There are many things that attack and end life. Here are […]
ATSS: Reinder Bruinsma, “How to Build a Christian Community”
17 April 2024 | What is the essence of a community? Or more specifically, of a faith community? It is, first of all, a group of believers, where faith is lived in a daily commitment to Christ, to our brothers and sisters in the faith, and the people around us who need us. […]
The Pagan-Contamination Conspiracy
by Stephen Ferguson | 16 April 2024 Recently I saw an interesting social media post on an Adventist-related forum. The author noted how they had watched the feed of Pastor Ted Wilson, the General Conference president, every day in the lead up to Easter. Every day this keen observer waited […]
Aunty, why are we Adventists so focused on Satan?
15 April 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In the Adventist community I grew up in, the power of Satan was presented vividly: the devil was more personally involved in everyone’s life than God and the angels. The angels would stay outside places like theaters, where the evil angels would congregate. […]
Andrews University Welcomes Dr. Olive J. Hemmings for Dwain L. Ford Guest Lecture Series
15 April 2024 | The Andrews University Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry has announced that Dr. Olive J. Hemmings will be the featured speaker for the upcoming session of the 2024 Dwain L Ford Lecture Series. Dr. Hemmings will deliver a Zoom lecture titled Scriptures and Science: Same God, Different […]
Editorial: “Three Reasons Potluck Could Save the Adventist Church”
Potluck may be the secret sauce that can help bring unity and revitalization to the Adventist church. Here are three reasons why this humble tradition could have profound impacts: First, potluck draws us together regardless of where we fall on the theological spectrum of Adventist belief. The allure of Special […]
Faith vs. Fanaticism
by Debbie Hooper | 12 April 2024 | People in my part of the world have been captivated by the criminal proceedings in the United States against Lori Vallow, Chad Daybell, Ruby Franke, and Jodi Hildebrandt. Three of these four active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day […]
Finding Perfect Peace in the Face of Death
by Christopher C. Thompson | 11 April 2024 Three weeks ago my mother’s care team gave her 72 hours to live. Read that again. Some may consider that bad practice. I see it a bit differently. This is not a story of some miraculous turnaround. My mother has declined significantly […]
News Briefs for April 11, 2024
11 April 2024 | Taiwanese Churches Assess the Aftermath of a 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake “An earthquake in Taiwan, which took place around 8:00 a.m. local time on April 3, caused minor damage to three Seventh-day Adventist churches where South Korean missionaries are serving. Fortunately, no casualties were reported. However, aftershocks continue, […]
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Rocky Mountain Conference Leadership Will Disband Boulder Church if It Accepts a Gay Member
18 April 2024 | This report was written with the help of Mark Johnson and Dave Ferguson Dave Ferguson started his life as a pastor—in fact, he served as an assistant pastor in the church in Boulder, Colorado, early in his career. Later Dave came out as gay, and is now married to a man. […]
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Religious Belief & Moral Action
by David Geelan | 20 October 2023 | 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 […]
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ATSS: Reinder Bruinsma, “How to Build a Christian Community”
17 April 2024 | What is the essence of a community? Or more specifically, of a faith community? It is, first of all, a group of believers, where faith is lived in a daily commitment to Christ, to our brothers and sisters in the faith, and the people around us who need us. How does an Adventist congregation […]