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| Blessing of the Hands at Adventist Hospitals in the Chicago Metro Area "It may be something new to many Seventh-day Adventist Church members," a veteran pastor told Adventist Today. "It is common to ask for God's blessings on meetings, new or refurbished buildings, vehicles and printed materials. In health care the hands of the professionals and trained workers are all more important than any of those things, so it is a logical extension of a long tradition."... |
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| Pacific Union Conference Ordains Theology Professor Jean Sheldon On April 27, eight months after its highly disputed vote to approve women’s ordination, the Pacific Union Conference officially recognized Pacific Union College (PUC) religion professor Dr. Jean Sheldon as an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Sheldon is the only female professor in PUC’s religion department.... |
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| What did the Australian Census Really Tell Us About Church Growth? What we need to understand with the Australian Census data is that it only records what denomination people identify with. It is not exclusively about church attendance but also includes people who have had past affiliation with the church. It does not accurately record growth in membership and so the need to view other data is crucial as it tells a totally different story.... |
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| Volunteer Physician Missing from Adventist Mission Trip in Ukraine A massive search is being organized for Thursday morning (May 16) to find Dr. Jay Sloop, a physician from Yakima, Washington, who was in Kiev, Ukraine, with a team of volunteers helping the Seventh-day Adventist Church set up a lifestyle medicine center there. The 77-year-old takes a walk every morning, usually with friends, but left the place he was staying by himself at 6:45 on Tuesday morning despite the fact that a roommate could not accompany him. He told the roommate that he would be back for breakfast in 45 minutes, according to The Spokesman-Review, a Spokane daily newspaper, but did not return.... |
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Dr. David Wilbur: Power and Illusion: Religion and Human Need: Part 12 - Ervin Taylor Religious diversity might be explained by one God who loved diversity or by many Gods who each created his preferred religion or lastly by the powerful human mind interacting with its complex environment. Religious thought and behavior might have given an evolutionary survival advantage to groups or individuals and therefore supported the development of a biological propensity for such belief.... |
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Hymns Our Mothers Taught Us - Lawrence Downing From earliest times hymns have served to unite and inspire Adventist believers. Our hymns, whether by intent or default, express in subtle and direct ways our theology and practices. The hymns published in early Adventist hymnals reflect or, perhaps in stronger terms, shaped how the first Adventists understood their community, their mission and their world.... |
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Why Does Life Have to Be so Hard? - Katelyn Pauls Why do things have to hurt? Why do we have to feel lonely or sad or broken or distressed? Why do relationships end? Why do people shut others out? These are just a few of the questions running around in my head. Some of them I have had to deal with regarding the way I treat others. Some of them I have to deal with regarding the way people have treated me.... |
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Overlooked Themes in Amos - Mark Gutman As I worked my way through the recent Sabbath School lessons on Amos, I wondered which verses or themes would be featured and which would be ignored. We can do the same exercise in our approach to life. What are we missing?...If we’re not careful we end up imitating the Pharisees. Big on doctrine and talk and criticism; low on concern and action for those who need it.... |
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Some Thoughts on the Book of James - Andy Hanson In my opinion, the author of the original letter believed that theological and political problems in the church could best be solved when Christians treated each other as friends. The author of the attached letter placed his confidence in legalistic and authoritative solutions. Could it be that the philosophical tension in this letter reveals an early struggle to establish Christian orthodoxy regarding the nature of God?... |
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The Mini Great Controversy - Stephen Foster Certainly, we all know of or have heard of The Great Controversy between Christ and Satan. Our mini internal controversy is about the testimonies to the Seventh-day Adventist Church that have come from the pen of Ellen G. White, through the inspiration of God.... |
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A Big Question - Preston Foster Is the Adventist narrative of the Investigative Judgment consistent with the Bible?...The question is a big one. Like many important questions, the response is, too often, focused on the questioner instead of the question itself. Scapegoating (i.e., name-calling, labeling, or ascribing negative motives) or martyring (i.e., victimizing) the questioner avoids the issue.... |
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Recent Comments:
Elaine Nelson commented on What did the Australian Census Really Tell Us About Church Growth?
2013-05-21 9:53 PM
When there is no cost-benefit analyses there cannot be an estimate of the money expended for each new convert. As Dingdong writes, no organization can continue to operate with such high expenditures and less results. Assuming the mission of...
Truth Seeker commented on Another Union Conference Takes a Stand for Ordination Without Gender Discrimination
2013-05-21 9:23 PM
See: http://ordinationtruth.com/featured/the-devils-test-run/
cb25 commented on Dr. David Wilbur: Power and Illusion: Religion and Human Need. Part 11
2013-05-21 9:18 PM
This quote from it is priceless, as are too many others to quote.
Whatever is true about us, spiritually and ethically, must be discoverable now. Consequently, it makes no sense at all to have one’s spiritual life pegged to rumors of ancient...
Dennis Hokama commented on 20 Years After the Waco Tragedy: What Have Adventists Learned?
2013-05-21 8:30 PM
Nathan wrote: “I don't think the case has been made that Waco should have excited greater teeth-gnashing at G.C. headquarters than any other tragedy where lives of Adventists or former Adventists are extinguished.”
So, GC...
Bugs-Larry Boshell commented on Dr. David Wilbur: Power and Illusion: Religion and Human Need: Part 12
2013-05-21 6:26 PM
This may be existentialism in the most broad sense. However, common trick to dismiss an idea is to give it a label, toss it into a sinking ship, and watch it disappear from sight. Existentialism's slogan is: existence precedes essence. That label,...
Edwin A. Schwisow commented on Pacific Union Conference Ordains Theology Professor Jean Sheldon
2013-05-21 3:28 PM
In real life here in the US, the "average" ordainee, upon receiving his/her ordination, stays within or close to the union of ordination, unless the individual is viewed as "general leadership material." Those deemed to have general...
Elaine Nelson commented on Tithe Income Growing, Shifting Away from North America in the Adventist Denomination
2013-05-21 11:08 AM
Tithing ended with the priesthood. Christians believe in the priesthood of all believers. Paul wrote that offerings should be according to our ability to pay, and tithing was never given to Christians. Another OT practice along with...
Timo Onjukka commented on What Kind of Leading Do We Really Want?
2013-05-20 11:00 AM
Abide, sup, commune with me-
Said divinity to me.
But the stranger, the orphan, the widow, your neighbor-
If these remain hungry and naked and sick,
You failed to RSVP me,
And sadly my love,
I knew not thee.
Arguing that God...
Elaine Nelson commented on A Fundamental Problem -part 2
2013-05-19 1:18 PM
And when has that text in Romans been used as a sermon or to explain the non-relevance of the Law?
Burt commented on Texas Hospital is Now Jointly Owned by Adventists and Other Faiths
2013-05-18 4:32 PM
Hate to break it to you but the Adventist Health Systems dropped the benevolent front close to 20 years ago.
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