An on-line encyclopedia called Conservapedia says that it is "written from a conservative viewpoint."

Some of the blogospheres dealing with religious issues of late have been awash in reactions to a recent comment by novelist Anne Rice. Rice was raised Catholic but had not been a practicing member of that communion for many years.

The classic literature in the sociology of religion typically distinguishes three phases in the evolution of modern Western religious institutions: a sect phase, a denomination phase, and a church phase.

Every few years some individual or organization announces that the remains of a unique object has been discovered on or near a mountain located in the northeastern corner of Turkey.  This mountain, which in English is known as Mt. Ararat, is actually composed of two tectonically active volcanic peaks covered with permanent glaciers.

It seems to me that the scientific staff of the Geoscience Research Institute (GRI) needs our understanding and forbearance.  They have been given a difficult, if not impossible, assignment by the leadership of the General Conference of the Adventist Church who now provide them with about $1 million a year from tithes and offerings.

In a recent Adventist Review editorial comment entitled "People Will Notice" (March 25, 2010), Dr.

An article was recently prominently posted on-line on the Easter weekend by the Adventist Review with the title of "Evolution Controversy Stirs La Sierra Campus."  It was accompanied by a comment by the current Adventist Review editor st

My good friend and currently the most prolific apologist for traditional Adventism, Clifford Goldstein, has struck again in the Adventist Review.

One hundred Years Ago: In the Year of Our Lord 1910, the Seventh-day Adventist Church, now some 47 years into its formal history as an organized denomination, reported a total membership of a little over 90,000 of which about two-thirds lived in North America.  Most of its members belonged to the dominant ethnic group that then composed the population living in Canada and the Unit

Ervin Taylor Introductory Comment: From time to time, I receive materials which, upon reflection, it seems should be shared with those who read this blog.  Such materials serve as a window through which we can all better understand the great challenges that the SDA administrative clergy have in maintaining balance in the Adventist Church in North America.