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YEC/YLC Adventist Creationism: The Ellen White Connection

Ervin Taylor — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:17:22 +0000

In the current seemingly never-ending, misnamed and mischaracterized Creationism vs. Evolutionism discussions, debates, and diatribes, one fact seems consistently overlooked by most activist Adventist Young Earth (YEC) and/or Young Life Creationists (YLC).

Another death in a tragic story

Nathan Brown — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:02:47 +0000

The execution of the convicted Washington sniper, John Allen Muhammad, this week could not help but bring back memories of those three fear-filled weeks in which Muhammad and his accomplice terrorized and killed around Washington, DC, Marylan

Do Adventists Count Anymore?

Herbert Douglass — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:28:34 +0000

I have stacks of unread magazines growing in a corner not far from my desk–saved for some time when I have the chance to look them over. Of course, I am sure that most AT readers don't have that problem–they are more organized than I am.

Coming soon!

Kesslyn Brade Stennis — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:57:39 +0000

This blog will debut later this month.

~ Editors

Marching to Zion, From America

Stephen Foster — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:12:17 +0000

For nearly 65 years now, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States have had what we refer to as Regional Conferences, comprised chiefly of Americans of African descent, i.e., black people.

Tipping

Noelle Schwantes — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:10:45 +0000

As I mentioned in the last blog entry, I recently went to the North American Division's Women's Convention in Dallas, TX.

Review: By the Rivers of Brooklyn

Nathan Brown — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:43:43 +0000

It has been a bumper publishing year for Adventist author Trudy Morgan Cole.

Will Adventist Mass Public Evangelism Ever Grow Up?

Ervin Taylor — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:13 +0000

The Amazing Facts organization of Doug Batchelor recently sent out a mailing in an envelope in the form of a non-existent newspaper "The Daily Chronicle" carrying the headline "Pope Signs New Globalization Encyclical."

Appropriate Breakup Behavior: What Not to Do

Shayna Bailey — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:31:25 +0000

In life, there are some lessons that are simply learned the hard way. Appropriate break up etiquette is usually one of them.

Marvelous to find Crises We Must Use (Or create them)

Herbert Douglass — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:12:58 +0000

If one lives long enough, that is, at least a few decades at least, it becomes astonishing how some are quick and compelled to seize on the latest buzz and make a crisis out of it!

Set Me Free

Fab Vatel — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:29:15 +0000

Editor's note: This is pastor Fabiola Vatel's last regular monthly blog for Adventist Today online. You can still find her contributing quarterly articles in our columnists page.

"He commands some things which we cannot do, that we might know what we ought to ask of him."- Augustine

Beyond assumptions

Nathan Brown — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:14:32 +0000

Editor's note: This was first published a year ago as an editorial in the South Pacific Division’s Record. We invited Nathan to share it with Adventist Today readers at that time but, for a variety of reasons, he asked that we wait before re-publishing it.

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NAD Women's Convention

Noelle Schwantes — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:37:52 +0000

There has been a drop off in questions lately so I thought I would take a detour to talk a little bit about an event recently that had a huge impact on me. If you like it, we'll continue, and if not, send me some questions and we'll go back to an advice column!

A Statement on the “EducateTruth” (sic) Site from “Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino”

Ervin Taylor — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:16:18 +0000

The badly misnamed "EducateTruth" web site is, with some rare exceptions, the place to go if you wish to read Adventist populists and fundamentalists venting their displeasure and rage at the La Sierra University biology department whose faculty possesses the intellectual and moral strength to teach science uncontaminated by medieval ideas about how the living world developed.

Thou shalt not ride that elevator!

David Person — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:11:16 +0000

National Public Radio reports that our fellow Sabbath keepers in Jerusalem are having a hot debate about Shabbat elevators. These are automated elevators that operate without any "work" being done by their riders -- pushing the buttons -- which means that religious Jews can ride them without breaking the Sabbath.

It’s Really All About God

Nathan Brown — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:14:33 +0000

Review by Nathan Brown

In our increasingly pluralistic societies, one of the most urgent questions facing Christianity--and Adventism--is how we relate to those who believe dif

EducateTruth.com: The Voice of Populist or Folk North American Adventism

Ervin Taylor — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:14:57 +0000

If we only base our understanding of contemporary Adventism on official sources such as the Adventist Review and the Union Conference papers, we might fail to appreciate the great diversity of views existing within the contemporary North American Adventist Church. You can consult the web site of the Adventist Theological Society and Adventist Affirm for the voices of the traditional/conse

The Cycle Continues

Fab Vatel — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:46:15 +0000

"You can safely assume that you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do." -Anne Lamott
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Sexual Misconduct by Clergy

David Person — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:56:42 +0000

Leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church should examine closely Baylor University's recently released study about sexual misconduct by clergy with adults. It concludes that such misconduct is common and happens across denominations. (See the study for yourself here.)

Enough?

Nathan Brown — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:58:26 +0000

Last week, I was paged for a phone call and had to hurriedly travel the length of the building in which I work, including climbing a flight of stairs.