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TypePadThe Spectrum Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:post-418429002007-11-20T23:33:39-08:002007-11-20T23:33:39-08:00By Alexander Carpenter The Spectrum Blog has left the building; or at least it has moved to a new place in the world-wide web. We have combined the main Spectrum site and this blog into a new creation. With interviews, book and film reviews, college students blogging, it should allow even more folks to join the conversation. Click here. /commenting on this old blog has been disabledAlexander Kenneth Newport Explains the Flames of Wacotag:typepad.com,2003:post-416326802007-11-16T00:41:38-08:002007-11-16T00:41:38-08:00By David R. Larson Photo by Bronwen Larson The Branch Davidians themselves intentionally lit the fires that burned Mount Carmel to the ground near Waco, Texas, taking with them the lives of David Koresh, their leader, plus more than seventy others, contended Kenneth G. C. Newport in Loma Linda, California on Wednesday evening, November 14. What’s more, he contended, they did this because they believed that this is what Scripture wanted them to do. “Did the biblical text inspire this act of apocalyptic self-destruction?” he asked. “I think it did, or at least I think that there was a direct...Alexander Adventist Newstag:typepad.com,2003:post-416316782007-11-15T23:36:31-08:002007-11-15T23:36:31-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Adventist News Network's Ground 7 podcast: A mega cancer study proves healthful living is key to fighting disease Kenya makes provision for religious beliefs when choosing the presidential election date ADRA lends a helping hand in California and Latin America. Church leaders discuss Africa. Listen here. (Running Time 10:24) The South Pacific Division's news cast: President of the Adventist Church in the South Pacific announces his retirement New President announced and introduced to church members in the South Pacific History is made with the appointment of the first Pacific Islander as General Secretary of the Church President...Alexander The future of Adventist business thinks green?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-415534582007-11-14T08:57:41-08:002007-11-14T08:57:41-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Here's a video created by Southwestern Adventist University's Students In Free Enterprise team.Alexander Now that's a comment! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-415190262007-11-13T15:01:35-08:002007-11-13T15:01:35-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Folks, it's been fun on this blog, in about a year and a half -- currently at 7115 comments -- we've had some good, substantive input, but Rich Hannon just set the bar a little higher.Alexander The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrocktag:typepad.com,2003:post-414966022007-11-13T08:56:13-08:002007-11-13T08:56:13-08:00By Alexander Carpenter T. S. Eliot reading his poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock."Alexander A vet of peace-makingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-414536602007-11-12T12:01:36-08:002007-11-12T12:01:36-08:00By Alexander Carpenter William Sloan Coffin, who once said: "Many of us are eager to respond to injustice, as long as we can do so without having to confront the causes of it. There's the great pitfall of charity. Handouts to needy individuals are genuine, necessary responses to injustice, but they do not necessarily face the reason for injustice. And that is why so many business and governmental leaders today are promoting charity; it is desperately needed in an economy whose prosperity is based on growing inequality. First these leaders proclaim themselves experts on matters economic, and prove it by...Alexander Richard Rice Discusses Open Theismtag:typepad.com,2003:post-413909022007-11-11T01:00:00-08:002007-11-11T01:00:00-08:00By David Larson More than twenty years following the publication of his book “The Openness of God,” which named and launched a new school of Christian thought, Richard Rice profiled its primary themes for several dozen bright and lively university students. They were the guests on Sabbath Eve, November 9, of Julius and Iris Nam, and their sons Sherwin and Ansel, in Loma Linda, California. Trisha Famisaran moderated the discussion. Perhaps because of my interest in process theology, I was also invited to participate. Iris and a few others prepared the meal that was eagerly enjoyed by all! Richard, Julius...Alexander Debating Darwin: Should evolution be taught as the only truth?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-413893242007-11-11T00:39:00-08:002007-11-11T00:39:00-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Institute of Ideas London, UK Oct 28th, 2007 "The debate over creationism has sprung up as the latest flashpoint in the battle between secularism and religion. While the US has seen extended conflict over the theory of evolution - from the 1925 'Scopes Monkey Trial' to the recent Dover, PA court case new challenges to Darwinism under the guise of intelligent design (ID) have arisen in the UK. Concerns centre on school science education, from Sir Peter Vardy's Emmanuel Schools Foundation to the controversial teaching packs distributed by the anti-evolution group Truth in Science. The rise...Alexander A Reoccurring Dreamtag:typepad.com,2003:post-413817642007-11-10T14:25:41-08:002007-11-10T14:25:41-08:00by Johnny A. Ramírez Honest and reflective spiritually and beyond, I believe the story this veteran tells is worth our time. Click on the photo to view the narrated slide show.Alexander Paulsen visits Cubatag:typepad.com,2003:post-413486382007-11-10T00:37:00-08:002007-11-10T00:37:00-08:00From Adventist News Network: A recently retired pastor, Alvarez was given a hero's welcome for his contribution to a Seventh-day Adventist congregation, which on Sunday, November 4, officially dedicated a new church. Once a political advisor to the leaders of the Cuban revolution, Alvarez returned to celebrate a victory of God in a town at the foothills of Sierra Maestra Mountains in Southeastern Cuba. [snip] Speaking at the opening session of the IAD meeting, Paulsen recognized the church's "strong focus on mission." He also emphasized the church's need to "build strong communities and meet the world from a position of...Alexander Update: On missing commentstag:typepad.com,2003:post-413612582007-11-09T20:31:00-08:002007-11-09T20:31:00-08:00By Alexander Carpenter I see that a bunch of comments -- Lisa, Graeme, Pat, Wondering and me -- are missing on a couple of posts. We got a big surge of visitors and comments this afternoon, I'm going to republish the site. Sorry about the hassle. Update: Well, the republish didn't trigger them. They show up in the back end as published, but something (no, not you know who) is keeping them from showing up. I've sent the comments back to their authors, except for Wondering who is not entering a valid email address. : ( If you'd like to...Alexander The land of the free-to-torturetag:typepad.com,2003:post-413434282007-11-09T10:38:56-08:002007-11-09T10:38:56-08:00By James Coffin, senior pastor of the Markham Woods church. This appeared in the Orlando Sentinel today. I would have never believed it possible had you told me in the fall of 1959 -- the beginning of my formal education -- that in the year 2007 I'd be reading a rash of newspaper headlines about a U.S. attorney general-designate's uncertainty concerning what constitutes torture. Or, worse still, that a Democrat-controlled Senate would confirm him despite his uncertainties. Now don't get me wrong. In 1959, I wasn't some kind of child prodigy with deep political and moral insights. Not at all....Alexander What are you reading? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-413198642007-11-09T01:01:16-08:002007-11-09T01:01:16-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Blast from past. Run DMC on PBS' Reading Rainbow. What narrative is on your mind these days? What idea is at the top of the stack by your bed? Drop a comment and let the Spectrum Blog community know what you're reading these days and what you think of it.Alexander SPD Adventist News tag:typepad.com,2003:post-413034122007-11-09T00:30:00-08:002007-11-09T00:30:00-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Carter Report will be the largest evangelistic campaign ever held in Christchurch 2009, Aviation course to close at Avondale after 30 years, Melbourne youth support poverty awareness concert run for ADRA, Printing function to continue at Warburton Victoria following review of operations, GC President to visit Australia next week, Maclean church runs program for kids, Three NSW Adventist schools run a combined school concert, 26 motorbikes donated to PNG pastors by South QueenslandersAlexander Generational climate changetag:typepad.com,2003:post-412721582007-11-08T09:19:00-08:002007-11-08T09:19:00-08:00By Alexander Carpenter From the Jamaica Gleaner: Early on in the broadcast, Paulsen turned briefly to the camera for remarks meant largely to amend some of the church's older generations' opinions of young people. "I'm more preaching - and I am preaching - to those who are watching. You need to make sure that you trust those who are young with responsibility. It is an indisputable fact that if you do not engage those who are young, they will walk away from the church." Following a question on civil engagement, Paulsen said Christians should not only ask what they can...Alexander The gospel of eating fish safelytag:typepad.com,2003:post-412455142007-11-07T10:57:59-08:002007-11-07T10:57:59-08:00By Alexander Carpenter On the way to work today I was listening to local NPR affiliate KQED's Forum radio show. It was on efforts to reduce the danger of contaminated fish in the San Francisco Bay. Being a vegetarian, I was a little bored, until they introduced the next expert: Seventh-day Adventist Sophat Sorn (pictured), a pastor in Stockton and founder of Cambodian Families Together. Apparently he works as a health advocate in the larger Khmer community to educate them about the dangers of eating fish caught in the delta. Here's a recent article on him: Sorn, a small man...Alexander A year of surging deathtag:typepad.com,2003:post-411896042007-11-06T11:43:12-08:002007-11-06T11:43:12-08:00While October has had a relatively low number of deaths, at least 852 military personnel have died thus far this year -- the highest annual toll since the war began in March 2003. And that doesn't include the hundreds in mercenary forces. By Leo Tolstoy Last Message to Mankind: (Delivered at the 18th International Peace Congress, Stockholm, 1909) Before us are millions of armed men, ever more and more efficiently armed and trained for more and more rapid slaughter. We know that these millions of people have no wish to kill their fellows and for the most part do not...Alexander I'm an Adventist becausetag:typepad.com,2003:post-411472042007-11-05T14:36:55-08:002007-11-05T14:36:55-08:00By Alexander Carpenter Why are you an Adventist?Alexander G-d or Something Like Ittag:typepad.com,2003:post-410071922007-11-03T01:17:00-07:002007-11-03T01:17:00-07:00By Raymond Roccograndi, Spectrum collegiate correspondent at Southern Adventist University "Who or what is G-d?" It's a question all of us have asked, heard, or attempted to answer. To attempt to understand the Divine is a journey of a lifetime. It's filled with great joy, moments of ecstasy and excitement, perplexing confusion, agonizing angst, emotional pain, and extreme humility. Many cultures and societies have different faith traditions that attempt to explain the Divine through myth, poetry, prose, prophets, gurus, spiritual leaders, religious ritual and practice as well as statements of belief or professions of faith. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share...Alexander