The reason most people don't go to church is because they've already been. – Mark Twain Before moving on from the concept and practice of church, there is one more angle I must encroach upon which would be imprudent to ignore. The angle that I speak of is the contemporary overarching motion of the church which, while transcending Adventism itself,
Weimar, California — An Adventist institution known for its health evangelism and service achievements, Weimar Institute, recently gained academic recognition through the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) for a period of six years — retroactive to January 2018. In addition to noting
Longburn, New Zeland -- group of New Zealand high school students is fundraising for the Christchurch mosque shooting victims, with the “power of flowers” and a message of shared humanity. Amelia Tyrrell, 17, and her fellow Longburn Adventist College prefects have gathered $NZ600 ($414USD) from their classmates to send to the victims of Friday’s te
On the morning of December 13, 2017, Elder Ted Wilson, the current General Conference president, released a statement on homosexuality and the church, entitled, "Bible truth and kindness in faith and practice." The full statement has been reproduced below: During the past several decades, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has clearly stated through
The Sermon on the Mount is Heaven’s benediction to the world—a voice from the throne of God. (E.G. White, Preface to Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, pg. vii) On that mount of blessings, Christ continued by saying, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God” (Matthew 5:9). In this world, calls are r
Revisiting Postmodernism: An Old Debate on a New Era is a collection of papers presented at The First Symposium on Postmodern Sensitive Mission held in 2012 at Andrews University (Michigan). The articles, written from a variety of perspectives, offer the reader a good grasp of the intellectual and cultural shift called “postmodernism” (including ba
Today’s society is structured and dependent on technology. Thanks to scientific advances, we are able to send robots to other planets, carry microcomputers in the palm of our hands, and even tweak the genetic code of any species. However, science hasn’t always been like this. When we look at the way scientists used to do their work during the Middl
The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. It is but feeble if it does not see so far as to know this. (Blaise Pascal) No mortal mind can penetrate the secrecy in which the Mighty One dwells and works. Only that which He sees fit to reveal can we comprehend of Him. Reason must ackno
Perhaps that is too bold of a claim. After all, the Psalmist reminds us that “The heavens declare the glory of God” (Psalm 19:1) and Paul argues that God’s “eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made” (Romans 1:20). Indeed, this is true now more than ever: we know the universe had a begin
"God With Us" I recently came across a verse in the Bible that gave me encouragement with regards to church unity in a way I wasn’t expecting. Typically, this verse is used around the Christmas holiday as a prophetic look at the expected first coming of Christ and what He would do for humanity. That verse is ‘“Behold the Virgin shall be with Child,
