Postmodern Apologetics?—8: Lacoste and A God of Liturgy and Parousia
This is the eighth post of a twelve-part series for Spectrum’s 2013 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of Postmodern Apologetics? by Christina M. Gschwandtner. The reading...
View ArticleThe “Woman Clothed with the Sun” Who Failed to Give Birth to the Second Messiah
I was at first in doubt whether it would be advisable to introduce any mention of this wretched body of fanatics in the present work: but since they have established regular houses of worship … since...
View ArticleGC's Director of Legislative Affairs Writes on SDA Imprisoned in Pakistan for...
Dwayne Leslie, Director of Legislative Affairs at the GC, wrote a piece this week about blasphemy laws and why Sajjad Masih, convicted to life in prison in Pakistan, is innocent. The article appeared...
View ArticleChurch's Women's Conference Draws 1,500 to Rwanda
1,500 Adventist women from 11 countries in the East-Central Africa Division are meeting this week at the National University of Rwanda.Rwanda's First Lady opened the women's ministries congress on...
View ArticleReading with the TOSC: the January Session Papers
Papers presented this year at the two Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC) sessions have now been posted on the Adventist Archives, Statistics, and Research (ASTR) website, giving the most...
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A Megaphone for the Voices of Adventism
Unless you care not a fig or a fast about your church, you can agree that Spectrum is indispensable. We are all indebted to church employees—to the pastors and educators and many others who help shape...
View ArticleSabbath at the Spectrum Café: Banana Bread, a Sabbath Taste
I grew up with health-conscious parents. In the 90s, this meant trying to surreptitiously eat my tofu-and-sprouts-on-whole-wheat sandwich with a side of carrot sticks. My classmates all seemed to...
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Why Collegedale Voted to Give Family Benefits to Same-Sex Couples
On Monday, August 5, the City Commission of Collegedale, Tennessee, home of Southern Adventist University and arguably one of the most iconic and traditional of Seventh-day Adventist communities,...
View ArticleSunday Sermon: Andy Stanley on Intimacy with God
Andy Stanley is the founder of the non-denominational North Point Community Church in Atlanta, Georgia, with five campuses and over 24,000 attendees every Sunday. This 38-minute talk was posted online...
View ArticleBringing the Real World to Genesis: Randomness and Chaos
This is the first installment in a three-part subseries in our "Bringing the Real World to Genesis" series, curated by Jan M. Long. These three articles, written by Mailen Kootsey, address the sources...
View ArticlePostmodern Apologetics?—9 & 10: A Recap and Reflections
This is the ninth post of a twelve-part series for Spectrum’s 2013 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of Postmodern Apologetics? by Christina M. Gschwandtner. The reading...
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Reading with the TOSC: July Papers
When the Theology of Ordination Study Committee met in Baltimore in July 2013, its purpose was specifically to consider the ordination of women. On the first morning of the session there was a...
View ArticleThree Angles News - August 15, 2013
1. An employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, who is a Seventh-day Adventist, is suing his employer and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association union, claiming the union and FAA...
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Sabbath at the Spectrum Café: Challah
Challah is Jewish Sabbath bread. Of the various stories I have heard about its Jewish meanings, the one I like best says that challah, with its distinctive braided shape, reminds us that on Fridays the...
View ArticleFirst Adventist App Features Bible Heroes
The first SDA app, called Heroes, has been released. Adventist News Network published this story today about the app:The first Seventh-day Adventist game for iPhone and iPad was downloaded 3,000 times...
View ArticleThe Truth About Dishonesty
Dan Ariely Uncovers the Truth About Dishonesty from The RSA on FORA.tvA short animated lecture by Dan Ariely about the psychology of rationalization and dishonesty.
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It's Complicated
“It is the work of true education. . . to train the youth to be thinkers, and not mere reflectors of other men's thought.”– Education, Chapter 1, page 17Ironically, the first time I came across this...
View ArticleFour Women Ordained in Ohio
“Let not my star of hope Grow dim or disappear.”So sang the congregation as four long-serving women entered the ranks of the ordained Adventist ministry at the Worthington, Ohio, Adventist Church last...
View ArticleMob Destroys Adventist Church in Egypt
The burning of a Seventh-day Adventist Church in the city of Assiut during rioting August 15 was not part of a wider, organized political movement, local church officials said. The Assiut Adventist...
View ArticleThree Angles News - August 20, 2013
1. The New York Post reports on a sexual harassment lawsuit against pastor Jose Burroughs, coordinator of the Hispanic ministries department of the Northeastern Conference in Queens, New York, brought...
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