A Conversation with LGBT Students at Andrews University
On Sabbath, April 19, in a first-of-its-kind program, Andrews University conducted “A Conversation with LGBT Students.” This event focused on listening, understanding and caring, as LGBT students...
View ArticleRHPA Board Votes Smaller, Leaner Profile for Publishing House
On April 8, Adventist Review published the following story.The Board of Directors of the Review and Herald Publishing Association moved swiftly Sunday, April 6, to stabilize the financial health of the...
View ArticleBringing the Real World to Genesis: The Many Faces of Adventist Creationism:...
The last article in this series presented much of the early foundational history with Adventism that would profoundly influence the evolution of Adventist thinking on issues of Genesis. In this current...
View ArticleCaring for Words Book Club: The Practice of Poetry
The Spectrum blog book club is discussing Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies (Eerdmans 2009), by Marilyn McEntyre, professor of medical humanities at UC Davis and the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical...
View ArticleWhat Dr. Ben Carson is Up To
James Hamblin has published a profile of Dr. Ben Carson in Politico Magazaine called: "Who Is Dr. Ben Carson? And why is he sort of running for president?" For anyone who wonders what the latest is on...
View ArticleViewpoint: Remnant Redux
An article by Ted N.C. Wilson in the Adventist World magazine (May 2013) caught my eye. It both asked and answered a question. “Who are we as a unique movement? God’s remnant church.” This sweeping...
View ArticleChurch in The Netherlands Commits Itself to Being a Safe Place for LGBTI...
The Netherlands Union Conference has advised all churches in the Netherlands to "fully commit themselves to ensuring that LGBTI individuals feel safe in the church." In addition, NUC leadership says it...
View ArticleTEDx Comes to La Sierra University
Have you seen the TED Talks video by the 15-year old who discovered a new way to screen for pancreatic cancer that has revolutionized the cancer world? Or the presentation by the Nigerian writer about...
View ArticleThree Angles News - Church Challenges Tax Exemption Change
1. The Seventh-day Adventist Church, together with over 30 other church organizations, has filed a challenge to a change in the tax-exemption for a pastor's parsonage. Before the change, pastors could...
View ArticleTipping Point for Truth-Telling
When you make a gift to Spectrum, you touch off — hope. The magazine and website are about honest conversation, and when a siege mentality overtakes important church administrators, honest...
View ArticleRestructuring of Publishing Houses Possible
The General Conference has announced that a restructuring of the North American Division's publishing houses is being considered. Under the new plan, the Review & Herald Publishing Association in...
View ArticleAndrews University Faculty Reflect on the Cape Town Summit
Andrews University continued its conversation on LGBT issues within the church and on campus yesterday, Sabbath, April 26, with a panel discussion featuring five faculty members (Roy Gane, Miroslav...
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Two Andrews Students Talk About the LGBT Conversation
Two LGBT students at Andrews University who were involved in last week's "Conversation with LGBT Students"facilitated by the school agreed to write their reflections on the event for Spectrum, as we...
View ArticleCaring for Words: Attend to Translation
The Spectrum blog book club is discussing Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies (Eerdmans 2009), by Marilyn McEntyre, professor of medical humanities at UC Davis and the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical...
View ArticleThree Angles News - Nurse Sues for Religious Discrimination
1. A Seventh-day Adventist Church State Council attorney has filed a religious-discrimination suit, claiming Dusanka Bodiroga, a prison nurse, was fired 11 days after refusing to take shifts on...
View ArticleBringing the Real World to Genesis: Can the Bible Establish the Age of the...
The late Siegfried Horn, who at the time was dean of the Theological Seminary at Andrews University, authored the following article. In it, we encounter reasons for thinking twice about using biblical...
View ArticleRemembering Gary Land
Gary G. Land, emeritus professor of history at Andrews University and long-time member of the Spectrum editorial board, died on Saturday, April 26, at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Mishawaka,...
View ArticleASI Free Clinic Treats Thousands
Last Friday, more than 3,000 people lined up for healthcare at a free pop-up medical clinic in Oakland, California, sponsored by the Adventist-laymen's Services and Industries. Most of the volunteer...
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