11:59 and Ticking
Decades ago, evangelists, preachers and Bible teachers loved to assert that the clock of this earth’s time was past 11:59pm and that time was very, very short for probation to end and Jesus to return....
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How Much Does It Really Cost to Go to an Adventist College?
The moral case for doing a better job of giving Americans the opportunity to succeed is very compelling. The economic case is just as strong. If more Americans are educate, more will be employed, their...
View ArticleGrowing Up Adventist: Singing Special Music
The summer I turned four The Sound of Music came out. Theaters were forbidden, so naturally none of the Good Adventists would admit to having seen it, but word of the Family von Trapp penetrated even...
View ArticleIllegal Dreamers
It was spring quarter of 2014 at La Sierra University. On a Tuesday night, I sat at my desk and read through the copied pages of author Joan Didion’s 1966 essay, “Some Dreamers of a Golden Dream.” It...
View ArticleThree Angles News Plus - Adventists Win Right Not to Work Sabbath in Portugal
1. Portugal's highest court has ruled that two Adventists have the right to not work Saturday shifts because of their religious beliefs. Adventists, Jews, Muslims, and others in Portugal have lobbied...
View ArticleKenyan Adventist Politician Proposes Extreme Anti-Gay Bill
A bill that calls for stoning as a punishment for “aggravated homosexuality” or for any foreigner who commits a “homosexual act” has been proposed to Kenya’s National Assembly by a Seventh-day...
View ArticleViewpoint: The Holy War on My Facebook
Hundreds of children are dead; thousands of missiles have been fired, and over a million people are living without access to water. With statistics like these showing up every night on the evening...
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47,000 Pathfinders Wrap Up Oshkosh Camporee
The International Pathfinder Camporee, held every five years, is a memorable event for young Pathfinders who come from all over the world. The last four Camporees have been held at the Experimental...
View ArticleDiscipleship—6: Suffering Servants
This is the sixth post in a nine-part series for Spectrum’s 2014 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. You can view the reading/posting...
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Eyewitness Report: Oshkosh Pathfinder Camporee
Here I am at Pathfinder International Oshkosh Camporee 2014, a five day mega-campout for Adventist youth. This special Camporee happens only every five years, and is always greatly anticipated by many...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the LGBT Community from an Adventist Pastor
Dear LGBT Friend,First of all I want to say that I am deeply sorry for what my attitude has been toward you in the past. Although I have never verbally insulted or physically harmed anyone from your...
View ArticleGC President Opens Bible and Science Conference
The International Conference on the Bible and Science opened with a big bang on Friday August 15 in Las Vegas, when General Conference President Ted Wilson told the assembled professors, scientists,...
View ArticleWanderings in the Land of Oshkosh: Pathfinder Camporee Diary
If I could rewind back to July 31, 1985, it would place me in the middle of a mountainous valley in Colorado called Camp Hale where 16,129 Pathfinders gathered like the many Israelites in the...
View ArticleThree Angles News - Adventist Hospital in Ebola-plagued Liberia Stays Open
1. Two Loma Linda University graduates are keeping Cooper Adventist Hospital in Liberia operational, while most other hospitals have closed because of the threat of Ebola in that region of West Africa....
View ArticleEve's Higher Sphere Hopes
The Hermeneutical Refutation of the Male Headship Interpretation of Ellen White's Famous Quotation About Eve's Hope of Entering a Higher SphereSeventh-day Adventist male headship theorists have...
View ArticleWalla Walla and WAU Lose Nursing Program Accreditation
Two Adventist university nursing departments have lost their accreditation. Walla Walla University’s nursing program had its nursing program accreditation revoked this summer, and Washington Adventist...
View ArticleAndrews Seminary Publishes Statement on Headship
The seminary at Andrews University has posted a statement on its website refuting the doctrine of “male headship” in Adventist church leadership. Titled “On the Unique Headship of Christ in the...
View ArticleDiscipleship—7: Christ and the Sacrament of Baptism
This is the seventh post in a nine-part series for Spectrum’s 2014 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. You can view the reading/posting...
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