A Boon for The Voice of Prophecy
In another press release today, the North American Division announced that "The Voice of Prophecy Board met Tuesday, April 30 in Simi Valley, Calif., and elected Pastor Shawn Boonstra the new...
View ArticleThree Angles News—Wednesday, May 1, 2013
1. Adventist youth in Ghana encouraged to appreciate and protect the environment.2. Adventists part of response in Bangladesh factory collapse disaster.3. Former Adventist Church president Jan Paulsen...
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Sabbath at the Spectrum Café: Marianne Thieme
This week at the Spectrum Café, guest columnist Marianne Thieme, a Dutch politician of the Party for the Animals, discusses how the respect for animals expressed by one of Adventism’s founders drew her...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to James Standish
Dear Mr. Standish,In your May 4, 2013, editorial in the South Pacific Division's RECORD entitled "A Tale of Two Movies," you compare our feature documentary film, Seventh-Gay Adventists: A Film About...
View ArticleThe Contradiction of God and Me
Raised in contradiction, my father was a drunk and my mother was a saint. My dad not infrequently disappeared for days, sometimes weeks, taking his paycheck and leaving us wondering how to pay for...
View ArticleThree Angles News—Friday, May 3, 2013
1. Oakwood University won the $50,000 Tier I prize from Home Depot. They will build an outdoor pavilion, equipped with outdoor kitchen appliances, grills and fireplaces.2. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas)...
View ArticleCreations—Performance
This week's films explore the wonderfully strange world of experimental film and performance art. Both can be hard for most viewers to access and like poetry, can seem quite confusing. However, both...
View ArticleBuzzFeed Lists "31 Signs You Grew Up Adventist"
BuzzFeed, the voracious chroncile of what's interesting to some people online, recently turned its attention to Adventist culture. On May 3, BuzzFeed Fellow Ashley Perez compiled a list of "31 Signs...
View ArticleGeneral Conf. Proposes Policy on Board Independence for Higher Education
Emphasizing the importance of denominational policies to the boards of Seventh-day Adventist colleges and universities, the General Conference has issued a proposed new policy on board independence.The...
View ArticleTOSC Issues Draft Statements and Names a Reading Subcommittee
Work of the Theology of Ordination Study Committee moved ahead this week with the issuing of two draft documents and announcement of plans for the coming months. The 64-page paper “Toward a Theology of...
View ArticleThree Angles News—Friday, May 10, 2013
1. New director of the North American Division's Office of Volunteer Ministries, plans a barrage of marketing and recruiting at all North American Adventist colleges.2. Southern Ghana Conference of the...
View ArticleSabbath at the Spectrum Café: Baking Bread Worth Breaking
Now a seasoned baker, Marcus Heisler remembers his first loaf of bread: “It looked like it had warts.” The basic white bread recipe may have been specific to bread machines, but not for Heisler’s...
View ArticleAwaiting a GC Vote, the Danish Union Halts All Ordinations
The following "statement regarding equality and ordination" was voted at the Danish Union session, May 12, 2013.According to the Seventh-day Adventist Church's belief in creation, as witnessed in the...
View ArticleVideo: NAD Leaders Discuss the Media Center Closing
In a recent NewsPoints press release, Elder Daniel Jackson, President of the North American Division, and G. Alexander Bryant, NAD Secretary, "videotaped a short message concerning the reasons behind...
View ArticleSociety of Adventist Philosophers Calls for Papers On Essentialism
The Society of Adventist Philosophers is inviting submissions for papers and panels to be presented at its annual symposium. The title of the November 21, 2013, conference will be: Essentialism:...
View ArticleCreations—Augment
In 2011, Beck's decided to commission a large number of "independent thinkers" from a variety of artistic disciplines. Each artist is asked to create interactive pieces, which are then displayed within...
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