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The Weightier Matters of the Law
3-28-17 Article.png If Jesus had a roast, it would be Matthew 23. It is sometimes called “The Seven Woes” because when Jesus roasts you, it clearly has to come in historically relevant numbers. If...
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Is Truth Dead?
2017-03-31.png The April 3, 2017, issue of Time has a cover that, if not for the changing of one word, is the exact replica of the one on the April 8, 1966, issue of the magazine. The one published...
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Book Review: Where Are We Headed? Adventism after San Antonio
2017-04-01 Book Review.png Dr. William Johnsson, now retired for more than 10 years from his long-standing role as editor of the Adventist Review says the church he served has changed — and not for the...
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Helping Teachers to Become Leaders
2017-04-02 Interview.png La Sierra University professor Margaret Solomon tells about her project to provide leadership training to teachers and education administrators in her native India, thanks to a...
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Two Adventist Professors Exchange Campuses Part 1
2017-04-03 Interview.png Daniel Reynaud and Lisa Clark Diller are currently enrolled in a year-long faculty exchange program. In this first part of a two-part series, Daniel interviews Lisa about her...
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Ordination: The Gordian Knot of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
2017-04-07 Ordination.jpg The words "ordination" and "ordain" have neither Greek nor Hebrew origin, but come from Latin. The concept was used in a secular context within the Roman Empire before the...
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Is the IBMTE Harmless?
2017-04-08 IBMTE.png Since December 15, 2016, I have been inviting two church officials with responsibilities related to Adventist higher education to make an actual response to criticism of a General...
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Two Adventist Professors Exchange Campuses: Part 2
2017-04-10 Interview.png Daniel Reynaud and Lisa Clark Diller are currently enrolled in a year-long faculty exchange program. In this second part of a two-part series, Lisa interviews Daniel about his...
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Sandra Roberts Talks about the Bigger Picture
2017-04-13 Interview.png Southeastern California Conference's president talks about growing in spiritual depth, her commitment to the church, and the uncharted territory ahead. Sandra Roberts is...
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Responses to the Adventist Church’s Statement on Transgenderism
2017-04-18 Transgender Statement Responses.png Last week during Spring Meeting, the General Conference Executive Committee voted to pass a “Statement on Transgenderism.” In the days following, several...
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The Inherent Fallacy of the BRI's Statement on Transgenderism
2017-04-21 Inherent Fallacy Statement on Transgenderism.png The church should be the safest place to have these kinds of conversations and should welcome believers into that space with open arms. But...
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A Hard Decision and an Ongoing Mission
2017-04-21 JoyceNewmyerInterview.jpg Joyce Newmyer is President and CEO of Adventist Health’s Pacific Northwest Region. She spoke to Spectrum about the Walla Walla General Hospital transfer and what...
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New Film by Andrews Student Explores Sisterhood
Copy of Screen Shot 2016-10-19 at 11.06.01 PM.png Nina Vallado uses film to delve into the story of her relationship with her nonverbal sister Lisa, hoping "Sisterly" will increase understanding of...
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On Being Fat
2017-04-29 On Being Fat.jpg Bob was my first role model. He was an excellent preacher, planner, writer and communicator...And he had a wicked sense of humor that he unleashed when away from the church...
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The Life of Fred Lee
Fred Lee_edit.jpg Fred Lee, world-renowned author of "If Disney Ran Your Hospital," passed away on Sunday evening, March 26, 2017, of complications from neuro-surgery due to glioblastoma. Fred Lee was...
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Exchanges Down Under Part 1: Hospitality
2017-05-01 Exchanges Down Under.png Meditations on what I’m being taught by spending a year away from my family and community on a professorial exchange between Avondale College and Southern Adventist...
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Bible App for the Marginalized to Launch in June
2017-05-02 Interview.png Crystal Cheatham — writer, entrepreneur and Andrews grad — is working to create a hub for progressive Christians who may have felt excluded and judged by more traditional,...
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A Missionary Legacy Started With Steamship Love Letters
2017-05-06 Adventist-Edgar-Dorothea-Gwendolyn-Roy-Brooks.jpg Remembering Roy E. Brooks and his family’s extraordinary mission service. Remembering Roy E. Brooks and his family’s extraordinary mission...
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When I Fell in Love Outside of Adventism
2017-05-08 Millennial Voices.jpg Growing up as a Seventh-day Adventist, I knew my parents wanted two things from me: to become a doctor and to marry an Adventist doctor. Growing up as a Seventh-day...
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The West Coast Religion Teachers Conference: A Model for the Church
2017-05-09 WCRTC.png The 2017 conference in the context of a 45-year history. The 2017 conference in the context of a 45-year history.The West Coast Religion Teachers Conference is an unofficial annual...
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