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Liberty in Messiah: The Steep and Narrow Path to Unity
daniel-chen-193749-steepnarrowpath.jpg The New Testament teaching on unity is a call to enter the new covenant experience of liberty that frees the community from the need for conformity to rituals and...
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Moving Forward with Mission: A Conversation with the NAD President
2017-08-05-interview.png The North American Division is set to move into its own headquarters in September. NAD President Dan Jackson shares his thoughts about the move, the division, and the General...
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"Humans of Adventism" Page Launched to Encourage Candid Conversation
2017-08-07 Interview.png Kaleb Eisele hopes that his short profiles featuring a wide variety of Adventists will initiate conversation and encourage empathy, connecting people through stories. Kaleb...
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Genesis and Geology in Paradox: Ben Clausen’s Response to Chapter 6 in “Where...
Screenshot 2017-08-11 at 1.01.38 PM.png Ben Clausen, who works with the Geoscience Research Institute, discusses the sixth chapter in William G. Johnsson's book, "Where Are We Headed? Adventism After...
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Summer Reading Group: Humanism and the Death of God
2017-08-12 Summer Reading Group.png We are excited that this year’s Spectrum Summer Reading Group will focus on a work written by someone familiar to many readers of this website. We are excited that...
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I’M NOT OK
2017-08-13 Voices PC Daniel Xisto.png I’m not ok because white supremacists, white nationalists, Neo-Nazis, KKK members, and other domestic terrorist groups thought they could come into my town and...
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We Missed the Meeting
2017-08-16 Voices.png I hate missing meetings, and in my line of work if you do, it can end up costing you. Someone may volunteer you for something that you did not want to do. You get the worst...
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Unity? Policy? Flexibility? Where’s the Sweet Spot?
unity-bsk.jpg In the end, this whole thing is about members, not leaders. There may be 30 or so people (men) dealing with this matter, but they should not be so shortsighted as to think this is about...
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Hermeneutical Community and Invisible Remnant? Jerald Whitehouse’s Response...
2017-08-18 Voices - Johnsson Book.png Jerald Whitehouse, retired Director of the General Conference Global Center for Adventist Muslim Relations, reviews Chapter Seven in William G. Johnsson's book,...
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Shaking the Powers of Heaven: A Total Solar Eclipse and Adventist Eschatology
2017-08-18-solareclipse.jpg On Aug 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will envelop most of the United States and parts of Canada and Mexico in partial darkness, while a narrow, 70-mile strip from Oregon...
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Summer Reading Group: “Naturalism and Nihilism”
2017-08-19 Summer Reading Group Chap1.png This is the first post in a seven-part series for Spectrum’s 2017 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of the book Humanism and the...
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An Alt-Christianity: Nascar Christianity
2017-08-21 Voices.png As citizens of Jesus’ kingdom, we cannot pledge allegiance to a fallible human leader without regard to how this will affect our witness for Jesus. It is clear that some...
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In Defense of Freedom
2017-08-22 Voices.png Yes, there is a right to march and to protest, but don't lose sight of the fact that the "alt-right" protesters are using their freedom of speech to call for the elimination of...
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I'm Glad We Have Regional Conferences
2017-08-22 Voices 2.png We are torn. I am torn. I feel like my blackness and my Christianity are at odds. I feel caught between a rock and a hard place. Truth is I've felt like this for a long time but...
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Why ADU's New President is Bullish on Adventist Education
2017-08-23 Interview.png In this exclusive and wide-ranging interview, the new president of Adventist University for Health Sciences in Florida, Dr. Edwin Hernández, discusses his philosophy of...
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Summer Reading Group: “Dignity After Darwin”
2017-08-25 Summer Reading Group Chap2.png This is the second post in a seven-part series for Spectrum’s 2017 Summer Reading Group. Each post will be drawn from chapters of the book Humanism and the...
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When Should We Use the Bible? Forrest Howe’s Question to Chapter 8 in “Where...
2017-08-25-johnssonbookchap8-b.PNG Forrest Howe, retired pastor and church administrator, reviews Chapter 8 in William G. Johnsson's book, "Where Are We Headed? Adventism After San Antonio." “When...
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An Earthly Experience of a Heavenly Event
2017-08-26-voices-solareclipse-artrobertson-2.png Traveling to see an eclipse is an act of faith—or, more precisely, an act of hope. At the moment of the great event, the sky may be clear—or not....
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The Central Character in the Nativity Story
ben-white-170483.jpg By taking Mary as his wife, Joseph gave a legal paternity to the child. As the adoptive father, he legally passed on to the boy his ascendancy line that went all the way back to...
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The Adventist Church Needs a Martin Luther
2017-12-6-voices.png Today the Adventist Church needs prophetic voices that will convict her of her obsession with obedience to the Law of Moses and her enchantment with herself and her “Truth.” Just...
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