President John McVay Discusses Diversity at Walla Walla University
2018-04-24-johnmcvay-gleaner.PNG After a racist social media post by several Walla Walla University (WWU) students brought concerns over racism and diversity to the forefront, the university has been...
View ArticleShould We Crucify the Warrior God? More Thoughts on the Book
2018-03-30-bookreview.png Last month I wrote a review of Greg Boyd’s latest book, Crucifixion of the Warrior God: Interpreting the Old Testament’s Violent Portraits of God in Light of the Cross. This...
View ArticlePostum Making a Comeback
Peter Hwang Picture.jpg Postum, once a popular coffee substitute in many Adventist homes, was discontinued more than a decade ago. A new company was formed to bring it back, and a full-page ad will...
View ArticleWoke Worship: Taking Black Panther and Barbie Savior to Church
church-neonbrand-265875-unsplash.jpg In this presentation, I will explore how the conversation about race in America has been shaped recently by popular culture and what that might say about race and...
View ArticleGod's Character and the Last Generation: An Interview with Dr. Jiří Moskala
2018-05-04-bookinterview.png Dr. Jiří Moskala has assembled a group of scholars to write the definitive book on the controversial topic of Last Generation Theology. Pacific Press President Dale Galusha...
View ArticleSpeaking Out Against Last Generation Theology
2018-05-04-bookreview.png Last Generation Theology has not gone unchallenged by theologians and church leaders in past decades, but it seems that presently the dangers of this alternative theology are...
View ArticleBook Review: The Healthiest People on Earth
2018-05-08-bookinterview.png John Howard Weeks, professional writer, journalist, and great-great grandson of Ellen G. White, departed from and returned full circle to the healthful lifestyle practices...
View ArticleRoundabout Path to Ministry for One Colorado Pastor
Lee Lee Dart 2018.jpg Lee Lee Dart never aspired to pastoral ministry. But after raising her kids, taking a trip to Rwanda and then earning a local seminary degree, this stay-at-home mom is now the...
View ArticleAdventist Health Seeks To Further Its Unique Mission through Relationship...
2018-05-10-interview-2.png On April 24, 2018, Roseville, California-based Adventist Health announced their plan to integrate clinical activities and services through a new joint operating company with...
View ArticleThe GC Says “Uplift Jesus.” Say What?
jesus-gift-habeshaw-453482-unsplash.jpg In this “Invitation to Uplift Jesus,” our church leaders appear to convey the idea that we have incontrovertible truths that completely preclude us from learning...
View ArticleBook Review: Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones
2018-05-14-bookreview.png The new 71-page booklet from the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists titled Guiding Families of LGBT+ Loved Ones, provides the most compassionate response to...
View ArticleThe Supremacy of Righteousness by Love
emmanuel-phaeton-620937-unsplash.jpg As long as we believe in righteousness by faith (with faith meaning "what we believe") over the righteousness by love taught and lived by Jesus, Paul, John, Peter,...
View Article11-Year-Old Doodle 4 Google Finalist Describes His Picture
Screen Shot 2018-05-17 at 23.39.37.png"Lessons from Ants" by homeschooler Nathanael Botes has been chosen as the winner from Montana, and is now in the running to be national winner and appear on...
View ArticleMaryland Church Shows Compassion in Action
2018-05-21-ann-josephkhabbaz.jpg Joseph Khabbaz, youth and young adult pastor for the Sligo Seventh-day Adventist church in Maryland, leads a group of church volunteers in a unique outreach to the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Prophetic Imagination at 40
2018-05-22-bookreview.png In its second edition, The Prophetic Imagination has sold more than 1 million copies, but this year marks the 40th anniversary of its initial publication—which seems as good a...
View ArticleBook Review: 500 Years of Protest and Liberty
2018-05-25-bookreview.png Published in late-2017, the occasion and timing of the book is linked to the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s publishing of his 95 theses in Wittenberg. Miller sees a...
View ArticleAdventist Postgrad Creates Entrepreneur Network
2018-05-25-interview.png Joanne Louis, who is studying toward a master's at Georgetown, is building an online network of Adventist entrepreneurs to support and promote each other's businesses. Joanne...
View Article“Reformatio in Capite et in Membris” — 17 Questions That Need an Answer
2018-05-27-ann-mylon-medley.jpg The GC must be brought back to realize it is a service institution, not a control and command center. The Unions need to proactively turn the tables, take the...
View ArticleDwelling in the Past: Old Testament Law for New Testament Christians
2018-05-29-bookreview.png A book review of Old Testament Law for Christians: Original Context and Enduring Application by Roy E. Gane (Baker Academic, 2017). A book review of Old Testament Law for...
View ArticleBook Review: Extreme Walking
2018-05-31-bookreview.png In what may be a historic moment in modern Seventh-day Adventism, Tom de Bruin, pastor and professor at Newbold College, has written a book dealing with and introducing the...
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