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ADRA Serbia Aids Migrants
Podrška izbeglim licima u Beogradu - avg 2015 (15).jpg Igor Mitrović, Country Director of ADRA Serbia, describes the center ADRA has opened to help the river of refugees passing through Belgrade as...
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First Person: I'm A Mom, A Pastor's Wife, and I'm Asexual
Asexual.jpg Our church is challenged by the idea of gay and lesbian relationships. It is challenged by transgender people expressing their true gender. It is challenged by bisexuality. Is it challenged...
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Best of Comments October 19 - 23, 2015
BestOfComments.png In order to highlight the great feedback we often receive as comments to the articles on the Spectrum Website, the editorial team has introduced the Friday feature, The Best of the...
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Perspective: Avondale Lecturer’s PhD Reveals Keys to Church Unity
Jackson Wendy.jpg“White is very clear about decentralising power,” says Jackson. “Authority does not lie in the hierarchical structure and decision should be made locally where possible.” Church unity...
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Viewpoint: I Thought About Leaving the Adventist Church
Ventura.png Can I still be a part of the Adventist Church if I don’t believe everything the church officially believes? Do I even want to be? Last April, I thought about leaving the Adventist Church.I...
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Reader Response - October 25-30, 2015
BestOfComments.png Here are eight noteworthy comments from this week's stories, with links to the articles under which the comments appeared. In order to highlight the great feedback we often receive...
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John Brunt Reflects on 50 Years of Ministry
Brunt.jpg Senior pastor of California's Azure Hills Church, John Brunt, retired from his long career in the Adventist church two months ago. In this interview, he talks about the milestones of his...
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PUC Professor: Why I Invited Ryan Bell to Speak
academic_Freedom.png My name is Aubyn Fulton, I have been a professor of psychology at Pacific Union College for the last 28 years, and I am the one who invited Ryan Bell to speak to my class. The...
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Viewpoint: Does Speaking Christian Still Mean Something?
preaching.jpg We must learn anew what it means to encounter and bear witness to the one who lived, died, and rose again. This is surely a dying art in Adventism, as the last General Conference Session...
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Training Missionaries in a Multicultural World
Cheryl Doss.png Cheryl Doss, director of the Institute of World Mission at the General Conference, talks to Spectrum about the need for training missionaries, the explosion in numbers of short-term...
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Why the North American Division Sexuality Statement is a Disappointment
Rainbow_Prism_Adventist.jpg Oh, is that it? The fact that this church has evolved and is treating us a little bit less like second-class citizens? Just over a week ago, the North American Division of...
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On Culture, Change, and Conscience: A Reflection on Women in Ministry
Culture_Change.jpg Of course we should keep talking. But some are going to have to lead change. Leading up to the vote there were significant hindrances to change, and they all could be observed....
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Twenty Years of Minutes: Proceedings of the General Conference of Seventh-day...
General Conference.jpg This series of five posts draws from the General Conference Session Minutes from the first Annual Session in 1863 through 1882. Maybe I’m weird, but I enjoy reading the minutes...
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Viewpoint: A Christian Response to Terrorism
Paris.png A Christian response to this is one that draws together the Christian community to act as a singular communal agent in the world to announce Christ’s reign and so his peace. The state will do...
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Twenty Years of Minutes: Proceedings of the General Conference of Seventh-day...
White_Butler.png RESOLVED, That we recognize in the present condition of the Pope of Rome and the Sultan of Turkey, unmistakable evidence that we have reached the very conclusion of the great lines of...
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South Pacific Perspectives on Ordination – A Book Review
Ordination_Perspectives.png David Thiele investigates whether women are disqualified from ministering for physical, intellectual, spiritual, ontological or cultural reasons. He concludes that Scripture...
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Filmmaker Explores a God of Multiple Identities
Directing 'Everyone'.jpg Leslie Foster, Southern graduate and filmmaker, brought the beginning of his Ritual Cycle film installation to our UltraViolet Arts Festival in September. Now he is placing the...
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At ASRS, Christ in Scripture and Sermon: A Puzzle
Christ_Cross.png When William Johnsson preached on Sabbath in Atlanta, he invoked the example of Jesus as determinative for Christian life. Ironically, his fellow Adventist scholars had earlier balked...
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A Thanksgiving Meditation – Betting on our Hopes
syrian.jpg There is reason for concern when national rhetoric draws so much strength from our fears. Calmer and more measured souls may sit back quietly in the storm, believing that it will blow over...
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Happy Birthday Ellen Gould Harmon White
birthday_Ellen.png Ellen Gould Harmon and her twin sister Elizabeth came into the world on November 26, 1827. Ellen Gould Harmon and her twin sister Elizabeth came into the world on this day (November...
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