I Was A Refugee
Migrant-Crisis.jpg The idea that a particular group of people are sovereign in a particular area is the fundamental assumption on which democracy is based. It is the foundation that nearly the entire...
View ArticleDoes Adventism Inspire Young Adventists? Alexander Carpenter
Spectrum_Roundtable.png On Saturday afternoon, March 12, the Loma Linda University School of Religion Humanities Program hosted an afternoon conversation titled "Does Adventism Inspire Young...
View ArticleDoes Adventism Inspire Young Adventists? Trisha Famisaran
Spectrum_Roundtable.png On Saturday afternoon, March 12, the Loma Linda University School of Religion Humanities Program hosted an afternoon conversation titled "Does Adventism Inspire Young...
View ArticleProactive Peacemaking
SJN_2116.jpg A campaign for 10,000 Acts of Peace is underway in Lincoln, Nebraska. Union College professor Chris Blake talks about the Interfaith Peacemaking Coalition's big event last Sunday, which...
View ArticleExquisite Film Had the Edge at SONscreen
WesAndersonThumbnail2.jpg Grant Perdew, whose film won at the SONscreen Film Festival this year, talks about the inspiration of Wes Anderson, the power of film to change the world and the amazing...
View ArticleChoice, Chance, Environment and God: How We Fare in Life
Choice_Chance.jpg While we believe that in the overarching scheme of things, God's will is sovereign and His ultimate purpose will prevail, in the micro world in which we live these four factors can...
View ArticleSpectrum Podcast: Jason Hines on Prince (Profound + Profane)
Spectrum_Podcast.jpg Welcome to Spectrum’s new weekly podcast created and hosted by Alexander Carpenter. The main interview is with Jason Hines, Ph.D., on the Adventist connections in Prince’s music he...
View ArticleFriendship Guru Talks About the Keys to Happiness
black and white dress headshot smaller.jpg Shasta Nelson, Adventist-pastor-turned-relationship-expert, talks about her new book Frientimacy, her national friendship business and the importance of close...
View ArticleSharing Music in the City of Angels
1620530_10204928799213308_8962815096828305929_n (1).jpg LA radio host and producer Brian Lauritzen talks about the power of radio to make connections, why he feels the Adventist church is perpetuating...
View ArticleThe Adventist Podcast: Religion & Politics
Adventist_Podcast.jpg Featuring sociologist Landon Schnabel on gender, sexuality and religion and investigative journalist Sarah Posner on Ben Carson. Welcome to The Adventist Podcast. This week's...
View ArticleWe Will Be a Masterpiece: Meditation from a Rehab Facility
Kim_Family.jpg He wanted to console me. He wanted to reassure me that it was going to be alright. He wanted to protect me. But at the same time, he was unsure—so he was sharing with me his fear. On...
View ArticleAdventist Healthcare: A View from the Top
Jernigan.png In this exclusive interview, Don Jernigan, the man at the helm of the largest Protestant not-for-profit healthcare system in the United States, talks about his soon-to-be-published book,...
View ArticleThe Adventist Podcast: Aubyn Fulton
Adventist_Podcast_Fulton.jpg Welcome to Spectrum’s weekly Adventist Podcast. This edition features a chat with Dr. Aubyn Fulton, professor of psychology at Pacific Union College. He discusses academic...
View ArticleViewpoint: Church Claim for State Funding Could Open Door to Government...
State_Funding.jpg The Seventh-day Adventist Church, has joined an amicus brief on behalf of the petitioners, arguing that the Missouri Blaine Amendment discriminates against churches and that the state...
View ArticleReview of Sigve Tonstad's "God of Sense and Traditions of Non-Sense"
godofsense_review.jpg Tonstad makes the case that God has always been on the side of empowering people to make morally responsible choices while Satan has always been on the side of trying to control...
View ArticleThe Adventist Podcast: Education
Adventist_Podcast_education.jpg Featuring Jared Wright on Adventist education, Hallie Anderson on higher ed news, anonymous #FreePUC student leader on campus activism and Ramona Hayman on Magic...
View ArticleThe Problem with Church Music
pi7.jpg Alexander Douglas, principal of the Music and Worship Academy for the South England Conference, explains why worship does not equal music, and why something unmusical cannot be spiritual. In...
View ArticleThe Story Behind the Bible Felts
Screen Shot 2016-05-27 at 22.06.28.png Betty Lukens has been creating felts to illustrate Bible stories for children for over 60 years, and still ships the sets all over the world. In this interview,...
View ArticleThe Adventist Podcast: Degree Fraud & Barely Adventist
Degree_Fraud.jpg Featuring conversation about SID president's doctoral degree and the anonymous creator of the Barely Adventist humor website on why satire is constructive for the Adventist faith...
View ArticleSea Turtle Tracking App Created by Loma Linda Researchers
DSC_0015.JPG Biology professor Stephen Dunbar and PhD student Dustin Baumbach talk about the app they developed, and how they hope to track individual sea turtles around the world using image...
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