9 July 2019 | Adventist Health Portland is part of a list of medical facilities in Portland, Oregon, accused of calling the police to remove mentally ill and homeless people on their property. The Lund Report states that those removed from the hospitals are often jailed by law enforcement. An investigation by Disability Rights Oregon […] Source: https://atoday.org/mentally-ill-allegedly-ejected-from-adventist-health-portland-emergency-room-jailed/
Los Angeles Mayor Talks Homelessness At Hollywood Adventist Church
7 July 2019 | Eric Garcetti, the mayor of Los Angeles, recently addressed the homelessness crisis in the city during a talk at Hollywood Adventist Church. On the afternoon of Friday, June 14, Garcetti spoke to a high-energy meeting of freshly trained outreach workers that have been charged with helping to bring homeless people out […] Source: https://atoday.org/los-angeles-mayor-talks-homelessness-at-hollywood-adventist-church/
Adventists, War, and Oppressive Governments, WW1 to the Present
by Ronald Lawson, PhD | 5 July 2019 | The American Civil War forced the Adventist Church to grapple with the issue of military service just as it created its organizational structure in the early 1860s. After an open debate, and after the introduction of conscription in March 1863 obliged it to publicly embrace a […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventists-war-and-oppressive-governments-ww1-to-the-present/
Part Three: “As I Was Saying…”—A Valedictory Sermon
by Loren Seibold | 5 July 2019 | Every pastor, it’s said, has one especially loud string on his fiddle. No matter how much you try to be creative and wide-ranging, there are certain themes, certain ways of saying things, that characterize your message. As I came down to the last Sabbath of my ministry, […] Source: https://atoday.org/part-three-as-i-was-saying-a-valedictory-sermon/
Moral Influence or Substitutionism? Who Cares?
5 July 2019 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, Recently a man preached at our church who explained the atonement as Jesus just showing how much he loves us. I was furious that someone would stand in our pulpit and preach this “moral influence theory” heresy, because the Bible clearly teaches that Jesus was killed to satisfy […] Source: https://atoday.org/moral-influence-or-substitutionism-who-cares/
