18 June 2019 | June 20 is World Refugee Day, when the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joins the United Nations and the world to commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees, and show support for families forced to leave their homes due to persecution or conflict. ADRA remains committed to […] Source: https://atoday.org/adra-statement-for-2019-world-refugee-day/
Baby Cut from Adventist Mother Dies
16 June 2019 | After two months on life support, a baby cut from his mother’s womb in a gruesome Chicago-area crime died Friday of severe brain injury. “It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of baby Yovanny Jadiel Lopez,” Julie Contreras, a family spokesperson, said in a statement. “Please […] Source: https://atoday.org/baby-cut-from-adventist-mother-dies/
What Scares Me About Evangelism
by Rebecca Brothers | 14 June 2019 | Prior to serving a ten-month stint as an Adventist student missionary, I learned a popular evangelistic tactic called “friendship evangelism.” The theory was that to draw people to the Adventist church, you make friends with them first. You show them hospitality, and wit, and good humor. You […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-scares-me-about-evangelism/
Our Discouraging Small Church
Dear Aunt Sevvy, My wife and I just moved from southern California to a small city in the Midwestern plains—a work transfer. We’re very Adventist. So we went to church (the only church for an hour in any direction). Almost everyone was old. The Sabbath School class plodded through the lesson, though with criticism of […] Source: https://atoday.org/our-discouraging-small-church/
Scientism and Other Grand Narratives
by David Geelan | 14 June 2019 | Science and its colleague technology have done much, throughout human history, to expand our understanding and control of the world around us and to enable us to enhance our lives. This is true for both high and low technology. I’m writing this on a computer much more […] Source: https://atoday.org/scientism-and-other-grand-narratives/
