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/
U.S. Senate Chaplain Barry Black Named 2019 Canterbury Medalist
13 June 2019 | From a Becket Media Relations news release via the North American Division news page: Barry C. Black, 62nd Chaplain of the U.S. Senate, has been named Becket’s 2019 Canterbury Medalist for his honorable defense of religious liberty for people of all faiths. The Canterbury Medal, Becket’s highest honor, recognizes an individual who […] Source: https://atoday.org/u-s-senate-chaplain-barry-black-named-2019-canterbury-medalist/
