By Björn Karlman Executive Director, Adventist Today Some Adventists live as if life itself is only a waiting room for the end times. Endless debates about timelines. Constant decoding of prophecy. Anxiety over what might happen next. And while all that speculation churns, something vital is missed. Today. Real people. Real suffering. Real beauty. Real […] Source: https://atoday.org/faith-that-only-looks-forward-is-faith-that-fails/

Comments of the Week December 22-28 “Thank you, Aunt Sevvy, for your patience and kindness in answering this question with which we are tediously and predictably assaulted every Christmas season.“ –Don Drury on Aunt Sevvy does the bible say that Christmas trees are a sin? Comments on Why Do People Leave Adventism Relieved-and Why Don’t […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-dec22-28/

Suelo ser una persona optimista, pero admito que últimamente me he sentido algo deprimido. Además de algunas preocupaciones en el ámbito familiar, los acontecimientos en la Iglesia Adventista de mi país me han hecho preguntarme hacia dónde se dirige el adventismo holandés. Gran parte de mi inquietud se debe a los acontecimientos en la arena […] Source: https://atoday.org/como-podemos-seguir-creyendo-que-dios-tiene-el-control/

When people leave Adventism, many describe something unexpected: relief. Not bitterness. Not rebellion. Relief. Relief from constant self-monitoring. Relief from the low-grade anxiety of never quite measuring up. Relief from having to translate every doubt into a moral failure. Relief from feeling like salvation was always one misstep away from review. That should stop us […] Source: https://atoday.org/why-do-people-leave-adventism-relieved-and-why-dont-we-want-to-hear-that/

Adventism knows how to prepare for persecution. We’ve diagrammed it, preached it, illustrated it for children, and rehearsed it for generations. One day, pressure will come from the outside. Laws will change. Faith will be tested. The remnant will stand. But what if that story has distracted us from a quieter, more immediate threat? Fragility. […] Source: https://atoday.org/what-if-persecution-isnt-our-problem-fragility-is/