by Reinder Bruinsma  |  19 June 2024  | Most days I spend at least a few minutes on Facebook. Some friends get more attention than others. David Larson, who before his recent retirement taught ethics at Loma Linda University, is a friend whose opinions I value. Recently he posted this insightful paragraph: Some seem to […] Source: https://atoday.org/being-adventist-is-it-all-or-nothing/

19 June 2024  | The monarchy of Saul, Israel’s first king, is generally regarded as a failure. For the most part we, as adults, maintain the same impressions of Saul and Samuel that we had as children. To be fair, it is time we take a more nuanced approach to an assessment of Saul’s reign […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-horace-alexander-saul-the-tragic-hero/

SILVER SPRING, Maryland — In a move hailed as groundbreaking by those nostalgic for the 1980s, the General Conference (GC) has unveiled its latest strategy to spread the Three Angels’ Messages: fax machines. “While everyone else is distracted by the internet and social media, we’ve decided to take a bold, unprecedented step backwards,” said GC […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-gc-unveils-innovative-plan-to-spread-3-angels-message-via-fax/

by Norm Young  |  18 June 2024  | It was a crisis; a test of faith.  King Nebuchadnezzar himself had arranged that the daily provisions for Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah would be supplied from his own table and from his festive wine (Daniel 1:5–6).  The arrangement confronted these young Jews with a problem regarding […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-daniel-solution-eating-and-drinking-in-an-idolatrous-world/