If your family’s been Adventist for generations, there’s a quiet assumption that creeps in: we’ve been here the longest, so we belong the most. Like faith came with an inheritance clause. A set of keys to the kingdom. Step outside that for a second and things look different. Churches drift into members-only clubs. Not on […] Source: https://atoday.org/who-feels-most-uncomfortable-in-our-churches-and-why/

Comments of the Week May 11-17, 2026 “I have so many clever retorts to this, but I’m behaving myself. ” –Robert Thomas on Aunt Sevvy, is oral sex in marriage a sin? Comments on EDITORIAL: Phone Calls From My Colleagues; If Africa Doesn’t Think, Here’s Why; Hebrews Proves that Daniel 8:14 Really Isn’t About the […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-may11-17/

Comments of the Week May 11-17, 2026 “I have so many clever retorts to this, but I’m behaving myself. ” –Robert Thomas on Aunt Sevvy, is oral sex in marriage a sin? Comments on EDITORIAL: Phone Calls From My Colleagues; If Africa Doesn’t Think, Here’s Why; Hebrews Proves that Daniel 8:14 Really Isn’t About the […] Source: https://atoday.org/comments-of-the-week-may11-17/

When I was a pastor, but after I started writing for Spectrum and Adventist Today, I began to get phone calls from other pastors—men I didn’t know, but who’d read some of my essays and felt they could trust me. They would say, “Loren, I still feel called to serve God. But I’m in deep conflict about ministry.” […] Source: https://atoday.org/editorial-phone-call-from-my-brethren/