Unequally Yoked: Bad Adventist Theology...

So many have missed out on people and experiences that would have enriched their lives because of unnecessary angst around choosing a non-Adventist...
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Juneteenth and Sabbath: Holidays of...

Adventists should be foremost in promoting Juneteenth, not merely because it commemorates the final day of legalized slavery in the United States but...
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Immanence and Ethics, Part 1: What’s “...

In this first of two parts, William DeMary argues that Adventist anxiety over “spiritualism” reflects an inconsistency between its monist...
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Should We Take Prophetic Utterances at...

Adventists should be at the forefront of encouraging an open canon. After all, this is how we became a church.
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The Stewardship Tree

The Bible is full of spiritual parallels to forces and objects in creation. Creation was God’s first self-revelation of to humanity. It is only...
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A Political Theology of Order: The...

Kallipolis represents the ideal city in Plato’s Republic. Where justice reigns. But for Plato, justice is order. Adventism, too, has always...
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To All My Relations: Indigenous...

Christ’s words “Do this in remembrance” pull us to contemplate the relations of those who have been. We honor the stories of the Bible, and of the...
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Adventism at 160: A Look Behind the...

The current church leadership has done a good job of focusing us on mission, but the Adventist story needs to be elevated beyond baptismal numbers to...
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The Self-Destructiveness of Adventist...

Too many in our denomination ignorantly believe that there are no other Christians besides us; they can’t comprehend that there are non-Adventists...
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A Visit to the Cedar Lake Seventh-day...

Pastor Harris’s appeal loomed over my mind as I wondered, do any adjustments need to take place in my life or my church for people to feel welcome as...
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