Below the Surface

I read somewhere that about 8/9 of an iceberg is below the surface. That, I guess, is what makes it so potentially dangerous for ships at sea. I find...
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Reasoning Errors in Religious Dialog

There is a lot of argumentation in the religious arena. I don’t mean heated shouting matches, although I suppose that happens too. I mean debate-...
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The Need to be Right

I’ve been an Adventist most of my life and the years are adding up. In that lengthy exposure to the SDA subculture there are many things I like and...
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Separations

I recently watched the French film L’Equipier. It tells the story of a young man who, in 1963, arrives on the small island of Ouessant, off the coast...
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What Adventism Should Be Like

Several months back a website commenter asked: “why do the "non-traditionalists" think the church should exist. … those calling for change in our...
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What Changed?

A few months ago, Michael Peabody, Juan Perla, Alexander Carpenter, and I discussed the pending oral arguments on the cases of Hollingsworth v. Perry...
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Why Don’t You Just Leave?

Comments on this website frequently involve traditionalist and non-traditionalist[1] Adventists sparring in disagreement over various topics...
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The Knight of Faith

170 years ago, Soren Kierkegaard wrote Fear and Trembling. Ten years ago, I read it for the first time and it changed my life. In it Kierkegaard...
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Same Evidence Different Interpretation

Christians in general, and Adventists in particular, often have contentious discussions on how to understand scripture as it relates to the physical...
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Moral Complexity

Adventism has wrestled with the concept of human perfection almost from its beginnings. The subject has always been controversial –is it possible or...
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