From Vote to World View

In the aftermath of San Antonio’s Women’s Ordination (WO) “No vote” there has been, unsurprisingly, considerable reaction. Emotion, speculation,...
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A Church Beyond Walls: A Call to...

“Now let’s get back to the mission of our church.” This has been one of the most repeated phrases among Seventh-day Adventists following the 2015...
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Galatians 3:28 and the Abolition of...

There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if...
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Editorial: Adventist Identity Angst

The recent, newly formatted issue of the Adventist Review[1] focuses on the question “Am I an Adventist?” Bill Knott’s editorial rightly notes that...
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Viewpoint: Science or Scripture? A...

I am not a scientist or a theologian, so for the last few years I have been doing a lot of careful listening.  What I have noted regarding the debate...
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Finding Fishy Theology

the·ol·o·gy (thē-ˈä-lə-jē)  noun, the study of God and God's relation to the world fish·y (fi-shē) adj. Informal, Inspiring doubt or suspicion
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Adventism and Fundamentalism Cannot...

The founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church wanted the freedom to study the Scriptures for themselves, and to follow the Bible wherever it would...
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Why I No Longer Believe in Last...

Growing up in the Adventist church, I was exposed to a brand of Adventism promoting what has been identified as Last Generation Theology (LGT).  We...
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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 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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