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02/11/2024

“What Is the Unborn Child? American Faith-based Healthcare, Abortion, and the Culture Wars”

ATSS links and editorial
02/11/2024

ATSS links and editorial

02 November 2024 Editorial: “Is a Church’s Potluck Dinner a Litmus Test?” Features editorial Imagine you are visiting a church for the first time, the sermon has ended, the postlude has concluded, and members approach you to extend an invitation to potluck. You accept and are ushered downstair...

What if you and I are merely programs running in the mind of God? Read more:
02/11/2024

What if you and I are merely programs running in the mind of God? Read more:

01 November 2024 Reality & the Mind of God Commentary by David Geelan | 1 November 2024 | What does it mean to ‘understand’ something? If we say ‘I understand quadratic equations or ‘I understand the sanctuary doctrine’ or ‘I understand how yachts sail in directions other than downwind.....

from Adventist Today
31/10/2024

from Adventist Today

Trump Dons High-Vis Vest, Vows to ‘Clean Up Tremendous Piles of Great Controversy Books’ From American Cities
31/10/2024

Trump Dons High-Vis Vest, Vows to ‘Clean Up Tremendous Piles of Great Controversy Books’ From American Cities

31 October 2024 SATIRE: Trump Dons High-Vis Vest, Vows to ‘Clean Up Tremendous Piles of Great Controversy Books’ From American Cities” AT Lite controversy, election, garbage, Trump In a dramatic campaign appearance that left Adventist leaders scrambling for response, former President Donald Tr...

“Instituting 'biblically based' policies, saving souls and inducing Sabbath observance constitute a direct attack on rel...
31/10/2024

“Instituting 'biblically based' policies, saving souls and inducing Sabbath observance constitute a direct attack on religious freedom, a freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, which keeps the government out of religion.” Read more:

31 October 2024 Should Adventists Remain Neutral When Politicians Have a Religious Agenda? News by Robert Crux | 31 October 2024 | Many Adventists believe that the best stance toward the world is neutrality: ignore grievous social injustice and religious upheaval, and remain stolidly apolitical. But...

News from the United Kingdom, Philadelphia, Inter-America and Asia-Pacific Division.
31/10/2024

News from the United Kingdom, Philadelphia, Inter-America and Asia-Pacific Division.

31 October 2024 News Brief: 31 October 2024 News 31 October 2024 | News from the Inter-American Division “Seventh-day Adventist leaders in the Inter-American Division (IAD) recently hosted an online Spirit of Prophecy Emphasis Week aimed at inspiring leaders and church members to engage more deepl...

SATIRE: Local Adventist Finally Admits Cookie Binge Was His Own Fault, Not Satan’s
31/10/2024

SATIRE: Local Adventist Finally Admits Cookie Binge Was His Own Fault, Not Satan’s

30 October 2024 SATIRE: Local Adventist Finally Admits Cookie Binge Was His Own Fault, Not Satan’s AT Lite cookies, Devil, temptation In a groundbreaking moment of personal accountability, local church member Brad Thompson has publicly acknowledged that his recent demolition of an entire batch of ...

Fiji Mission makes statement to press about allegations of sexual abuse by president. Read more:
31/10/2024

Fiji Mission makes statement to press about allegations of sexual abuse by president. Read more:

30 October 2024 Fiji Mission makes statement to press about accusations of sexual abuse News 30 October 2024 | In response to the allegations arising from an unidentified woman accusing Fiji Mission president Nasoni Lutunaliwa of sexual abuse when she was 13, the Fiji Mission says it has initiated a...

Channel 4 exposes decades of sexual abuse claims that were allegedly ignored by UK church to protect a prominent former ...
30/10/2024

Channel 4 exposes decades of sexual abuse claims that were allegedly ignored by UK church to protect a prominent former church leader. Read more—

30 October 2024 Channel 4 News Releases Evidence Surrounding Sexual Abuse Claims Against UK SDA Church Member News SEC Church 30 October 2024 | Channel 4 has released evidence against Dr. Donald Kelly, once a prominent member of the South England Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church....

Your mind is the most extraordinary thing in the universe. Read more:
30/10/2024

Your mind is the most extraordinary thing in the universe. Read more:

30 October 2024 The Body Temple: Minding the Brain Commentary artificial intelligence, Body Temple, Brain, Computer, Consciousness, Mind by Jack Hoehn I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as p...

What is the unborn child?
30/10/2024

What is the unborn child?

30 October 2024 ATSS: Mark F. Carr, “What is the Unborn Child? American Faith-based Healthcare, Abortion, and the Culture Wars” ATSS, Features ATSS 30 October 2024 | Without the court-protected, faith-based, healthcare corporations of modern America, our healthcare non-system would collapse. So ...

ADRA is a major voice in the United Nations, contributing to peace strategies and global developments. Read more—
30/10/2024

ADRA is a major voice in the United Nations, contributing to peace strategies and global developments. Read more—

29 October 2024 ADRA earns “General Consultative Status” in United Nations News ADRA, United Nations 29 October, 2024 | As of 1997, ADRA earned General Consultative Status as a non-governmental organization (NGO) within the United Nations, allowing it to: Designate official representatives to th...

The message of the film is that failure grooms a person for success: specifically, the failure of the Millerites morphed...
29/10/2024

The message of the film is that failure grooms a person for success: specifically, the failure of the Millerites morphed into success for the Seventh-day Adventists. That message is intrinsically flawed. Read more:

29 October 2024 The Hopeful: An Ambitious but Shallow Portrayal of Adventist Origins Commentary by Milton Hook | 29 October 2024 | On October 22, 2024, one hundred and eighty years after The Great Disappointment in America, I watched the film The Hopeful in a movie theater in Australia. There was on...

SATIRE: New AI Algorithm Calculates Exact Distance Between Theater and Hell
29/10/2024

SATIRE: New AI Algorithm Calculates Exact Distance Between Theater and Hell

29 October 2024 SATIRE: New AI Algorithm Calculates Exact Distance Between Theater and Hell AT Lite hell, movies, Theater In a groundbreaking development that has Adventist mathematicians buzzing, researchers at the General Conference’s newly established Department of Digital Righteousness claim t...

FINALLY!
28/10/2024

FINALLY!

28 October 2024 SATIRE: Church Launches 3-Word Sermon Summary Service for Distracted Parents AT Lite distraction, parenting, sermon The Pleasant Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church has revolutionized its ministry to young parents by introducing a groundbreaking “Parent Sermon Summary Service” (P...

Neuroscience is used to increase literacy ratings in the Rocky Mountain Conference schools. Read more—
28/10/2024

Neuroscience is used to increase literacy ratings in the Rocky Mountain Conference schools. Read more—

28 October 2024 Literacy Rates Rise in Rocky Mountain Conference Schools Thanks to Neuroscience News 28 October 2024 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) is in its fourth year of addressing literacy in education by instituting monthly reading professional developmen...

Society of Adventist Communicators Conference pulls major players for breakout speakers and career-making networking opp...
28/10/2024

Society of Adventist Communicators Conference pulls major players for breakout speakers and career-making networking opportunities. Read more—

28 October 2024 Creatives Collect at Society of Adventist Communicators Features 28 October 2024| From October 17-19, writers, designers, videographers, journalists, and communications directors gathered at the Oak Brook Hilton Hills Spa and Resort outside Chicago, Illinois, for the annual Society o...

Book review: Pacific Press on alcohol and alcoholism.
28/10/2024

Book review: Pacific Press on alcohol and alcoholism.

28 October 2024 Book Review: Alcohol: All Risk, No Benefits Features alcohol, alcoholism, book review Llandless, Peter N. And McBride, Duane C. Editors, Alcohol, All Risk, No Benefits. Pacific Press, 2024, 128 pages. Reviewed by Gregory Matthews. The strength of this book is the 151 references to th...

We often say that Satan tempts us—but doesn't James say we're tempted by our own desires? Read Aunty's answer.
28/10/2024

We often say that Satan tempts us—but doesn't James say we're tempted by our own desires? Read Aunty's answer.

28 October 2024 Aunty, how does Satan tempt us? Features aunt sevvy 28 October 2024 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, We often say that Satan tempts us. Apart from his temptation of Jesus in the desert, though, we don’t see many examples of the mechanics of temptation. James 1:14 actually says that “each perso...

"Someone brought fried chicken to a potluck I attended once. Yes it was an SDA potluck. Guess what was the first thing t...
27/10/2024

"Someone brought fried chicken to a potluck I attended once. Yes it was an SDA potluck. Guess what was the first thing to get eaten up?" -Janice Merrill enjoys a satire article about potlucks. See what others have said!

Comments on Councils on Diet and Foods, A Spirit of Lying, Fiji Mission President's Alleged Sexual Assault Allegations, and Retired GC President's Endorsement of Kamala Harris.

27 October 2024 Comments of the Week October 20-27 Features comments of the week Comments of the Week October 20-27 “Someone brought fried chicken to a potluck I attended once. Yes it was an SDA potluck. Guess what was the first thing to get eaten up?” -Janice Merrill enjoys a satire article abo...

Editorial and ATSS links
26/10/2024

Editorial and ATSS links

26 October 2024 Editorial: “On Reading Counsels on Diet and Foods” Features editorial A few weeks ago a commenter responded to an Aunt Sevvy column, Most, if not at all, of the issues that garner so much feedback—like the current questions about The Great Controversy, the role of Ellen White, ...

As the election approaches, Freddie Russell warns us that we can become very accustomed to believing lies. Read more:
25/10/2024

As the election approaches, Freddie Russell warns us that we can become very accustomed to believing lies. Read more:

25 October 2024 A Spirit of Lying Commentary by Fredrick A. Russell | 25 October 2024 | In M. Scott Peck’s riveting book, People of the Lie, Peck places front and center a disturbing reality: there is evil in this world. The target audience for his book was not particularly religious, although the...

Woman breaks silence on podcast, alleging abduction by pastor when she was 13. Read more:
25/10/2024

Woman breaks silence on podcast, alleging abduction by pastor when she was 13. Read more:

25 October 2024 Woman Alleges that Fiji Mission President Abducted and Tried to R**e Her When She Was 13 News 25 October 2024 | The church in the South Pacific is in an uproar at the allegation that the church in Fiji failed to address a known situation of the now-president of the Seventh-day Advent...

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ATSS: Mark F. Carr, “What Is the Unborn Child?"
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“What Is the Unborn Child? American Faith-based Healthcare, Abortion, and the Culture Wars”

ATSS: Dr. Courtney Ray: "A History of Seventh-day Adventists and Politics"
ATSS: Dr. Courtney Ray: "A History of Seventh-day Adventists and Politics"

In the United States, church and state are held separately to prevent the interjection of the government into the free exercise of religion. However, does that mean the church remains neutral.

ATSS: Horace Alexander, "Bible as Literature"
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ATSS: “Jonah” with Dr. Laurence Turner
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#atsummerchallenge UPDATE: Tech strategist and Adventist Today board member Chris Daley interviews AT Exec Director Björn Karlman on what his goal was for his recently-completed 230-mile London to Paris run, challenges encountered and lessons learned from the experience. There’s still time to support the accessible, independent journalism of Adventist Today by sponsoring Bjorn’s run here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024

230 Miles Conquered: We Made It to the Eiffel Tower! 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷🎉 Just before the stroke of midnight on Sunday, I finally reached the Eiffel Tower! The AT Summer Challenge's 230-mile journey from London to Paris is complete. To everyone who cheered, donated, and supported this incredible adventure - thank you! Your encouragement pushed me through every step, especially those final grueling miles. While the run may be over, our mission to support independent Adventist journalism continues. There's still time to contribute: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 From the bottom of my heart, merci beaucoup for being part of this unforgettable journey! #ATSummerChallenge #MissionAccomplished

#atsummerchallenge Day 8 - Final Leg : Cergy to Eiffel Tower! 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷 Setting off from Cergy to the Eiffel Tower for the last stretch of the AT Summer Challenge! Excited to reach the finish line, but also bracing myself for the (scenic) 40-mile route ahead. Your support has carried me this far. Let's make this final push count for accessible, independent Adventist journalism! Donate here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 Follow along for the grand finale! #ATSummerChallenge

As I’ve done a lot of videos of me talking to the camera during the #atsummerchallenge, I’m switching things up today and instead featuring the special music item I enjoyed at church today on the outskirts of Paris at Église Adventiste Puiseux Pontoise. It was the Lord’s Prayer and I thought the trio did a great job! Thanks for supporting the #atsummerchallenge and the accessible, independent journalism of Adventist Today here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 You guys are amazing! Bjorn Karlman AT Exec Director

The plan for today: Day 6 - Normandy to Paris Outskirts 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷 Today's #ATSummerChallenge leg takes me from Gournay-en-Bray in Normandy to Cergy, just northwest of Paris. The City of Light is almost within reach! As I pound the pavement towards the final stretch of this 230-mile London to Paris journey, I'm overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. Your cheers, messages, and donations have been the wind at my back and the spring in my step. You've turned this solo run into a community effort, and for that, I'm profoundly grateful. Even my friends from the UK secondary school days at Stanborough have been showering me with pep texts 🤣 Let's keep this momentum going for Adventist Today's mission of independent journalism! **Be part of this journey:** https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 - every contribution fuels both this run and AT's vital work. Don't forget to check the AT page for daily video updates. Your involvement makes every kilometer meaningful! #atsummerchallenge

79 km (49 miles): Day 5 (Ultra) Marathon 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷 Day 5 of the 230-mile London to Paris #ATSummerChallenge is complete, and it was truly challenging! I covered 79 km (49 miles) today, the longest run of this entire challenge. I ran between Abbeville and Gournay-en-Bray. Exhausted but glad to have this tough leg behind me. This grueling day tested my limits, but it's all part of the journey. Every step taken today was fueled by the amazing support I've received from all of you. As we continue towards Paris, let's keep the momentum going for Adventist Today's mission of accessible, independent journalism! **Support the cause:** https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 - all proceeds directly benefit AT. Thank you for being part of this journey. Together, we're making each mile count! #atsummerchallenge

Leaving Abbeville on Day 5 of the AT Summer Challenge! Your sponsorship and encouragement keep me going through the toughest miles. Please consider donating any amount (I’m serious, even a dollar for the whole 230-mile run is deeply appreciated) to support both my run and Adventist Today’s accessible, independent journalism. https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 - all proceeds directly benefit the accessible, independent journalism of Adventist Today.

Day 4 of my 230-mile London to Paris run: A 70 km / 43 mile run from Dieppe to Abbeville! 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷 The weather was not too hot today so that made things easier but it was a slog at times for sure! Thank you for sponsoring my run and the accessible, independent Adventist journalism of Adventist Today here: https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 Your encouragement keeps me going strong! Check this AT page for daily video updates on this crazy adventure. Thank you for being part of this journey from London to Paris! #atsummerchallenge

Join me as I run for the AT Summer Challenge fundraiser! **Sponsor the AT Summer Challenge:** https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 - all proceeds go directly to AT. #atsummerchallenge

Day 4: On the Road in France! 🏃‍♂️🇫🇷 Bonjour from Dieppe! I'm lacing up my running shoes and hitting the road right now, heading towards Abbeville. The French countryside awaits as I continue my #ATSummerChallenge journey. We'll see how far I get today! With approximately 172 miles left of my 230-mile London to Paris adventure, every step counts in supporting Adventist Today's independent journalism. Your encouragement fuels my run! **Sponsor the AT Summer Challenge:** https://fundraise.givesmart.com/vf/getfit2024 - all proceeds go directly to AT. Follow my progress on the AT page for daily video updates. Merci for your continued support! #atsummerchallenge

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