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Deconstruction Isn’t the Enemy. Shame Is.

Adventism likes to pretend it was born finished. It wasn’t. It was born mid-argument, after a public mistake, and it stayed alive by changing its mind. That history gets...

The Pastor’s Kid Problem

Nobody applies for the job of pastor's kid. It arrives with the moving boxes — a new town, a new school, and a congregation of a few hundred people...

How to set someone straight like an Adventist

First you tell them you have been praying. That part is almost always true. Then you mention the burden. The burden is never your annoyance. It is the Lord’s, which means...

Things Adventists Find Hot

We notice a good-looking person the same way anybody does. Then the rest of the criteria arrive, and they are oddly precise. No tattoos. No...

Did Ellen White ever change her mind on things?

Yes. Ellen White’s understanding grew across six decades of ministry. Adventist historians usually speak of three kinds of change: clearer wording, progressive development of...

8 Things You Cannot Say in Sabbath School Without Starting a Fight

“Ellen White was a product of her time.” The room goes quiet. Someone opens Selected Messages like a weapon. You have 12 seconds before...

Do Adventist Hospitals Perform Abortions?

Rarely. Almost never for the reasons people assume. The church’s 2019 statement calls abortion “out of harmony with God’s plan.” Elective procedures for convenience, birth...

Adventist Culture

When Being a “Good Adventist” Starts Pushing You Away from Jesus

There’s a moment a lot of Adventists don’t really...

Let’s Take Back Adventism

Adventism wasn’t built by people who thought they had...

The Quiet Financial Anxiety We Refuse to Discuss in the Pews

As Adventists, we can spend hours discussing prophecy, doctrine,...

Adventist Food

Wishing for the World to End is Selfish

Wishing for the World to End is Selfish In Adventist...

The Cost of Being Right All the Time

  One of the real strengths of Adventism is that...

Adventism’s Hidden Class System: Who Gets Heard and Why

Every church says it listens to everyone. But every...

Is Adventism in Decline?

For generations, many Adventists assumed the church was destined...

Sabbath Observance

Does Adventism Work Best When Members Are Afraid?

I don’t think so. Fear has done a lot...

Is Adventist Education Worth the Cost?

The invoice arrives and suddenly everyone becomes a theologian....

Reasons to Love Adventism, Warts and All

I keep coming back to this. Jesus is the...

Should Adventists decide where to give their tithe?

The official answer is no. Tithe is not a...