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Washington Adventist University’s Praise-Dance Team is on Fire!

February 4, 2019 by Andy Roman

We are losing our sense of worship. In many churches and schools we are seeing new trends of praise and worship techniques that are no different than the dance clubs or rock concerts. Lasers, pulsating light shows, shouting, jumping, dancing and loud, blaring, thumping music are all designed to entertain, excite and give you an […]

The Church’s Silence on the Abortion Crisis is Alarming

January 31, 2019 by Andy Roman

“Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter” Proverbs 24:11 (RSV). We have been commanded to protect and save those who are being led to the slaughter. It is time for Seventh-day Adventists to see the evil in abortion and to stand up and speak […]

Southwestern Adventist University’s 1950s Swing Dance Party

January 23, 2019 by Andy Roman

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has just recently finished a 10-day season of prayer and revival. This spiritual feast took place from January 9-19, 2019 in churches all across North America. [1] Thousands of people have been praying for unity, for the Holy Spirit and for spiritual revival. While the 10-days of prayer […]

Seventh-day Adventist Lobbying Arm will be working Side-by-side with Rome in Washington, D.C.

January 22, 2019 by Andy Roman

Adventist Health Policy Association [AHPA] is a lobbying firm representing Seventh-day Adventist health care systems. This policy and advocacy group has just recently set up offices in Washington, D.C. in order to help advance policies and to have a voice among federal agencies and members of Congress. According to a recent report by FierceHealthcare, a […]

The Death Knell of Seventh-day Adventist Institutions of Higher Learning

January 21, 2019 by Andy Roman

“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.” 1 Corinthians 3:19. When worldly beliefs and influences attack the church they usually aren’t isolated incidents. The extent of these attacks go far and wide, way beyond just one institution. All of our institutions are under assault. Every faculty, every student body and every university […]

When Ministers Lose Their Jobs For Calling Homosexuality Sin

January 17, 2019 by Andy Roman

Pastor Justin Hoke posted a sign outside of his church that read in part, “Homosexuality is still sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not.” The church sign created a backlash within his local community. Some people gathered to protest while others vandalized the sign. https://www.facebook.com/100006191227414/posts/2260069780876041/ https://www.facebook.com/100006191227414/posts/2260244914191861/ Justin Hoke had to resign from his […]

Thy Way O Lord, for Ordination, is in the Sanctuary

January 12, 2019 by Andy Roman

The Biblical sanctuary with its types and shadows has been the foundation upon which our movement has stood. It is the sanctuary message and the truths connected to it that has set us apart from the rest of the world. For the sanctuary explains both our past and our present duty: “The subject of the […]

Dan Jackson Believes that the Compliance Document will have very Little Effect in Changing Anything

January 8, 2019 by Andy Roman

Dan Jackson, President of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, told a gathering of Seventh-day Adventist leaders that the General Conference won’t have the 2/3 majority vote needed to remove any non-compliant leader from the General Conference Executive Committee. Dan Jackson was speaking to the 2018 Society of Adventist Communicator’s Conference in October and […]

Women Ordination Advocates Attack Fulcrum7 (Part 2)

January 4, 2019 by Andy Roman

In Part 2 we will briefly examine the actual press release put out by the North American Division [NAD] against Fulcrum7, an online conservative news website that defends the teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As you will clearly see, this press release was not an attempt to “respond to false claims” [1] as the NAD would […]

Women Ordination Advocates Attack Fulcrum7 (Part 1)

January 2, 2019 by Andy Roman

The politicizing of a church entity is something that should never happen. Using the church’s influence and media platforms to engage in disingenuous partisanship is an abuse of power. This is something that should concern every Seventh-day Adventist. Let me explain the facts. Dan Jackson, president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, is […]