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News and commentary from a Biblical world view on current events, top stories, social trends and political and religious events.

The North American Division President Once Again Endorses Dynamic Worship with Drumming, Dancing, Swaying, and a Bedlam of Noise

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On November 4, 2023, G. Alexander Bryant, the President of the North American Division, visited the Market Street Seventh-day Adventist Church in Oakland, CA, for their 100-year anniversary. Before President Bryant got up to speak, the church’s choir performed what has been characterized as dynamic worship—a style of worship that is gaining wide acceptance in […]

President Ted Wilson and the Scarlet-colored Carpet

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On November 1, 2023, President Ted Wilson arrived in Nigeria, Africa, as leaders from the West-Central African Division and many more from the local unions welcomed him. [1] Ted Wilson was given a welcome fit for royalty as church leaders from Africa rolled out the scarlet-colored carpet, a treatment often associated with kings, heads of […]

The Trans-Orange Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Inter-Church Rally Charged a Sabbath Entrance Fee for a Wild, Pentecostal-style Worship Service Led by a Pastor

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On Sabbath, November 4, 2023, Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Khanyiso Mente led the worship service with chaotic, wild, and unrestrained dancing. This is the kind of behavior you see in a Pentecostal church on Sunday morning, when its pastors are possessed with an unholy spirit. This took place during the Trans-Orange Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist […]

Ahead of COP28, Global Faith Leaders Unite in Fraternity to Sign an Interfaith Document Addressing the Climate Crisis

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Climate change is bringing the entire religious world—Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, and many others—together into unity and solidarity on the eve of COP 28. [1] Representatives of the world’s religions have met, prayed, talked, and signed an appeal calling for political leaders at next month’s COP28 climate summit to take immediate action. […]

Even Fashion and Beauty Magazines Promote Sunday as the Special Day of Rest, the Day for Families, and the Day when Stores are Closed

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RBA Group is a leading publishing company that produces 48 different newspapers and magazines in Spain, Italy, and Portugal with millions of readers. [1] One of its magazines is named “Clara” and is available online and in print. Called “the most complete magazine for today’s woman” by RBA Group, “Clara” includes features on diet, cooking, […]

Provocative Dancing and Swaying Hips were on Full Display at the “Renewed in Christ Event,” hosted by Sydney Adventist Women, a Ministry of the Greater Sydney Conference of SDAs

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Sydney Adventist Women, an official ministry sponsored by the Women’s Ministry Department of the Greater Sydney Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, hosted a “Renewed in Christ” event on Sabbath November 4, 2023. [1] Children, teenagers, female pastors, and women from all over New South Wales, Australia, were present at the event. The “Renewed in Christ” attendees […]

A Worldwide Eruption of Hatred and War

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“And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.” Rev. 11:18.

The Protest is not Over

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By Pastor Aubrey Duncan A Historical Perspective Protestantism means protesting against the unbiblical teachings of the Church of Rome. It is what gave rise to the mighty Protestant Reformation of the 15th and 16th centuries and birthed the greatest experiment in human civilization, the United States of America. Most of the Christian denominations, which came […]

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