Conversations with other Christians

Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? 21 Conversations from a Historically Christian View Preston Sprinkle. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2023. 237 pp. USD 19.99. There are available on the market a fair number of books that address the issue of homosexuality from a biblical-Christian...

Conspiracy theories seem to be flowering these days and have become the focus of much public attention. While conspiracy theories have always thrived during times of crisis and upheaval, they now seem to be all-pervasive in large segments of society and even in some quarters of the Seventh-day ...

If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. But if he does not listen to you , take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to t...

At its September 2016 meeting, the BRI Ethics Committee discussed a request for an opinion on surrogate motherhood that provides children to homosexual couples. The committee felt that before moving on to the question of whether Adventist women should provide children through surrogate motherhood to homosexual couples, something needed to be said about the issue of surrogacy. The following document and its two major parts reflect the opinion of the BRI Ethics Committee. Ekkehardt Mueller

Racism and nationalism remain crucial challenges in our contemporary world. Media coverage, government actions, and academic studies have drawn attention to the persistent evil of racial, ethnic, and nationalistic prejudices in different parts of the world. Unfortunately, these problems may also...

Jesus said to His disciples: “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me” (Matt 5:11). What is the antithesis of religious freedom? The answer is, “religious persecution.” While religious freedom is a gift of God, a mark of Hi...

At the Annual Council in 2001 the General Conference Executive Committee organized a series of conferences on faith and science during the years 2002-2004. The first conference in 2002 was an international conference in Ogden, Utah. More than 80 scientists, theologians and church administrators f...

In its commitment and loyalty to the will of the Risen Lord as revealed in the Scriptures, the Adventist church has rejected homosexual behavior as a proper expression of human sexuality. This position is universally held by the church. A shift has occurred among some Adventists who argue that al...

So said Robert A. J. Gagnon of Pittsburg Theological Seminary when asked about his advice for Adventists. Gagnon is ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA), which voted in 2008 to rescind homosexual exclusion by eliminating the requirement that church officers and candidates for ministry adhere...

There is no question that contemporary western culture is changing in its philosophical outlook. Today, western culture is challenging the modern way of thinking, which emphasized objectivity and absolute certainty. Modernity's distinctions between subject and object, knowledge and opinion, and s...