Ethics

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...

An interdisciplinary conference on the theme “Marriage, Homosexuality and the Church,” sponsored by a number of church institutions including the Biblical Research Institute, was held at Andrews University on October 15 to 17, 2009. Bringing together experts in religious liberty and public affai...

We have received in our office an increasing number of concerns related to the ethical implications of sex-change surgery. The church has not taken an official position on this specific issue, but its silence does not necessarily imply indifference to the ethical and spiritual dimensions raised b...

While a number of Christians hold that Romans 1:26-27 describes homosexuality and rejects it in all its forms, considering it to be sin, others acknowledge that the passage is dealing with homosexuality but they claim that the issue in Paul is idolatry and pederasty, and that Paul could not have ...

Although the Scriptures approve of restraining “evil doers” (Rom 13:3-4), it is clear that limits exist in the exercise of such power. Even governments under trying circumstances must be constrained in the way they wield it. The biblical obligation of the ruler is to “do justice” (1 Kings 10:9). ...

While wars are waging in different parts of the world and terrorism is showing its ugly face again and again, many Adventists think about whether or not to get involved in military action. In Korea recently five theology students refused to carry guns during military reserve training. “We believe...

GSEM 534 Lecture Outline Revised: December 10, 1987 A Few Personal Observations by Roger W. Coon Former Associate Secretary Ellen G. White Estate General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists INTRODUCTION Immediately upon the adjournment of the 1986 Annual Council Session of the General Conference...

Approved by BRICOM, May 5, 1983 Approved by BRIAD, May 12, 1983 Foreword During the past decade there has developed, particularly among charismatic Christian bodies in various places, a movement that has come to be known as “deliverance ministry” in which evil spirits—believed to control human be...