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  Primal Adventism

  The stream of Adventism is fed by the teardrops of the Great Disappointment.
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  Still on a mission

  The Millerites firmly believed that Jesus Christ would return to earth on October 22, 1844. When the second coming did not occur, many were disillusioned and abandoned belief in a literal second advent. Some ex-Millerites, though, went back to studying th
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  CELEBRATIONS—150 years of health

  Not only does 2013 mark 150 years since the official organisation of our Church, but it also marks 150 years since Ellen White’s Ostego (Michigan) vision which set the course for our Church’s emphasis on health.
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  Mother's Day tears

  You'd have to be living under a rock to miss all the telltale signs: there’s the sales spike of Elizabeth Arden Red Door perfume, and, all of a sudden, shops have potpourri and crockpots in their display windows surrounded by flowers.
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  Super mums

  We see our mothers with a huge, pink super mum "S" stitched onto the front of their floral aprons, their eyes and ears everywhere, with a bandaid ready to go, and a tissue or lace handkerchief in their pockets ready to wipe away our tears.
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  Real me

  It’s a strange thing. When God has washed you and made you a new person, all you want to do is tell the world about the difference He’s made in you.
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  God doesn't need our money

  Not long ago I met a friend at a café. We had a pleasant time with pleasant talk and at the end we walked to the cash register to pay our pleasant bill.
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  Is there hope for hip-hop?

  I’ve been listening to poetry lately; powerful poems, written from the heart, asking big questions. Surprisingly, I’ve found these poems embedded in hip-hop songs.
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  Vaccination: what should a parent know?

  Are vaccines safe? Are those who don’t choose to vaccinate endangering their children? We all want to do the right thing by our kids, so should we vaccinate or not?
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  Aussie Adventist abroad

  Two years ago, Dr Philip Brown was called from his position as vice president (Learning and Teaching) at Avondale College of Higher Education to serve as principal of Newbold College of Higher Education in England.
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  Am I right?

  If I have been wrong when I thought I was right and right when I thought I was wrong, are the chances good that what I think now is wrong and what I thought in the past was right? Or am I wrong? Life’s confusing!
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  By the Word not the world

  We are well aware of the fact that the role of women in society has changed and that many churches have changed along with society.
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  Something new under the sun

  It shouldn’t be the case, I suppose, but it certainly is: Adventist Church websites are, on the whole, atrocious.
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  Dimensions of the cross

  Have you ever wondered why Christians seem to be so fixated on the cross of Jesus?
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  Sunday-Worship and the date of Easter

  The story I am going to tell you is about why we celebrate Easter when we do.
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  Worm or man?

  Jesus called Himself “the Son of Man” and yet, in the messianic Psalm written many hundreds of years before His death, He denies His humanity and states: “but I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people” (Psalm 22:6, KJV).
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  Remembering Jesus

  There's a powerful story recorded in Luke 24:13-33 of two disciples walking ahead of Jesus on the road to Emmaus.
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  A million for mission

  Youth from the Potoroki church in Port Vila, Vanuatu, huddled on the floor of the ship’s meagre passengers’ quarters as the deafening 3m high waves came crashing down around them.
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  Augustine: sinner or saint?

  If you were going to make up a list of the most interesting people in the history of Christianity, who would you include? Perhaps your list might include someone who confessed in a book that he prayed, “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet".
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  Creativity and Christianity

  Manifest Creative Arts Festival returns to the Cooranbong campus of Avondale College of Higher Education, March 20-23. In anticipation, Josh Dye caught up with winners in five of the categories awarded in 2012, to gain insight into the relationship betwee
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  Confessions of a pastor's daughter

  We all wear masks, and the time comes when we cannot remove them without removing some of our own skin,” says Canadian novelist André Berthiaume.
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  The Oliver interview—Part 1

  So, you think you know what’s on Dr Barry Oliver’s mind? You may be surprised as you read this interview with the president of the South Pacific Division.
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  Not alone at uni

  There are so many uncertainties when you enrol at university. There is one thing that is certain, though, and that is that Jesus has promised to be with you throughout your time at university.
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  A caring place

  I struggled to focus on the paediatrician’s words: “What do you know about autism?” I looked back blankly. The doctor continued: “Your son will probably never speak. He has very low muscle tone, so he may never walk . . ."
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  The elegant solution

  With a terse, vitriolic salvo, Sir Richard Dawkins, the world’s foremost evolutionary biologist, began his debate with Oxford University Professor John Lennox—a Christian and one of the most articulate defenders of the faith.
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  When God does something new

  With deepest sincerity a first-century Jewish man could pray: “Thank you God that I was not born a Gentile, thank you God that I was not born a slave, thank you God that I was not born a woman."
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  Reconciliation prompts new start for PAU

  Pacific Adventist University (PAU) will commence the first semester of 2013 in an atmosphere of renewed trust, following a successful reconciliation weekend held last November that involved students, faculty, staff and administration.
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  Will you be my Valentine?

  Valentine’s Day—a day of roses and chocolates, notes and whispered sweet nothings. A day to cook your spouse breakfast in bed and be especially nice. It's a day that supposedly celebrates love.
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  Fresh light on William Miller

  When, early in the 21st century, I heard that Jeff Crocombe was writing a doctoral thesis at The University of Queensland on how Miller interpreted the Bible, I was concerned.
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  The Miller method

  William Miller’s principles for biblical interpretation were published in the Millerite Signs of the Times, which predates the Seventh-day Adventist magazine of the same name.
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  Heaven's kitchen

  If you want a successful camp, you'd better have good food. The man at the top of the food chain at the World Changers Youth Congress at Watson Park, Queensland, was Josh Radford. Josh is second-in-charge at the Avondale College cafeteria. RECORD caught u
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  Record numbers for 2012

  A rundown of some of the key figures and statistics from 2012.
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  Stop the [illegal boat] people?

  The soldiers were coming! In the early morning darkness, the parents grabbed what they could, packing as quickly and quietly as possible, not expecting they would ever be able to return.
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  Gamaliel’s test

  A thorough comparison and weighing of the scriptural evidence reveals the principle of male headship in the home and the church, nowhere taught more clearly than in 1 Timothy 3.
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  The language of Jesus

  Isn’t it great when you find someone who speaks your language when you’re travelling abroad? It’s then that you realise just how much you take your language for granted, and how deeply ingrained our language is within each of us.
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  The least

  Sara Thompson is a Bachelor of Arts student at Avondale College of Higher Education. This poem won the Signs Publishing Company prize for best original written piece at the Manifest Creative Arts Festival 2012.
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  Harvest time in big cities

  How do we go about sharing the Adventist message with a city of 4.5 million people spread across 12,000 square kilometres, where 35 per cent of residents speak a language other than English at home?
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  And goodwill to men

  It was the first Christmas Eve. Mary and Joseph wandered the streets of Bethlehem, perhaps in desperation. All they needed was a place to stay. A simple lodging was all they sought—but seemingly their luck had run out. There was no room—anywhere.
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  Christmas blessing

  They sat like two children, playing on the steps, outside Jerusalem’s temple. The game they played wasn’t one of competition or make-believe. It was a game children don’t play well. But they weren’t children, yet they laughed as they played.
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  Surfing the gift tsunami

  The problem with Christmas gifts is where to put them all.
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  God created sexuality

  For some reason I have always cringed when the topic of sex arises.
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  A short history of women's ordination

  More than 130 years after the ordination of women in ministry was first discussed at the General Conference, it’s firmly back on the agenda.
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  Church at the heart of the nation

  It was a scramble at the end, with the sign going up, lights being tested and scaffolding coming down so that Australia’s newest Adventist church building could be used for its first opening Sabbath program.
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  The Greater Commission

  The verses known as the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18–20) are among the best known in the Bible—by Christians.
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  The face of Jesus

  People are fascinated with what Jesus may have looked like.
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  The Titanic two

  Everyone on the Titanic knew J Bruce Ismay. How could they not?
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  Plant and it will grow (if you avoid my mistakes)

  Birthing new churches is a lot like the survival of a species. Just as there must be more births than deaths for a species to survive, so too, there must be more churches planted than dying if the Church is to survive.
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  Hope in hell

  In this place, hope seems a distant memory.
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  Questions and answers

  “How do I know I have Jesus when I can’t feel Him in my heart? I’ve prayed, I’ve asked for forgiveness and nothing has changed . . .”
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  When to baptise?

  The Bible doesn’t tell us the ideal baptismal age and nor does the Adventist Church Manual. Maybe because of this, we are sometimes in a quandary when a young person asks to be baptised.