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We Can Do Vastly Better

    For a group that often specializes in self-criticism, it’s worth pausing to notice something: the Adventist experiment is actually working. We take the Bible seriously—sometimes very seriously. Whole sermons have...

Does BarelyAdventist Hate the Church?

Between the satire, the memes, the open questions, the essays, the sharp takes, and everything else we publish, there are people who genuinely believe BarelyAdventist has an agenda against...

How Does Adventism Look Without Americans in Charge?

Something quietly historic is happening in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and most North American members are still catching up to it. The numbers tell the story bluntly: the vast majority of Adventists...

How Should Adventists Feel About Muslims?

Right now, Islam is everywhere in the news. With America’s strike on Iran, some Adventists cheer. Others are horrified. And that’s the point—we are...

Pathfinders Might Be the Best Thing We’ve Ever Done

For a surprising number of people who leave the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the one ministry they still speak about warmly is Pathfinders. Not the prophecy...

No, You Can’t Hasten the Second Coming

Somewhere along the way, “sharing the gospel” turned into “speeding up Jesus.” The idea usually leans on 2 Peter 3:12 about “hastening” the day of...

ABC Stores Don’t Know What to Do With Leftover Carob

February 15th: chocolate’s gone, hearts are broken, and ABC stores are buried under a small mountain of carob. Carob hearts. Carob-covered raisins. Carob bars...

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The Dumbest Things You Can Do in a Church Business Meeting

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the dumbest things...

The Quiet Financial Anxiety So Many of Us Carry

  This isn’t the dramatic, headline-grabbing kind of money stress....

You Can Love the Church and Still Demand Better From It

You Can Love the Church and Still Demand Better...

Sabbath Observance

Christian intimacy book, “The Adventist Missionary Position,” hits shelves

NAMPA, Idaho --- In an attempt to counter secular...

What If Pastors Had Public Report Cards?

Every Adventist kid remembers report card day. The quiet...

When Ellen Put James on Ice

Forget the image of Adventist pioneers singing hymns on...

Is It Time to Say Goodbye to Ellen White?

There’s a question that feels increasingly unavoidable in Adventism’s...