Commentaries
Should I care about Signs of the Times?
When it comes to identification - and consequent interpretation - of the Signs of Time a certain amount of questions comes to mind. The first is the most obvious: Can we draw from the Bible a consistent pattern of development of these Signs of the Time? A kind of pattern that functions as a sort of “History’s...
There is no reason...
Toulouse, France. Monday morning on March 19, at 8 am, a young man opened fire at adults and children in front of a private Jewish school, 'Ozar Hatora'. Four people died: a 30 year-old French-Israeli professor of religion, with his two children aged 3 and 6 and another child of 10. During the shooting a 17 year-old boy was...
God in the Constitution...?
In a secularized world, and in an institution marked by the decline of faith as the supreme principle, why call upon God within the Constitution? Does the "God of the preambles" coincide with the Judaic-Christian deity? Moreover, can we think that the reference to the deity proposed by the existing...
Remembering a President
Former Italian President of the Republic, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, as remembered by the former Italian President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Pastor Vincenzo Mazza. "A piece of our history has left with Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. I had the privilege of personally knowing the former President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro and...
Doomsday in 2012…?
The explanation of the complex system of Mayans time calculation it is not necessary in this article. Everyone can do this research on their own. Our purpose is rather to highlight the philosophical foundations that support the Maya long count, up to the amazing assertion that so worries some and amuses others: The End of the...
Occupy Wall Street, should I be there?
The Occupy Wall Street movement has led to the re-emergence of the old – age question of the involvement of Adventist Christians in politics.Politics, as a category of thought and action, has played for my generation (European Youth of the Seventies) a role that goes beyond the pure sense that this expression may have...
About the end of wars and violence
Declaration from the Seventh-day Adventists’ European Region President on the recent announcements of the end of wars and violenceIn celebration of the announcement about the end of violence perpetrated by ETA in Spain for more than 50 years, Bruno Vertallier, President of the Seventh-day Adventists’ European Region, expresses...
Declaration on Second Coming of Jesus
Declaration about Seventh-day Adventism and the Recent Announcements of the Second Coming of Jesus. Some religious organizations have recently announced the Second coming of Jesus on specific days, based on subjectively applied and decrypted Biblical prophecies and calculations. The Mayan prophecy, which most people also know...
Revival & Reform
In the book of Ezekiel, chapter 47, we discover a wonderful lesson about revival, using the analogy of water.
This vision reminds us that the promises of the Lord can cover us through the Holy Spirit.
As we open the Word we discover the prophet in the temple having a vision. He sees water coming out from God’s...