Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist Forum

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Adventist Voices by Spectrum: The Journal of the Adventist Forum

Show Notes

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Here are the highlights of this week:

The 2025 Annual Council concludes with global leaders renewing calls for integration, mission focus, and spiritual courage.

At Southern Adventist University, students react to the unexpected end of a $3 million DHSI grant, after the U.S. Department of Education discontinued race-based funding for Minority-Serving Institutions.

In Part 1 of her reflection series, Ezrica Bennett dives into the spiritual and emotional challenge of loving across political divides.

Iceland Adventists issue a rare statement calling for peace, prayer, and humanitarian support amid the ongoing crisis in Gaza.

A new book review connects Defy to Adventist values, urging moral courage and the power of principled refusal.

This week’s Sabbath School lesson reflects on God’s guidance through the Jordan crossing—reminding us to trust divine leadership in times of uncertainty.

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