By Educate Truth Staff When David Asscherick’s letter appeared on the web in May 2009, it was not widely known that La Sierra University biology professors were promoting the theory of evolution, and excluding the evidence for a recent creation. The news was met with much caution from the LSU Board of Trustees. Responses ranged from “I believe that this issue needs our prayers, more than ever before” to “I believe that our professors need to continue to grow in their understanding of the expectations we hold for faith” to “I’m ...

Source: Amazing Facts, The Fruit of the Spirit is Patience The following transcript can be found at 00:27:17. Now is there a limit to God’s patience? … There is a limit to God’s patience, but God is long suffering. Part of the characteristics of God is his patience. Look at the patience of Jesus with the apostles and the way people talked to him and treated him? Did Jesus ever lose his patience? When did Christ lose his patience? Did he lose his patience? Come on think about it now? … I think sometimes the Lord acts because he sees ...

In this fascinating preview of the documentary film “The Last Generation” the issue of whether or not LSU should enact policies that would require staff and faculty to be consistent with the SDA teachings. Watch the entire 20 minutes, but the real interesting part begins at about 00:06:41. Hear what LSU students think about LSU’s stand on complete academic freedom in SDA Church schools. Find out more: The Last Generation The Last Generation (Preview) from The Last Generation Directors on Vimeo. In the clip below you will find ...

By Sean Pitman, M.D. La Sierra University needs to make up its mind. Its administration claims it is in full support of the SDA Church and its doctrines as evidenced by the LSU Board of Trustees statement in November 2009: The Board of Trustees if fully mindful of La Sierra University’s responsibilities and commitments as a Seventh-day Adventist institution of higher education. This includes whole hearted support for the doctrines and teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as defined by the 28 Statements of Fundamental Beliefs, specifically ...

By Educate Truth Staff A document from La Sierra University Faculty Senate surfaced Jan. 29 on AToday. According to AToday, the LSU faculty “unanimously” approved the resolution. Executive publisher Erv Taylor said, “The LSU Faculty Senate did not–repeat NOT–choose AToday to publish their resolution.” It is not known whether or not the faculty senate is aware this information has been leaked. As of the writing of this article, no other source has been found for the document. Educate Truth attempted to contact ...

Warren l. Johns Letter Warren LeRoi Johns practiced law as a career in California, Maryland, and the District of Columbia until partial retirement in the summer of 1992. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1963, he has been a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His non-fiction Dateline Sunday, U.S.A., drew national attention as a legal history documenting blue law confrontation with the U.S. Constitution’s first amendment. His 1999 Ride to Glory targeted some of evolution’s more ...

By Sean Pitman, M.D. The following is an advertisement titled “Faith is Formed at La Sierra University.” While there is no doubt that LSU is doing good work for the community and world at large, with many humanitarian efforts and opportunities for community service, it is misleading for LSU to present the suggestion to future parents and students that an education obtained at LSU will promote faith in all of the fundamental values of the SDA Church as an organization. Sure, the SDA Church does stand for service-oriented activities toward ...

In June of 2009, a couple of students from La Sierra Academy made a video to open a presentation on why “evolution is so attractive” for their religion class. Evolution is depicted as the good looking, hip Apple-ish character, while Creation is depicted as a bored, unenthusiastic character holding a Bible limply in his hands. Due to complaints of objectionable content being advertised at the conclusion of this video, the embedded video has been replaced with a link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gHSLrVkoUY&feature=player_embedded

By Educate Truth Staff In May of 2009, a website popped up under the domain LaSierraUniversity.net. It was shut down June 2 due to reasons unrelated to La Sierra University. The university did take legal action, but it wasn’t until June 8 that legal papers were served to the creator and owner of the website. Since that time a rumor has persisted amongst certain circles that Shane Hilde, owner and creator of Educate Truth, was also the owner and creator of LaSierraUniversity.net. This is false. While LaSierraUniversity.net shared similar content ...

How are such faculty and administrators who think themselves so “progressive” in advance of the foundational pillars of the organized SDA Church on such basic fundamental issues going to be remotely capable of “bringing our young people home at the end of the day?”,2 as Elder Paulsen put it, if they don’t really believe in or see evidence for the home message to begin with? Ultimately, is there to be no real accountability to the organized SDA Church for what is presented as “truth” from either pulpit ...