For other uses see Sign of the times (disambiguation)

Sign of the times

Sign of the times may refer to:* Sign of the times , a phrase associated with some Aggiornamentos of the Roman Catholic Church* A Sign of the Times, a 1966 single by Petula Clark...

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Signs of the Times is a monthly subscription magazine published by Signs Publishing Company

Signs Publishing Company

Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...

, a Seventh-day Adventist

Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...

 publishing house, for Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. "Signs" is an easy-to-read magazine for the general public "promoting positive relationships and family values, a healthful lifestyle and Bible-based Christian belief."

Signs is related to the North America

North America

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n magazine of the same title, which is published by Pacific Press

Pacific Press Publishing Association

The Pacific Press Publishing Association, or Pacific Press for short, is one of two major Seventh-day Adventist publishing houses in North America. It was founded in 1874 by James White in Oakland, California, and is now located in Nampa, Idaho. Its titles include theological works as well as...

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History

Signs of the Times began publication in Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

 on 2 November 1885 under the name Bible Echo and Signs of the Times.

Awards

Signs has won the following awards from the Australasian Religious Press Association (website)

• 2010 – Best Layout - Highly Commended
• 2010 – Best Review of Another Medium - bronze: "Making Much of Little" by Nick Mattiske, April 2009
• 2010 – Best Article, Applying Faith to Life - silver: "From the Ashes" by Adele Nash, April 2009
• 2009 – "Best layout" category: Signs magazine "Highly commended" for being "constantly well laid out with good use of typography and format"
• 2009 – Best humorous item – silver: "Another Shot at Saying 'Sorry'" by David Edgren, May 2008
• 2005 – Best illustration – winner: "When Liberty Drops Her Torch" by Shane Winfield, July 2004
• 2003 – Best Features – winner: "Attack on the world trade center one year on" by Hans Kunnen, August 2003
• 2003 – Best Magazine Layout – highly commended: Signs of the Times magazine
• 2003 – Most Originality – winner: "Letter From the Future", Robert Wolfgramm, June 2001

See also

• Signs of the Times (magazine)
• El Centinela (Adventist magazine)
• List of Seventh-day Adventist periodicals
• Signs Publishing Company
  Signs Publishing Company
  Signs Publishing Company is a Seventh-day Adventist publishing house in Warburton, Victoria, Australia.-History:Three Adventist preachers, Stephen Haskell, John Corliss and Mendel Israel, a printer, Henry Scott, and an experienced door-to-door literature salesperson, William Arnold, travelled from...
  
  
• Seventh-day Adventist Church
  Seventh-day Adventist Church
  The Seventh-day Adventist Church is a Protestant Christian denomination distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the original seventh day of the Judeo-Christian week, as the Sabbath, and by its emphasis on the imminent second coming of Jesus Christ...
  
  

External links

• Signs of the Times website
  • "120 years of Signs of the Times!" by Alan Holman. Signs of the Times (Australia) January–February 2006

Archives (from General Conference Archives):

• Bible Echo and Signs of the Times, 1886–1903
• Australasian Signs of the Times, 1903– (incomplete, as of June 2007)