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NOW COUNT ABOUT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BETWEEN THEM AS WELL AS AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE CHURCH S MESSAGE h! FEW YOUNG ISLANDERS IN *ERSEY AND 'UERNSEY HAD BEEN PRAYING THAT ONE DAY THEY WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE VIBES FROM A GOOD OLD 3ABBATH SCHOOL GATHERING v 4AMBU -UONI TOLD THE "RITISH 5NION S NEWS SERVICE !CCORDING TO -UONI h7E WERE ALL VERY ENCOURAGED WHEN THE 3OUTH %NGLAND #ONFERENCE CONTACTED US AND LAST !UGUST 0ASTOR !RISTOTLE 6ONTZALIDIS ;THE CONFERENCE S CHURCH GROWTH= DIRECTOR ALONG WITH HIS WIFE

VISITED US AND HAD A MEETING x IN 'UERNSEY v 6ONTZALIDIS RETURNED TO THE #HANNEL )SLANDS IN -AY AND THIS TIME A HOSPITAL CHAPEL ON *ERSEY WAS THE SETTING FOR 3ABBATH WORSHIP AND A COMMUNION SERVICE -UONI WROTE h!LTERNATING BETWEEN THE ISLANDS MEMBERS NOW PLAN TO MEET MORE OFTEN ON A REGULAR

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&/2-).' 0!24.%23()03 !DVENTIST (EALTH -INISTRIES DIRECTOR $R !LLAN (ANDYSIDES BELIEVES PARTNERING WITH INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS WILL HELP BROADEN !DVENTIST STUDENTS UN DERSTANDING OF GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES 2EPRESENTATIVES FROM BOTH ORGANIZATIONS MET AT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S WORLD HEADQUARTERS RECENTLY TO EXPLORE WAYS OF IMPLEMENTING THE 5. S -ILLENNIUM $EVELOPMENT 'OALS THROUGH THE CHURCH S STRUCTURE

INCLUDING ITS HEALTH LEADERS AND HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS h) WAS VERY IMPRESSED IN LEARNING HOW MUCH HEALTH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF WHAT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IS ALL ABOUT AND ) THOUGHT THAT WAS FASCINATING v SAID *AMES (ILL 0!(/ EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFlCER 0!(/ IS THE 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION S REGIONAL OFlCE IN .ORTH AND 3OUTH !MERICA AND PREDATES ITS PARENT ORGANIZATION #HURCH LEADERS SAID PARTNERING WITH SUCH ORGANIZATIONS AND RECEIVING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF CARE WOULD GIVE EVEN MORE CREDIBILITY TO ITS WORK

CARDS ARE USED IN CELLULAR DEVICES AS A REMOVABLE CARD CHIP THAT STORES THE PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION MOBILE NUMBER PHONE BOOK TEXT MESSAGES

AND OTHER DATA *ONATHAN #ATOLICO COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 3OUTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC REGION IS HOPING THE CARD WILL BE USED BY SOME

!DVENTISTS OR ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE CHURCH S MEMBERSHIP IN THE 0HILIPPINES 0ART OF A CHURCH PROJECT CALLED h#OMMITTED TO 4ELL 'OD S ,OVE v !DVENT 3)- CARD USERS CAN MINISTER TO OTHERS BY USING THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE CARD "IBLE VERSES DAILY PRAYER

PRAYER REQUESTS "IBLE TRIVIA NEWS A DIRECTORY OF !DVENTIST CHURCHES IN METROPOLITAN CITIES AND TOWNS AND ABBREVIATED VERSIONS OF THE CHURCH S CORE DOCTRINES h)F ONE CHURCH MEMBER SENDS AN INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE ALREADY INCORPORATED IN THE 3)- CARD TO 0HILIPPINES !DVENTISTS @4ELL 'OD S SOMEONE HE WISHES TO INSPIRE HE OR ,OVE VIA 4EXT -ESSAGING SHE IS ALREADY ACTIVELY INVOLVED WITH N 4HE WORLD S TEXT MESSAGING CAPITAL WILL SOON HAVE THE OPTION OF A THE SOUL WINNING PROGRAM OF THE CHURCH v #ATOLICO SAYS DISTINCTLY !DVENTIST VOICE ! PERCENTAGE OF EACH TEXT MESSAGE -EMBERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY CHARGE WILL ALSO BE DONATED TO SPECIAL !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 0HILIPPINES CHURCH PROJECTS ARE TEAMING UP WITH 'LOBE 4ELECOM

2ODOLFO "AUTISTA *R A PART TIME )NC A MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDER IN THE 0HILIPPINES TO CREATE A PROFESSOR OF "IBLE AND (ISTORY AT THE CELL PHONE CHIP OR 3)- CARD UNIQUE TO -ANILA !DVENTIST -EDICAL #ENTER AND #OLLEGES HELPED SPEARHEAD THE !DVENTISTS PROJECT (E SAYS THE !DVENT 3)- WILL ! 3)- OR 3UBSCRIBER )DENTITY BE A USEFUL TOOL TO REACH A GENERATION -ODULE IS USED TO CONNECT A MOBILE HOOKED ON SENDING SHORT CELL PHONE PHONE TO THE SUBSCRIBER S SELECTED MESSAGES TO THEIR FRIENDS NETWORK AND RELOAD AIRTIME 3)- h! YOUNG PERSON CAN HAVE AT LEAST PERSONS IN HIS PHONE BOOK WHO ARE NOT !DVENTIST SO THE CARD h7E WOULD LIKE TO SEE !DVENTIST HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND CHURCHES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HEALTH TO PERHAPS ALIGN SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES TO AMELIORATING SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS LIKE CHILDHOOD AND INFANT MORTALITY IN 3OUTH AND )NTER !MERICA v SAID $R !LLAN (ANDYSIDES THE CHURCH S (EALTH -INISTRIES DIRECTOR (E SAID A COLLABORATION MIGHT OFFER !DVENTIST STUDENTS MORE INTERNSHIP AND MISSIONARY OPPORTUNITIES h7E USUALLY THINK OF MISSIONARIES AS GOING TO OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS BUT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT IF WE PLACE SOME OF OUR !DVENTIST STUDENTS WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS IT WOULD HELP THEM IN THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF GLOBAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CREATE NATURAL NETWORKING AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WOULD LEAD TO LIFELONG PARTNERSHIPS v (ANDYSIDES SAID ˆ!NSEL /LIVER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK

MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO DO PERSONAL EVANGELISM v "AUTISTA SAYS )N THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 0HILIPPINES STARTED A hMOBILE MINISTRY v A SIMPLE PROCEDURE OF SENDING INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES TO ANY MOBILE PHONE SUBSCRIBER

#ATOLICO EXPLAINS "UT THE PROJECT WENT INTO HIGH GEAR IN WHEN "AUTISTA HEARD THAT 'LOBE HAD ALREADY CREATED COMMUNITY SPECIlC 3)- CARDS FOR SIX OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE 0HILIPPINES ˆ4AASHI 2OWE !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK !DVENTIST (EALTH &OOD ,EADERS (OLD #ONFERENCE 3HARE )DEAS N )N -ARCH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST HEALTH FOOD BUSINESSES FROM AROUND THE WORLD HELD A THREE DAY CONFERENCE IN 3YDNEY !USTRALIA 3ANITARIUM (EALTH &OOD #OMPANY IN !USTRALIA

THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF BREAKFAST CEREAL IN THE COUNTRY WAS HOST FOR THE GATHERING OF THE )NTERNATIONAL (EALTH &OOD -INISTRY #ONFERENCE 4HE THEME OF THIS WORLD CONFERENCE WAS h4OGETHER 3HARING (EALTH AND (OPE v /PPORTUNITIES FOR SHARING AND COLLABORATION WERE ENRICHED BY SEMINARS ON h4HE 0HILOSOPHY OF THE (EALTH &OOD -INISTRYv h4HE 2OLE OF "RANDING AND -ARKETINGv h)NNOVATION AND 'ROWTH .EW 0RODUCT 3TRATEGIESv h"UILDING 3UPPLY #HAIN %FlCIENCYv

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AND HIS TEAM FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MANNER IN WHICH THE CONFERENCE WAS CONVENED 4HERE IS OBVIOUS BENElT IN MEETING TOGETHER TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES 4HE HEALTH FOOD COMPANIES CAN FORWARD THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH BY BEING ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MISSION FOCUSED ACTIVITIES v 3TOY 0ROCTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE (EALTH -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE AND PRESENTER OF ONE OF THE SEMINARS COMMENTED

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THAT AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE LIVE TODAY !ND TODAY ONE ISSUE IN PARTICULAR GENERATES IMMENSE MEDIA COVERAGE AND POLITICAL DISCUSSION IN ALMOST EVERY PART OF THE WORLDˆTHE ENVIRONMENT 9ET IT S A TOPIC THAT WE AS A CHURCH HAVE NOT YET TAKEN ON IN A SIGNIlCANT WAY !S ) VE TALKED WITH CHURCH MEMBERS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ) VE ENCOUNTERED MANY DIFFERENT ATTITUDES

&REED CAUTION TOWARD SOME OF THE POLITICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL RHETORIC THAT SO OFTEN ACCOMPANIES THE LANGUAGE OF ENVIRONMENTALISM INDIFFERENCE TOWARD AN ISSUE THAT SOME SEE AS A SIDELINE TO OUR CORE MISSION AND FOR SOME

FRUSTRATION THAT WE HAVE TOO OFTEN STOOD BY SILENT WHEN OUR VOICE SHOULD HAVE BEEN HEARD )S THE ENVIRONMENT AN h!DVENTIST ISSUEv $O WE HAVE SOMETHING SIGNIlCANTˆSOMETHING UNIQUEˆTO CONTRIBUTE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CARE ) BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS h9ES v -Y HOPE IS THAT WE WILL MOVE TOWARD A FULLER DISCUSSION OF !DVENTISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT WE LL BEGIN TO DEVELOP AN APPROACH THAT IS TRUE TO OUR VALUES AND CONSISTENT WITH OUR HISTORIC CALLING !ND SO AS WE BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION LET ME SHARE WITH YOU THREE BRIEF THOUGHTS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

2EMOVING THE POLITICAL WRAPPINGS )S hENVIRONMENTALISMv THE SAME AS CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ,IKE SO MANY hISMS v ENVIRONMENTALISM IS SOMETIMES SHAPED BY ISSUES IN SOCIETY THAT ARE POLITICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DRIVEN AND WHICH CARRY WITH THEM A SPECIlC AGENDA %NVIRONMENTALISM MAY SOMETIMES TAKE ON A mAVOR OR SET OF DYNAMICS THAT IS NOT THE SAME AS CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT )T S EASY FOR INDIVIDUALS TO FEEL h) M BEING PULLED INTO A POLITICAL BATTLEˆBETWEEN GOVERNMENTS HIGH lNANCE INDUSTRY SCIENTISTS PUBLIC lGURES AND LOBBY GROUPS v 4HE TONE IS OFTEN ACCUSATIVE AND CONFRONTATIONAL !ND SO WE STEP BACK 7E SAY h) DON T WANT TO BE CAUGHT IN THAT v

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ARE # "UT WHEN WE PEEL BACK THE LAYERS THAT SURROUND hENVIRONMENTALISM v WE lND IDEAS THAT RESONATE ALSO WITH OUR OWN DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS AND VALUES CARE FOR 'OD S WORLD AND CARE FOR OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS ,ET S TELL THE WORLD ABOUT THE 3ABBATH REST THE ONE DAY EACH WEEK WE ESPECIALLY REMEMBER 'OD S CREATIVE POWER ,ET S TALK ABOUT OUR ADVOCACY OF VEGETARIANISMˆA DIET THAT POUND FOR POUND REQUIRES FEWER RESOURCES TO PRODUCE THAN A NONVEGETARIAN DIET AND AT THE SAME TIME LET S ALSO TALK ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL CONVICTIONS THAT DRIVE OUR LIFESTYLE CHOICES ,ET S TALK ABOUT OUR CONCERN FOR THE WHOLE PERSONˆRATHER THAN MERELY THE hSPIRITv OR hSOULvˆA TEACHING THAT GIVES !DVENTISTS A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE WITHIN MUCH OF #HRISTIANITY TODAY ,ET S TALK ALSO ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING LINK MADE BY OUR CHURCH S COFOUNDER AND PROPHETESS %LLEN 7HITE BETWEEN A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT AND OPTIMUM HEALTH ,ET S TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE !DVENTISTS HAVE HISTORICALLY PLACED ON PURE WATER AND FRESH AIR

! SPIRITUAL RESPONSIBILITY OR AN OPTIONAL EXTRA

7HEN 'OD COMPLETED (IS CREATIVE WORK (E GAVE HUMANS MASTERYˆDOMINIONˆOVER THE EARTH "UT WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE hMASTERv OF OUR ENVIRONMENT )S IT MASTERY FOR THE PURPOSE OF UTILIZATION ONLY )S IT AN ASSERTION OF UNACCOUNTABLE POWER OVER NATUREˆTHE RIGHT TO USE AND ABUSE EXTRACT AND EVEN DESTROY IRRESPECTIVE OF CONSEQUENCES )T IS NOT 4HE DOMINION THAT 'OD EXTENDED TO HUMANITY WAS AN ACT OF TRUST A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ADMINISTER WISELY THE RESOURCES (E HAS PROVIDED 7HEN 'OD CREATED THE PHYSICAL WORLDˆWITH ITS INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF LIFE AND HABITATSˆ(E WAS NOT ENGAGED IN A RANDOM HAPHAZARD ACT (E CREATED SOMETHING THAT WAS COMPLEMENTARY AND WHOLE !ND ) BELIEVE THAT A FAILURE TO CONDUCT OUR LIVES IN A MANNER THAT PRESERVES THE BALANCE BETWEEN ALL THESE THINGS IS A FAILURE OF STEWARDSHIP A BREACH OF THE TRUST BETWEEN 'OD AND HUMANITY 4HERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY h"UT THIS WORLD WILL NOT LAST *ULY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7 / 2 , $ 6 ) 3 4! /UR FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE WORLD TO COME v !ND YET WE CANNOT STEP OUT OF OUR WORLD &OR TODAY THIS IS WHERE WE ARE THIS IS WHERE WE ARE CALLED TO DEMONSTRATE OUR OBEDIENCE TO 'OD 4HIS IS THE WORLD 'OD HAS ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE !ND IT IS TODAY IN THIS WORLD WHERE WE BEGIN TO SHAPE LIVES AND HEARTS FOR ETERNITY /THERS MAY ASK h"UT ISN T THIS JUST A DISTRACTION FROM OUR MOST IMPORTANT TASKˆSHARING #HRIST WITH OTHERS v !ND ) WOULD ANSWER h7E HAVE HARDLY EVEN EMBARKED ON THIS TOPIC WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE IT BECOMES

HILLS A HOUSEHOLD SUSTAINED BY HONEST SELF RESPECTING LABOR A LIFE OF SIMPLICITY DAILY CONmICT WITH DIFlCULTY AND HARDSHIP SELF SACRIlCE ECONOMY AND PATIENT x SERVICE v 4HERE IS ANOTHER ASPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP THAT SPEAKS STRONGLY TO !DVENTIST VALUES 7HEN WE CHOOSE A SIMPLE LIFESTYLE AND EXERCISE RESTRAINT IN OUR WANTS WHEN WE EMPHASIZE THE SPIRITUAL ABOVE THE MATERIAL AND CHOOSE RELATIONSHIPS BEFORE hTHINGS v WE ARE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ,ORD ) SEE A CERTAIN CIRCLE IN THIS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAVE ALWAYS PREACHED A SPIRITUAL MESSAGE OF FREEDOMˆFREEDOM FROM THE POWER OF SIN FREEDOM FROM FEAR FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE AND RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION %VEN OUR WORK OF HEALING EDUCATING AND PROVIDING HUMANITARIAN CARE IS DRIVEN BY A DESIRE TO FREE PEOPLE FROM POVERTY IGNORANCE PAIN

AND INJUSTICE !ND SO THAT SAME CONCERN FOR FREEDOM TAKES US INTO CARE FOR THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE "EING MINDFUL OF WHAT ) DRINK EAT

WEAR USE HOW ) TRAVEL AND SPEND MY TIMEˆTHESE ALL YIELD CERTAIN CONSEQUENCES FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN TURN FOR EACH ONE OF 'OD S CHILDREN AND (IS CREATED BEINGS )T S NOT ABOUT LIVING A SOMBER COLORLESS EXISTENCE /N THE CONTRARY PULLING FREE FROM RELENTLESS CONSUMERISM

FOCUSING MORE ON PEOPLE AND LESS ON ACQUISITIONS BUILDING A LIFE THAT IS FOCUSED ON #HRIST S PRIORITIES NOT THE WORLD S PRIORITIESˆTHESE ARE CHOICES THAT DELIVER A WONDERFUL SENSE OF FREEDOM AN INDESCRIBABLE FEELING OF LIBERATION !ND THESE ARE CHOICES THAT YIELD A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT IS SECOND TO NONE 4HIS IS A TOPIC WITH A WEALTH OF IDEAS YET TO BE EXPLORED IT S A DISCUSSION ) HOPE WILL TAKE ROOT IN OUR SCHOOLS OUR INSTITUTIONS OUR CHURCHES AND OUR HOMES !S WE LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND CONSIDER OUR RESPONSE ) BELIEVE WE WILL lND A BEDROCK OF PRINCIPLE ON WHICH TO DEVELOP A CLEAR BIBLICALLY SOUND DISTINCTLY !DVENTIST APPROACH ) PRAY THAT AS WE DO SO WE WILL NOT BE LESS BOLD LESS FARSIGHTED THAN OUR EARLY PIONEERS !ND ABOVE ALL ) PRAY THAT OUR RESPONSE BOTH IN WORDS AND ACTIONS WILL SERVE TO REVEAL MORE CLEARLY TO THE WORLD AN IMAGE OF THE #REATOR

4HIS IS THE WORLD 'OD ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE A DISTRACTION v ,ET S NOT FORGET ALSO THAT OUR MISSION APPROACH AS A CHURCH HAS NEVER BEEN NARROW "Y THIS ) MEAN THAT OUR MISSION EFFORTS HAVE ALWAYS ENCOMPASSED A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIESˆPREACHING TEACHING EVANGELISM

HEALING HUMANITARIAN CARE COMMUNITY SERVICE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND EDUCATION !ND THIS WHOLISTIC APPROACHˆ MODELING THE MINISTRY OF #HRIST WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIESˆ WILL ONLY BE STRENGTHENED AS WE HIGHLIGHT ALSO OUR CARE FOR THE PHYSICAL WORLD

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LUXURY AND EASE DO NOT FURNISH THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO A HAPPY USEFUL LIFE v WROTE %LLEN 7HITE h*ESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREATEST WORK EVER ACCOMPLISHED AMONG MEN x 7HAT WERE THE CONDITIONS CHOSEN BY THE INlNITE &ATHER FOR (IS 3ON ! SECLUDED HOME IN THE 'ALILEAN

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VEGETARIANS !S YOU NO DOUBT $R !LEXANDER ,EAF *ACKSON 0ROFESSOR KNOW MANY hVEGETARIANSv INCLUDE lSH OF #LINICAL -EDICINE %MERITUS AT AS PART OF THEIR DIET &ISH WAS EATEN BY (ARVARD 5NIVERSITY ESPOUSED THIS %LLEN 7HITE INSTEAD OF hmESH MEAT v BELIEF (IS POSITION WAS ASSAILED BY AND SHE CONSIDERED IT A BETTER FOOD $R )QWAL -ANGAT OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF THAN mESH OF ANIMALS 3HE CAUTIONED 4ORONTO AND PERHAPS MOST TELLINGLY

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BY INFORMATION FROM THE RECENT THAT IS VERY MUCH THE SITUATION TODAY !DVENTIST (EALTH 3TUDY 4HIS STUDY WHERE lSH FROM THE INLAND AND COASTAL SHOWED THAT IN FAT BIOPSIES TAKEN FROM WATERS OF MANY COUNTRIES ARE POLLUTED VEGETARIANS THE CONTENT OF $(! WAS WITH CONTAMINANTS SUCH AS MERCURY

VERY ADEQUATE 4HIS MEANS WHATEVER PESTICIDES AND DIOXINS 4HE MERCURY THEORIES OF FAT METABOLISM MAY BE CONTENT OF lSH WAS WHAT PROMPTED RAISED THE REALITY IS THAT VEGETARIANS THE WITHDRAWAL OF lSH FROM THE DIET OF ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN SUFlCIENT $(!

PREGNANT WOMEN 4HE REVERSAL OF THIS 4HIS MEANS WE DO NOT SEE A NEED AT RECOMMENDATION WAS BASED ON FACTORS THIS TIME TO RECOMMEND lSH BE ADDED OTHER THAN THE MERCURY CONTENT

TO THE VEGETARIAN S DIET WHICH HAS NOT CHANGED )N THE SAME VEIN WE ALSO FEEL A ! PERSON S CELL WALLS REQUIRE WELL BALANCED AND AMPLE VEGETARIAN /MEGA FATTY ACIDS FOR THEIR PROPER DIET IS QUITE ADEQUATE FOR THE PREGNANT FUNCTION AND TWO VERY IMPORTANT MOTHER AND HER CHILD TYPES ARE THE EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID ,EST WE FAIL TO BE FAIR TO THOSE %0! AND THE DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID VEGETARIANS WHO DO CONSUME lSH IT $(! &ISH OIL IS RICH IN THESE TWO IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE THERE ARE IMPORTANT FATTY ACIDS AND CONCERNS BENElTS TO lSH EATING 4HESE INCLUDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNBORN A DECREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK BABY S BRAIN LED TO THE REVERSAL OF MORTALITY PROBABLY RELATED TO THE THE ADVICE TO PREGNANT MOTHERS ANTIARRHYTHMIC EFFECT OF lSH OILS AND 5NDERLYING THIS RECOMMENDATION APART FROM THE CONTAMINANTS lSH DOES IS A BELIEF THAT /MEGA FATTY ACIDS NOT HAVE HEALTH CONCERNS &ISH TAKEN DERIVED FROM PLANT SOURCES ARE NOT FROM UNPOLLUTED WATERS SUCH AS DEEP EASILY METABOLIZED TO THE %0! AND OCEANS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME LEVEL $(! VARIETIES OF /MEGA FATTY ACIDS OF PROBLEMS WE SEE WITH lSH THAT ARE

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WE ARE LOATH TO RECOMMEND A RIGID DIET AND WOULD CAUTION A CAREFUL AND WELL PLANNED TRANSITION FROM ONE S USUAL DIET TO A VEGETARIAN DIET 4HE BIBLICAL RECORD OF *ESUS EATING AND SERVING lSH IN (IS GLORIlED STATE SURELY ALLAYS ANY QUESTIONS AS TO THE MORALITY OF EATING lSH %LLEN 7HITE S PREFERENCE FOR lSH OVER mESH MEAT ALSO SUGGESTS THAT ANY PROBLEM WITH lSH RELATES TO ITS CONTAMINATION &OR THOSE WITH AMPLE CHOICE AND QUANTITIES OF FOODS AVAILABLE TO THEM PARTICULARLY NUTS AND SEEDS WE SEE NO REASON FOR THEM TO INCLUDE lSH IN THEIR DIET #ONVERSELY

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ELINA WAS NOT A TYPICAL CONVERT IN 'EORGE 7HITElELD S 'REAT !WAKENING 3HE WAS A COUNTESS THE WIFE OF THE EARL OF (UNTINGDON "Y THE STANDARDS OF AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ARISTOCRATIC WOMAN SHE HAD RECEIVED AN EXCELLENT EDUCATION AND AFTER HER CONVERSION

APPLIED IT TO "IBLE STUDY 3OON SHE HAD A FOLLOWING AS SOMEONE WHO WAS AN AUTHORITY ON 3CRIPTURE /N ONE OCCASION 3ELINA WAS ASKED A QUESTION BY A GROUP OF #HRISTIAN SEEKERS 4HEY ASKED h7HAT IS THE GREATEST MIRACLE IN ALL THE "IBLE v 3HE THOUGHT ALOUD WAS IT WALKING ON WATER OR FEEDING FROM A BOY S PACKED LUNCH .O )T HAD TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE HEALING MIRACLES PERHAPS THE TEN LEPERS 4HEN 3ELINA THOUGHT OF THE "ETHANY VALLEY AND h,AZARUS COME FORTH v

(OWEVER FOLLOWING FURTHER REmECTION 3ELINA ONCE AGAIN SAID NO

ADDING THOUGHTFULLY h4HE GREATEST MIRACLE IN 3CRIPTURE IS CONTAINED IN THE lRST VERSES OF THE EIGHTH CHAPTER OF *OHN S 'OSPEL v 2EMEMBER THE 3TORY

2ECALL HOW A CAST OF CHURCHMEN THRUST A DISTRESSED HALF DRESSED ADULTERESS INTO THE PRESENCE OF *ESUS 4HE SETTING WAS THE OUTER REACHES OF THE TEMPLE COMPOUND IN THOSE DAYS STILL A BUILDING SITE WITH LOTS OF LOOSE MASONRY AROUND 5SEFUL

PERHAPS IN A STONING *ESUS COULD NOT WIN 4HE CHURCHMEN HAD ALL THE EXITS COVERED )F (E WAS MERCIFUL TO THE WOMAN

THEY COULD SAY (E WAS SOFT ON THE LAW )F (E AGREED THAT THE WOMAN MUST BE STONED (E WAS IN TROUBLE

WITH THE 2OMAN AUTHORITIES ! LOSE LOSE SITUATION %ITHER (E CONDONED ADULTERY OR (E TOOK ON 2OME *ESUS YOU WILL RECALL DID NOT RUSH TO A DECISION (E KNEW THAT IT WAS A SETUP (E WAS NOT ABOUT TO FALL IN WITH THE AGENDA OF THE HYPOCRITICAL ACCUSERS !T THE BEGINNING OF *OHN THEY WANTED TO STONE AN ADULTERESS !T THE END OF THE CHAPTER THEY WANTED TO STONE *ESUS !ND THAT SHOWED WHAT THEY HAD REALLY REALLY WANTED ALL ALONG 3O *ESUS WROTE IN THE DUST A PRACTICE NOT UNKNOWN TO TEACHERS IN THE CENTURIES BEFORE CHALKBOARDS 4HE 'REEK VERB TRANSLATED hWRITE v HOWEVER IS A TECHNICAL VERB SUGGESTIVE OF THE FACT THAT WHAT (E WROTE WAS HOSTILE TO THE WOMAN S ACCUSERS *ESUS PAUSED FOR THOUGHT AND

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SHOWING US WHAT TO DO WHEN WE ARE INVITED TO CONDEMN *ESUS

BY APPEARING TO IGNORE THE WOMAN S ACCUSERS WAS ALSO OBLIGING THEM TO RESTATE THEIR CASE "Y CONTRIVING THE SITUATION THOSE CHURCHMEN WERE ACTING DISGRACEFULLY (AD THEY NOT BEEN SUCH HARD CASES THEY MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED REPENTANCE 4HE CASE AGAINST THE WOMAN SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BY HER HUSBAND BUT HE WAS NOT MENTIONED !NY SENTENCE ON THE WOMAN WOULD HAVE TO BE PASSED ON THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART TOO 7AS HE PERMITTED TO ESCAPE x OR HAD HE JOINED THE WOMAN S ACCUSERS

h7OMAN WHERE ARE THEY (AS NO ONE CONDEMNED YOU v VERSE h.O ONE SIRv VERSE h/NE BY ONE WITH BOWED HEADS AND DOWNCAST EYES THEY STOLE AWAY

LEAVING THEIR VICTIM WITH THE PITYING 3AVIOURv 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES P 7HEN *ESUS HAD LAST SPOKEN IT HAD BEEN AS IF (E WERE GIVING PERMISSION FOR THE STONING TO BEGIN 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES SAYS THAT THE ADULTERESS EXPECTED HER PAINFUL DEATH TO BEGIN (ENCE SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN TOTALLY UNPREPARED FOR THE PITYING 3AVIOR S REPLY h4HEN NEITHER DO ) CONDEMN YOU 'O NOW AND LEAVE YOUR LIFE OF SINv SEE VERSE

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ABOUT THOSE ACCUSERS (E HAD STOOPED 4HE WORDS (E WROTE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THEIR FEET

2EMEMBER 3ELINA 4HE GREATEST MIRACLE IN 3CRIPTURE h.EITHER DO ) CONDEMN YOU 'O xv 4O SAY THOSE WORDS *ESUS HAD TO GO TO #ALVARY TO BUY HER PARDON 4O DIE THE SECOND DEATH 3TANDING THERE THE WOMAN HAD THOUGHT THAT LIFE WAS OVER (ER STORY ENDED HERE .OT SO *ESUS WAS SAYING 4HE STORY STARTS HERE 3TART OVER .OW "EGIN AFRESH )N THAT MAN S WORLD IN WHICH THE POWER BELONGED TO THE PIOUS THE WOMAN HAD THOUGHT THAT LIFE WAS OVER 3HE HAD SEEN THE SIZE OF THE ROCKS THOSE MEN HAD BEEN GRIPPING MENACINGLY 7HEN *ESUS SAID h.EITHER DO ) CONDEMN YOU xv (E COMMITTED (IMSELF TO #ALVARY (IS WORDS ENCOM PASSED THE MIRACLE OF GRACE h4HE GREATEST MIRACLE OF ALL v 3ELINA SAID

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7HATEVER *ESUS WROTE (E MADE THOSE HARD CASES VERY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE !FTER STRAIGHTENING UP *ESUS SPOKE FOR THE lRST TIME h)F ANYONE OF YOU IS WITHOUT SIN LET HIM BE THE lRST TO THROW A STONE AT HERv *OHN .)6

4HAT WAS A RISKY STRATEGY AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOOSE MASONRY IN THE 4EMPLE COMPOUND 4HOSE MEN WERE ON A SELF RIGHTEOUS HIGH 3OMEONE MIGHT HAVE THROWN THE STONE HE WAS HOLDING !ND IF ONE HAD DONE SO x *ESUS TOOK THE RISK TO SHOW THAT (E TAKES THE LAW SERIOUSLY 4HE lNGER THAT HAD BEEN WRITING IN DUST HAD ONCE WRITTEN IN STONE *ESUS KNEW THE WOMAN WAS GUILTY AS CHARGED (E TOOK HER SIN SERIOUSLY 3ERIOUSLY ENOUGH TO CARRY IT TO #ALVARY &OR THE SECOND TIME *ESUS WROTE IN THE DUST &OR THE SECOND TIME (E STRAIGHTENED UP

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3ABBATHKEEPING !DVENTISTS (ANNAH -ORE AND -ICHAEL #ZECHOWSKI HELPED TO PLANT !DVENTISM ON THE !FRICAN AND %UROPEAN CONTINENTS RESPECTIVELY 4HOUSANDS WOULD FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS LEAVING THE COMFORTS OF HOME TO SHARE 'OD S LOVE IN UNFAMILIAR AND SOMETIMES DANGEROUS PLACES 3OME WOULD EVEN SACRIlCE THEIR LIVES 7HAT ABOUT TODAY )S MISSION STILL A PRIORITY FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH

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$O 4HEY 3TILL 'O h&ROM ITS VERY BEGINNING THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS BEEN A MISSIONARY MOVEMENT v SAYS 'ARY +RAUSE DIRECTOR OF THE /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD HEADQUARTERS h/F COURSE IT TOOK THE CHURCH A FEW YEARS TO REALIZE THAT @GOING INTO ALL THE WORLD MEANT MORE THAN JUST .ORTH !MERICA "UT WHEN THAT REALIZATION CAME IT BECAME A CONVICTION 7E STARTED SENDING MISSIONARIES ALL OVER THE WORLD A TREMENDOUS NUMBER FOR SUCH A SMALL DENOMINATION -ISSION BECAME OUR lRST PRIORITY THE VERY REASON OUR CHURCH EXISTS v !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES TODAY COME FROM NUMEROUS REGIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AND SERVE WHEREVER THERE S A NEED 4HEY ORIGINATE IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES CULTURES AND CAREER PATHS BUT THEY RE UNITED IN A COMMON GOAL TO SHARE THE LOVE AND HOPE OF *ESUS WITH A WORLD THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS (IM &ROM TEEMING CITIES TO REMOTE JUNGLE VILLAGES

MISSIONARIES SUCH AS %LMER AND !NGELICA 2IBEYRO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN %LMER AND !NGELICA 2IBEYRO 3IERRA ,EONE

%VEN AS A CHILD %LMER 2IBEYRO FELT 'OD WAS CALLING HIM TO BE A MEDICAL MISSIONARY h) FELT A DESIRE TO BECOME A DOCTOR AND PRAYED THAT 'OD WOULD OPEN DOORS FOR ME TO BECOME ONE v SAYS %LMER h) KNEW ) WANTED TO SERVE IN !FRICA SOME DAY v /RIGINALLY FROM 0ERU %LMER A SKILLED SURGEON AND HIS WIFE

!NGELICA A TRAINED PHARMACIST WORK AT A SMALL CLINIC IN 3IERRA ,EONE A COUNTRY RECENTLY TORN APART BY A BRUTAL CIVIL WAR -EDICAL MISSIONARIES SUCH AS %LMER AND !NGELICA SERVE A VITAL ROLE IN THE OUTREACH OF THE CHURCH 4HEY RE OFTEN THE lRST POINT OF CONTACT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS WITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS

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4HE CARE AND COMPASSION THE 2IBEYROS SHOW THEIR PATIENTS PROVIDE A GLIMPSE OF THE LOVE THAT *ESUS SHOWS US ALL 3AMIR AND 4ANYA "ERBAWY %GYPT

3AMIR "ERBAWY WAS BORN IN %GYPT GREW UP IN ,EBANON

AND EVENTUALLY EMIGRATED TO THE 5NITED 3TATES WHERE HE BECAME AN !DVENTIST EDUCATOR 7HEN THEIR CHILDREN SERVED AS STUDENT MISSIONARIES AT .ILE 5NION !CADEMY 3AMIR AND HIS WIFE 4ANYA VISITED THE !DVENTIST SCHOOL 3AMIR FELT COMPELLED BY 'OD TO RETURN TO HIS HOMELAND TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH THERE %VENTUALLY 3AMIR WAS ASKED TO RETURN TO %GYPT AS A MISSIONARY AND HE NOW SERVES AS PRESIDENT OF THE %GYPT &IELD %VERY YEAR SCORES OF !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES ARE TRAINED AND SENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 4HROUGH SUCH PRACTICAL MEANS AS EDUCATION HEALTH CARE CHURCH PLANTING AND LITERACY TRAINING THEY ENDEAVOR TO REACH THE UNREACHED AND TOUCH THE UNTOUCHABLES -ISSIONARIES HAVE BEEN AND STILL ARE THE (OLY 3PIRIT S INSTRUMENTS TO MAKE THE !DVENTIST #HURCH WHAT IT IS TODAY

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)N THE SMALL COUNTRY OF ,ESOTHO TWO !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES ARE SOWING SEEDS OF HOPE AMONG PEOPLE INFECTED WITH ()6 6ETERAN MISSIONARIES TO !FRICA /SCAR AND %UGENIA 'IORDANO HAVE SERVED THE CHURCH IN SOME OF THE CONTINENT S MOST GRUELING ENVIRONMENTS 4OGETHER THEY FOUNDED !DVENTIST ()6 !)$3 )NTERNATIONAL -INISTRY A CHURCH RUN ORGANIZATION

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HEADQUARTERED IN *OHANNESBURG 3OUTH !FRICA THAT COMBINES LOVE COMPASSION AND EDUCATION TO HELP VICTIMS OF ()6 AND !)$3 LIVE MEANINGFUL LIVES h7E CAN SEE HOW LIVES ARE CHANGING v %UGENIA SAYS h7E CAN SEE PEOPLE HAVING HOPE PEOPLE WHO WERE DYING AND SICK 4HROUGH THIS MINISTRY THEY SAY @.OW ) HAVE HOPE v h*ESUS WOULD APPROACH THESE PEOPLE v /SCAR SAYS h(E WOULD TOUCH THEM GIVE THEM (IS TANGIBLE PRESENCE WHICH MEANS A LOT FOR A PERSON WHO IS COMPLETELY ALONE 4HAT TOUCH OF LOVE WILL LAST A LONG TIME x #ARE AND COMPASSION START THE HEALING PROCESS v 2ICK AND -ARCIA -C%DWARD 3OUTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION

2ICK -C%DWARD IS A PASTOR WITH A MISSIONARY S HEART 3IX YEARS AGO HE AND HIS WIFE -ARCIA AND THEIR CHILDREN MOVED TO !SIA ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AREAS FOR MISSION IN THE WORLD 2ICK HAS A BURDEN FOR SHARING 'OD S LOVE WITH PEOPLE OF VARIOUS WORLD RELIGIONS !S !DVENTIST -ISSION COORDINATOR FOR THE 3OUTHERN !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION 2ICK WORKS WITH 'LOBAL -ISSION PIONEERS TO START NEW GROUPS OF BELIEVERS IN CITIES AND REMOTE JUNGLE AREAS h2ECENTLY ) VISITED A SMALL VILLAGE IN THE JUNGLE OF )NDONESIA WHERE WE VE HAD A 'LOBAL -ISSION PROJECT FOR SEVERAL YEARS v 2ICK SAYS h4HERE IS A SMALL GROUP OF lVE FAMILIES WHO NOW MEET TO WORSHIP EVERY WEEK 7E HAVE A 'LOBAL -ISSION PIONEER WHO GOES TO THE VILLAGE EACH WEEK TO CONDUCT "IBLE STUDIES AND SHARE 'OD S LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE 4HERE S BEEN SOME OPPOSITION TO OUR WORK IN THE PAST BUT AS THE PIONEER AND CHURCH FAMILIES KEEP SHARING THEIR LOVE

THE COMMUNITY HAS OPENED UP AND ACCEPTED 'OD S 7ORD v

-ILAN AND %VA -OSKALA "ANGLADESH

&OR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS -ILAN -OSKALA HAS SERVED AS A MEDICAL MISSIONARY IN $HAKA "ANGLADESH ONE OF THE POOREST PLACES ON EARTH )TS SLUMS ARE PACKED WITH PEOPLE WHO LACK THE BARE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE /RIGINALLY FROM THE #ZECH 2EPUBLIC -ILAN SPENT YEARS MINISTERING TO WAR REFUGEES IN "OSNIA !N ACCOMPLISHED DENTIST -ILAN DOES A LOT MORE THAN lX TEETH (E OFTEN VISITS SCHOOLS HE HAS SET UP DEEP IN THE HEART OF THE $HAKA SLUMS h%VERYWHERE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS WITHOUT SUPPORT JUST BEGGING WORKING TRYING TO SURVIVE PICKING FOOD OUT OF GARBAGE PLACES AND lGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES v -ILAN SAYS h4HEY ARE LIVING VERY MISERABLE LIVES v 4HESE SCHOOLS PROVIDE AN EDUCATION TO CHILDREN WHO WOULD HAVE HAD NO CHANCE TO SUCCEED ON THEIR OWN )T ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH THE ONLY MEAL THEY MAY EAT THAT DAY )N THE EVENINGS -ILAN VISITS HOUSES IN THE SLUMS AND TEACHES PEOPLE ABOUT HEALTHFUL LIVING -ILAN S ACTS OF KINDNESS REmECT THE LOVE OF A 'OD WHO OTHERWISE WOULD REMAIN UNKNOWN TO THIS COMMUNITY *UST A 'LIMPSE

4HESE SHORT STORIES PROVIDE ONLY A GLIMPSE INTO THE LIVES OF MISSIONARY FAMILIES 4HEY RE JUST A HANDFUL OF THE HUNDREDS AROUND THE WORLD WHO OFTEN WORK IN DANGEROUS

LONELY PLACES WITHOUT ADEQUATE RESOURCESˆBUT THEY RE DETERMINED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE h)T S WONDERFUL WHEN YOU SEE A LIFE CHANGED v /SCAR 'IORDANO SAYS hWHEN YOU SEE THE JOY OF THE PEOPLE WHO VE EXPERIENCED THE HEALING POWER OF *ESUS #HRIST ) URGE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO GET INVOLVED AND TO SUPPORT THROUGH THEIR MISSION OFFERINGS THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ON THE FRONT LINE v %VERY QUARTER THE /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION PRODUCES A $6$ THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE MISSION WORK OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AROUND THE WORLD 4HE VIDEOS ON THE $6$ CAN BE USED TO PROMOTE THE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH AND MISSION OFFERINGS IN LOCAL CHURCHES 4HIS STORY WAS ADAPTED FROM THE lRST QUARTER !DVENTIST -ISSION $6$ 4O ORDER A $6$ SUBSCRIPTION OR TO WATCH $6$ STORIES ONLINE VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG

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IMOFEI DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A MILLIONAIRE (E S SHORT AND DARK AS CHUBBY CHEEKED AS A THIRD GRADER "UT BEHIND THE MERRY BROWN EYES AND SOFT SPOKEN DEMEANOR THERE S AN UNCANNY SENSE FOR BUSINESS THAT HAS ALLOWED HIM TO BUILD A BUSINESS EMPIRE THAT STRETCHES ACROSS THREE COUNTRIES 4HE YEAR OLD ENTREPRENEUR UNABASHEDLY SHARES THE SECRET OF HIS SUCCESSˆA CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WHO POINTED HIM TO 'OD h7HEN ) MET $AVID ) WAS AN ORDINARY MAN WHO HAD A FAMILY BUSINESS WITH MY FATHER ) WAS A DRIVER AND DELIVERYMAN 4HAT WAS MY JOB v 4IMOFEI SAID h.OW x WE DO BUSINESS WITH ALMOST EVERY BIG RETAILER IN 2USSIA 5KRAINE AND +AZAKHSTAN v 4IMOFEI IS AMONG A GROUP OF WEALTHY 2USSIANS WHOSE LIVES HAVE SEEN BIG CHANGES AFTER THEY STARTED STUDYING %NGLISH WITH $AVID +ULAKOV

PERHAPS THE MOST UNLIKELY OF %NGLISH TEACHERS ! NATIVE 2USSIAN SPEAKER

$AVID STUDIED AT :AOKSKY !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY WITH A DESIRE TO REACH OUT TO -OSCOW S MORE THAN MILLION RESIDENTS FROM BEHIND THE PULPIT "UT 'OD HAD OTHER PLANS $AVID

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SHARE A 3ABBATH LUNCH IN $AVID S APARTMENT $AVID INVITES HIS STUDENTS TO HIS HOME SO THEY CAN GET TO KNOW OTHER !DVENTISTS AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR FAITH

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NATURALLY ARE WEALTHY BUSINESSPEOPLE AND WELL CONNECTED GOVERNMENT OFlCIALS SEEKING THE BEST %NGLISH LESSONS THAT MONEY CAN BUY &OR THE STUDENTS WHO ASKˆAND THEY INEVITABLY DOˆ$AVID ALSO OFFERS SOMETHING THAT MONEY CAN T BUY ADVICE ON MANAGING THEIR BUSINESSES AND RAISING THEIR CHILDRENˆSTRAIGHT FROM THE PAGES OF THE "IBLE AND THE BOOKS OF %LLEN ' 7HITE !S THE STUDENTS FOLLOW THE ADVICE AND SEE THEIR LIVES IMPROVE THEY QUIZ $AVID ABOUT THE SECRET OF HIS WISDOM $AVID CREDITS 'OD AND PRESENTS THEM WITH THE lVE BOOKS OF 7HITE S #ONmICT OF THE !GES 3ERIES URGING THEM TO START WITH 0ATRIARCHS AND 0ROPHETS (E ALSO INVITES THEM TO HIS HOME FOR 3ABBATH LUNCH WITH OTHER !DVENTISTS TO SEE HIS LIFESTYLE IN ACTION 3EVERAL STUDENTS HAVE ACCEPTED *ESUS AND BEEN BAPTIZED AMONG THEM ARE $AVID S OWN WIFE A POLITICIAN AND A BILLIONAIRE WHO WAS ONCE PROlLED ON THE COVER OF &ORBES MAGAZINE S 2USSIAN EDITION h$AVID IS VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH HIS PERSONAL MINISTRY BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE 3CRIPTURES VERY WELL v SAID !NDREY 3CHEGLOV WHO SERVES AS TREASURER OF THE -OSCOW #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND HAS KNOWN $AVID FOR ABOUT A DECADE h4HESE PEOPLE WOULD BE HARD TO REACH OTHERWISE BUT HE BRINGS THEM TO CHURCH v HE SAID h4HERE IS NO QUESTION THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS WORKING THROUGH $AVID v

A FRIEND AND ADVISER TO INmUENTIAL PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE NEVER BE CHALLENGED TO CONSIDER 'OD h7HEN .EBUCHADNEZZAR STARTED TO INTERACT WITH $ANIEL HE REALIZED THAT $ANIEL DID NOT FEAR FOR THE FUTURE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE )T S THE SAME WITH MY STUDENTS v $AVID SAID h4HESE PEOPLE ARE USUALLY VERY WISE THEY CAN SEE THROUGH YOU 4HEY SEE IF YOU HAVE THAT FEAR FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY SEE WHAT TROUBLES YOU 4HEY SEE WHAT MAKES YOU UPSET THEY SEE WHICH HABITS YOU HAVE THAT ARE BAD AND GOOD h9OU CANNOT PREACH TO THEM v HE SAID h4HAT IS WHY THEY DO NOT GO TO CHURCH BECAUSE SOME HAVE HEARD PEOPLE PREACHING ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE AND ETERNAL TREASURES BUT NOT MANAGING EARTHLY THINGS PROPERLY v $AVID DID NOT SET OUT TO ATTRACT RICH AND POWERFUL PEOPLE WHEN HE STARTED TEACHING %NGLISH PART TIME MORE THAN A DECADE AGO "UT AFTER 'OD MIRACULOUSLY CHANGED HIS LIFE

HE REALIZED THAT 'OD WANTED HIM TO TEACH !FTER A FEW YEARS $AVID HAD SO MANY STUDENTS THAT HE PRAYED ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THEN SHARPLY 4IMOFEI S 3TORY INCREASED HIS FEES IN A BID TO REGULATE 4IMOFEI CALLED $AVID lVE YEARS DEMAND 4HE RESULT IS THAT $AVID CHARGES SOME OF THE HIGHEST PRICES FOR AGO WHEN HE GOT TIRED OF WORKING AS PRIVATE LESSONS IN 2USSIA (IS STUDENTS A DRIVER IN HIS FAMILY S SMALL BUSINESS

AND CONCLUDED THAT SPEAKING mUENT %NGLISH WOULD JUMP START HIS CAREER (E ALREADY HAD AN %NGLISH TEACHER

BUT HE FELT HE COULD DO BETTER SO HE SCANNED THE MANY NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS FOR TEACHERS $AVID S AD JUMPED OUT AT HIM )T WAS THE ONLY ONE PROMISING THE ABILITY TO BOTH SPEAK AND THINK IN %NGLISH 4IMOFEI SAID (E CALLED AND ARRANGED A MEETING WITH $AVID h)N A SHORT TIME ) REALIZED WHAT KIND OF MAN HE WAS v 4IMOFEI SAID

SPEAKING IN mUENT %NGLISH h) REALIZED HOW GREAT HE WAS AS AN %NGLISH TEACHER BECAUSE ) HAD EXPERIENCE TALKING WITH ;PREVIOUS= TEACHERS AND TAKING LESSONS FROM THEM v 4HEN AS 4IMOFEI AND $AVID GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER BETTER 4IMOFEI BEGAN TO CONlDE IN HIM ABOUT HIS ASPIRATIONS h) WAS AN AMBITIOUS MAN

AND ) WANTED A MORE INTERESTING JOB TO REALIZE MY POTENTIAL ) WANTED TO LEARN %NGLISH AND ENTER SOME BIG COMPANY AS AN ORDINARY EMPLOYEE v 4IMOFEI SAID $AVID TOLD HIM TO THINK BIGGER h$URING THE LESSONS FROM $AVID ) LEARNED THAT HE ALSO TAUGHT PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND DURING OUR LESSONS HE GAVE ME SOME POINTS FROM HIS SEMINARS )T CHANGED SOMETHING IN MY PSYCHOLOGY AND MY LIFE BEGAN TO CHANGE ESPECIALLY MY BUSINESS LIFE v 4IMOFEI SAID

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! DIFlCULT YOUTH LEFT $AVID S MIND BRIMMING WITH THOUGHTS THAT HE DESPERATELY WANTED TO EXPUNGE WHEN HE REDEDICATED HIS LIFE TO 'OD ! KEEN STUDENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

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4IMOFEI TOOK OVER THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND SOON EARNED HIS lRST MILLION DOLLARS !STOUNDED BY HIS SUCCESS 4IMOFEI SAID HE ASKED $AVID ABOUT HIS SOURCE OF WISDOM 4IMOFEI AND HIS WIFE ARE NOW READING 0ATRIARCHS AND 0ROPHETS h7ITHOUT ANY DOUBT ) CAN SAY $AVID HAS HELPED ME REALIZE WHAT 'OD IS IN OUR LIFE v 4IMOFEI SAID h'OD IN OUR LIFE IS EVERYTHING ) THINK THAT 'OD IS LOVE /UR LOVE TO 'OD AND OUR LOVE TO PEOPLE ARE RELATED 7HEN WE START TO LOVE 'OD WE START TO LOVE OURSELVES WE START TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE AND WE START TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE v 4IMOFEI SPOKE ON CONDITION THAT HIS LAST NAME NOT BE PRINTED

SAYING THAT IN 2USSIA S OFTEN CRIMINAL BUSINESS WORLD HE FEARED FOR THE SAFETY OF HIS WIFE AND THREE YOUNG CHILDREN IF HE DREW ATTENTION TO HIS WEALTH (E SAID HE RECENTLY TURNED DOWN AN INTERVIEW REQUEST FROM &ORBES OVER THE SAME CONCERNS 4IMOFEI HOWEVER AGREED TO TALK ABOUT $AVID BECAUSE HE WANTED TO hTELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT KIND OF MAN $AVID IS AND WHAT HE HAS DONE IN MY LIFE v !SKED HOW $AVID HAD HELPED OPEN HIS HEART TO 'OD 4IMOFEI SAID h(IS WORDS ARE SIMILAR TO HIS ACTIONS 4HIS REALLY HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD WHO REALLY DO OR TRY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE READ IN THE "IBLE v 4IMOFEI A *EW BY BIRTH RECENTLY BEGAN ATTENDING THE SYNAGOGUE ON 3ABBATH AND PAID HIS lRST TITHE THERE $AVID IS CONTINUING TO PRAY AS 4IMOFEI READS TOWARD 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES

(!.$ #/0)%$ ")",% )N ORDER TO ALLOW 'OD TO BRING HIS THOUGHTS UNDER DIVINE CONTROL $AVID +ULAKOV COPIED THE ENTIRE "IBLE BY HAND 7ITHIN TWO AND A HALF YEARS HE PRAYERFULLY COPIED THE 3CRIP TURES ONTO SHEETS OF PLAIN WHITE PAPER

THEN BOUND THE PAGES INTO A VOLUME

PHYSIOLOGICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO SWITCH HIS IMPULSES OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF THE lXED PATHWAYS BETWEEN BRAIN CELLS

FORMED OVER YEARS OF UNDISCIPLINED

IRRELIGIOUS THINKING h)N ORDER TO BUILD UP NEW CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BRAIN CELLS ) NEEDED A REAL MIRACLE ) KNEW THAT OUR THOUGHTS COULD NOT BE CHANGED AT ONCE )T TAKES TIME v SAID $AVID A TALL BURLY MAN WITH SILVER RIMMED GLASSES AND A BOOMING BARITONE VOICE 4HE SMILE THAT ALWAYS SEEMED TO LURK AROUND HIS LIPS VANISHED FOR A MOMENT $AVID INCIDENTALLY INITIALLY EXPRESSED A RELUCTANCE TO SHARE HIS STORY SAYING IF ANYONE DESERVED TO BE PROlLED IT WAS HIS MOTHER A FAITHFUL !DVENTIST WHO WITNESSED MANY MIRACLES DURING 3OVIET ERA REPRESSIONS !FTER SEVERAL DAYS OF PRAYERFUL SOUL SEARCHING $AVID AGREED IN HOPE THAT HIS EXPERIENCE WOULD FURTHER GLORIFY 'OD S NAME (E SET TWO CONDITIONS HOWEVER

THAT HIS PHOTOGRAPH AND THE IDENTITIES OF HIS CURRENT STUDENTS

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 4IMOFEI NOT BE PUBLISHED (E SAID HE DIDN T WANT TO INADVERTENTLY HINDER 'OD S WORK IN A COUNTRY WHERE PARANOIA CAN BE STRONG ABOUT ANY RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION NOT LINKED TO THE DOMINANT 2USSIAN /RTHODOX #HURCH ESPECIALLY IF THE GROUP IS MISTAKENLY LABELED A 5NITED 3TATES SECT $AVID SAID HE WANTED TO PROVE WITH HIS WORK THAT 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HRISTIANS CAN BE TRUSTED AND IF ASKED FAITHFULLY SERVE OTHERS IN THEIR BUSINESSES FAMILIES AND THE LIFE OF THE COUNTRY $AVID BEGAN STUDYING %NGLISH IN THE EARLY S AND HE PERFECTED IT BY WORKING WITH !MERICAN MISSIONARIES "ACK IN $AVID PRAYED EARNESTLY THAT 'OD BRING HIS THOUGHTS UNDER DIVINE CONTROL /N .OVEMBER

HE RESOLVED TO COPY THE ENTIRE "IBLE

BY HAND $URING THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF YEARS HE PRAYERFULLY COPIED THE

3CRIPTURES ONTO SHEETS OF PLAIN WHITE PAPER !T THE SAME TIME HE REREAD THE #ONmICT OF THE !GES 3ERIES AND THE NINE VOLUMES OF %LLEN ' 7HITE S 4ESTIMONIES FOR THE #HURCH 4HE "IBLE COPYING EXERCISE TOOK A COMBINED HOURS AND THE RESULTS WERE ASTONISHING $AVID SAID h) FORESAW THE CHANGES THAT 'OD WOULD MAKE IN MY LIFE IF ) COPIED THE "IBLE BY HAND BUT ) LATER REALIZED THAT ) HAD CORRECTLY PREDICTED ONLY PERCENT OF THEM ) COULD NOT EVEN FATHOM HOW GLOBAL THE CHANGES WOULD BE v HE SAID !MONG THEM HE SAID WAS A NEWFOUND ABILITY TO THINK IN A CONCENTRATED FORM WHICH HE DESCRIBED AS HAVING FEWER BUT MORE POTENT AND USEFUL THOUGHTS 7ITH THE "IBLE IMPRINTED ON HIS MIND HE ALSO FOUND IT SIMPLER TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TRUTH AND ERROR PARTICULARLY IN SECULAR WRITINGS h!T THAT MOMENT PROBABLY A DESIRE AROSE DEEP IN MY HEART TO BECOME LIKE $ANIEL v $AVID SAID h) REALIZED THAT 'OD HAS ALWAYS NEEDED MEN LIKE $ANIEL BECAUSE (E NEEDS PEOPLE WHO CAN PRESENT (IS TRUTH TO THE POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THEY LIVE v $AVID PRAYED THAT 'OD WOULD ALLOW HIM TO BECOME AN EFFECTIVE WITNESS 4HEN HE ABRUPTLY REALIZED THAT HIS STUDENTS ALREADY INCLUDED A NUMBER OF PROMINENT PEOPLE AND SEVERAL OF THEM HAD BECOME !DVENTISTS

INCLUDING HIS WIFE !NNA AND THE BILLIONAIRE FEATURED IN &ORBES 4HE BILLIONAIRE WHO ACCEPTED *ESUS WHILE $AVID WAS HALFWAY THROUGH COPYING THE "IBLE CURRENTLY LIVES OUTSIDE 2USSIA %LLEN 7HITE AND 3ELF DISCIPLINE

7ITH HIS INTEREST IN PSYCHOLOGY

$AVID COMBED THROUGH DOZENS OF BOOKS ON PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS

COMPILING A DOSSIER WITH PASSAGES FROM AUTHORS SUCH AS 3TEPHEN 2 #OVEY AND *IM #OLLINS THAT CONFORMED TO THE "IBLE AND %LLEN ' 7HITE S WRITINGS ! COMMON THREAD THAT $AVID FOUND IN ALL THE WRITINGS IS THE NEED FOR SELF DISCIPLINE AND DILIGENCEˆTHE SAME SKILLS

INCIDENTALLY THAT STUDENTS NEED TO LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3O $AVID INCORPORATED SOME MATERIALS ON SELF DISCIPLINE INTO HIS %NGLISH LESSONS 3TUDENTS BEGAN ASKING $AVID IF HE HAD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SELF DISCIPLINE AND IF HE COULD ADVISE THEM SEPARATELY FROM THE %NGLISH LESSONS 3O HE DEVELOPED ONE ON ONE SEMINARS ABOUT PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS h,ITTLE BY LITTLE 'OD LED ME INTO A lELD THAT ) HAD NOT DREAMED OF BEFORE v HE SAID h) WAS REALLY AMAZED THAT EXTREMELY RICH PEOPLE WERE NOT ASHAMED TO SAY THAT THEY REALLY DESIRED TO HAVE THAT SELF DISCIPLINE AND THE DISCIPLINE OF EMOTIONS AND CHARACTER THAT THEY SAW IN ME THAT ) DON T SEE IN MYSELF v $AVID READS AND REREADS 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES FOR LESSONS FROM *ESUS ON HOW TO INTERACT WITH PROMINENT PEOPLE /NE OF HIS FAVORITE STORIES IS THE BANQUET AT 3IMON S HOUSE WHEN -ARY -AGDALENE ANOINTED *ESUS FEET WITH EXPENSIVE PERFUME AND TEARS 3IMON A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN

LOOKED AT HER IN CONTEMPT CERTAIN THAT *ESUS WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS OUTPOURING OF AFFECTION IF (E KNEW OF -ARY S SINFUL PASTˆA PAST HE HAD PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN !T THE SAME BANQUET SAT THE DISCIPLE *UDAS )SCARIOT CRITICIZING -ARY S ACTIONS AS A WASTE OF MONEY &ILLED WITH COMPASSION *ESUS TOLD THE PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS

MANAGING TO REBUKE BOTH 3IMON AND *UDAS WITHOUT HUMILIATING THEM IN FRONT OF THE OTHERS h%LLEN ' 7HITE SHOWS IN 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES HOW #HRIST WAS

CONFRONTED WITH DIFlCULT SITUATIONS

AND (E ALWAYS HAD THE GREAT WISDOM TO TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE S HEARTS WITHOUT OFFENDING THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKING THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPRESSION ON THEIR HEARTS v $AVID SAID h3HE ACTUALLY USES PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS TO EXPLAIN ALL THAT 9OU CAN lND THE TERMS SHE USES EVEN IN MODERN PSYCHOLOGY BOOKS v $AVID SAID HE GAINS NEW INSIGHTS EVERY TIME HE PRAYERFULLY REmECTS ON HOW *ESUS TREATED RICH AND PROMINENT PEOPLE AND THE CROWDS h2ICH PEOPLE ARE VERY STRONG MINDED THEY KNOW HOW TO INmUENCE PEOPLE AND THEY KNOW HOW TO SCARE PEOPLE IF THEY NEED TO v HE SAID h9OU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO REBUKE THEM STRONGLY WITHOUT INSULTING THEIR SELF ESTEEM OR PERSONAL DIGNITY 4HIS IS WHAT 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES HAS TAUGHT ME v 7EALTHY BUSINESSPEOPLE QUICKLY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CANNOT RATTLE $AVID JUST AS .EBUCHADNEZZAR FOUND $ANIEL COULD NOT BE FRIGHTENED $AVID SAID PEACE DESPITE ADVERSITY IS A LESSON HE IS LEARNING FROM *ESUS TRIAL THE NIGHT BEFORE THE CRUCIlXION h4HEY COULD RIP (IS SKIN TO SHREDS

THEY COULD SPIT INTO (IS FACE THEY COULD DO ANYTHING TO (IM BUT THEY SAW THAT (E HAD THAT SELF DIGNITY v $AVID SAID h4HAT IS WHY THEY ACTUALLY KILLED (IM BECAUSE THEY SAW THEY COULD NOT INSULT (IM v $AVID SAID *ESUS QUIET LOVE AND COMPASSION DURING THE TRIAL HAS TAUGHT HIM THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UPSET A PERSON WHO HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH 'OD WHO HAS CONlDENCE IN 'OD S CARE AND LEADING h2ICH PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST LESSONS FOR THEIR OWN SURVIVAL IN THIS WORLD v HE SAID h/F COURSE THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT GIVES YOU SELF DIGNITY AND SELF WORTH v 7HEN 4IMOFEI AND OTHER STUDENTS ASK FOR THE SECRET $AVID POINTS THEM TO THE ANSWERˆ'OD

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h4HEREFORE ) REMIND YOU TO STIR UP THE GIFT OF 'OD WHICH IS IN YOU THROUGH THE LAYING ON OF MY HANDS &OR 'OD HAS NOT GIVEN US A SPIRIT OF FEAR BUT OF POWER AND OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MINDv 4IM

7HAT IS IT ABOUT RECEIVING GIFTS THAT IGNITES SUCH INTEREST

STIRS SUCH EXCITEMENT AND lLLS US WITH SUCH OVERmOWING JOY )S IT THE PROSPECT OF HAVING SOME NEED MET )S IT THE IDEA OF BEING THOUGHT OF OR CARED FOR /R IS IT PERHAPS THE FEELING OF BEING SPECIAL 2ECEIVING #HRISTMAS BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY GIFTS IS THRILLING ENOUGH 7HAT AN AWESOME REALITY HOWEVER THAT THE #REATOR 'OD HAS RECONCILED AND BEFRIENDED HUMANITY THROUGH THE INCARNATION OF (IS 3ON !DDITIONALLY EXCITING IS THE NEWS THAT (E ANOINTS AND GIFTS BELIEVERS WITH THE INDWELLING OF (IS (OLY 3PIRIT 'OD HAS ENGAGED US IN A QUASI PARTNERSHIP TO EXTEND AND EXPAND THE MINISTRY OF #HRIST THROUGH THE ENDOWMENT OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS 7HAT ARE THESE GIFTS (OW DO THEY WORK IN THE BELIEVER S LIFE (OW DO THEY IMPACT ONE S SPIRITUAL FORMATION $ElNING 3PIRITUAL 'IFTS

3PIRITUAL GIFTS ARE SPECIAL ENDOWMENTS FROM THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO EQUIP BELIEVERS FOR SERVICE MINISTRY

AND EVANGELIZING A WORLD HOSTILE TO *ESUS #HRIST %PH 7HILE THEY CAN BE ALIGNED WITH NATURAL TALENTS OR CULTIVATED SKILLS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT SPIRITUAL GIFTS ENABLE A DISCIPLE SURRENDERED TO THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO MEET NEEDS AND CHALLENGES IN OUR SPIRITUAL WARFARE THAT ARE GREATER THAN WHAT IS NATURAL OR DEVELOPED "ARRIERS WITHOUT

AND TIMIDITY OR DElCIENCIES WITHIN ARE SURMOUNTED AND OVERCOME WHEN THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD ANOINTS THE BELIEVER S LIFE AND SENDS THAT WILLING SERVANT ON AN ASSIGNMENT FOR #HRIST 4HE APOSTLE 0AUL INSTRUCTED THE CONGREGATION IN #ORINTH ON THE SOURCE AND MEANS OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS h"UT ONE AND THE SAME 3PIRIT WORKS ALL THESE THINGS DISTRIBUTING TO EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY AS (E WILLSv #OR )N 2OMANS 0AUL LINKS THE GIFTS TO 'OD S GRACE AND OUR FAITH )N 0ETER

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THE ONETIME BOASTFUL 0ETER LETS US KNOW THE GIFTS ARE NOT GIVEN TO GLORIFY THE INDIVIDUAL BUT TO ADMINISTER GRACE AND TO SERVE OTHERS )F ANYONE IS TO BE GLORIlED IT IS 'OD THE DONOR NOT WE THE INSTRUMENTS h)F ANYONE SPEAKS LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF 'OD )F ANYONE MINISTERS LET HIM DO IT AS WITH THE ABILITY WHICH 'OD SUPPLIES THAT IN ALL THINGS 'OD MAY BE GLORIlED THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST TO WHOM BELONG THE GLORY AND THE DOMINION FOREVER AND EVERv 0ETER -Y %XPERIENCE 7ITH 3PIRITUAL 'IFTS

)N MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF MINISTRY ) HAVE REPEATEDLY EXPERIENCED AND SEEN THE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THROUGH THESE SPECIAL GIFTS MOST CONVINCINGLY EVIDENCED IN EVANGELISM -Y lRST EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN WAS CONDUCTED IN A LITTLE SUBURBAN TOWN ON ,ONG )SLAND

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WHERE TWO CONGREGATIONS CAME TOGETHER IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND MISSIONARY ZEAL ,IVING IN .EW *ERSEY MY NEW BRIDE AND ) CROSSED TWO BRIDGES DAILY JUST TO GET TO OUR DISTRICT 2ETURNING FROM CHURCH DUTIES ONE NIGHT WE CRAWLED THROUGH FOUR HOURS OF METRO TRAFlC AN EXPERIENCE THAT LED CHURCH OFlCERS TO SEE THAT KIND OF COMMUTE AS A THREAT TO THEIR LONG AWAITED PUBLIC EVANGELISTIC EFFORT 4HEY PLEADED WITH US TO MOVE TEMPORARILY INTO ONE OF THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL ROOMS OF A BUILDING ADJOINING THE CHURCH AND BIZARRE AS THE IDEA WAS WE ACCEPTED 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT GIFTED OUR CONSECRATED MEMBERS DURING THE MEETINGS 7E STIRRED UP THE GIFT AND BELIEVERS WERE BAPTIZED

)N ANOTHER .EW %NGLAND SOUL WINNING VENTURE

WE EXPERIENCED THE (OLY 3PIRIT S ANOINTING IN THE TRANSFORMATION OF LIVES ! MEMBER LEARNED THAT HIS NEIGHBOR WAS CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE BECAUSE ALCOHOL HAD WRECKED HIS THRIVING BUSINESS BROKEN UP HIS MARRIAGE

AND DESTROYED HIS FAMILY 4HE MEMBER STIRRING UP THE GIFT

CONVINCED HIS NEIGHBOR TO COME TO THE MEETINGS AND GIVE 'OD A CHANCE !S THE (OLY 3PIRIT WOULD HAVE IT THE MESSAGE PRESENTED THAT NIGHT REMINDED THE DESPERATE VISITOR OF TRUTH HE D HEARD AS A CHILD (OPE WAS KINDLED IN HIS HEART (E CAME NIGHT AFTER NIGHT 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT STRENGTHENED HIM TO GIVE UP THE BOTTLE 4HEN 'OD RECLAIMED HIS WIFE

FAMILY AND BUSINESS 4HIS MAN BECAME A FAITHFUL DEACON AND LATER A PRODUCTIVE ELDER IN THE CHURCH 7HENEVER PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS HAVE STIRRED UP THE GIFT AND WORKED TOGETHER WE HAVE SEEN REMARKABLE RESULTS OUTREACH HAS ENERGIZED THE COMMUNITY EVANGELISM HAS mOURISHED CHURCHES HAVE BEEN PLANTED #HRISTIAN SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN STARTED BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN RENOVATED AND MORTGAGES HAVE BEEN PAID OFF

FROM $ANIEL AND 2EVELATION USING FASCINATING PICTURES OF BEASTS THAT LOOKED LIKE COMIC BOOK CREATURES FOCUSING ON THE hLAST DAYS v 4HE COMING OF *ESUS WAS hAT THE VERY DOOR v HIS MESSAGES SAID 4HIRD AT ) MADE A DECISION TO GIVE MY HEART TO THE ,ORD BE BAPTIZED AND FOLLOW 'OD S LEADING 4HEN lRST LADY 3ISTER 2UTH .ORTH TOOK OVER (ER BAPTISM AND NEW BELIEVER S CLASS INDOCTRINATED ME GROOMED ME FOR 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH PRESENTATIONS AND TRAINED ME FOR 3ABBATH AFTERNOON AND 3UNDAY WITNESSING EXPERIENCES !S A SHY CHILD THE LAST THING ) WANTED TO DO WAS KNOCK ON APARTMENT BUILDING DOORS IN "ROOKLYN .EW 9ORK )T WAS TOO DANGEROUS !ND REJECTION OR EMBARRASSMENT WAS CERTAIN .EVERTHELESS WITH A SENSE OF THE URGENCY OF OUR MESSAGE THE POWER OF THE (OLY 'HOST

AND THE PRESENCE OF ANGELS ) STIRRED UP THE GIFT AND BECAME A LITTLE WITNESS FOR MY ,ORD 4O MY SURPRISE THERE WERE MORE h9ESv RESPONSES THAN SLAMMED DOORS 3OON OUR MISSION WAS ORGANIZED INTO A CHURCH AND MOVED FROM STOREFRONT BUILDINGS TO A BEAUTIFUL WORSHIP FACILITY 7HAT 'OD )S !BOUT TO $O

(OW 3PIRITUAL 'IFTS 3HAPED -Y &AITH

-Y lRST ENCOUNTER WITH SPIRITUAL GIFTS EARLY IN LIFE MADE AN INDELIBLE AND TRANSFORMING IMPRESSION ON ME )T WAS A COMBINATION OF THREE DYNAMICS &IRST MY FATHER HAD A UNIQUE WAY OF CONDUCTING FAMILY WORSHIP AFTER WORK 7E SAT AROUND THE DINING ROOM TABLE DISCUSSING THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL LESSON AND READING FROM THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN ' 7HITE !ND IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE WERE PAYING ATTENTION EACH OF US HAD TO READ A PARAGRAPH AND THEN EXPLAIN ITS MEANING 7HILE THIS TIME CONSUMING EXERCISE FAILED TO CREATE AN APPRECIATION FOR THOSE BOOKS IT DID SOW GOOD SEED AND LAY AN EXCELLENT FOUNDATION 3ECOND MY PASTOR * * .ORTH 3R DELIVERED SERMONS

4HE ENTERPRISE OF SENDING THE GOSPEL TO THE WORLD STARTED WITH A DYNAMIC EXPLOSION OF POWER 4HE WIND WHIPPED THROUGH AN UPPER CHAMBER IN OLD *ERUSALEM

WHILE lRE DESCENDED UPON A MOTLEY CREW LIKE AN OVERWHELMINGLY STRANGE SPRING SHOWER 4HEY STIRRED UP THE GIFT AND THOUSANDS WERE CONVERTED IN A DAY )T WILL HAPPEN AGAIN 3AID %LLEN 7HITE h4HE GREAT WORK OF THE GOSPEL IS NOT TO CLOSE WITH LESS MANIFESTATION OF THE POWER OF 'OD THAN MARKED ITS OPENING x 3ERVANTS OF 'OD WITH THEIR FACES LIGHTED UP AND SHINING WITH HOLY CONSECRATION WILL HASTEN FROM PLACE TO PLACE TO PROCLAIM THE MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN x -IRACLES WILL BE WROUGHT THE SICK WILL BE HEALED AND SIGNS AND WONDERS WILL FOLLOW THE BELIEVERS xv 4HE &AITH ) ,IVE "Y P

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'OD BESTOWS UPON ALL MEMBERS OF (IS CHURCH IN EVERY AGE SPIRITUAL GIFTS WHICH EACH MEMBER IS TO EMPLOY IN LOVING MINISTRY FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE CHURCH AND OF HUMANITY 'IVEN BY THE AGENCY OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WHO APPORTIONS TO EACH MEMBER AS (E WILLS THE GIFTS PROVIDE ALL ABILITIES AND MINISTRIES NEEDED

BY THE CHURCH TO FULlLL ITS DIVINELY ORDAINED

FUNCTIONS !CCORDING TO THE 3CRIPTURES

THESE GIFTS INCLUDE SUCH MINISTRIES AS FAITH

HEALING PROPHECY PROCLAMATION TEACHING

ADMINISTRATION RECONCILIATION COMPASSION

AND SELF SACRIlCING SERVICE AND CHARITY FOR THE HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF PEOPLE 3OME MEMBERS ARE CALLED OF 'OD AND ENDOWED BY THE 3PIRIT FOR FUNCTIONS RECOGNIZED BY THE CHURCH IN PASTORAL

EVANGELISTIC APOSTOLIC AND TEACHING MINISTRIES PARTICULARLY NEEDED TO EQUIP THE MEMBERS FOR SERVICE TO BUILD UP THE CHURCH TO SPIRITUAL MATURITY AND TO FOSTER UNITY OF THE FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE OF 'OD 7HEN MEMBERS EMPLOY THESE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AS FAITHFUL STEWARDS OF 'OD S VARIED GRACE THE CHURCH IS PROTECTED FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE INmUENCE OF FALSE DOCTRINE

GROWS WITH A GROWTH THAT IS FROM 'OD AND IS BUILT UP IN FAITH AND LOVE 2OM #OR

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THE h7ORLD 7IDE 7EBv WWW CELL PHONES AND MANY OTHER TOOLS HAVE TRANSFORMED OUR WORLD INTO A GLOBAL COMMUNITY "USY COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OTHER THROUGH THOSE MEANS WE DO NOT SPEND ENOUGH TIME LISTENING TO OUR LOVING 'OD &ASCINATED WITH SO MANY SOPHISTICATED RESOURCES WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY TEMPTED TO DISREGARD THE SIMPLE WAYS IN WHICH 'OD TRIES TO SPEAK TO US 7ITH THE ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US WE RISK IGNORING THE SAVING KNOWLEDGE THAT ONLY 'OD IS ABLE TO IMPART TO US 7E NEED TO RETUNE OUR MINDS TO THE CLEAR COMMUNICATION THAT COMES hFROM ABOVEv SEE *AMES

MYSTERIOUS FORMS OF LIFE AROUND US AND THE SPLENDID STELLAR SKIES ABOVE US %VIDENCES OF 'OD S CREATIVE AND SUSTAINING POWER CAN BE SEEN BY LIFTING UP OUR EYES hON HIGHv )SA

FOR hTHE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF 'OD THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF HIS HANDSv 0S 'OD S RESTORING LOVE IS SHOWCASED IN THE ENDLESS LIFE RENEWAL PROCESS THAT PERMEATES THE WHOLE CREATION %LLEN 7HITE EXPLAINS THAT hTHROUGH THE AGENCIES OF NATURE

'OD IS WORKING DAY BY DAY HOUR BY HOUR MOMENT BY MOMENT TO KEEP US ALIVE TO BUILD UP AND RESTORE US 7HEN ANY PART OF THE BODY SUSTAINS INJURY A HEALING PROCESS IS AT ONCE BEGUN NATURE S AGENCIES ARE SET AT WORK TO RESTORE SOUNDNESS "UT THE POWER WORKING THROUGH THESE AGENCIES IS THE POWER OF 'OD !LL LIFE GIVING POWER IS FROM (IM 7HEN ONE RECOVERS FROM DISEASE IT IS 'OD WHO RESTORES HIMv 4HE -INISTRY OF (EALING PP

4HE WHOLE HEALING AND RENEWAL PROCESS THAT KEEPS NATURE ALIVE ALSO POINTS SILENTLY TO THE ULTIMATE RESTORATION WHEN 'OD WILL hMAKE ALL THINGS NEWv 2EV h4HE TREES CAST OFF THEIR LEAVES ONLY TO BE ROBED WITH FRESHER VERDURE THE mOWERS DIE

TO SPRING FORTH IN NEW BEAUTY AND IN EVERY MANIFESTATION OF CREATIVE POWER IS HELD OUT THE ASSURANCE THAT WE MAY BE CREATED ANEW IN @RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS OF TRUTH %PHESIANS

MARGIN 4HUS THE VERY OBJECTS AND OPERATIONS OF NATURE THAT BRING SO VIVIDLY TO MIND OUR GREAT LOSS ;AFTER THE FALL= BECOME TO US THE MESSENGERS OF HOPEv %DUCATION P 9ET THE MESSAGE OF NATURE IS NOT ONLY UNCLEAR

BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF EVIL BUT ALSO INCOMPLETE FOR IT DOES NOT SPEAK EXPLICITLY ABOUT THE PLAN OF REDEMPTION

'OD 3PEAKS IN .ATURE

'OD S -ESSENGERS

'OD REVEALS (IMSELF TO HUMANKIND hIN VARIOUS WAYSv (EB /NE WAY IS THROUGH NATURE WITH THE UNCOUNTABLE

! CLEARER FORM OF DIVINE REVELATION TOOK PLACE THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF GENUINE PROPHETS WHO WERE CHOSEN BY

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3PEAKS (OW DOES 'OD COMMUNICATE OVER THE NOISE OF MODERN SOCIETY

!DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE HAS PUBLISHED A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN ' 7HITE IN EACH EDITION SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 3EPTEMBER "EGINNING WITH THIS EDITION AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE NEXT TWO YEARS

SPECIAL ARTICLES ABOUT THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY WILL ALSO APPEAR IN THIS SPACE EVERY OTHER MONTH TO HELP 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD APPRECIATE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT 'OD S SPECIAL GIFT TO (IS REMNANT PEOPLE 4HESE h$ISCOVERING THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECYv FEATURES WILL INCLUDE EXPLORATIONS OF "IBLE TEACHING ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS

PRACTICAL ARTICLES ABOUT APPLYING INSIGHTS TO EVERYDAY LIFE AND HELPFUL METHODS TO SHARE THE RICHNESS OF THIS GIFT WITH FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS

!LBERTO 2 4IMM IS RECTOR AT THE ,ATIN !MERICAN !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY IN "RASILIA

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'OD TO BE (IS SPECIAL SPOKESPERSONS TO HUMANITY 4HE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 'OD AND (IS PROPHETS CANNOT BE LIMITED TO MERE ONE SIDED ENCOUNTERS

FOR IT INVOLVED THE COMMUNICATION OF POINTED TRUTHS IN PROPOSITIONAL FORMS 'OD STATED IN .UMBERS .)6

h7HEN A PROPHET OF THE ,ORD IS AMONG YOU ) REVEAL MYSELF TO HIM IN VISIONS

) SPEAK TO HIM IN DREAMS v 4HERE ARE MANY INSTANCES IN THE "IBLE IN WHICH PROPHETS CLAIM THE hWORD OF THE ,ORDv CAME TO THEM AND WAS DELIVERED AS SUCH TO THE PEOPLE *ER %ZE ETC "ECAUSE OF THEIR DIVINE ORIGIN

THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES WHETHER IN ORAL OR WRITTEN FORM BEAR DIVINE CREDENTIALS AND AUTHORITY )SA 'AL 2EV -ANY /LD 4ESTAMENT PROPHETS ANNOUNCED THE COMING OF THE -ESSIAH BUT IT WAS *OHN THE "APTIST WHO ACTUALLY BECAME (IS FORERUNNER -ATT ,UKE 5NDOUBTEDLY THE SUPREME REVELATION OF 'OD TO HUMANKIND IS FOUND IN THE PERSON AND MINISTRY OF *ESUS #HRIST THE 3ON OF 'OD WHO BECAME ALSO THE 3ON OF MAN (EBREWS .)6 EXPLAINS h)N THE PAST 'OD SPOKE TO OUR FOREFATHERS THROUGH THE PROPHETS AT MANY TIMES AND IN VARIOUS WAYS BUT IN THESE LAST DAYS HE SPOKE TO US BY HIS 3ON WHOM HE APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS AND THROUGH WHOM HE MADE THE UNIVERSE 4HE 3ON IS THE RADIANCE OF 'OD S GLORY AND THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF HIS BEING SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY HIS POWERFUL WORD v &OR THIS VERY REASON (E WAS CALLED h@)MMANUEL ˆWHICH MEANS @'OD WITH US v -ATT .)6 )NDEED

hWE HAVE ONLY ONE PERFECT PHOTOGRAPH OF 'OD AND THIS IS *ESUS #HRISTv % ' 7HITE IN 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST "IBLE #OMMENTARY VOL P $ESPITE THE FACT THAT *ESUS #HRIST IS NO LONGER VISIBLE IN OUR MIDST AND THAT AS FAR AS WE KNOW THERE IS NO GENUINE PROPHET ALIVE IN OUR DAYS

'OD S PROVIDENCE GENERATED AND

PRESERVED THE 3CRIPTURES THROUGHOUT THE AGES !S OUR ONLY RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE THEY BEAR WITNESS ABOUT #HRIST *OHN 4HE /LD 4ESTAMENT MESSIANIC PROPHECIES PORTRAYED THE FORTHCOMING -ESSIAH IN SUCH DISTINCT COLORS THAT *ESUS OF .AZARETH COULD BE IDENTIlED AS THE TRUE /NE 4HE .EW 4ESTAMENT WRITERS CONlRMED SUCH IDENTIlCATION PRESENTING (IM AS THE ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION AND ETERNAL LIFE FOR THE SINNERS 4HE APOSTLE *OHN SAYS THAT THE 'OSPEL RECORD WAS WRITTEN SO THAT WE hMAY BELIEVE THAT *ESUS IS THE #HRIST THE 3ON OF 'OD AND THAT

BY BELIEVINGv WE hMAY HAVE LIFE IN HIS NAMEv *OHN

.)6 4HIS IMPLIES BOTH A LIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PERSON OF #HRIST AND A TRUE COMMITMENT TO (IS TEACHINGS FOUND IN THE 3CRIPTURES SEE -ATT 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT S 2OLE

#RUCIAL IN THE WHOLE REVELATION PROCESS IS THE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT (E INSPIRED THE PROPHETS TO WRITE THE 3CRIPTURES 4IM 0ET

ENLIGHTENS OUR MINDS WHEN WE STUDY THEM #OR POURS OUT THE LOVE OF 'OD hIN OUR HEARTSv 2OM

AND TRIES TO GUIDE US hINTO ALL TRUTHv *OHN 3O SIGNIlCANT IS THE WORK OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THAT %LLEN 7HITE EVEN STATES THAT WITHOUT (IS

WORK hTHE SACRIlCE OF #HRIST WOULD HAVE BEEN OF NO AVAILv 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES P FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT ACCEPT IT "ESIDES LEADING US TO ACCEPT THE 3CRIPTURES AS THE WRITTEN 7ORD AND #HRIST AS THE LIVING 7ORD

THE (OLY 3PIRIT ALSO TRIES TO GUIDE US IN THE RIGHT PATH )SAIAH .)6 SAYS

h7HETHER YOU TURN TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT YOUR EARS WILL HEAR A VOICE BEHIND YOU SAYING @4HIS IS THE WAY WALK IN IT v 'OD REVEALS THROUGH NATURE (IS CREATIVE AND SUSTAINING POWER AND RESTORING LOVE "UT (E SPOKE MORE EXPLICITLY TO HUMANITY THROUGH (IS SERVANTS THE PROPHETS 4HE BASIC PROPHETIC MESSAGE WAS INCORPORATED IN THE 3CRIPTURES AND PRESERVED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE THROUGHOUT THE AGES 4HE REVELATION PROCESS FOUND ITS CLIMAX IN THE PERSON AND MINISTRY OF *ESUS #HRIST WHO WAS ACTUALLY h'OD WITH US v 4HE SAME (OLY 3PIRIT WHO INSPIRED THE PROPHETS TO WRITE THE 3CRIPTURES ALSO ENLIGHTENS OUR MINDS TO UNDERSTAND THEM PROPERLY

TO ACCEPT *ESUS #HRIST AS OUR 3AVIOR AND ,ORD AND TO WALK WITH (IM AND FOR (IM 4HE WHOLE PROCESS AIMS TO FREE US FROM OUR SINFUL PATHS OF DEATH AND GUIDE US IN THE WAY WHERE WE lND FULLNESS OF LIFE IN THE PRESENCE OF OUR LOVING 'OD

7HAT DO YOU

) N WHAT WAYS DO YOU SEE 'OD S CHARACTER OF LOVE AND REDEMPTION REVEALED IN NATURE

THINK

'OD S PROPHETS OFTEN HAD TO PRESENT MESSAGES OF REPROOF )N WHAT WAYS HAVE YOU PERSONALLY BENElTED FROM SUCH MESSAGES

(OW IS THE (OLY 3PIRIT ACTIVE IN YOUR LIFE 7HAT DEEPER UNDERSTANDINGS OF 'OD S WILL FOR YOU HAVE BECOME APPARENT RECENTLY

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HEN HE ARRIVED AT OUR FRONT DOOR HE WAS DRESSED NOT IN A RED -ASAI BLANKET BUT IN WELL WORN TROUSERS AND A JACKET CARRYING A LAPTOP COMPUTER INSTEAD OF A HUNTING SPEAR h) AM 3OLOMON v HE SAID h9OU HAVE BEEN INQUIRING ABOUT MY WORK v h#OME IN v WE SAID !S HE PLACED HIS COMPUTER ON THE COFFEE TABLE HE EXPLAINED h! DOCTOR ON A MISSION TRIP FROM .ORTH $AKOTA GAVE THIS TO ME ) THOUGHT YOU D LIKE TO SEE A FEW PICTURES OF THE MEMBERS OF ONE OF MY CHURCHES v !ND THERE THEY WERE -ASAI WOMEN SITTING IN A GROUP UNDER A THORN TREE DRESSED IN BRIGHTLY COLORED WRAPS

WEARING TRADITIONAL BEADED NECKLACES AND EAR PIECES h(OW MANY MEMBERS ARE IN YOUR CHURCH v WE ASKED h/NE CHURCH HAS ABOUT INCLUDING CHILDREN AND THE OTHER ABOUT MEMBERS v HE REPLIED h-ASAI MEN THINK RELIGION IS ONLY FOR THEIR WIVES SO OUR CONGREGATIONS ARE MADE UP MOSTLY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN "UT WITH 'OD S HELP THIS PERCEPTION WILL CHANGE v 4HOSE OF US WHO WORKED AS MISSIONARIES IN +ENYA AND 4ANZANIA IN THE LATE S SEE TODAY S PROGRESS AS A MARKED EVIDENCE OF 'OD S GRACE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE POWER OF THE GOSPEL 0EOPLE WHO UNTIL RECENTLY HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO THE GOSPEL ARE LEARNING TO TRUST THE TRUE .GAI

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4ODAY S BELIEVERS ARE BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION LAID BY FORMER GENERATIONS OF MISSIONARIES "Y *EAN 4HOMAS

4HEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN TO OPEN A MEDICAL CLINIC JUST INSIDE THE -ASAI BORDER AND INVITE +ENDU (OSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF TO PARTICIPATE 4HE DOCTORS WERE ENTHUSIASTIC AND SOON A MONTHLY MEDICAL CLINIC WAS IN OPERATION &OR SEVERAL MONTHS THE DOCTORS ACCOMPANIED BY MISSION PERSONNEL FROM +ISII WORKED TOGETHER PROVIDING MEDICAL AID TO THE -ASAI WHO CAME FROM THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES "UT ONE DAY A LETTER ARRIVED FROM THE DISTRICT "LAZING A 4RAIL COMMISSIONER IN +ILGORIS HEADQUARTERS FOR MONITORING 7HEN MISSIONARIES lRST CAME FROM %NGLAND IN THE EARLY -ASAI CONCERNS h)T HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION v THE S TO ESTABLISH MISSION WORK IN %AST !FRICA THEY FOUND LETTER STATED hTHAT YOU ARE ENTERING -ASAI TERRITORY ILLEGALLY THAT THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT IN +ENYA WAS ALLOCATING 4HEREFORE AS OF THIS DATE YOU ARE TO CEASE AND DESIST FROM SPECIlC AREAS OF THE COUNTRY TO VARIOUS MISSIONARY BODIES CROSSING THEIR BORDER OR INTERFERING WITH THEIR LIFESTYLE v !DVENTISTS WERE GIVEN THE TERRITORY AROUND ,AKE 4HAT ENDED THE lRST OUTREACH ENDEAVOR TO THE -ASAI 6ICTORIA AMONG THE ,UO AND +ISII TRIBES 4HAT AREA BECAME FROM ITS NORTHERN BORDER "UT BY A STRANGE TURN OF EVENTS A PREDOMINANTLY !DVENTIST 4HE 'ENDIA -ISSION THE %AST CHANGE SOON CAME ABOUT !FRICAN 0UBLISHING (OUSE AND +ENDU -ISSION (OSPITAL WERE 7HILE ON ONE OF HIS TRIPS FROM THE +ISII MISSION TO ESTABLISHED AMONG THE ,UO PEOPLE AND .YANCHWA -ISSION +ENDU (OSPITAL THE MISSION PRESIDENT &RED 4HOMAS WHO AND +AMAGAMBO 4RAINING 3CHOOL WERE LOCATED IN +ISII HAD HELPED INITIATE THE MEDICAL CLINIC WAS SURPRISED TO COUNTRY -ASAI LAND BORDERING THESE TWO AREAS WAS PLACED MEET A -ASAI CHIEF AT THE HOSPITAL OUT OF BOUNDS TO BE LEFT UNTOUCHED BY MISSION OUTREACH h7HAT BRINGS YOU TO +ENDU (OSPITAL -AFUTA v "Y THE MID S WITH MANY CHURCHES NOW ESTABLISHED 4HOMAS ASKED AMONG THE ,UO AND +ISII PEOPLE CHURCH LEADERS WERE LED h) BECAME VERY SICK AND WENT TO EVERY HOSPITAL ) KNEW TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH THEIR -ASAI NEIGHBORS (OWEVER

OF EVEN AS FAR AS .AIROBI "UT ) FOUND NO DOCTOR WHO COULD THE GOVERNMENT HAD MANDATED THAT THIS TRIBE NOT BE CURE ME SO ) CAME HOME TO DIE EVANGELIZED /N SEVERAL OCCASIONS THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED h4HEN MY WIVES CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR FUTURE WELFARE

BY THE 3OUTH .YANZA &IELD +ISII COMMITTEE SAID @4HERE S ONE HOSPITAL YOU HAVEN T BEEN TO h@7HICH ONE ) ASKED h@9OU HAVEN T BEEN TO THE HOSPITAL AT +ENDU "AY THEY SAID h@.O ) TOLD THEM @) COULD NEVER GO THERE 7E -ASAI *EAN 4HOMAS PICTURED ON PAGE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM DESPISE THE TRIBE THAT LIVES NEAR THAT HOSPITAL !ND IN ANY +ENYA WHERE SHE AND HER HUSBAND &RED SERVED NINE MONTHS AS VOLUNTEERS AT -AXWELL CASE ) WAS THE ONE WHO HAD ASKED THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER

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TO PUT A STOP TO THE MEDICAL CLINIC THEY STARTED IN OUR DISTRICT h-Y WIVES JUST LAUGHED @'O THEY SAID @3INCE YOU HAVE NO HOPE OF LIVING LONG YOU MIGHT AS WELL TAKE YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS AND GO THERE 3O HERE ) AM AND THESE DOCTORS ARE HEALING ME ) WILL BE GOING HOME SOON v &ORWARD 0ROGRESS

"ACK IN OUR LIVING ROOM LAY PASTOR 3OLOMON ,ENANA TOLD US HIS STORY (E WAS BORN TO A TRADITIONAL -ASAI FAMILY AND WAS EXPECTED TO SPEND HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH HERDING CATTLE ON THE HILLS AROUND HIS FATHER S MANAYATTA hHUTv "UT 3OLOMON HAD NOTICED THAT YOUNG MEN WITH AN EDUCATION WERE NO LONGER HERDING THEIR FAMILIES CATTLE AND GOATS BUT WERE HOLDING DOWN GOOD PAYING JOBS 7HEN 3OLOMON TOLD HIS PARENTS ABOUT HIS DESIRE TO GET AN EDUCATION HIS FATHER OBJECTED (IS MOTHER HOWEVER

USED HER POWERS OF PERSUASION 4HEY SOLD SEVERAL CATTLE TO ENABLE 3OLOMON TO ATTEND A BOARDING SCHOOL IN .AIROBI h4HERE WAS ONLY ONE OTHER -ASAI YOUTH IN MY SCHOOL v 3OLOMON SAID h4HE OTHER STUDENTS WERE FROM TRIBES WHOSE BACKGROUND WAS DIFFERENT FROM OURS 4HEIR CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS WERE VERY FOREIGN TO OURS v !FTER COMPLETING HIGH SCHOOL IN 3OLOMON WENT LOOKING FOR WORK -AXWELL !DVENTIST !CADEMY A BOARDING SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF MISSIONARIES IN %AST !FRICA WAS BEING RELOCATED OUT OF THE CITY OF .AIROBI 7ITH A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF %NGLISH AND OTHER SKILLS HE HAD ACQUIRED IN SCHOOL 3OLOMON APPLIED FOR A JOB AND WAS GIVEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF KEEPING TRACK OF BUILDING SUPPLIES AS THEY WERE DELIVERED TO THE NEW CAMPUS 4HE LIFESTYLE OF THE MISSIONARY TEACHERS HE WORKED WITH SO IMPRESSED 3OLOMON THAT HE EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO LEARN MORE

ABOUT THEIR BELIEFS (IS QUESTIONS LED TO "IBLE STUDIES AND EVENTUALLY BAPTISM )N THE EXCITEMENT OF lNDING SUCH JOY AND SATISFACTION WITH WHAT HE HAD LEARNED HE BEGAN SHARING HIS FAITH WITH OTHER -ASAI SOME OF WHOM WERE LIVING ON THE HILL DIRECTLY BEHIND THE NEW SCHOOL 3OLOMON AND A MISSIONARY NAMED 'WEN %DWARDS BEGAN HOLDING CLASSES WITH THESE VILLAGERS TEACHING THEM HOW TO READ THE "IBLE )N THE lRST SIX CONVERTS FROM THAT GROUP WERE BAPTIZED IN THE LITTLE POOL BUILT AT THE BASE OF THE SCHOOL S AMPHITHEATER "UT ONCE THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECTS WERE COMPLETE 3OLOMON S EMPLOYMENT CAME TO AN END h4HEN WHAT HAPPENED v WE ASKED h) WAS SENT TO THE !3) OPERATED 2IVERSIDE 4RAINING )NSTITUTE IN :AMBIA WHERE ) WAS GIVEN A SIX MONTH COURSE IN THEOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDIES .OW ) WORK AS A SELF SUPPORTING PASTOR ) TRAVEL AROUND -ASAI COUNTRY MAKING FRIENDS INTERESTING THEM IN 'OD S 7ORD AND TEACHING THEM ABOUT CLEANLINESS HEALTH AND !)$3 PREVENTION v 7ITH -ASAI TERRITORY MOSTLY RURAL AND UNDEVELOPED AREAS STRETCHING FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES ACROSS +ENYA AND 4ANZANIA PAVED ROADS ARE FEW AND OFTEN IMPASSIBLE EXCEPT IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES 4HIS MEANS THAT 3OLOMON

WHO HAS NO TRANSPORTATION OF HIS OWN TRAVELS WHERE HE CAN ON BUSES THEN WALKS LONG DISTANCES TO REACH INTERESTED PEOPLE "OTH OF HIS CHURCHES ARE DIFlCULT TO REACH (E SPENDS MANY NIGHTS AWAY FROM HOME HOLDING HEALTH SEMINARS AND "IBLE STUDIES 4HIS IS ALL DONE ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS WITH NO REMUNERATION FROM THE CHURCH 4HE POOR ROADS AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION MAKE IT DIFlCULT TO GET AN ACCURATE COUNT OF HOW MANY MEMBERS AND CHURCHES ARE IN -ASAI LAND TODAY BUT LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED BY THE GOSPEL *ULY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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TEND TO AVOID ANSWERING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE ANY ANSWER TENDS TO LEAD TO DEBATES AND ) AM NOT INTERESTED IN DEBATING "UT SINCE THE QUESTION SEEMS TO BE RAISED MORE OFTEN LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT ONLY ONE 0ERSON EXPERIENCED THE SECOND DEATHˆ*ESUS #HRIST ) WILL APPROACH THE TOPIC THROUGH (IS EXPERIENCE KEEPING IN MIND THAT ALTHOUGH (IS EXPERIENCE WAS THAT OF THE WICKED IT WAS ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT 4HE 0ROBLEM 3OME PEOPLE BELIE VE THAT SIN DESTROYS ITSELF MEANING THAT SIN BRINGS WITH ITSELF SPECIlC RESULTS AND CONSEQUENCES THAT DESTROY THE SINNER 4HAT IS OFTEN THE CASE "UT THE lNAL EXTINCTION OF SIN SINNERS

AND EVIL POWERS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT )N THAT CASE 'OD IS DESCRIBED AS BEING DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY INVOLVED &OR SOME THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE 'OD IS DESCRIBED AS INmICTING DEATH ON HUMAN BEINGS

SOME OF WHOM WILL APPARENTLY SUFFER MORE THAN OTHERS &OR THEM IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SUGGEST THAT SINNERS DESTROY THEMSELVES ) ACCEPT THE BIBLICAL STATEMENT hlRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND DEVOURED THEMv 2EV .)6 ) RECOGNIZE THAT ) DO NOT COMPREHEND THE DETAILS OF THAT MOST STRANGE DIVINE ACTION *ESUS $IED THE $EATH OF THE 7ICKED )T WOULD BE DIFlCULT TO DENY THAT 'OD THE &ATHER WAS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF *ESUS 4HE "IBLE ASSIGNS THE DEATH OF *ESUS TO THE &ATHER THE 3ON (IMSELF AND TO 2OMAN AND *EWISH AUTHORITIES 4HE FACT THAT THE &ATHER COULD HAVE SAVED *ESUS FROM DYING BUT DID NOT MEANS THAT THE DEATH OF *ESUS WAS WILLED

BY THE &ATHER THAT IS TO SAY IT CORRESPONDED TO (IS DIVINE INTENTION FOR (IS 3ON *OHN *ESUS DRANK FROM THE CUP OF 'OD S JUDGMENT -ATT 4HE &ATHER DID NOT SPARE (IM 2OM BUT HANDED (IM OVER TO DEATH CHAP *ESUS SAID (E WOULD LAY DOWN (IS OWN LIFE AND THAT NO ONE HAD POWER TO TAKE IT FROM (IM *OHN *ESUS VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP (IS LIFE -ARK 'AL %PH

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(UMANS WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF THE 3ON OF 'OD ,UKE -ARK 4HE &ATHER THE 3ON

AND HUMANS WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF THE 3ON OF 'OD 4HE EXPERIENCE OF *ESUS WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WICKED "UT IN BOTH CASES THE INDIVIDUAL AND 'OD WILL BE INVOLVED *ESUS 3UFFERED .O ONE QUESTIONS THAT *ESUS #HRIST SUFFERED INTENSELY ON THE CROSS 4HE SUFFERING WAS PHYSICAL

BUT ABOVE ALL IT WAS SPIRITUAL (E EXPERIENCED DIVINE ABANDONMENT SUCH AS NO OTHER HUMAN WILL EVER EXPERIENCE -ATT (E BORE THE SINS OF THE WORLD 4HE WICKED WILL RECEIVE THEIR REWARD ACCORDING TO THEIR PERSONAL WORKS 2EV 4HIS IS NOT SELF INmICTED PAIN OR PAIN INmICTED ON THEM BY 3ATAN 'OD WILL PERSONALLY GIVE THEM WHAT THEY CHOSE AS THEIR lNAL DESTINY IN "Y LIFEˆETERNAL DEATH !NGEL -ANUEL *ESUS 'AVE UP (IS ,IFE 2ODR¤GUEZ )T WAS NECESSARY FOR *ESUS TO DIE AS THE 3IN BEARER (E ACCEPTED THE RIGHTEOUS AND JUST WILL OF THE &ATHER FOR (IM /N THE CROSS (E SUFFERED UP TO THE MOMENT (E VOLUNTARILY GAVE UP (IS LIFE TO THE &ATHER 3INCE (IS DEATH WAS PART OF THE SAVING PLAN (E ENDURED SUFFERING FOR A PARTICULAR PERIOD OF TIME AND AT THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT GAVE UP (IS LIFE WHILE SHOUTING h)T IS lNISHED v )N THE CASE OF THE WICKED THEIR DESTRUCTION IS PRECEDED BY THEIR OWN RECOGNITION THAT THEY DESERVE TO DIE 4HEY WILL BOW DOWN AND PROCLAIM THAT INDEED #HRIST IS ,ORD 0HIL 9ET THE WICKED WILL STRUGGLE TO VOLUNTARILY GIVE UP THEIR LIVES TO THE #REATOR ,ET ME SUGGEST THAT THE INTENSITY OF THEIR SUFFERING MAY BE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES WHICH IS IN TURN RELATED TO THEIR SELlSHNESS 4HAT ATTITUDE MAY LENGTHEN THEIR SUFFERING AND ALLOW EACH ONE TO EXPERIENCE JUDGMENT ACCORDING TO THEIR WORKS /NCE THEY GIVE UP THEIR LIVES 'OD S JUSTICE IS VINDICATED AND THEIR EXISTENCE IS ERASED FOREVER 4HEN THE CONmICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL WILL BE OVER $ID THAT HELP /OPS ) ENDED WITH A QUESTION

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!NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE

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#ELEBRATING THE 3ABBATH

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(AVE YOU EVER WISHED YOU COULD DISCOVER AN ISLAND OF PEACE IN THIS WORLD OF STRESS !RE THERE TIMES WHEN YOUR LIFE SEEMS lLLED WITH WORRY $OES THE FUTURE TROUBLE YOU 'OD HAS CREATED THE VERY ISLAND OF PEACE THAT OUR HEARTS LONG FOR 4HE 3ABBATH IS (IS ETERNAL SYMBOL OF (IS LOVE FOR US (IS 3ABBATH REST REMINDS US EACH WEEK THAT (E CREATED US AND HAS NOT FORGOTTEN US

7HAT THREE SPECIlC THINGS DID 'OD DO ON THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND LIST YOUR ANSWERS h4HEN 'OD BLESSED THE SEVENTH DAY AND SANCTIlED IT BECAUSE IN IT (E RESTED FROM ALL (IS WORK WHICH 'OD HAD CREATED AND MADEv 'EN A 'OD B 'OD C 'OD

!LTHOUGH IT IS POSSIBLE TO RECEIVE 'OD S BLESSING ANY DAY WE WORSHIP WE CAN RECEIVE (IS 3ABBATH BLESSING ONLY IF WE WORSHIP ON (IS 3ABBATH (E PLACED A SPECIAL BLESSING ON THE SEVENTH DAY IT IS THE DAY (E SANCTIlED

7HAT DOES 'OD PROMISE TO THOSE WHO KEEP (IS 3ABBATH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h"LESSED IS THE MAN WHO DOES THIS AND THE SON OF MAN WHO LAYS HOLD ON IT WHO KEEPS FROM DElLING THE 3ABBATH AND KEEPS HIS HAND FROM DOING ANY EVILv )SA 'OD PROMISES A

FOR THOSE WHO KEEP THE 3ABBATH

7RITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS SOME OF THE BLESSINGS 'OD GIVES TO THOSE WHO KEEP THE 3ABBATH

(OW DID 'OD DESCRIBE THE 3ABBATH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h4HE SEVENTH DAY IS A 3ABBATH OF SOLEMN REST A HOLY CONVOCATION 9OU SHALL DO NO WORK ON IT IT IS THE 3ABBATH OF THE ,ORD IN ALL YOUR DWELLINGSv ,EV 4HE 3ABBATH IS A DAY OF SOLEMN

AND A HOLY

/N 3ABBATH WE REST FROM OUR LABORS AND lND PEACE AND JOY IN 'OD S HOLY CONVOCATION #ONVOCATION IS A hCOMING TOGETHER v 4HE 3ABBATH IS A SACRED OR HOLY COMING TOGETHER OF 'OD S PEOPLE FOR WORSHIP

(OW DID *ESUS OBSERVE THE 3ABBATH 7HAT WAS (IS WEEKLY CUSTOM 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE THE ANSWERS h3O (E CAME TO .AZARETH WHERE (E HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP !ND AS (IS CUSTOM WAS (E WENT INTO THE SYNAGOGUE ON THE 3ABBATH DAY AND STOOD UP TO READv ,UKE *ULY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

4HE 3ABBATH WAS SPECIAL TO *ESUS %ACH 3ABBATH (E SPENT TIME WORSHIPPING (IS HEAVENLY &ATHER *ESUS ALSO PERFORMED MANY OF (IS MIRACLES OF HEALING ON 3ABBATH

7HAT DO #HRIST S HEALING MIRACLES ON THE 3ABBATH TEACH US ABOUT CELEBRATING THE 3ABBATH 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND UNDERLINE WHY *ESUS HEALED ON THE 3ABBATH h"UT IF YOU HAD KNOWN WHAT THIS MEANS @) DESIRE MERCY AND NOT SACRIlCE YOU WOULD NOT HAVE CONDEMNED THE GUILTLESS &OR THE 3ON OF -AN IS ,ORD EVEN OF THE 3ABBATH 4HEREFORE IT IS LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE 3ABBATHv -ATT

B 7HAT DOES THIS MEAN TO US TODAY

7HAT DO *ESUS COMPASSION KINDNESS AND GOOD DEEDS ON THE 3ABBATH MODEL FOR US

7HAT DOES THE ,ORD INVITE US TO DO TODAY 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h)F YOU TURN AWAY YOUR FOOT FROM THE 3ABBATH FROM DOING YOUR PLEASURE ON -Y HOLY DAY AND CALL THE 3ABBATH A DELIGHT THE HOLY DAY OF THE ,ORD HONORABLE AND SHALL HONOR (IM NOT DOING YOUR OWN WAYS

NOR lNDING YOUR OWN PLEASURE NOR SPEAKING YOUR OWN WORDS THEN YOU SHALL DELIGHT YOURSELF IN THE ,ORD AND ) WILL CAUSE YOU TO RIDE ON THE HIGH HILLS OF THE EARTHv )SA

4HE ,ORD INVITES US TO A 4URN OUR B #ALL THE C $ELIGHT 4HE ,ORD INVITES US NOT TO A $O B &IND C 3PEAK

h4O SET YOUR FOOTv UPON SOMETHING WAS A SYMBOL OF OWNERSHIP OR POSSESSION )SAIAH S PASSAGE TEACHES THAT WHEN WE RELEASE THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH FROM OUR CONTROL AND HONOR 'OD WITH OUR WORDS AND ACTIVITIES (E WILL CAUSE US TO RIDE ON THE HIGH HILLS OF THE EARTH )N OTHER WORDS OUR LIVES WILL BE BLESSED WITH A SENSE OF (IS PRESENCE

(OW WILL WE SPEND OUR 3ABBATHS IN HEAVEN 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE THE ANSWER h@!ND FROM ONE 3ABBATH TO ANOTHER ALL mESH SHALL COME TO WORSHIP BEFORE -E SAYS THE ,ORDv )SA

)MAGINE !LL THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND ALL THE REDEEMED WILL WORSHIP AT 'OD S THRONE ON THE 3ABBATH 4HEY WILL SING ANTHEMS OF PRAISE AND CHORUSES OF WORSHIP /UR ,ORD (IMSELF WILL SPEAK OF (IS INTENSE LOVE FOR US (E WILL SHARE (IS INCREDIBLE JOY THAT WE WILL BE WITH (IM FOR ALL ETERNITY 7OULD YOU LIKE TO LET *ESUS KNOW THAT THE DESIRE OF YOUR HEART IS TO WORSHIP WITH THE ANGELS ON THAT lRST 3ABBATH IN HEAVEN 7HY NOT BOW YOUR HEAD RIGHT NOW AND TELL (IM

7HAT DOES THE "IBLE SAY ABOUT HEALTH *OIN US FOR NEXT MONTH S "IBLE STUDY h(EALTH -ATTERS v

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ *ULY

,%44%23 SPIRITUAL LIVES BUT WE ARE DElCIENT IN APPLYING THAT SAME PRACTICE OF ELABORATION WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING OUR CHURCH THE hHOW TOv OF GRACE IN PRACTICE )T BEHOOVES OUR CHURCH LEADERS TO EMPHASIZE AND EDUCATE OUR CHURCH MEMBERS VIA ARTICLES ON PRACTICAL WAYS OF EXERCISING GRACE ) BORE WITNESS TO A YOUNG CHURCH MEMBER OF IMPECCABLE MORAL STANDING A LEADER IN HIS CHURCH S YOUTH GROUP PLACED UNDER DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND EVENTUALLY REMOVED FROM THE CHURCH BOOKS BECAUSE OF HIS CHOICE TO ENLIST ) AM WELL AWARE THAT OUR CHURCH LEADERS CANNOT ALWAYS BE PRIVY TO THE INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS OF OUR LOCAL CHURCHES BUT ARE WE WILLING TO ACCEPT A DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY OVER THE LACK OF GRACE AND COMPASSION BECAUSE OF OUR DElCIENCY IN GUIDING OUR MEMBERS ON HOW GRACE IS PRACTICED 7HAT ARE WE DOING AS A CHURCH FOR OUR ENLISTED MEN AND WOMEN !RE WE SENDING THEM CARE PACKAGES !RE WE SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY ANXIOUSLY WAIT DAY AFTER DAY FOR THE SAFE RETURN OF 'RACE IN !CTION THEIR LOVED ONES 7HAT IS THE CHURCH ) AM IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH *AN 0AULSEN S DOING FOR THOSE WOUNDED SOLDIERS MESSAGE IN HIS -ARCH ARTICLE RETURNING TO SHATTERED LIVES BECAUSE ENTITLED h#LEAR 4HINKING !BOUT -ILITARY OF THE HORRORS ASSOCIATED WITH POST 3ERVICE v 4HERE IS NOTHING ) WOULD WRITE TRAUMATIC STRESS )F THE ANSWER IS LITTLE

IN MY COMMENT THAT WOULD DETRACT OR IF ANYTHING THEN THEREIN LIES THE LOUD DISAGREE WITH ANY OF HIS STATEMENTS SILENCE OF OUR h) TOLD YOU SOv MENTALITY (AVING SAID THAT IF ANYTHING IS !RE WE WORRIED ABOUT THE NEEDED IN OUR CHURCHES PERHAPS CONmICTING MESSAGE THAT SUCH SUPPORT EVEN MORE THAN NOT IN PLACE OF THE MIGHT IMPLY )F WE AS A CHURCH ARE INSTRUCTIONS THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO TEACH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT NEED REGARDING THESE ISSUES IS THE THE DANGERS AND MORALLY CONmICTING EMPHASISˆAND REEMPHASISˆOF THE CONSEQUENCES OF BEARING ARMS AS WE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE OF GRACE THAT SHOULD WELL SHOULD THEN WE MUST EXERCISE BE OUR CHURCH S lRST AND FOREMOST EQUAL TIME AND EFFORTS TO TEACHING OUR FOUNDATION !S A CHURCH WE ARE ALWAYS CHURCH MEMBERS PRACTICAL GUIDELINES QUICK TO ELABORATE IN DETAILED OUTLINE ON EXERCISING GRACE THE MORAL PRINCIPLES TO WHICH WE ,ILLIAN 2OSA #ORREA SHOULD ADHERE IN MOST ASPECTS OF OUR .ORWAY

-Y *ORDAN 3TONES

4HE 4RINITY

7HEN THE !PRIL ISSUE OF THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD ARRIVED ) NOTICED MY LAST NAME BEING USED IN AN ARTICLE S TITLE h-Y *ORDAN 3TONES v BY 3TEPHEN $UNBAR $UNBAR LIKELY DOES NOT KNOW THAT HIDDEN IN THE PAGES OF EARLY !DVENTISM ARE MANY hSTONESv THAT TELL THE STORY OF OUR PIONEERS AND THEIR STRUGGLE TO TELL THE STORY OF *ESUS SOON COMING AND TO DEVELOP A CHURCH ORGANIZATION /NE OF THOSE PIONEERS *OSEPH "ATES OF &AIRHAVEN -ASSACHUSETTS

5NITED 3TATES BEGAN TELLING THIS STORY IN (E SOLD HIS HOME AND WENT TO -ARYLAND TO PREACH TO SLAVES AND SLAVE MASTERS ,ATER HE LEARNED OF THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH AND WROTE ABOUT IT !N INTERESTING TITLE OF HIS THIRD BOOK WAS 3ECOND !DVENT 7AY -ARKS AND (IGH (EAPS 4HIS TITLE

BASED ON *EREMIAH HAS THE PROPHET SPEAKING 'OD S WORD TO h3ET THEE UP WAYMARKS MAKE THEE HIGH HEAPSvˆALL THIS REMINISCENT OF CROSSING THE *ORDAN !DVENTIST HISTORY IS REPLETE WITH h*ORDAN 3TONES v !DVENTIST (ERITAGE -INISTRY MAKES AVAILABLE HERITAGE SITES IN "ATTLE #REEK

-ICHIGAN IN 7HITEHALL AND 0ORT 'IBSON .EW 9ORK AND IN &AIRHAVEN

-ASSACHUSETTS FOR ALL TO SEE AND HEAR OF THESE h(IGH (EAPS v 4HEY TELL OF 'OD S PROVIDENCE AND LEADING IN FORMING OUR CHURCH -Y WIFE AND ) VOLUNTEER AS CARETAKERS AT THE *OSEPH "ATES HOME IN &AIRHAVEN -ASSACHUSETTS 7E TELL THE STORY OF *OSEPH "ATES AND HOW 'OD USED HIM TO LIFT UP AS h(IGH (EAPSv THE STORY OF 'OD S LOVE FOR SINNERS AND OF (IS SOON COMING #HET *ORDAN -ASSACHUSETTS 5NITED 3TATES

4HE ARTICLE IN THE -ARCH !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE ON THE 4RINITY BY 2OY !DAMS WAS VERY INSPIRING (OW WE NEED THE (OLY 3PIRIT NOT ONLY IN OUR INDIVIDUAL LIVES BUT OUR CHURCH AS A WHOLE ) REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE BAPTISM OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS NEEDED AS NEVER BEFORE ) AGREE WITH 2 ! 4ORREY THAT BESIDES BEING BAPTIZED AND RECEIVING THE (OLY 3PIRIT AT OUR CONVERSION AND BAPTISM WE NEED THE DISTINCT EXPERIENCE OF BEING BAPTIZED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4HIS IS GIVEN TO ENABLE 'OD S PEOPLE TO SHARE THE GOSPEL WITH POWER )T SEEMS TO ME WE AS !DVENTISTS ARE SO AFRAID OF BECOMING LIKE THE 0ENTECOSTALS THAT WE HAVE SHIED AWAY FROM THIS EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED OF ) ALSO WANT TO THANK !DAMS FOR THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS HE WROTE ON *ESUS &ANTASTIC ,ILLIAN 2 'UILD # ALIFORNIA 5NITED 3TATES

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) THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING ON h7HAT )S )T 2EALLY ,IKE TO "E A #HRISTIAN v BY 2OBERT + -C)VER !DVENTIST 7ORLD *ANUARY ) APPRECIATED THIS ARTICLE 2UTH +WAMBOKA /MBUKI .AIROBI +ENYA

REMINDER FOR ME TO KEEP ON TRUSTING (IM WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE ) PRAY THAT 'OD WILL ALWAYS USE !DVENTIST 7ORLD FOR THE GLORY OF (IS NAME 7ILDA !DRIAN 6IA % MAIL 9OUTH IN 3ERVICE

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) WAS SO INSPIRED UPON READING THE !PRIL %XCHANGE OF )DEAS STORY ABOUT h4HE &OUNDATION OF &AITHv BY 4ESSA &ENNELL 3WABY FROM .EW 9ORK

5NITED 3TATES ) THINK WE NEED MORE LIFE STORIES OR LIFE EXPERIENCES SUCH AS THIS THESE DAYS AS A REMINDER THAT IN SPITE OF THE TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS WE RE FACING WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THAT WE STILL HAVE HOPE IN (IM 4HOUGH ) DON T ALWAYS RECEIVE COPIES OF THIS MAGAZINE ) CAN READ IT ONLINE ;AT WWW ADVENTISTWORLD ORG= SO ) THANK 'OD FOR THE MEDIA COMMUNICATION THAT (E IS USING AS A

4HE -ARCH NEWS ARTICLE h!DVENTIST 9OUTH 3TORM 4AIWAN FOR 3ERVICE 3PIRITUAL 'ROWTH v ABOUT THE WORLD YOUTH FORUM IN 4AIWAN LAST $ECEMBER BROUGHT A LOT OF JOY TO MY HEART 4HERE WAS NOTHING MORE APPROPRIATE THAN THE THEME OF EVANGELISM AND SERVICE TO CHALLENGE OUR YOUTH WORLDWIDE TO FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR MASTER *ESUS #HRIST %LLEN ' 7HITE S WORDS ECHOED RIGHT AND CLEAR h7ITH SUCH AN ARMY OF WORKERS AS OUR YOUTH RIGHTLY TRAINED

MIGHT FURNISH HOW SOON THE MESSAGE OF A CRUCIlED RISEN AND SOON COMING 3AVIOUR MIGHT ME CARRIED TO THE

WHOLE WORLDv -ESSAGES TO 9OUNG 0EOPLE P 7HAT A CLIMAX FOR THE CENTENNIAL OF YOUTH MINISTRY AROUND THE WORLD ,ET US ENGAGE OUR YOUTH TO MOVE SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THE LEADERSHIP IN SEARCH OF PRECIOUS SOULS FOR THE +INGDOM , EO 2ANZOLIN

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&LORIDA 5NITED 3TATES +EEP THE &IRE "URNING

) ENJOY READING !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE AND WHEN ) GO OUT CANVASSING ) SHARE IT AMONG MY CUSTOMERS 4HEY LIKE READING IT ) ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP THE lRE BURNING %ARNEST +UBE .IGERIA ,ETTERS 0OLICY 0LEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO LETTERS ADVENTISTWORLD ORG ,ETTERS MUST BE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND TO THE POINT WORD MAXIMUM "E SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE THE DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PAGE NUMBER WITH YOUR LETTER !LSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME THE TOWN CITY STATE AND COUNTRY FROM WHICH YOU ARE WRITING ,ETTERS WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND CLARITY .OT ALL LETTERS SUBMITTED WILL BE PUBLISHED

4 ( % 0 , ! # % / & 0 2 !9 % 2 ) AM REQUESTING !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD TO PRAY FOR MY CHURCH )T IS LOCATED IN A NEW AREA WHERE !DVENTISTS ARE NOT KNOWN 0RAY THAT 'OD WILL BRING PEOPLE TO THE CHURCH (ERBERT 4ANZANIA 0LEASE PRAY FOR MY DAUGHTER 3HE HAS BEEN SENT EVERYWHERE TO DETERMINE HOW TO SAVE HER VISION 0RAY FOR US BOTHˆPHYSICALLY MENTALLY SPIRITUALLY

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WHICH ) WILL TAKE IN 3EPTEMBER ) HAVE TAKEN IT BEFORE AND FAILED ) BELIEVE YOUR PRAYERS CAN HELP ME PASS MY EXAMS *EFFREY 0HILIPPINES

4HANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS ) SOLICIT THEM FOR MANY NEEDS HEALTH FOR MY HUSBAND

MY MOTHER IN LAW MY MOTHER AND ME TO HAVE CHILDREN TO lND A JOB TO HELP MY HUSBAND AND TO HAVE OUR OWN HOME #ASSANDRE (AITI 4HE 0LACE OF 0RAYER SEND TO PRAYER ADVENTISTWORLD ORG

0LEASE PRAY FOR OUR FAMILY TO GET WELL lNANCIALLY 7E NEED SCHOOL FEES AND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE 7ITH 'OD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE $AN 5GANDA

3END US YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISE THANKS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER +EEP YOUR ENTRIES SHORT AND CONCISE WORDS MAXIMUM )TEMS SENT TO THIS CATEGORY WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND CLARITY %VEN THOUGH WE WILL PRAY FOR EACH ENTRY DURING OUR WEEKLY STAFF MEETINGS NOT ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE PRINTED 0LEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNTRY S NAME WITH YOUR ENTRY 9OU MAY ALSO FAX REQUESTS TO OR MAIL THEM TO !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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MENTIONING HIS NAME MORNING AND EVENING WHEN THEY TALK TO 'OD )N THE LATE S ) WORKED AS THE STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR FOR THE .EW "RITAIN .EW )RELAND -ISSION 0APUA .EW 'UINEA 7E RESIDED IN MY VILLAGE BECAUSE A VOLCANIC ERUPTION A FEW YEARS EARLIER HAD DESTROYED THE TOWN WHERE THE MISSION OFlCE WAS LOCATED -Y WORK REGULARLY TOOK ME TO THE OIL PALM PLANTATIONS OF 7EST .EW "RITAIN

THE CAREFREE VILLAGES OF .EW )RELAND AND THE RUGGED SOUTH COAST OF %AST .EW "RITAIN !S ) WOULD PREPARE TO LEAVE ON THESE TRIPS +EN 4O-IKI WOULD HOBBLE WITH HIS WALKING STICK TO MY HOUSE (E WAS AN OLD UNCLE WHO HAD BEEN AN !DVENTIST TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS (E WOULD CALL ME ASIDE AND MAKE LITTLE SPEECHES THAT VARIED ONLY WITH THE LOCATION WHERE ) WAS HEADING 4HE WAY HE SPOKE AND THE LOOK IN HIS EYES ASSURED ME THAT HE MEANT EVERY WORD h3ON ) CAN T GO WITH YOU TO 7EST .EW "RITAIN BECAUSE ) AM TOO OLD ) CAN T HELP YOU PREACH BUT ) WILL DO ONE THING %ACH MORNING AND EVENING ) WILL MENTION YOUR NAME TO THE &ATHER IN MY PRAYERS v )N ) WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL TEAM THAT TRANSLATED FOR $WIGHT .ELSON IN THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES 4HE CAMPAIGN WAS UPLINKED BY SATELLITE TO HUNDREDS OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE ) WAS FEARFUL OF THIS NEW EXPERIENCE 4HE MORNING ) WAS TO LEAVE OLD 4O-IKI HOBBLED OVER h3ON ) CAN T GO WITH YOU TO !MERICA ) CAN T HELP YOU TRANSLATE BUT ) WILL APPROACH THE THRONE OF HEAVEN AND MENTION YOUR NAME EACH MORNING AND EACH EVENING v 4HAT LITTLE SPEECH BOOSTED MY MORALE ) DID BADLY DURING THE lRST THREE NIGHTS OF THE CRUSADE AND WAS VERY DISCOURAGED (OWEVER THE THOUGHT THAT AN OLD MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PLANET WAS PRAYING FOR ME KEPT ME GOING !S WE TRANSLATED EACH NIGHT PRAYER WARRIORS FROM THE LOCAL CONGREGATION WOULD KNEEL AND PRAY SILENTLY BESIDE EACH TRANSLATION BOOTH 4HOSE PRAYERS GAVE ME CONlDENCE -ORE THAN THAT 'OD ANOINTED MY LIPS WITH NEW POWER ) HAD TRANSLATED 0ASTOR .ELSON S SERMONS INTO 4OK 0ISIN TAKING HARD COPIES WITH ME TO !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY (OWEVER 4OK 0ISIN THE COMMON LANGUAGE OF 0APUA .EW 'UINEA IS A SPOKEN LANGUAGE ,IKE MY COUNTRYMEN ) AM mUENT IN SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE BUT AWKWARD WHEN WRITING OR READING IT 4HIS CAUSED ME TO FUMBLE AND SKIP LARGE CHUNKS OF THE lRST THREE SERMONS IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH .ELSON S FAST PACE ) WAS DEJECTED AND FELT THAT ) WAS WASTING THE MONEY OF THOSE WHO HAD PAID MY WAY TO THE MEETINGS AND DISAPPOINTING THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE mOODING THE DOWNLINK SIGHTS IN 0APUA .EW 'UINEA (OWEVER SOMETHING HAPPENED DURING THE FOURTH NIGHT "RUSHING THE PRINTED SERMONS ASIDE ) CONCENTRATED ON THE VOICE OF .ELSON AND APPROPRIATE WORDS CAME mOWING OUT OF MY MOUTH 4HAT EXPERIENCE CONTINUED TILL THE END OF THE UPLINK h4HE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVEv *AMES .)6 ˆ-ATUPIT $ARIUS IS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE 0APUA .EW 'UINEA 5NION -ISSION IN THE 3OUTH 0ACIFIC $IVISION

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