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OR EACH OF US WHO TREASURES THE 7ORD OF 'OD THERE IS ALMOST CERTAINLY ONE TEXT THAT CAPTURES ALL OR MOST OF WHAT IT MEANS TO LIVE A LIFE OF FAITH 7E WRITE IT ON THE WALLS AND DOORPOSTS OF OUR LIVES WE WANT TO BE REMINDED OF ITS TRUTH AND POWER IN MOMENTS OF DISTRACTION AND DISMAY ) LEARNED MINE FROM MY FATHER WELL BEFORE ) KNEW WHERE TO lND IT IN THE "IBLE /N 3ABBATH AFTERNOONS AS OUR FAMILY GATHERED IN THE PARK FOR SUNDOWN WORSHIP ) WOULD NOTICE A FARAWAY GLEAM IN HIS EYE AS HE READ THE WORDS THAT MOVED HIM h,OOKING UNTO *ESUS THE AUTHOR AND lNISHER OF OUR FAITH WHO FOR THE JOY THAT WAS SET BEFORE (IM ENDURED THE CROSS DESPISING THE SHAME AND HAS SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF 'ODv (EB 4HE WORDS HE READ WITH SWEET SOLEMNITY SPOKE lRST OF *ESUS WHO GLADLY SUFFERED THE WORST INDIGNITIES BECAUSE OF hTHE JOY SET BEFORE (IMvˆTHE KNOWLEDGE THAT THROUGH (IS PATIENT ENDURANCE (E WOULD YET WIN MANY BACK TO THE &ATHER S LOVE "UT THE WORDS ALSO SPOKE OF MY FATHER S OWN

GUIDING VISION FOR HIS LIFE AND OF THE WAY ) WOULD LEARN TO SEE THE SHAPE OF MY OWN LIFE WE DO ALL THAT WE DO AS BELIEVERS hFOR THE JOY THAT IS SET BEFORE US v ) lND MYSELF THINKING OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL WORDS SO OFTEN IN THESE TURBULENT TIMES !LL THAT 'OD S REMNANT PEOPLE ARE BLESSED TO DO IN THE NAME OF MINISTRY ALL THAT WE ARE CALLED TO ENDURE FOR THE SAKE OF THAT .AME ABOVE ALL NAMES ALL OF OUR OBEDIENCE TO THE 'REAT #OMMISSION ALL OF OUR WRESTLING WITH THE EVIL AND SORROW AND PAIN IN THIS WORLDˆALL OF IT IS POSSIBLE JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT AND EVERLASTING JOY SET BEFORE US !S *ESUS ONCE SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE &ATHER SO IN JUST A LITTLE WHILE h(E THAT SHALL COME WILL COME v AND WE WILL SHARE FOREVER IN THE UNTARNISHED JOY OF (IS PRESENCE 7HEN YOU ARE TEMPTED TO GROW WEARY IN WELL DOING

REMEMBER THAT JOY 7HEN SIN AND VIOLENCE AND HATRED SEEM TO THREATEN ALL YOU HOLD DEAR DO NOT FORGET THAT JOY 7HEN YOU NEED A BETTER REASON TO KEEP ON LIVING THE LIFE OF FAITH

CLING TO THE JOY THAT *ESUS PROMISES TO ALL WHO PATIENTLY WAIT FOR (IS SECOND COMING

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7/2,$ 2%0/24 N 4HE ,ITHUANIAN 0ARLIAMENT GRANTED THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S APPLICATION FOR STATE RECOGNIZED STATUS IN *ULY QUALIFYING THE CHURCH FOR STATE SUBSIDIES AND CERTAIN TAX EXEMPTIONS AS WELL AS EXCUSING THEOLOGY STUDENTS AND CLERGY FROM MILITARY SERVICE 4HE MOVE FOLLOWS lVE YEARS OF AN APPROVAL PROCESS AND EARLIER YEARS OF PERSECUTION FOR THE !DVENTIST GROUP "ERTOLD (IBNER PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN ,ITHUANIA NOTED THE SIGNIlCANCE OF THIS OCCASION h3TATE RECOGNITION FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN ,ITHUANIA MEANS THAT ITS CONTRIBUTION

TO PUBLIC LIFE AND CULTURE IS RECOGNIZED AND APPRECIATED TOGETHER WITH OTHER CHURCHES THAT HAVE DEEP HISTORICAL ROOTS )T MEANS THAT ;THE= !DVENTIST #HURCH IS RECOGNIZED AS A CHURCH THAT HAS ESTABLISHED ITS OWN NAME AND IDENTITY IN SOCIETY v (E THANKED MEMBERS OF THE ,ITHUANIAN CHURCH FOR THEIR WITNESS AND ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST NAME IN SOCIETY

AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE EFFORTS OF THE LEADERS OF THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION AND ALSO THE "ALTIC 5NION OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND ITS PRESIDENT 6ALDIS :ILGALVIS (IBNER SAID h/UR ,ORD HAS

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"ERTOLD (IBNER PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN ,ITHUANIA STANDS OUTSIDE THE CHURCH S HEADQUARTERS IN +AUNAS

,ITHUANIA /N *ULY THE COUNTRY S GOVERNMENT OFlCIALLY RECOGNIZED THE CHURCH AS A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY

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7/2,$ 2%0/24 BESTOWED A GREAT GIFT UPON US ) HOPE THAT THE CHURCH WILL SEE IT AS A STRONG COMMISSION TO SERVE AND PROCLAIM TO THE COMMUNITY THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL OF OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST v 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TOOK ROOT IN ,ITHUANIA WHILE IT WAS STILL PART OF 0RUSSIA 4HE %AST 'ERMAN 5NION TOOK AUTHORITY OF THE WORK DONE IN ,ITHUANIA BEGINNING IN WITH CHURCHES ESTABLISHED AND BOOKS DISTRIBUTED !FTER 7ORLD 7AR ))

SEVERAL 'ERMAN AND ,ATVIAN MEMBERS FACED PERSECUTION AND HAD TO mEE ,ITHUANIA 3INCE THE CHURCH HAS BEEN REGISTERED BY THE WORLDWIDE CHURCH AND CURRENTLY RETAINS ABOUT

MEMBERS ˆ2EPORTED BY "ALTIC 5NION AND !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK ,%"!./. -YKLEBUST -IDDLE %AST 5NIVERSITY 0RESIDENT 2ETIRES !FTER 9EARS N ! 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MISSIONARY COUPLE 2ANDI AND 3VEIN -YKLEBUST IS AT HOME IN .ORWAY ONCE AGAIN AFTER A YEAR OVERSEAS CAREER 3VEIN -YKLEBUST WAS FOR THE PAST YEARS PRESIDENT OF !DVENTIST OWNED -IDDLE %AST 5NIVERSITY FORMERLY -IDDLE %AST #OLLEGE IN "EIRUT

,EBANON WHERE HIS WIFE SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION h4HIS DEDICATED COUPLE HAS SERVED AS MISSIONARIES FOR THE LAST YEARS AND HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPRESSION IN THE MINDS OF STUDENTS COLLEAGUES AND CHURCH LEADERS ON THREE CONTINENTS v SAID +JELL !UNE BOARD CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL AND PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH S -IDDLE %AST 5NION h7E HAVE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM AND WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO MISS THEM v 0RIOR TO HIS POSITION IN "EIRUT

3VEIN -YKLEBUST WAS A LECTURER AND VICE PRINCIPAL AT .EWBOLD #OLLEGE

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$%$)#!4%$ 3%26!.43 2ANDI AND 3VEIN -YKLEBUST HAVE RETIRED FROM THE MISSION lELD AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE 3INCE THE COUPLE SERVED AT !DVENTIST OWNED -IDDLE %AST 5NIVERSITY SHE AS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AND HE AS PRESIDENT AND BUSINESS MANAGER - ) $ $ , % % ! 3 4 5 . ) / .

NINE YEARS 4HE -YKLEBUSTS HAD A PREVIOUS NINE YEAR STINT AS !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES IN !FRICA )N SPEAKING WITH !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 3VEIN -YKLEBUST NOTED THE CHALLENGES THE SCHOOL HAD FOLLOWING DECADES OF CIVIL WAR IN ,EBANON (E NOTED THAT WHILE THE SCHOOL GRANTED UNIVERSITY STATUS IN lRST CATERED TO A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

THE RECENT YEARS OF STRIFE HAVE LED TO A REDElNITION OF ITS MISSION -YKLEBUST NOT ONLY SERVED AS PRESIDENT BUT ALSO AS BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE SCHOOL !T THE TIME HE SAID EFFORTS HAD TAKEN PLACE TO UPGRADE THE AGING PHYSICAL FACILITIES OF THE UNIVERSITY h! NEW COMPUTER AREA WITH TWO LABORATORIES A CLASSROOM AND THREE OFlCES ;WERE= COMPLETEDx 4HE CAFETERIA AND ITS SURROUNDINGS WERE UPGRADED x AND WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THE TOTAL RENOVATION OF THE OLD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND THE AREA AROUND IT v HE SAID IN THE INTERVIEW !CCORDING TO -ILAN "AJIC AN -%5 DEAN AND COORDINATOR OF STUDENT SERVICES -YKLEBUST WAS hAN UPSTANDING MAN WHOSE ACTIONS SPOKE LOUDER THAN WORDS (E WAS THE ONE WHO QUIETLY CONSIDERED THE SITUATION BEFORE OFFERING THE SOLUTIONS v 2ANDI -YKLEBUST WHO ALSO SERVED AT -%5 FOR YEARS WAS RECALLED AS A hTIRELESS HARDWORKING AND

KNOWLEDGEABLE YET AMIABLE PERSON v ACCORDING TO &ARID +HOURY -%5 LIBRARIAN h(ER LIMITLESS INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY INSPIRED ALL THOSE WHO WORKED WITH HER v +HOURY ADDED -IDDLE %AST 5NIVERSITY IS A NONPROlT #HRISTIAN COEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH )TS CAMPUS IS LOCATED ON ACRES OF QUIET GREEN HILLSIDE OVERLOOKING "EIRUT AND THE -EDITERRANEAN 3EA ˆ2EPORTED BY -ICHAEL 3IDAWI

-IDDLE %AST 5NIVERSITY WITH !DVENTIST 7ORLD 3TAFF 7%34%2. !5342!,)! -EN S -INISTRY 3TIRS 3UPPORT /NLINE N ! NEW MONTHLY E NEWSLETTER IS LINKING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MEN IN 7ESTERN !USTRALIA CHURCH LEADERS THERE REPORT 4HE 7ESTERN !USTRALIAN #ONF ERENCE -EN S % .EWS 7!#-%.

IS EXPECTED TO ENCOURAGE MEN TO BE hPARTAKERSv RATHER THAN hSPECTATORSv IN THE PEWS SAYS $ANNY "ELL

E NEWSLETTER EDITOR 7!#-%. IS THE lRST INITIATIVE OF A MEN S MINISTRY NETWORK IN 7ESTERN !USTRALIA THAT BEGAN MEETING LAST MONTH TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE OF INTERESTING AND INVOLVING MEN IN CHURCH ACTIVITIES !DVENTIST #HURCH STATISTICS ESTIMATE THAT THE MILLION STRONG WORLDWIDE MEMBERSHIP IS

7/2,$ 2%0/24 APPROXIMATELY PERCENT WOMEN 0ROTESTANT CHURCH LEADERS AND RESEARCHERS HAVE SUGGESTED THAT BECAUSE CHURCHES OFTEN PROMOTE A NURTURING AND EMOTION FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES LIKELY APPEAL TO FEWER MEN THAN WOMEN "ECAUSE 7!#-%. IS E MAIL BASED IT CREATES A NONTHREATENING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MANY MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO OPEN UP "ELL SAYS 2IGHT NOW 7!#-%. IS LOCALIZED

BUT "ELL HOPES THE IDEA CATCHES ON GLOBALLY (E SAYS MEN S GROUPS CAN RUN PARALLEL RATHER THAN COMPETE WITH THE OFTEN WELL ESTABLISHED WOMEN S GROUPS AT LOCAL CHURCHES h4HE CHURCH CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAVE A MENTALITY THAT SAYS @)F ;MEN= DON T LIKE CHURCH THEN THAT S THEIR PROBLEM 7E NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES AND SEE IF WE RE DOING ANYTHING TO SCARE THEM OFF v HE SAYS 2EPORTED BY %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER

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2%)'.).' -%. -EMBERS OF A NEW )NTERNET BASED MEN S MINISTRY IN 7ESTERN !USTRALIA RECENTLY MET FOR A CAMPING TRIP -INISTRY FOUNDER $ANNY "ELL SAYS MOST MEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BOND AND OPEN UP ABOUT THEIR SPIRITUAL LIVES OUTSIDE OF EMOTION CHARGED CHURCH SERVICES # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 7 ! # - % .

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!DVENTIST M S S O N TA L E S !RE 3TILL .EEDED 0HOTOGRAPHY ACE 7EBER ON THE ART OF STORYTELLING TWO TEARY EYED TRANSLATORS

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'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS $AN 7EBER WILL GO FOR A WEEK WITHOUT SHOWERING TO GET A GOOD STORY 4HE VIDEO PRODUCER TRAVELS FAR AND OFTEN TO UPDATE THE WORLD CHURCH ON ITS MISSION PROJECTS SOMETIMES TO PLACES WELL OFF THE BEATEN PATH "UT WHETHER TRAVELING TO URBAN SETTINGS OR RURAL LOCALES 7EBER BRINGS BACK STORIES THAT INSPIRE AND EDUCATE CHURCH MEMBERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF MISSION BOTH FOR lNANCIAL SUPPORT AND IN UNDERSTANDING THE CHURCH S WORLD MISSION 4HE TALES ARE TOLD IN VARIOUS WAYS AND TIME LENGTHS ON THE QUARTERLY !DVENTIST -ISSION $6$ 3OME HAVE DESCRIBED IT AS ONE OF THE MOST WELL PRODUCED VIDEO RESOURCES IN THE DENOMINATION 4HOUGH IT S MAILED FREE TO EVERY CHURCH IN SOME COUNTRIES AND TO ALL WORLD CHURCH ADMINISTRATION OFlCES MANY !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERS STILL DON T KNOW ABOUT IT 7EBER

HOLDS A PHOTOGRAPHY DEGREE FROM THE CHURCH S !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN AND SAYS HE WORKS NOT ONLY TO INSPIRE CHURCH MEMBERS WHO VIEW THE !DVENTIST -ISSION $6$ BUT ALSO FUTURE VIDEO PRODUCERS AND OTHER STORYTELLERS WHO WILL ONE DAY WORK FOR THE CHURCH )N THE FOLLOWING EXCERPTS FROM A RECENT INTERVIEW HE REmECTS ON CAPTURING STORIES THE CHURCH S STATUS IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND PROMOTING HIS PROFESSION WITHIN THE CHURCH !$6%.4)34 .%73 .%47/2+ (OW DO YOU EXPLAIN YOUR JOB IN A NUTSHELL $!. 7%"%2 ) M A DIGITAL ANTHROPOLOGIST WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF MISSIOLOGY $OES THAT MAKE SENSE 4O DO THIS JOB YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND FOUR THINGS YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND STORYTELLING YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF HOW TO TELL A GOOD STORY YOU HAVE TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE THAT YOU ARE OBSERVING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND MISSIONS AND THE ROLE THAT PLAYS IN THE CHURCH 7HEN YOU COMBINE ALL THOSE TOGETHER THEN YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL STORY !.. 7HAT WAS ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE STORIES TO TELL 7%"%2 ) GOT TO GO TO A PRISON IN -OLDOVA 4HERE THEY CALL IT A LIFE DETENTION CENTER THEY DON T BELIEVE IN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT THERE SO #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE /CTOBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7/2,$ 2%0/24 WORLD 7E ARE IN SOME AREAS BUT THERE ARE AREAS WHERE THE CHURCH AS A WHOLE ISN T DOING WELL AT ALL 9OU KNOW THE WINDOW ;THE REGION STRETCHING FROM NORTHERN !FRICA TO THE EAST COAST OF !SIA= WHERE LESS THAN PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS #HRISTIAN LET ALONE !DVENTIST "UT YET YOU SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE WORKING AND THEIR DEDICATION AND THEIR FAITH AND THEIR COMMITMENT 4HAT IS INSPIRING !.. 9OU STARTED OUT AS A STILL PHOTOGRAPHER )S THAT AN IMPORTANT lRST STEP BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO VIDEO 7%"%2 9OU KNOW SOME OF THE BEST CAMERA PEOPLE ) HAVE EVER MET HAVE ALL STARTED OUT AS STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ) REALLY THINK IT IS A NATURAL PROGRESSION BECAUSE YOU START OFF LEARNING HOW TO COMPOSE A SHOT AS A STILL PHOTOGRAPHERˆYOU TELL A STORY IN ONE PICTURE 7HEN YOU MOVE TO VIDEO YOU RE LEARNING TO -)33)/.3 &/#53 6IDEO PRODUCER $AN 7EBER ON LOCATION IN #UBA TELL A STORY THROUGH A SEQUENCE OF PICTURES LAST YEAR (E HELPS TO PRODUCE THE QUARTERLY !DVENTIST -ISSION $6$

!.. 7HAT KEEPS YOU MOTIVATED WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CHURCH S MISSION WORK AROUND THE WORLD 7%"%2 %VERY TIME ) PICK UP A CAMERA BAG # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & & ) # % / & ! $ 6 % . 4 ) 3 4 - ) 3 3 ) / .

AND ) GET ON A PLANE AND GO SOMEPLACE IT S LIKE ) M RIGHT OUT OF SCHOOL AGAIN ) KNOW ) M IF YOU ARE CONVICTED OF A HEINOUS CRIME YOU GO TO JAIL FOR GOING TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW )T S THE COOLEST FEELING THE REST OF YOUR LIFE 3O ) WENT TO ONE OF THESE PRISONS

!.. 7HAT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST STORIES TO TELL AND OUT OF THE PRISONERS SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE BECOME 7%"%2 ,ET S SEE x YEAH ) WAS IN 0HNOM 0ENH ;IN !DVENTISTS ) GOT TO WORSHIP WITH THEM INSIDE A SMALL CELL #AMBODIA= AND ONE OF THE SMALL GROUPS THE !DVENTIST 9OU CAN BE KIND OF SKEPTICAL ABOUT PRISONERS THAT CONVERT #HURCH IS FOCUSING ON IS PEOPLE WHO ARE ()6 POSITIVE !

BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE TRYING TO GET OUT EARLY "UT THESE LOT OF THEM ARE IMMIGRANTS FROM 6IETNAM AND THEY LIVE IN GUYS AREN T GETTING OUT AT ALL 4HEY HAVE NOT CONVERTED TO SLUM AREAS 7E MET A WOMAN WHO BECAME AN !DVENTIST !DVENTISM TO TRY TO GAIN FAVOR OR TO GET AN EARLY RELEASE AFTER SHE FOUND OUT SHE WAS ()6 POSITIVE 3HE HAD BEEN )N FACT IT HASN T BENElTED THEM BECAUSE OFTEN THEY ARE IN THE HOSPITAL AND THE DOCTOR SENT HER HOME TO DIE (ER OSTRACIZED FOR THEIR BELIEFS 4HEIR FAITH IS VERY STRONG MOTHER WAS CONVERTED AND STARTED SHARING HER FAITH WITH !.. 9OU VE RECENTLY BEEN TO 4AIWAN -ONGOLIA +OREA AND HER (ER HEALTH HAS GOTTEN A LOT BETTER AND WHEN ) MET *APAN 7HAT S HAPPENING WITH THE CHURCH THERE HER YOU COULDN T TELL THAT SHE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING 7%"%2 4AIWAN IS A COOL PLACE 4HE OFFERING THERE IS GOING TO DIE 7HAT WAS INSPIRING TO ME IS THE FACT THAT SHE HAS TOWARD ESTABLISHING (OPE #HANNEL #HINA 4HEY HAVE A OPENED UP HER SMALL ROOM AND DOES "IBLE STUDIES IN THERE SMALL STUDIO SET UP AND THEY RE CREATING PROGRAMMING AND WE GOT TO lLM THAT (ERE IS SOMEONE WHO HAS A LIFE !ND -ONGOLIA IS A ;GREAT= STORY BECAUSE THE CHURCH THERE IS THREATENING ILLNESS BUT SHE S NOT LETTING IT AFFECT HER LIFE AND REALLY YOUNGˆTHE lRST PERSON WAS BAPTIZED THERE IN SHE IS MOVING ON AND SHARING HER FAITH THE BEST THAT SHE 9OU GO TO THE CHURCHES AND IT S A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND CAN 7HEN WE lNISHED THE INTERVIEW ) LOOKED OVER AT THE THAT S KIND OF NICE TO SEE BECAUSE YOU GO TO .ORTH !MERICA ;LOCAL CHURCH PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY= WHO WERE OR *APAN AND YOU DON T SEE THAT "UT -ONGOLIA IS STILL GOING TRANSLATING FOR ME TEARS WERE RUNNING DOWN THEIR FACES THROUGH SOME GROWING PAINS )T S STILL A MISSION lELD BECAUSE THEY WERE SO MOVED BY THIS WOMAN S STORY 4HAT !.. !RE ALL YOUR TRAVELS AS INSPIRING WAS HARD -Y CHALLENGE IS ALWAYS TO TAKE THAT KIND OF A STORY 7%"%2 5NFORTUNATELY IT S A MISCONCEPTION THAT ;THE AND SHARE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT EMOTION IS GOING TO COME !DVENTIST #HURCH IS= DOING WELL EVERYWHERE AROUND THE THROUGH

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OR SIMPLY mED TO OTHER REGIONS OF !NGOLA "ECAUSE OF WIDESPREAD HEALTH RISKS !NGOLA HAS A RELATIVELY LOW LIFE EXPECTANCY OF LESS THAN YEARS !NGOLA S ECONOMY HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS MOVING FROM THE DISORDER OF CIVIL WAR TO BEING THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY IN !FRICA AND ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING IN THE WORLD 4HE COUNTRY IS THE SECOND LARGEST PETROLEUM AND DIAMOND PRODUCER IN SUB 3AHARAN !FRICA AND RECENTLY A MEMBER OF THE /RGANIZATION OF THE 0ETROLEUM %XPORTING #OUNTRIES /0%# 3OME PERCENT OF !NGOLA S ECONOMY IS BASED ON THE OIL INDUSTRY

0OSTWAR RECONSTRUCTION AND DISPLACED PEOPLE RETURNING HOME HAVE HELPED TO STIMULATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIES AS WELL !DVENTISTS IN !NGOLA

4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN !NGOLA STRUGGLED DURING THE COUNTRY S CIVIL WAR %VEN THOUGH THE CHURCH S MEMBERSHIP GREW TO SOME

MEMBERS AROUND THE COUNTRY MUCH OF THE CHURCH S INFRASTRUCTURE WAS DAMAGED )N JUST ONE REGION OF THE COUNTRY

CHURCH BUILDINGS WERE DESTROYED 4HE "ONGO -ISSION 3TATION WHERE !DVENTIST WORK BEGAN IN WAS ABANDONED )N WORKERS AT THE MISSION STATION WERE FORCED TO mEE AS lGHTING MOVED INTO THE AREA 4HE

STATION S BUILDINGS ARE STILL STANDING BUT ARE IN URGENT NEED OF REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT 0ART OF THE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF WILL HELP REBUILD "ONGO !DVENTIST 3EMINARY "EFORE CLOSING ITS DOORS "ONGO HAD AN AVERAGE OF STUDENTS AND OFFERED COURSES FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND UP TO THREE YEARS OF "IBLE INSTRUCTION 4HIS PROJECT WILL HAVE A LONG LASTING IMPACT ON THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN !NGOLA BECAUSE IT WILL HELP EDUCATE THE COUNTRY S GROWING MEMBERSHIP AND PREPARE YOUNG PEOPLE TO SPREAD 'OD S MESSAGE OF LOVE 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S WORK IN !NGOLA

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N .OVEMBER %LLEN 7HITE EXPERIENCED A VISION THAT HAD PROFOUND CONSEQUENCES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CHURCH )T S SOMETIMES CALLED THE hSTREAMS OF LIGHTv VISION 3HE SAW THAT *AMES 7HITE SHOULD START PUBLISHING A hLITTLE PAPERv THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY TAKE THE !DVENT MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD LIKE STREAMS OF LIGHT 7HAT IS REMARKABLE TO ME IS NOT JUST THE VISION ITSELF BUT %LLEN 7HITE S ACTIONS AFTER SHE RECEIVED THE VISION HER DETERMINATION TO SEE THE ,ORD S PLAN PUT INTO ACTION IN SPITE OF THOSE WHO SAID IT WAS IMPRACTICAL IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE 3HE STOOD lRM AGAINST THE DISAPPROVAL OF OTHER LEADERS

SUCH AS *OSEPH "ATES WHO FELT THAT HER HUSBAND *AMES WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE AS A PREACHER THAN A WRITER 3HE ALSO WITHSTOOD THE DOUBTS OF *AMES WHO SAW THE HUGE lNANCIAL DIFlCULTIES INVOLVED IN PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING SUCH A PAPER 3HE INSISTED h(E MUST WRITE WRITE WRITE

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SKEPTICAL BUT IT S COME BACK TO ME IN CONVERSATION AFTER CONVERSATIONˆFROM MEN AND WOMEN FROM YEAR OLDS AND YEAR OLDSˆTHAT THEY LOVE THIS CHURCH 4HIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO BE 4HIS IS WHERE THEY WANT TO SERVE THE ,ORD 4HEY ARE READY 4HESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN WIDE RANGING

SOMETIMES DRIVEN BY LOCAL CONCERNS THINGS SPECIlC TO A PARTICULAR CONTEXT AND CULTURE "UT THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF QUESTIONSˆ OVERARCHING THEMESˆTHAT ) HEARD AGAIN AND AGAIN

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-ORE THAN lVE YEARS AGO ) BEGAN A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD 7E CALLED THE SERIES ,ET S 4ALK !ND AS A RESULT OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS ) AM lRMLY CONVINCED THAT THEY TOO HAVE A VISION FOR THEIR CHURCH 4HEY ARE INNOVATIVE EAGER FOR INVOLVEMENT AND ABOVE ALL PASSIONATELY COMMITTED TO THE ,ORD AND TO (IS MISSION 4HESE ,ET S 4ALK CONVERSATIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE THROUGH LIVE TELEVISION BROADCASTS AND AN ONGOING )NTERNET CORRESPONDENCE 4HROUGH THIS DIALOGUE ) VE COME TO FEEL A DEEP AND PROFOUND TRUST IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE 9ES THERE HAVE BEEN MOMENTS WHEN ) VE BEEN

NORMAL UNTIL OUR MUSCLES ARE STRONGER

WE GAIN STRONGER FOOTING AND WE KNOW WHERE TO STEP 7E SOMETIMES ALSO OVERPLAY THE VALUE OF EXPERIENCE %XPERIENCE IS IMPORTANT BUT BASIC PERSONALITY MAKEUP IS MORE IMPORTANT HOW WE DEAL WITH PEOPLE OUR CAPACITY TO LOVE AND CARE FOR THE CHURCH AND HOW TO BE RESPONSIBLEˆTHESE THINGS ARE MORE SIGNIlCANT )F YOU PUT THE RIGHT MAN OR WOMAN INTO A CERTAIN PLACE THEY WILL GAIN THE EXPERIENCE THEY NEED "UT PUT THE WRONG PERSON IN REGARDLESS OF AGE

AND THEY WILL NEVER DO WELL $ElNING BOUNDARIES ! WHOLE RAFT OF QUESTIONS COME UNDER THIS BANNER CLOTHES AND JEWELRY ENTER TAINMENT MUSIC AND RELATIONSHIPS 4HE YOUNG MIND CAN BE VERY hLEGALISTICv IN THE SENSE THAT IT SEES THE WORLD IN SHARP DISTINCT LINES )T SEEKS SAFETY IN CLEARLY DElNED BORDERS 3OME YOUNG PEOPLE WANT PRECISE FORMULAS

AND THEY CAN BE VERY PERSISTENT 4HEY ARE SOMETIMES NOT COMFORTED WITH PRINCIPLES THEY WANT SPECIlC ANSWERS 4HEY ARE DRIVEN BY A NEED TO DElNE THEMSELVES TO DElNE THE BOUNDARIES THAT SURROUND THEM TO DISCOVER h7HERE DO ) lT INTO THIS $O ) LIKE WHAT CONTAINS ME $O ) EVEN UNDERSTAND THE BOUNDARIES AND WHY THEY ARE THERE (OW DOES A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE TO 'OD EXPRESS ITSELF v ,IKE MANY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE ) SPOKE WITH ) ALSO GREW UP IN AN !DVENTIST HOME ) REACHED THE AGE OF AND WAS REALLY QUITE LEGALISTIC IN MY THINKING ) WAS IMPATIENT WITH THOSE WHO SAID h7ELL THEN MAYBE NOT v 4HE

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AND FULL OF NOISE )S IT MUSIC THAT CREATES COMMUNITY $OES IT BOND AND BLEND THIS FAMILY TOGETHER IN WORSHIP v ) KNOW SOME OLDER PEOPLE WHO PERHAPS LISTENED TO THESE CONVERSATIONS AND SAID h7HY CAN T HE SIMPLY TELL IT HOW IT SHOULD BE

DOWN THE LINE VERY SHARPLY v !ND ) CAN ONLY RESPOND

VERY SIMPLY h,OOK THESE ARE YOUR CHILDREN TALK TO THEM 9OUR CHILDREN ARE SEEKING A LEGITIMATE IDENTITY FOR THEMSELVES IN THE CHURCH (ELP THEM lND IT $ON T DRIVE THEM AWAY (ELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE TRUST AND ALSO THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS THEIRS v &INDING A MISSION 9OUNG PEOPLE ARE ALSO FRUSTRATED BY THE SHEER NUMBERS OF THEIR PEERS WHO ARE LEAVING THE CHURCH 4HIS CONCERN CAME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN ) OFTEN ASKED h4ELL ME WHY DID THEY GO v 4HE ANSWERS CAME BACK h7ELL THE CHURCH IS SO OLD FASHIONED v h4HERE S NO SENSE OF TOLERANCE v h4HERE S TOO MUCH NEGATIVITY TOO MUCH CRITICISM OF HOW WE LOOK AND OF OUR CHOICES v !ND ) ASKED h7HAT ABOUT FRIENDSHIP $ID YOUR PEERS LEAVE BECAUSE THEY LOST A SENSE OF COMMUNITY 7ERE YOU A FRIEND TO THEM v

/FTEN THERE WAS SILENCE THEN THE ANSWER CAME BACK h9ES MAYBE WE FAILED SOME OF THEM TOO v !ND ) ASKED h7ELL SHOULDN T YOU GO AFTER THEM v 9OUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE COMMISSIONED TO TAKE GREATER RESPONSIBILITY FOR MINISTRY TO THEIR PEERS 4HIS IS A TASK FOR WHICH THEY ARE UNIQUELY EQUIPPED ,ET IT BE A DElNED

RECOGNIZED MINISTRY WITHIN THE LOCAL CHURCH LIKE 3ABBATH SCHOOL OR BEING A DEACON OR ELDER ,ET S PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WITH OFlCIAL SPACE A TERRITORY OF TRUST 4HEY WILL GRASP IT AND SOMETHING NEW AND POWERFUL WILL EMERGE ,ET S 4RUST 4HEM

7E ARE LOSING TOO MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLEˆTOO MANY PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF %XACT lGURES ARE DIFlCULT TO lND BUT IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF HALF OF THOSE WHO GROW UP IN THIS FAMILY LOSE THEIR WAY FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER !ND EVEN IF IT S NOT THAT MANY THE NUMBERS ARE STILL MUCH MUCH TOO HIGH ) HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT TOMORROW IS IN THE HANDS OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND THIS REALITY SHOULD BE REmECTED IN THE CHURCH TODAY 4HIS CONVICTION HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED

BY MY ,ET S 4ALK CONVERSATIONS BUT RATHER IT HAS BEEN SHARPENED AND STRENGTHENED ) FEEL AN ADDED SENSE OF URGENCY OF FEELING 7HAT S HOLDING US BACK ,ET S JUST GIVE THEM THE SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY TO GROW -Y MESSAGE TO THE CHURCH IS TO TRUST OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TALK WITH THEM LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY SHOW YOU TRUST THEM BY GIVING THEM OPPORTUNITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 7ILL THEY GET IT RIGHT PERCENT OF THE TIME -AYBE NOT

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) AM A YEAR OLD WOMAN WITH SOME PAIN IN MY KNEES WHEN ) WALK 4HE DOCTOR TOLD ME IT IS OSTEOARTHRITIS AND THAT ) SHOULD TAKE AN OVER THE COUNTER PAINKILLER AND LOSE WEIGHT 7OULD YOU PLEASE WRITE MORE ABOUT WHAT OSTEOARTHRITIS IS AND WHAT ) SHOULD DO

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STEOARTHRITIS IS THE MOST COMMON FORM OF ARTHRITIS

AND IT OCCURS IN PEOPLE AS THEY AGE !RTHRITIS IS INmAMMATION OF A JOINT 4HE JOINTS ARE THE INTERFACES OF BONES WHERE THE BONE IS COVERED WITH A SMOOTH CARTILAGE AND ENCAPSULATED IN A lBROUS SAC 4HE LINING OF THE SAC IS CALLED SYNOVIUM AND IT SECRETES SYNOVIAL mUIDˆA JOINT LUBRICANT

CLEAR AND MILD TO MODERATE INmAMMATION IS SET UP IN THE JOINT 4HE BONE UNDERLYING THE DAMAGED CARTILAGE BECOMES INCREASINGLY DENSE

AND BONY OUTGROWTHS AT THE EDGES OF THE JOINT CAUSE NOBBY LOOKING JOINTS 7HEN THIS PROCESS INVOLVES JOINTS SUCH AS KNEES OR HIPS IT CAN CAUSE DIFlCULTY IN WALKING )F IT CAUSES SMALL JOINT ARTHRITIS AS IN THE HANDS IT RESULTS

4HE NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINmAMMATORIES SUCH AS .APROXEN MAY BE TRIED IN THE LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSE IN CASES IN WHICH 4YLENOL IS NOT HELPING BUT THEY HAVE SIDE EFFECTS ON THE STOMACH &OR MANY A SURGICAL JOINT REPLACEMENT IS VERY HELPFUL AND WHERE WE USED TO DELAY THIS AS LONG AS POSSIBLE

SOME STUDIES SUGGEST EARLIER REPLACEMENT MAY PREVENT MUSCLE WEAKNESS AND

%XERCISE CAN BE DAMAGING TO OSTEOARTHRITIC JOINTS BUT AQUATIC

EXERCISEˆTHAT IS SWIMMINGˆHAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY HELPFUL )N RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS THE SYNOVIUM IS INmAMED BECAUSE IT IS TARGETED BY THE BODY S IMMUNE SYSTEM AS THOUGH IT WERE FOREIGN TISSUE 4HIS MISGUIDED IMMUNE RESPONSE CAUSES INmAMMATION AND THE INmAMMATORY SECRETIONS DAMAGE THE CARTILAGE AND JOINT LEADING TO DEFORMITY 7HY THE BODY ATTACKS ITS OWN MEMBRANES HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CLARIlED /THER FORMS OF ARTHRITIS MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTION TUMORS

OR EVEN GOUT )N THE LATTER CONDITION

CRYSTALS OF URIC ACID PRECIPITATE INTO THE JOINT AND CAUSE INmAMMATION /STEOARTHRITIS IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTION TUMORS CRYSTALS

OR AUTOANTIBODIES BUT SEEMS TO OCCUR IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A FAMILY PREDISPOSITION PERSONS WHO HAVE SERIOUSLY OVERWORKED THEIR JOINTS

OR EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED A TRAUMA )N OSTEOARTHRITIS THE CARTILAGE OVER THE END OF THE BONE DEGENERATES

FOR REASONS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETELY

IN A LOSS OF DEXTERITY AND WEAKNESS %XERCISE CAN BE DAMAGING TO OSTEOARTHRITIC JOINTS BUT AQUATIC EXERCISE THAT IS SWIMMINGˆHAS BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY HELPFUL AND IS THE EXERCISE OF CHOICE )T ALSO HELPS TO LOSE WEIGHT ESPECIALLY IF THE JOINTS INVOLVED ARE KNEE OR HIP JOINTS $IETARY CHANGES ARE NOT PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN HELPING OSTEOARTHRITIS THOUGH A REDUCED ACID LOAD MAY HELP RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

HENCE THE BENElT OF A VEGETARIAN DIET IN THAT CONDITION 3OME HAVE TOUTED THE USE OF CHONDROITIN SULFATE AND GLUCOSAMINE

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WHOM ) MIGHT WANT TO INVITE FOR A HOT DRINK AND AN INTERESTING CHAT ) HAVE IMAGINED 0AUL AS A STERN ACADEMIC WHO PREFERRED WRESTLING WITH DIFlCULT THEOLOGICAL QUESTIONS RATHER THAN HAVING A GOOD MEAL WITH A FRIEND (E DID NOT SEEM A VERY SOCIAL PERSON TO ME NOT A MAN WHO WOULD REACH OUT TO HUG PEOPLE TAKE TIME FOR SMALL TALK

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NOT YET VISITED 2OME (IS LETTER ARE MENTIONED lRST VERSE 4HE TO THE CHURCH IN 2OME A CHURCH COUPLE HAD mED 2OME DURING THE WORSHIPPING AT THAT TIME IN THE HOMES PERSECUTIONS BY %MPEROR #LAUDIUS OF MEMBERS TURNED OUT TO BE HIS MOST !CTS 0AUL MET THEM IN #ORINTH PROMINENT LETTER SPELLING OUT IN MORE AND %PHESUS AND HERE REFERS TO THEM DETAIL THAN IN ANY OF HIS OTHER LETTERS AS hFELLOW WORKERS IN #HRIST *ESUS v HIS THEOLOGY OF REDEMPTION IN #HRIST 0AUL THEN GREETS %PENETUS VERSE

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GREETINGS WE lND IN CHAPTER ONE OF MANY BIBLICAL CHARACTERS WITH 0HOEBE WHOM 0AUL MENTIONS AT THAT NAME 3HE hWORKED VERY HARDv THE BEGINNING OF THE CHAPTER PROBABLY FOR THE CHURCH HE SAYS VERSE ,ET S WAS THE ONE WHO CARRIED THE LETTER TO REMEMBER TO LOOK FOR HER IN THE .EW *ERUSALEM AND lND OUT WHO SHE WAS ) CANNOT COMMENT ON ALL NAMES "UT !NDRONICUS AND *UNIAS VERSE DESERVE BRIEF MENTION 4HEY WERE 2EINDER "RUINSMA IS DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION hOUTSTANDING AMONG THE APOSTLES v 0AUL IN THE .ETHERLANDS 5NION SAYS 4HIS IS A REMARKABLE STATEMENT

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3TACHYS AND !PELLES SINCE ALL WE HAVE ARE THEIR NAMES WE COME TO !RISTOBULUS VERSE (E MAY HAVE BEEN A GRANDSON OF +ING (EROD (ERODION VERSE MAY ALSO HAVE BELONGED TO THE (EROD FAMILY .ARCISSUS TOO VERSE MAY HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF HIGH SOCIETY SOME SUGGESTING HE MAY HAVE BEEN A PRIVATE SECRETARY AT THE IMPERIAL COURT &URTHER DOWN THE LIST WE lND THE NAME 2UFUS VERSE (IS NAME BRINGS TO MIND -ARK WHERE A CERTAIN 3IMON OF #YRENE WHO CARRIED *ESUS CROSS IS DESCRIBED AS hTHE FATHER OF !LEXANDER AND 2UFUS v 3OME "IBLE SCHOLARS BELIEVE THAT -ARK S 'OSPEL

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PERSPECTIVE OF 2OMANS A NEW PICTURE EMERGESˆOF SOMEONE WHO WAS INTENSELY INTERESTED IN PEOPLE !ND AS WE KEEP THIS ASPECT IN MIND WHILE REREADING THE REST OF 2OMANS AND THE OTHER %PISTLES WE SEE CLEAR CONlRMATION OF THIS PICTURE IN MANY PLACES )N BETWEEN AND BEHIND THE THEOLOGY AND THE OFTEN STERN CRITICISM AND ADMONITIONS WE SEE A MAN WHO LOVED PEOPLE AND WHO GENUINELY CARED FOR THEM 7HERE IS THIS MORE CLEARLY VISIBLE THAN IN HIS LETTERS TO 4IMOTHY

! $IFFERENT 0AUL WHOM HE LOVES AS IF HE WERE HIS OWN 0AUL HAD NEVER YET BEEN TO 2OME SON 4IM !ND HIS PASSION YET HE KNEW NEARLY PERSONS THERE BY FOR HIS OWN NATION COMES THROUGH NAME !ND IT S REMARKABLE THAT NINE OF CLEARLY IN 2OMANS h) HAVE GREAT THE PERSONS MENTIONED ARE WOMEN SORROW AND UNCEASING ANGUISH IN MY #OULD IT BE THAT 0AUL WAS NOT THE HEART &OR ) COULD WISH THAT ) MYSELF KIND OF ANTIWOMAN PERSON HE IS OFTEN WERE CURSED AND CUT OFF FROM #HRIST MADE OUT TO BE !LSO WHILE SOME IN FOR THE SAKE OF MY BROTHERS THOSE OF THE LIST WERE PEOPLE OF CONSIDERABLE MY OWN RACE THE PEOPLE OF )SRAEL v STATUSˆIN 2OMAN SOCIETY AS WELL AS IN THE CHURCH 0AUL ALSO REMEMBERED 4HE (UMAN &ACE THE NAMES OF OTHERSˆhSIMPLE v !S A CHURCH ADMINISTRATOR ) HARDWORKING DEPENDABLE PEOPLEˆ WOULD SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF MY TIME WHO HAD NO NOTABLE PEDIGREE OR IN MEETINGS DISCUSSING ALL KINDS ACADEMIC BACKGROUND OF ORGANIZATIONAL AND BUSINESS 7HEN WE LOOK AT 0AUL FROM THE ITEMSˆPOLICIES PROGRAMS BUILDINGS

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(OW DID WE lND OUR WAY HERE )N EARLY ) WAS INVITED TO TRAVEL WITH A GROUP OF PASTORS AND CHURCH LEADERS ACROSS )NDIA TO INSPECT ONE OF (OPE FOR (UMANITY S MOST CREATIVE MINISTRIES A NATIONWIDE NETWORK OF CHURCH CONNECTED ADULT CLASSES TO TEACH )NDIAN WOMEN TO READ USING THE "IBLE AS A TEXTBOOK 3EE THE $ECEMBER !DVENTIST 7ORLD h%MPOWERING 7OMEN IN )NDIA v 7HEN ) TOLD HER ) WAS GOING TO )NDIA OUR FRIEND +AREN +OTOSKE IMMEDIATELY ASKED h!RE YOU BY ANY CHANCE GOING TO +OLKATA v +AREN A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST FROM 0ALO !LTO

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hPLEASE VISIT 5RMI "ASU AND HER CENTERS FOR THE PROSTITUTES CHILDREN v !ND THAT S HOW ) FOUND MYSELF ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD LEADING A GROUP OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PASTORS DOWN THE STREET OF A RED LIGHT DISTRICT BETWEEN ROWS OF PROSTITUTES )T WASN T UNTIL ) RETURNED HOME TO /HIO 5NITED 3TATES THAT A PLAN BEGAN TAKING SHAPE IN MY MIND ) NOW HAD FRIENDS IN )NDIA WHO WERE TEACHING WOMEN TO READ AND OTHERS WHO WERE PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE FAMILIES OF PROSTITUTES 7HAT IF WE TOOK OUR READING CLASSES INTO THE +ALIGHAT

) WROTE (EPZIBAH +ORE THE LEADER FOR THE LITERACY SCHOOLS IN )NDIA )T MIGHT BE POSSIBLE SHE SAID 3HE HADN T DONE ANYTHING QUITE LIKE THAT BEFORE BUT IF WE WOULD RAISE THE MONEY SHE WOULD TRY (OPE FOR (UMANITY LIKED THE IDEA TOO 5RMI "ASU WAS WILLING TO HOST THE CLASSES IN THE .EW ,IGHT #ENTER .OW WE NEEDED MONEY /NE 3ABBATH MORNING ) WENT UP TO MY CHURCH BALCONY TO TALK TO MY AUDIOVISUAL OPERATORS ! 3ABBATH SCHOOL CLASS MEETS THERE AND AS ) PASSED THE TEACHER $ON 3CRIVEN INTERRUPTED HIS LESSON TO ASK h0ASTOR IS THERE SOMETHING YOU NEED v ) REALLY HADN T THOUGHT OF MENTIONING MY IDEA TO ANYONE YET BUT 'OD HAD PROVIDED AN OPENING h7HAT WOULD YOU THINK v ) ASKED

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)N OUR lRST ROUND OF LITERACY CLASSES THE PROSTITUTES WHO ATTENDED WERE JOINED BY 5RMI S HELPERS POOR AND ILLITERATE WOMEN SOME OF WHOM HAVE THEMSELVES ESCAPED THE SEX TRADE WHO MAY BE ABLE TO SERVE AS TEACHERS FOR FUTURE CLASSES ! SECOND CLASS NEARBY ALSO HOSTED BY 5RMI TEACHES DALIT WOMENˆTHE SO CALLED hUNTOUCHABLEv CASTE (EPZIBAH +ORE HAS CLASSES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY TOO /UR GOAL FOR THE WOMEN OF THE +ALIGHAT IS MODEST TO HELP SOMEONE WITHOUT A FUTURE lND ONE BECAUSE SHE S LEARNED TO READ ,ONG AGO WHEN A PROSTITUTE WAS THROWN AT *ESUS FEET *ESUS SAID TO HER ACCUSERS h,ET THE ONE WITHOUT SIN CAST THE lRST STONE v )T WAS A REMINDER THAT IN 'OD S EYES

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WORST OF US AND THE BEST OF US ISN T AS GREAT AS WE SUPPOSE 7E ARE ALL SINNERSˆSOME BLESSED MORE SOME LESS !ND SHOULDN T THOSE OF US WHO ARE BLESSED MORE HELP THOSE WHO NEED MORE BLESSING &OR MORE INFORMATION GO TO (OPE FOR (UMANITY HTTP HOPE COM !MISTAD )NTERNATIONAL HTTP WWW AMISTADINTERNATIONAL ORG

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BY INTRODUCING OTHER CONCEPTS OF RIGHT AND WRONG $ECADES AGO WELL KNOWN ANTHROPOLOGISTS ASSERTED THAT #HRISTIANITY ESPECIALLY IN !SIA AND !FRICA WAS SIMPLY RIDING ON THE COATTAILS OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS 4HEY BELIEVED THAT CONVERSION IN THESE WORLD REGIONS WAS FREQUENTLY COERCED AND RARELY GENUINE AND PREDICTED THAT #HRISTIANITY WOULD QUICKLY DIE OUT IN MANY COUNTRIES AS SOON AS NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS FORCED THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS TO WITHDRAW )SN T IT INTERESTING THOUGH TO SEE WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED #HRISTIANITY NOW APPEARS TO BE DYING IN THOSE FORMER COLONIAL POWERS WHILE IT GROWS RAPIDLY IN REGIONS AND COUNTRIES NOW lRMLY CONTROLLING THEIR OWN POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DESTINIES 0ERHAPS THE SCHOLARS WERE FOCUSING ON THE WRONG ISSUE 4HE QUESTION WASN TnAND ISN TnWHETHER OR NOT hPRIMITIVEv CULTURES WOULD BE CHANGED #HANGE IS INEVITABLEnIN ANY CULTURE 4HE REAL QUESTION IS 7HO WILL BE THE AGENTS OF CHANGE 7ILL THEY BE SAILORS LOOKING FOR WOMEN MERCHANTS LOOKING FOR A PROlT HUMAN TRAFlCKERS LURING THE VULNERABLE /R WILL THEY BE DISCIPLES OF *ESUSˆMISSIONARIESˆMOTIVATED

BY A LOVE FOR (IM AND A DESIRE TO SHARE (IS LOVE ! VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF MISSIONS

h-ISSIONARIESv HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND %NOCH WOULD GO DOWN TO THE CITIES FROM HIS MOUNTAIN RETREATS AND TRY TO TALK WITH THE PEOPLE .OAH SET UP AN OUTPOST AND USED

VISUAL AIDS TO ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE PEOPLE AND BRING THEM TO WHERE HE COULD TALK TO THEM !BRAHAM WANDERED THROUGH THE COUNTRY SETTING UP ALTARS AND LETTING HIS LIFE BE A WITNESS *ONAH TOOK A MESSAGE TO A HEATHEN NATION *ESUS SENT THE DISCIPLES OUT TWO BY TWO ON A SHORT MISSIONARY ITINERARY -ARK !T THE COMMAND OF *ESUS 0AUL AND THE EARLY CHURCH SCATTERED TO THE ENDS OF THE THEN KNOWN WORLD WITH THE GOSPEL 4HROUGHOUT CENTURIES WHEN (IS FAITHFUL ONES WERE OFTEN HUNTED AND PERSECUTED THE ,ORD HAS ALWAYS FOUND BELIEVERS WHO WERE WILLING TO RISK DANGER AND DISEASE TO SHARE THE TRUTHS OF (IS 7ORD )N THE EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ONE MISSIONARY ORGANIZATIONˆTHE 2OMAN #ATHOLIC 3OCIETY OF *ESUSˆHAD MORE THAN FOREIGN MISSIONARIES OPERATING IN COUNTRIES AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD POPULATION WAS ONLY MILLIONˆLESS THAN HALF THE CURRENT POPULATION OF )NDIA )N THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 0ROTESTANT MISSION ORGANIZATIONS BEGAN SPRINGING UP AS THE (OLY 3PIRIT URGED MEN AND WOMEN WHO KNEW THE LOVE OF *ESUS TO MOVE BEYOND THE ENCLAVES OF 7ESTERN #HRISTIANITY WITH THE GOSPEL $URING THE S TENS OF THOUSANDS IN %UROPE AND THE !MERICAS HEARD THAT CALL AND RESPONDED WITH THEIR LIVESˆSOMETIMES AT THE COST OF THEIR LIVES "Y THE TIME OF THE lRST 7ORLD -ISSIONARY #ONFERENCE IN %DINBURGH 3COTLAND IN

THERE WERE 0ROTESTANT MISSIONARY BOARDS OR SOCIETIES 4HE lRST !DVENTIST MISSIONARY

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BY MEANS OF MISSIONARIES PAPERS BOOKS TRACTS ETC v "UT THINGS MOVED SLOWLY AT lRST .OT EVERYONE EVEN AMONG THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHURCH YET FELT THE BURDEN TO SEND MISSIONARIES TO OTHER COUNTRIES h)N *ANUARY THE lRST ISSUE OF THE 4RUE -ISSIONARY APPEARED A MAGAZINE CONTAINING ARTICLES URGING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS TO SEND OUT MISSIONARIES TO OTHER COUNTRIES 4HESE APPEALS AND THOSE OF THE 3WISS 3ABBATHKEEPERS WERE EFFECTIVE FOR ON 3EPT

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&RANCE )TALY .ORWAY AND 3WEDEN $URING THE S MISSIONARIES WERE SENT TO BEGIN WORK IN !USTRALIA 3OUTH !MERICA 3OUTH !FRICA AND !SIA AS WELL AS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THE PROGRAMS ALREADY BEGUN 3TATISTICS ARE SKETCHY BUT IT APPEARS THE NUMBER OF INTER DIVISION EMPLOYEES hMISSIONARIESv EMPLOYED BY THE CHURCH TO GO LIVE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN ANOTHER COUNTRY REACHED A HIGH IN THE S )N THERE WERE

ACTIVE EMPLOYEES PLUS UNEMPLOYED SPOUSES AND CHILDREN #URRENTLY THAT NUMBER HAS DROPPED

AND PROPENSITIES TO VARIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS CAN BECOME PRONOUNCED ! ROBUST HEALTHY COMMUNITY NEEDS NEW MATERIAL CONTINUALLY ENRICHING THE GENE POOL 4HE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM &OR INDIVIDUALS OR CHURCHES TO REMAIN HEALTHY NEW IDEAS

INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE !DVENTIST #HRISTIAN MEDIAˆTELEVISION

RADIO MAGAZINES )NTERNET MINISTRIES AND BOOKSˆCAN CERTAINLY HELP WITH THAT "UT THE GREATEST IMPACT OCCURS WHEN HUMAN BEINGS COME IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH OTHERS WHO BRING ENTIRELY NEW PERSPECTIVES TO LOCAL ISSUES 4HAT S ONE REASON WHY 0AUL TELLS US NOT TO FORSAKE ASSEMBLING TOGETHERnESPECIALLY AS THE END DRAWS NEAR (EB 7E NEED TO HAVE OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD ENRICHED

BY OTHERS AND OUR EXPERIENCE CAN ALSO SUPPORT THEM .O ONE INDIVIDUAL OR EVEN A MARRIED COUPLE CAN REALLY REmECT THE FULL IMAGE OF 'OD )T TAKES AN ENTIRE BODY OF BELIEVERS TO DO THAT )F A REGION OF THE WORLDˆOR THE WORLD CHURCHˆIS CUT OFF IF NO MORE hOUTSIDERSv ARRIVE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE OF FAITH WALK THEIR STREETS TEACH IN THEIR SCHOOLS THE PEOPLE

&OR INDIVIDUALS OR CHURCHES TO REMAIN HEALTHY NEW IDEAS INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO !ND EVEN IF WE ADD IN THE UNOFlCIAL ESTIMATES OF

'LOBAL -ISSION AND 'OSPEL /UTREACH 0IONEERS !DVENTIST &RONTIER -ISSIONARIES SEVERAL HUNDRED STUDENT MISSIONARIES

AND OTHER FULL TIME MISSIONARIES BEING SENT OUT BY SUPPORTING MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH WE ARE STILL WELL SHORT OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS SENT OUT BY THE 2OMAN #ATHOLIC ORDER BACK IN

OF THAT REGION WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE FOCUSED ONLY ON THEMSELVES 3ELlSHNESS WILL GROW 5NDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT FOR THE CHURCH S MISSION AROUND THE WORLD WILL DECLINE 4HE SAME WILL HAPPEN TO ANY PART OF THE WORLD THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF AND NO LONGER SENDS ITS SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO HELP OTHERS 7E NEED MORE CROSS CULTURAL MISSIONARIES FROM ALL REGIONS OF THE WORLD CHURCH TEACHING IN !DVENTIST $O WE NEED THEM TODAY SCHOOLS IN %UROPE THE !MERICAS !SIA !FRICA THE 3OUTH 7E ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN THE HISTORY OF !DVENTIST 0ACIlC 7E NEED PASTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS 7E NEED TO BE MISSIONS 7ILL WE CONTINUE THE SLOW DECLINE OR MAYBE A CHURCH THAT GOES FROM EVERYWHERE TO EVERYWHERE EVEN SPEED IT UP )S THERE REALLY A NEED FOR MISSIONARIES 4RIBAL AND ETHNIC BARRIERS %VEN AS WE WORK TO FULlLL ANYMORE /R IS IT TIME TO BRING HOME THE LAST MISSIONARY #HRIST S PRAYER THAT WE BECOME ONE IN (IM THERE ARE TIMES ) BELIEVE WE WILL ALWAYS NEED MISSIONARIESˆNATIONAL WHEN IT SEEMS AN ALMOST HOPELESS GOAL %THNIC TRIBAL

AND CROSS CULTURAL ) BELIEVE WE NEED TO REVERSE THE DECLINE AND RACIAL HISTORIES MAKE IT DIFlCULT TO UNDERSTAND THE QUICKLY ) BELIEVE WE NEED TO INCREASE DRAMATICALLY THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS NUMBERS OF MISSIONARIES WE ARE SENDING OUT (ERE ARE SOME )N SOME REGIONS HISTORIC TENSIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT OF MY REASONS GROUPS OF BELIEVERS ARE BEST ADDRESSED BY INVITING hOUTSIDERSv #ROSS POLLINATION 4HE SCIENCE OF GENETICS HAS TAUGHT WITH NO ATTACHMENT TO EITHER GROUP TO LEAD THE CHURCH S US WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A GROUP OF BIRDS ANIMALS OR HUMAN WORK OPERATE ITS INSTITUTIONS AND MOVE OUTREACH FORWARD BEINGS IS ISOLATED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME )N THE PHYSICAL 4HIS INSIGHT HAS PROVED ITS WORTH IN REGIONS THAT REALM INBREEDING OCCURS &ACIAL FEATURES INHERITED DISEASES HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED THEMSELVES THE hSENDINGv HOMELANDS

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OF THE !DVENTIST MESSAGE 3UCH REGIONS OFTEN SUPPORT BOTH LARGE METROPOLITAN INSTITUTION BASED CHURCHES AS WELL AS TINY SCATTERED RURAL CONGREGATIONS "ELIEVERS FROM BOTH KINDS OF CHURCHES CAN FEEL THAT ADMINISTRATORS ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME AND MONEY ON THE OTHER GROUP )F A LEADER IS CHOSEN FROM ONE OR THE OTHER GROUP THEY ARE OFTEN HAMPERED IN THEIR WORK ) BELIEVE WE WILL ALWAYS NEED WORKERS ESPECIALLY LEADERS

GOING FROM EVERYWHERE TO EVERYWHERE "UT THERE IS ANOTHER NEED THAT IS EVEN MORE URGENT THAN THAT

AND *AMAICA THERE IS ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION )N SOME COUNTRIES THE RATIO IS AS HIGH AS ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE )N *AMAICA THERE IS AN !DVENTIST CHURCH ALMOST EVERY FOUR MILES THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND NEW ONES ARE BEING STRATEGICALLY PLACED IN THE UNENTERED AREAS IN BETWEEN 'OD HAS BLESSED AND WE HAVE MADE SUCH AMAZING PROGRESS THAT ) SOMETIMES HEAR PEOPLE SAY h4HE DAY OF MISSIONS IS OVER 4HE WORK IS NEARLY DONE )N FACT THEY ARE DOING BETTER @OVER THERE THAN WE ARE HERE ,ET S JUST LEAVE EACH REGION OF THE WORLD TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF v .O LOCAL !DVENTISTS !ND SOMEHOW THAT SOUNDS REASONABLEˆIF YOU LOOK ONLY )N THIS MOVEMENT BEGAN WITH A RATIO OF ONE AT PART OF THE DATA LISTED THROUGHOUT THIS ARTICLE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE )N LESS THAN )F YOU LOOK DEEPER WITHIN THESE NUMBERS YOU LEARN THAT YEARS BY THAT RATIO HAD DROPPED TO ONE FOR EVERY THE )SRAEL &IELD HAS ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY 0AKISTAN

"Y THERE WAS ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY 7E HAS ONE FOR EVERY AND THE -IDDLE %AST 5NION HAS HAVE EXPERIENCED PHENOMENAL GROWTH AS A WORLDWIDE CHURCH ONE FOR EVERY "UT IN THE -IDDLE %AST 5NION MOST 4ODAY THERE ARE MORE THAN MILLION MEMBERS AROUND THE OF THOSE MEMBERS LIVE IN SOUTHERN 3UDAN %GYPT HAS ONE WORLD AND IF LIKE MOST OTHER FAITHS YOU COUNT CHILDREN AND !DVENTIST FOR EVERY

AND 3YRIA 3AUDI !RABIA AND REGULAR ATTENDEES NEARLY MILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLDWIDE 9EMEN ARE AMONG THE MOST UNREACHED COUNTRIES IN THE !DVENTIST FAMILY !T THE !NNUAL #OUNCIL MEETINGS IN /CTOBER WORLD WITH APPROXIMATELY MILLION PEOPLE EACH AND NO

IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT THERE IS NOW ONE !DVENTIST FOR OFlCIAL MEMBERS ON THE BOOKS IN ANY OF THOSE COUNTRIES EVERY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD 0RAISE 'OD )T SIMPLY ISN T REASONABLE TO SAY THOSE AREAS OF THE WORLD 4HIS MOVEMENT STARTED AS A SMALL %NGLISH SPEAKING SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES )N MANY PLACES THERE IS NO ONE GROUP IN THE 5NITED 3TATES 3OON %UROPE !FRICA #ENTRAL LIVING THERE WHO CAN SHOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A #HRISTIAN AND 3OUTH !MERICA AND THE ISLANDS BECAME hMISSION 4HERE ARE MILLIONS WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF *ESUS AND UNTOLD lELDS v "UT TODAY MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF ALL !DVENTISTS MILLIONS MORE WHO HAVE HEARD (IS NAME BUT HAVE NEVER MET LIVE IN !FRICA AND ANOTHER THIRD LIVE IN )NTER AND 3OUTH SOMEONE WHO KNOWS (IM AS A &RIEND AND 3AVIOR !MERICA 4HE lNAL THIRD ARE DIVIDED BETWEEN %UROPE

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WHOM THE (OLY 3PIRIT HAS BEEN WORKING 4HOSE hCAUGHTv STILL NEED DISCIPLING THEY STILL NEED TO SEE FAITH LIVED OUT IN A LIVING CARING !DVENTIST WHO CAN SHOW THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CHANGED BY *ESUS /NLY AS THEY SEE IT LIVED OUT IN THEIR MARKETPLACE CAN THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND AND ACCEPT THE GOSPEL -ISSIONARIES ARE STILL NEEDEDˆTO LIVE AND PREACH AND TEACH THE GOSPEL IN COUNTRIES AND REGIONS STILL UNREACHED BY THE GOOD NEWS OF *ESUS LOVE 4HE 2IGHT ,ESSONS

4HROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF MISSIONS MISTAKES HAVE BEEN MADE %VEN !BRAHAM $AVID *ONAH *AMES AND *OHN MADE MISTAKESˆNOT JUST IN AREAS OF RIGHT AND WRONG

BUT IN THINGS SUCH AS SOCIAL CUSTOMS AND CULTURES -ANY OF THE "IBLE STORIES ARE ABOUT PEOPLE WITH A MESSAGE WHO WERE THROWN INTO CROSS CULTURAL SITUATIONS 3OMETIMES THEY DIDN T HANDLE THINGS QUITE RIGHT !ND SOMETIMES #HRISTIANˆEVEN !DVENTISTˆMISSIONARIES HAVEN T EITHER (ISTORY SADLY ABOUNDS WITH STORIES OF WELL INTENTIONED MISSIONARIES WHO COULDN T OR WOULDN T SEPARATE THE GOOD NEWS OF *ESUS FROM THE POLITICAL DESIGNS OF THEIR OWN HOMELANDS OR THE CULTURAL TRADITIONS OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE "UT 'OD HAS WORKED THROUGH THEM ANYWAY WE HAVE LEARNED AS WE HAVE GONE ALONG

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AND SAYS TO MAN 9OU MAY YET COME TO THE &ATHER THERE IS A PLAN DEVISED THROUGH WHICH 'OD CAN BE RECONCILED TO MAN AND MAN TO 'OD AND THROUGH A MEDIATOR YOU CAN APPROACH 'ODx (E IS THE GREAT (IGH 0RIEST WHO IS PLEADING IN YOUR BEHALF AND IT IS FOR YOU TO COME AND PRESENT YOUR CASE TO THE &ATHER THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST 4HUS YOU CAN lND ACCESS TO 'OD x YOUR CASE IS NOT HOPELESS h!ND IF ANY MAN SIN WE HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH THE &ATHER *ESUS #HRIST THE RIGHTEOUS v ) THANK 'OD THAT WE HAVE A 3AVIOURx 4HEN LET NO ONE THINK THAT IT IS A GREAT HUMILIATION ON HIS PART TO ACCEPT OF *ESUS #HRIST FOR WHEN WE TAKE THAT STEP WE TAKE THE lRST STEP TOWARD TRUE EXALTATION WE TAKE HOLD OF THE GOLDEN CORD THAT LINKS lNITE MAN WITH THE INlNITE 'OD AND ELEVATES US THAT WE MAY BE lTTED FOR THE SOCIETY OF PURE AND HEAVENLY ANGELS IN THE KINGDOM OF GLORY

!NGELS ON EVERY SIDE

"E NOT DISCOURAGED BE NOT FAINT HEARTED !LTHOUGH YOU MAY HAVE TEMPTATIONS ALTHOUGH YOU MAY BE BESET BY THE WILY FOE YET IF YOU HAVE THE FEAR OF 'OD BEFORE YOU ANGELS THAT EXCEL IN STRENGTH WILL BE SENT TO YOUR HELP AND YOU CAN BE MORE THAN 0 ( / 4 / " 9 * % & & # 2 5 - 0

(EIRS TO THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM WILL ENJOY ITS GLORY FOREVER

A MATCH FOR THE POWERS OF DARKNESS *ESUS LIVES (E HAS DIED TO MAKE A WAY OF ESCAPE FOR THE FALLEN RACE AND HE LIVES TODAY TO MAKE INTERCESSION FOR US THAT WE MAY BE EXALTED TO HIS OWN RIGHT HAND (AVE HOPE IN 'OD 4HE WORLD IS TRAVELING THE BROAD WAY AND AS YOU TRAVEL IN THE NARROW WAY

AND HAVE PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS TO CONTEND WITH AND THE OPPOSITION OF FOES TO MEET REMEMBER THAT THERE IS PROVISION MADE FOR YOU (ELP HAS BEEN LAID UPON /NE THAT IS MIGHTY AND THROUGH HIM YOU CAN CONQUER 3ONS AND DAUGHTERS OF 'OD

#OME OUT FROM AMONG THEM AND BE SEPARATE SAYS 'OD x YE SHALL BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE ,ORD !LMIGHTY 7HAT A PROMISE IS THIS )T IS A PLEDGE TO YOU THAT YOU SHALL BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY

HEIRS OF THE HEAVENLY KINGDOM )F A PERSON IS HONORED BY OR BECOMES CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THE MONARCHS OF EARTH HOW IT GOES THE ROUNDS OF THE PERIODICALS OF THE DAY AND EXCITES THE ENVY OF THOSE WHO DO NOT THINK THEMSELVES SO FORTUNATE "UT HERE IS /NE WHO IS KING OVER ALL THE MON ARCH OF THE UNIVERSE THE ORIGINATOR OF EVERY GOOD THING AND HE SAYS TO US ) WILL MAKE YOU MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS ) WILL UNITE YOU TO MYSELF YOU SHALL BECOME MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY

AND CHILDREN OF THE HEAVENLY +ING !ND THEN SAYS 0AUL hHAVING

"Y %LLEN ' 7HITE

THEREFORE THESE PROMISES DEARLY BELOVED LET US CLEANSE OURSELVES FROM ALL lLTHINESS OF THE mESH AND SPIRIT

PERFECTING HOLINESS IN THE FEAR OF THE ,ORD v 7HY SHOULD WE NOT DO THIS

WHEN WE HAVE SUCH AN INDUCEMENT

THE PRIVILEGE OF BECOMING CHILDREN OF THE -OST (IGH 'OD THE PRIVILEGE OF CALLING THE 'OD OF (EAVEN OUR FATHER )S NOT THAT ENOUGH !ND DO YOU CALL THIS DEPRIVING YOU OF EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH HAVING )S THIS THE GIVING UP OF EVERYTHING THAT IS WORTH POSSESSING ,ET ME BE UNITED TO 'OD AND HIS HOLY ANGELS FOR THIS IS MY HIGHEST AMBITION 9OU MAY HAVE ALL THE POSSESSIONS OF THIS WORLD BUT ) MUST HAVE *ESUS ) MUST HAVE A RIGHT TO THE IMMORTAL INHERITANCE THE ETERNAL SUBSTANCE ,ET ME ENJOY THE BEAUTIES OF THE KINGDOM OF 'OD ,ET ME DELIGHT IN THE PAINTINGS WHICH HIS OWN lNGERS HAVE COLORED ) MAY ENJOY THEM 9OU MAY ENJOY THEM x ;AND= THROUGH THEM WE MAY BE DIRECTED TO (IM AND BEHOLD HIS GLORY WHO HAS MADE ALL THESE THINGS FOR OUR ENJOYMENT

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3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY

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HE SANCTUARY LAY AT THE CENTER OF )SRAELITE WORSHIPˆIN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT AND THE BEGINNING OF "Y THE .EW "UT THE .EW 4ESTAMENT MAKES 2OY !DAMS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR BOTH SYMBOLICALLY AND EXPLICITLY THAT THAT ANCIENT SYSTEM HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED BY A HEAVENLY REALITY 4HE MAJOR SYMBOLIC EVIDENCE CAME AS *ESUS DIED h!T THAT MOMENT v -ATTHEW SAYS hTHE CURTAIN OF THE TEMPLE WAS TORN IN TWO FROM TOP TO BOTTOMv -ATT !ND THE MEANING WAS CLEAR THE OLD ORDER HAD JUST BEEN CHANGED BY THE /NE WHO RIPPED THAT MASSIVE VEIL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM EXPOSING TO FULL VIEW A PLACE ONCE DEADLY SACRED BUT NOW NO LONGER SO (ENCEFORTH THE FOCUS WOULD SHIFT FROM EARTH TO HEAVEN HAVE TO LET THE "IBLE PROVIDE ITS OWN RESPONSE )N CHAPTERS 4HE /NE PROCLAIMED BY *OHN THE "APTIST AS hTHE ,AMB OF OF (EBREWS THE WRITER WEAVES TOGETHER AN ELABORATE 'ODv *OHN HAD JUST BEEN SLAIN (IMSELF BOTH PRIEST ARGUMENT TO EMPHASIZE THE UNIQUENESS OF *ESUS 4HEN AND VICTIM !ND NOW THROUGH (IS DEATH (E HAD GAINED COMING TO CHAPTER HE SUMMARIZES THE POINT HE D BEEN THE RIGHT TO ENTER hTHE TRUE TABERNACLE SET UP BY THE ,ORD

MAKING ALL ALONG NOT BY MANv (EB (E SAYS h.OW THIS IS THE MAIN POINT OF THE THINGS WE "EFORE HE WAS STONED TO DEATH 3TEPHEN IN VISION SAW ARE SAYING 7E HAVE SUCH A (IGH 0RIEST WHO IS SEATED AT THE *ESUS IN THAT SACRED PLACE AND EXPRESSED THE SUBLIME RIGHT HAND OF THE THRONE OF THE -AJESTY IN THE HEAVENS A REVELATION IN WORDS THAT MADE HIS ACCUSERS WILD WITH ANGER -INISTER OF THE SANCTUARY AND OF THE TRUE TABERNACLE WHICH 3TEPHEN SAID h,OOK ) SEE HEAVEN OPEN AND THE 3ON OF -AN THE ,ORD ERECTED AND NOT MANv (EB

.+*6 STANDING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF 'ODv SEE !CTS )N THE REST OF (EBREWS AND IN CHAPTER HE ARGUES 4HE PRESENT WORK OF *ESUS IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY DOES THAT THE ANCIENT TABERNACLE SYSTEM HAS BEEN SUCCEEDED BY NOT DETRACT FROM (IS lNISHED WORK ON THE CROSS 7HEN (E A hBETTERv A SUPERIOR HEAVENLY SANCTUARY MINISTRY 4HEN DIED ON #ALVARY *ESUS MADE A FULL ATONEMENT FOR US 7HEN IN (EBREWS HE CLINCHES THE ARGUMENT #HRIST hDID NOT !DVENTISTS SPEAK OF #HRIST S PRESENT WORK hTHEY IMPLY NO ENTER ;THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY= BY MEANS OF THE BLOOD OF BELITTLING OF THE CENTRALITY OF THE CROSS 2ATHER THEY MEAN TO GOATS AND CALVES BUT HE ENTERED x ONCE FOR ALL BY HIS OWN SUGGEST THAT THE CROSS REACHES BEYOND #ALVARY BEYOND ! $ BLOOD HAVING OBTAINED ETERNAL REDEMPTION v ˆINTO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY ITSELF THE SEAT OF 'OD S 4WO THINGS THE AUTHOR WANTS HIS READERS TO GRASP HERE GOVERNMENT THE NERVE CENTER OF HUMAN SALVATION WHERE /NE IS THE THEOLOGICAL MEANING OF THESE REALITIES AND THE *ESUS #HRIST HAS ENTERED FOR US WITHIN THE VEIL HAVING BEEN OTHER IS THEIR PRACTICAL DIMENSION MADE (IGH 0RIEST FOREVER AFTER THE ORDER OF -ELCHIZEDEK v 4HE THEOLOGICAL MEANING ALREADY SUMMARIZED IN (EBREWS

IS THAT WE NOW HAVE A SUPERIOR HIGH PRIEST

4HESE TWO CONCEPTS RUN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND ARE THE 3ON OF THE ,IVING 'OD ,IKE THE ANCIENT HIGH PRIESTS

NOT IN CONmICT (E IS HUMAN BUT UNLIKE THEM (E IS DIVINE AND FAULTLESS 4WO #OMMON 1UESTIONS /N THE BASIS OF (IS HUMANITY (E IS ABLE TO hSYMPATHIZE !S (IGH 0RIEST WHAT DOES *ESUS ACTUALLY DO WITH OUR WEAKNESSESv (EB AND ON THE BASIS OF (IS 7E CANNOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN A WAY THAT MAKES DIVINITY (E IS hABLE TO SAVE TO THE UTTERMOST THOSE WHO LOGICAL SENSE TO THE SCIENTIlC MIND 5LTIMATELY WE SIMPLY COME TO 'OD THROUGH (IMv (EB .+*6 4HE APOSTLE S PRACTICAL POINT HAS TO DO WITH ACCESS )N THE OLD SYSTEM THE ORDINARY )SRAELITE WORSHIPPER STOOD SEVERAL BARRIERS REMOVED FROM THE SANCTUARY S INNERMOST SANCTUM BARRIERS THEY COULD NEVER CROSS /NLY THE HIGH 2OY !DAMS IS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF PRIEST HAD FULL ACCESSˆAND EVEN SO JUST ONCE A YEAR ON THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD $AY OF !TONEMENT "UT NOW THROUGH #HRIST OUR HEAVENLY -EDIATOR A DOOR OF UNLIMITED ACCESS HAS BEEN OPENED UP FOR US WHOEVER WE AREˆA DOOR TO THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY

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ITSELF THE THRONE ROOM OF THE LIVING 'OD h,ET US THEN APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE WITH CONlDENCE v SAYS THE SACRED WRITER hSO THAT WE MAY RECEIVE MERCY AND lND GRACE TO HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEEDv (EB 3O IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT *ESUS IS DOING NOW WE MAY SAY THAT IN (IS CAPACITY AS (IGH 0RIEST (E IS CONSTANTLY PROVIDING HELP FOR hTHOSE WHO ARE BEING TEMPTED v HAVING KNOWN FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THE PERIL OF TEMPTATION (EB )N ADDITION (E INTERCEDES FOR US (EB WORKS TO SOLIDIFY OUR LOYALTY BY INSCRIBING (IS LAWS IN OUR MINDS AND HEARTS (EB

CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE CLEANSES OUR hCONSCIENCES FROM ACTS THAT LEAD TO DEATH SO THAT WE MAY SERVE THE LIVING 'OD v (EB AND WORKS TO BRING AN END TO WHAT !DVENTISTS CALL THE GREAT CONTROVERSY SEE (EB 7E CANNOT KNOW OF COURSE THE EXACT FORM OF *ESUS INTERCESSION "UT 3CRIPTURE OFFERS US SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF THE GENERAL IDEAˆE G IN THE EXPERIENCE OF -OSES %X

AND IN THE SUPPLICATION OF $ANIEL $AN 7E SEE IT ALSO IN *ESUS GREAT PRAYER BEFORE (IS PASSION *OHN !S A WAY OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT #HRIST IS DOING NOW FOR US

*OHN IS PRICELESS ! SECOND QUESTION 7HAT S THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWING *ESUS AS BOTH 3AVIOR AND (IGH 0RIEST 5LTIMATELY IT CENTERS AROUND THE QUESTION OF LOYALTY AND FAITHFULNESS !S WE FOLLOW *ESUS BY FAITH INTO THE HEAVENLY

SANCTUARY WE EXPERIENCE (IS CLEANSING GRACE "UT WE ALSO EXPERIENCE A NEW APPRECIATION FOR THE EVERLASTING COVENANT

SYMBOLIZED BY 'OD S IMMUTABLE ,AW NESTLED SO TO SPEAK

UNDER THE MERCY SEAT 4HAT HOLY LAW BECOMES AN INDELIBLE PART OF OUR SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS SEE (EB 4HIS DElNES PART OF THE DIFFERENCE THE SANCTUARY TEACHING MAKES FOR US "Y FAITH WE ENTER THAT SACRED PLACE WHERE *ESUS MINISTERS !ND THERE AGAINST ALL ODDS WE CLING TO THE /NE WHOSE UNCHANGEABLE PROMISE IS SYMBOLIZED IN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT )T WAS HIS RESPECT FOR THE SANCTUARY AND WHAT IT REPRESENTED THAT CREATED AND PRESERVED $ANIEL S UNSWERVING LOYALTY AND FAITHFULNESS TO 'OD IN THE FACE OF DEADLY PERIL SEE $AN !ND $ANIEL STANDS TODAY AS A SYMBOL OF A lNAL REMNANT THAT WILL CHOOSE TO HONOR 'OD AT THE COST OF LIFE ITSELF 5NLIKE THE REST OF #HRISTENDOM READY TO JETTISON ANY PORTION OF 'OD S ,AW THEY lND INCONVENIENT OR UNCOMFORTABLE THAT REMNANT WILL REMAIN lRM IN THEIR LOYALTY TO 'OD AT WHATEVER COST !NCHORED TO A HOPE THAT ENTERS hWITHIN THE VEIL v THEY STAND SECURE AGAINST EVERY CONCEPT OR PHILOSOPHY BE IT EVOLUTION ATHEISM

MATERIALISM OR WHATEVER THAT SEEKS TO WREST THE ETERNAL 'OD FROM (IS THRONE OR BELITTLE OR DOWNGRADE THE VALIDITY OF (IS ETERNAL LAW ENSHRINED BENEATH THE MERCY SEAT 4HE DOCTRINE OF THE SANCTUARY THUS BECOMES A PROTECTION FOR US AGAINST REBELLION AND SECURES FOR 'OD A FAITHFUL REMNANT IN A REVOLTED WORLD

5NLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED "IBLE TEXTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION

2OY !DAMS 4HE 3ANCTUARY 5NDERSTANDING THE (EART OF !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGY 2EVIEW AND (ERALD

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#HRIST S -INISTRY IN THE

4HERE IS A SANCTUARY IN HEAVEN THE TRUE TABERNACLE WHICH THE ,ORD SET UP AND NOT MAN )N IT #HRIST MINISTERS ON OUR BEHALF

MAKING AVAILABLE TO BELIEVERS THE BENElTS OF (IS ATONING SACRIlCE OFFERED ONCE FOR ALL ON THE CROSS (E WAS INAUGURATED AS OUR GREAT (IGH 0RIEST AND BEGAN (IS INTERCESSORY MINISTRY AT THE TIME OF (IS ASCENSION )N

AT THE END OF THE PROPHETIC PERIOD OF DAYS (E ENTERED THE SECOND AND LAST PHASE OF (IS ATONING MINISTRY )T IS A WORK OF INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT WHICH IS PART OF THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF ALL SIN TYPIlED

(EAVENLY 3ANCTUARY

BY THE CLEANSING OF THE ANCIENT (EBREW SANCTUARY ON THE $AY OF !TONEMENT )N THAT TYPICAL SERVICE THE SANCTUARY WAS CLEANSED WITH THE BLOOD OF ANIMAL SACRIlCES BUT THE HEAVENLY THINGS ARE PURIlED WITH THE PERFECT SACRIlCE OF THE BLOOD OF *ESUS 4HE INVESTIGATIVE JUDGMENT REVEALS TO HEAVENLY INTELLIGENCES WHO AMONG THE DEAD ARE ASLEEP IN #HRIST AND THEREFORE IN (IM ARE DEEMED WORTHY TO HAVE PART IN THE lRST RESURRECTION )T ALSO MAKES MANIFEST WHO AMONG THE LIVING ARE ABIDING IN #HRIST

KEEPING THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD AND THE

FAITH OF *ESUS AND IN (IM THEREFORE ARE READY FOR TRANSLATION INTO (IS EVERLASTING KINGDOM 4HIS JUDGMENT VINDICATES THE JUSTICE OF 'OD IN SAVING THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN *ESUS )T DECLARES THAT THOSE WHO HAVE REMAINED LOYAL TO 'OD SHALL RECEIVE THE KINGDOM 4HE COMPLETION OF THIS MINISTRY OF #HRIST WILL MARK THE CLOSE OF HUMAN PROBATION BEFORE THE 3ECOND !DVENT (EB

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7ILHELM +OELLING FATHER OF %LFRIEDE 2AUNIO BUILT !IRA -ISSION 3TATION IN THE S IN AN AREA OF %THIOPIA UNTOUCHED BY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HOSE LIVING THERE HAD NEVER SEEN #AUCASIANS BEFORE

COVERED ALL THE BUILDINGS EXCEPT OUR HOME WHICH HAD A CORRUGATED METAL ROOF !LONG ONE SIDE OF THE STATION RAN A WIDE RIVER WITH WATER FOR DRINKING AND BATHING !ROUND THE COMPOUND STOOD TALL ELEPHANT GRASS GROWING UP TO THREE METERS FEET HIGH ,IONS AND TIGERS HE STEADY THUMP THUMP THUMP OFTEN HID IN THE GRASS OF DRUMS lLLED THE NIGHT AIR &ATHER TAUGHT PEOPLE FROM NEARBY 4HE POUNDING HAD GONE ON VILLAGES HOW TO READ AND WRITE (E FOR NIGHTS BUT THIS TIME SOMETHING TREATED THEIR ILLNESSES WITH MODERN WAS DIFFERENT ! SHRILL CRY RANG OUT MEDICINE AND SHARED 'OD S LOVE (AILE h$INDELE $INDELE $INDELE v 3ELASSIE %THIOPIA S REGENT AND FUTURE ) JERKED UPRIGHT IN MY BED h7HAT S EMPEROR LIKED THE MISSION OUTPOST THAT v ) SCREAMED BECAUSE IT WAS SELF SUFlCIENT AND h7HAT S THE MATTER %LFRIEDE v MY OFFERED MEDICAL CARE "UT THE WITCH FATHER ASKED RUSHING INTO THE BEDROOM DOCTORS DESPISED US FEARING WE WOULD h) M SCARED v ) SAID DRAWING THE PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS BLANKET CLOSER AROUND ME 4INY BUT 4RUSTING &ATHER LOOKED AT ME AND POINTED 4HEN $INDELE APPEARED -Y TO THE BLACK AND WHITE PICTURE MOTHER GAVE $INDELE SOME CLOTHES

DEPICTING *ESUS WEARING A CROWN OF THORNS 7HEREVER WE LIVED THIS PICTURE BUT THE NEXT NIGHT SHE RETURNED NAKED ALWAYS HUNG OVER MY BED h9OU BELIEVE IN *ESUS AND A GUARDIAN "Y ANGEL DON T YOU v &ATHER ASKED %LFRIEDE 2AUNIO h9ES v AS TOLD TO !NDREW h$O YOU THINK THE ANGEL AND *ESUS -C#HESNEY WOULD LET SOMETHING HAPPEN TO YOU v &ATHER PRAYED WITH ME AND ) FELL BACK TO SLEEP 4HE YEAR WAS AND THE NIGHTTIME SHRIEKS CAME FROM A WOMAN NAMED $INDELE .IGHT AFTER NIGHT SHE JUMPED UP AND DOWN IN A MAD

NAKED DANCE OUTSIDE OUR MUD BRICK HOME SCREAMING HER OWN NAME 3HE HAD BEEN SENT BY WITCH DOCTORS WHO HOPED TO SCARE US AWAY FROM OUR SMALL MISSION STATION

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-Y FATHER HAD BUILT THE !DVENTIST MISSION STATION ABOUT A YEAR EARLIER

PARTWAY THROUGH OUR SIX YEAR STINT AS MISSIONARIES FROM 'ERMANY 4HE STATION LOCATED THREE WEEKS BY HORSEBACK FROM !DDIS !BABA CONSISTED OF SEVERAL HOUSES A MAIN BUILDING THAT DOUBLED AS A CHURCH AND SCHOOL A DORMITORY AND OUR HOME 4HATCH ROOFS

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AND OLDER SISTER )LSE "OTTOM 4HE +OELLING FAMILY POSING ALONG THE %LBE 2IVER IN 'ERMANY BEFORE TRAVELING TO %THIOPIA

SURROUNDED THE COMPOUND SPREADING TOWARD THE THATCH ROOF HOUSES AND THE TEFF THAT WAS SPREAD ON MATS TO DRY IN THE CENTER OF THE COMPOUND 4EFF

A GRAIN USED TO MAKE INJERAˆA mAT

SPONGY %THIOPIAN BREADˆWAS OUR MAIN FOOD SUPPLY -Y MOTHER HAD JUST WASHED THE CLOTHES SO WE HAD SOME WATER ON HAND

BUT IT WAS FAR FROM ENOUGH TO lGHT THE mAMES 3TUDENTS TORE DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND TRIED TO BEAT OUT THE lRE 3EEING THE RISING SMOKE PEOPLE FROM NEARBY VILLAGES RUSHED TO THE SCENE "UT THEY QUICKLY SAW THAT THEY COULD DO NOTHING 7E WERE HELPLESS 7ITH THE lRE THREATENING TO DESTROY THE MISSION MY FATHER GATHERED US IN A CIRCLE AND PRAYED THAT 'OD S WILL BE DONE !BRUPTLYˆJUST AS QUICKLY AS THE lRE HAD STARTEDˆIT VANISHED 7E INSPECTED THE DAMAGE 4HE lRE HAD NOT TOUCHED THE TEFF AT ALL 4HE BUILDINGS LOOKED EXACTLY THE SAME AS BEFORE 5PON CLOSER INSPECTION THE ONLY TRACES OF THE TOWERING INFERNO WERE THE SLIGHTLY SINGED EDGES OF THE -IRACLE 7ORKER THATCH COVERED HOUSES /NE DAY A MOTHER ARRIVED WITH A !STONISHED THE VILLAGERS DECLARED BADLY BURNED BABY GIRL IN HER ARMS THAT A (IGHER "EING MUST HAVE TAKEN 0EOPLE LIT lRES INSIDE THEIR HUTS AND CARE OF US -ANY LEARNED TO BELIEVE IN THE BABY HAD CRAWLED INTO THE HOT 'OD AND WERE BAPTIZED IN THE WIDE RIVER COALS h) DON T KNOW IF WE CAN HELP v 4ODAY THE %THIOPIAN 5NION MY MOTHER TOLD THE WEEPING WOMAN 4HE &IRE 4HAT 7AS 1UENCHED 9ET -ISSION HAS CHURCHES WITH A #ONTINUES TO "URN "UT MOTHER RUBBED MEDICATION ON MEMBERSHIP OF !IRA IS IN THE ! SHORT TIME LATER MY FATHER CAME THE BABY S BLISTERED HEAD AND BEGAN 7EST %THIOPIA &IELD 'ULISO DISTRICT TO PRAY 3HE PRAYED A LOT OVER THE NEXT DOWN WITH MALARIA )T WAS THE TIME -ISSION PRESIDENT !LEMU (AILE SAYS OF YEAR WHEN HE BURNED THE ELEPHANT FEW DAYS 4HERE WAS NOT MUCH ELSE THE DISTRICT HAS MEMBERS MORE GRASS ACROSS THE RIVER TO PREVENT WILD WE COULD DO .O ONE EXPECTED THE THAN CHURCHES AND A CLINIC ANIMALS FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE TO

0RIOR TO THIS THE +OELLING FAMILY WAS IN !DDIS !LAM SEE ENTRY THE WATER 7EAKENED BY HIS SICKNESS

¸KAKI 3$! 3CHOOL 3$! %NCYCLOPEDIA ; = VOL P ,EFT 2/5'().' )4 %LFRIEDE FATHER ASKED A TRUSTED FRIEND (AILE +OELLING RESTING AT A TENT CAMP -ARIAM TO BURN THE GRASS (AILE WITH HER MOTHER AND SISTER DURING A -ARIAM FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS

THREE WEEK TRIP FROM !DDIS !BABA AND SOON ORANGE YELLOW mAMES BEGAN TO THE !IRA -ISSION 3TATION 4HE %LFRIEDE 2AUNIO GREW UP IN SHOOTING UP TOWARD THE SKY 4HE %THIOPIA AND )NDONESIA AND OTHER CHILDREN ARE FROM THE 3TEIN ELEPHANT GRASS HAD KNOBS LIKE BAMBOO SERVED AS A MISSIONARY WITH HER MISSIONARY FAMILY WHO REPLACED THAT POPPED LOUDLY IN THE HEAT OF THE HUSBAND ,EO 2AUNIO IN 3OUTH THE +OELLINGS AT !IRA WHEN THEY lRE 3UDDENLY A SPARK mEW ACROSS THE !FRICA AND :IMBABWE IN THE S RIVER AND LANDED ON THE DRY GRASS RETURNED TO 'ERMANY TO ANSWER A AND EARLY S 3HE NOW LIVES IN #LEBURNE 4EXAS -OMENTS LATER A WALL OF ROARING mAMES !NDREW -C#HESNEY IS HER GRANDSON CALL TO THE $UTCH 7EST )NDIES AGAIN 3HE REFUSED MY FAMILY S OFFER OF HELP AND WENT BACK TO HER VILLAGE 4HE THIRD TIME SHE SHOWED UP

SCREAMING HER NAME ) CALLED FOR MY PARENTS AGAIN h%LFRIEDE YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO DON T YOU v MY FATHER SAID -Y FATHER DID NOT HEAR A PEEP FROM ME THE NEXT TIME $INDELE CAME #URIOUSLY HE PEEKED INTO MY BEDROOM AND SAW ME KNEELING UNDER MY BLANKET PRAYING LOUDLY 4HAT IS WHEN ) LEARNED TO DEPEND ON *ESUS ) WAS YEARS OLD 3UDDENLY $INDELE STOPPED VISITING 4HE VILLAGERS TOLD MY FATHER THAT ONE OF THE WITCH DOCTORS HAD WORKED SOME MAGIC ON HER -Y FATHER SAID THE WITCH DOCTOR HAD USED "EELZEBUB TO CAST OUT A DEVIL THE SAME THING THAT THE 0HARISEES HAD FALSELY ACCUSED *ESUS OF DOING (E SAID THE WITCH DOCTORS WERE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING THE VILLAGERS RESPECT 4HE WITCH DOCTORS HAD GOOD REASON TO BE SCARED 3EEING THE HEALING POWER OF MODERN MEDICINE PEOPLE mOCKED TO THE MISSION STATION FOR HELP

BABY TO LIVEˆBUT SHE DID 3OME PEOPLE SURPRISED MY PARENTS WITH THEIR REQUESTS ! WOMAN WHO LOST HER ARM IN A MILLING ACCIDENT TRAVELED FOR THREE WEEKS TO REACH THE MISSION STATIONˆSHE HANDED OVER THE SEVERED ARM IN A SACK -Y FATHER HAD TO EXPLAIN THAT HE COULD NOT SEW IT BACK ON /NE NIGHT A MAN ARRIVED ON A MULE (E WAS THE SON OF A WITCH DOCTOR AND HE NEEDED HELP (E EXPLAINED THAT HIS FATHER HAD FALLEN ILL AND COULD NOT CURE HIMSELF -Y FATHER ASKED ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSED THE SICKNESS AS A SIMPLE CASE OF TAPEWORMS 4HE DAY CAME THAT THE WITCH DOCTOR WAS CURED .OBODY SAID MUCH ABOUT THE REMARKABLE RECOVERY BUT EVERYONE KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED 4HE NEWS TRAVELED FAST THAT MY FATHER COULD CURE ANYBODY EVEN WITCH DOCTORS 4HE VILLAGERS STARTED KISSING MY FATHER S FEET AND CALLING HIM A GOD -Y FATHER lRMLY TOLD THEM THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE 'OD AND HE BEGGED THEM TO STOP KISSING HIS FEET ) REMEMBER HIM TELLING MY MOTHER h7E HAVE TO PRAY TO THE ,ORD 7E HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO CONVINCE THEM THAT IT IS MY 'OD WHO DOES THESE THINGS v

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EXIST INDEPENDENT OF THE SPIRIT /NE CANNOT EXIST WITHOUT THE OTHER &AITH AND WORKS ARE AN INDIVISIBLE UNITY IN THE JUSTIlED BY WHAT HE DOES AND NOT BY FAITH ALONEv #HRISTIAN LIFE VERSE WORKS MAKE VISIBLE OUR FAITH VERSE *AMES 4HEY ARE THE EVIDENCE OF THE REALITY OF THE PRESENCE OF FAITH IN THE BELIEVER &AITH AND *USTIlCATION 5NDER 0AUL S INmUENCE AMES HAS OFTEN BEEN UNDERSTOOD AS A CORRECTIVE JUSTIlCATION IS USUALLY UNDERSTOOD AS THE ACQUITTAL OF TO 0AUL S ONE SIDED EMPHASIS ON JUSTIlCATION BY FAITH REPENTANT SINNERS BEFORE THE DIVINE TRIBUNAL AT THE ALONE &ORTUNATELY MOST SCHOLARS TODAY DISAGREE WITH THAT BEGINNING OF THE #HRISTIAN LIFE INDEPENDENT OF WORKS ASSESSMENT AS DO ) )N SEEKING TO UNDERSTAND *AMES *AMES IS NOT DENYING THAT BELIEF BUT NEITHER IS HE ARGUMENT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THE GENERAL CONTEXT AND PURPOSE OF HIS LETTER 3ECOND WE MUST REALIZE THAT DIFFERENT ADDRESSING THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE (E WRITES TO CHURCH BIBLICAL WRITERS MAY AT TIMES USE THE SAME TERMINOLOGY IN A MEMBERS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN JUSTIlED BY FAITH IN #HRIST 4HEIR PROBLEM IS THAT THEIR FAITH IS NOT DIFFERENT SENSE OR PARTICULAR EMPHASIS 4HIS IS ALSO AFFECTING THE WAY THEY SHOULD DETERMINED BY THE CONTEXT LIVE THE #HRISTIAN LIFE 4O 9OU MAY WANT TO READ *AMES THEM *AMES SAYS h! PERSON IS BEFORE WE CONTINUE JUSTIlED BY WHAT HE DOES AND *AMES -AIN #ONCERN NOT BY FAITH ALONE v *AMES MESSAGE IS VERY PRACTICAL 4HE MOST IMPORTANT IN NATURE ADDRESSING THE ELEMENT IN THIS VERSE IS SUFFERING AND TRIALS OF THE THE VERB hTO BE JUSTIlED v COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS AND THE 3INCE IN THE CONTEXT THE POTENTIAL AND REAL OPPRESSIVE PRESENCE OF FAITH IS SEEN NESS OF SOCIAL STRATIlCATION (IS OR DEMONSTRATED THROUGH INTEREST IS IN THE SOCIAL IMPACT ITS WORKS THE VERB hTO BE OF THE #HRISTIAN FAITH (E "Y JUSTIlEDv PROBABLY MEANS hTO REJECTS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT !NGEL -ANUEL SHOW DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT BASED ON WEALTH OR SOCIAL STATUS 2ODR¤GUEZ MEANS TO BE RIGHTEOUS v 4HE CHAP AND CONDEMNS VERB CARRIES A DEMONSTRATIVE SOCIAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE OF THE POOR CHAP &OR *AMES #HRISTIAN FAITH CANNOT MEANING THAT IS TO SAY BELIEVERS SHOW DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN JUSTIlED NOT SIMPLY BY CLAIMING THEY HAVE BE SOCIALLY DISENGAGED WHILE CLAIMING AT THE SAME TIME TO FAITH BUT MORE PARTICULARLY BY WHAT THEY DO 4HIS WAS THE BE RELEVANT (IS THEOLOGICAL MESSAGE IS EMBEDDED IN THIS CONCERN FOR A RELIGION THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE VERY FABRIC EXPERIENCE OF !BRAHAM AND 2AHAB WHO DEMONSTRATED THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THEIR WORKS VERSES

OF SOCIETY 4HIS MEANS THAT WHATEVER *AMES SAYS IN CHAPTER 4HESE ARE NOT THE WORKS OF THE LAW THROUGH WHICH SOME

IT MUST BE RELATED TO HIS MAJOR CONCERN &AITH AND 7ORKS 4HE PASSAGE UNDER CONSIDERATION ACCORDING TO 0AUL WERE SEEKING TO BE JUSTIlED *AMES IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT 0AUL CALLS hGOOD WORKS v 4HEY WOULD HAS TO BE READ IN ITS OWN TERMS 7E HAVE TO DETERMINE BOTH AGREE THAT h7E ARE 'OD S WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN HOW *AMES USES THE NOUN hFAITH v #ONTEXTUALLY THIS IS NOT #HRIST *ESUS TO DO GOOD WORKSv %PH DIFlCULT (E DOESN T USE IT IN THE TRADITIONAL SALVIlC WAY

*AMES S MESSAGE IS ECHOED IN 2EVELATION AND BUT AS INNER KNOWLEDGE AND CONVICTION )N OTHER WORDS

CHALLENGES US TO ALLOW OUR FAITH THROUGH THE POWER OF THE THIS IS NOT PRIMARILY THE FAITH THAT WE PLACE IN *ESUS BUT 3PIRIT TO EXPRESS ITSELF IN TRUE #HRISTIAN DEMEANOR AND RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS THAT ARE NOT DETERMINING CONDUCT IN DEEP CONCERN FOR THE POOR AND THE OPPRESSED !FTER 4HIS BECOMES CLEAR WHEN HE WRITES h9OU BELIEVE THAT ALL hWHAT GOOD IS IT MY BROTHERS IF A MAN ;OR A WOMAN= THERE IS ONE 'OD 'OOD %VEN DEMONS BELIEVE THATˆAND CLAIMS TO HAVE FAITH BUT HAS NO DEEDS v *AMES SHUDDERv VERSE &AITH IS BEING PERSUADED THAT OUR CONVICTIONS ARE RIGHT DEMONS CAN HAVE THAT TYPE OF

"IBLE TEXTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION KNOWLEDGE 4HIS KIND OF FAITH IS USELESS IN THE #HRISTIAN LIFE IF IT LEADS TO AN ATTITUDE OF INDIFFERENCE TOWARD THE NEEDS OF OTHERS VERSES *AMES ARGUES THAT FAITH DIVORCED FROM WORKS IS DEAD VERSE )N FACT TO CLAIM THAT FAITH EXISTS IN THE ABSENCE OF !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE WORKS IS TANTAMOUNT TO CLAIMING THAT THE BODY COULD

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-ILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TURN TO ASTROLOGERS FORTUNE TELLERS AND SPIRITUALISTS TO TRY TO DISCERN THE FUTURE 4HE MYSTERIES OF LIFE TROUBLE THEM AND THEY SEEK ANSWERS 3TILL OTHERS ARE DOMINATED BY A FEAR OF EVIL SPIRITS THEIR LIVES ARE CONSUMED WITH ATTEMPTS TO hPLEASEv THE SPIRITS 'OD S DESIRE IS TO SET US FREE FROM THESE DECEPTIONS (E IS THE GREAT LIBERATOR /UR HEAVENLY &ATHER LONGS FOR EACH OF (IS CHILDREN TO LIVE A LIFE OF HAPPINESS

JOY AND PEACE AND NOT TO BE TROUBLED BY ANXIETY WORRY AND FEAR 4HIS MONTH S LESSON WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW WE CAN BE FREE OF THE CONTROLLING INmUENCE OF EVIL SPIRITS IN OUR LIVES

7HAT PROMISE DID *ESUS GIVE TO (IS FOLLOWERS 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h!ND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREEv *OHN 4HE

SHALL MAKE US

3ATAN WOULD KEEP US IN BONDAGE WITH DARK DECEPTIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS "UT THE TRUTH OF *ESUS LIBERATES US FROM FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN

(OW DID 'OD DISTINGUISH (IMSELF FROM THE HEATHEN GODS OF THE NATIONS THAT SURROUNDED )SRAEL 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h2EMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD FOR ) AM 'OD AND THERE IS NO OTHER ) AM 'OD AND THERE IS NONE LIKE -E DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONEv )SA

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/NLY 'OD KNOWS THE FUTURE !NYONE WHO CLAIMS TO FORETELL THE FUTURE BY ANY OTHER MEANS IS AN IMPOSTER

7HERE IS THE TRUE SOURCE OF WISDOM AND HOW CAN WE DISCOVER IT 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE THE WORDS THAT BEST ANSWER THE QUESTION h)F ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM LET HIM ASK OF 'OD WHO GIVES TO ALL LIBERALLY AND WITHOUT REPROACH AND IT WILL BE GIVENv *AMES

!LL TRUE WISDOM COMES FROM 'OD 7E DISCOVER IT BY APPLYING BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES TO WHATEVER QUESTIONS WE MAY HAVE !STROLOGERS FORTUNE TELLERS AND SPIRITUALISTS ARE lLLED WITH FALSEHOODS FROM BELOW NOT TRUTH FROM ABOVE /CTOBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

'OD CONDEMNS FALSE SOURCES OF WISDOM 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE EACH FALSE SOURCE OF WISDOM h4HERE SHALL NOT BE FOUND AMONG YOU ANYONE WHO MAKES HIS SON OR HIS DAUGHTER PASS THROUGH THE lRE

OR ONE WHO PRACTICES WITCHCRAFT OR A SOOTHSAYER OR ONE WHO INTERPRETS OMENS OR A SORCERER OR ONE WHO CONJURES SPELLS OR A MEDIUM OR A SPIRITIST OR ONE WHO CALLS UP THE DEADv $EUT

7HAT DID 'OD CALL THESE FALSE PROPHETS 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANK h&OR ALL THESE WHO DO THESE THINGS ARE AN ABOMINATION TO THE ,ORD AND BECAUSE OF THESE ABOMINATIONS THE ,ORD YOUR 'OD DRIVES THEM OUT FROM BEFORE YOUv $EUT 4HE "IBLE SAYS h!LL WHO DO THESE THINGS ARE AN

TO THE ,ORD v

7HAT IS THE ULTIMATE FATE OF THESE DECEPTIVE ASTROLOGERS SPIRITUALISTS

AND SORCERERS 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANK h"EHOLD THEY SHALL BE AS STUBBLE THE lRE SHALL BURN THEM THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THEMSELVES FROM THE POWER OF THE mAMEv )SA h&IRE SHALL

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2ATHER THAN LOOKING TO THE OCCULT FOR WISDOM AND STRENGTH WHERE DOES 'OD ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND CIRCLE THE SIGNIlCANT WORDS OR PHRASES h,OOK TO -E AND BE SAVED ALL YOU ENDS OF THE EARTH &OR ) AM 'OD AND THERE IS NO OTHERv )SA

7E ARE PROMISED THAT IN #HRIST WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THESE EVIL POWERS !CCORDING TO THE TEXT BELOW WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF OUR POWER &ILL IN THE BLANKS BELOW h9OU ARE OF 'OD LITTLE CHILDREN AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM BECAUSE (E WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLDv *OHN 4HE "IBLE SAYS h(E WHO IS IN

IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE

!LTHOUGH WE BATTLE AGAINST PRINCIPALITIES POWERS THE RULERS OF DARKNESS AND THE SPIRITUAL HOSTS OF WICKEDNESS *ESUS IS GREATER AND MORE POWERFUL THAN ALL THE POWERS OF HELL %PH -ATT )N *ESUS WE ARE SECURE FROM THE FORCES OF EVIL (E IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH 0S 7E NEED NOT FEAR (E HAS COME TO GIVE US PEACE *OHN /PENING OUR HEARTS TO (IM SURRENDERING OUR LIVES TO (IM WE ARE FREE FROM THE BONDAGE OF FEAR AND SUPERSTITION

.EXT MONTH S STUDY

h(OPE "EYOND THE #ROSS v WILL EXAMINE THE "IBLE FOR EVIDENCE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A PERSON DIES

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)T WAS INDEED THE MIGHTY UNCHANGING HAND OF 'OD THAT LED ME TO READ THE ARTICLE ON AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR

'OODLOE "ELL WITHIN THE !DVENTIST SYSTEM SEE h'OD 5SED A -AN v BY !LLAN ' ,INDSAY !UGUST !DVENTIST 7ORLD !S A YOUNG EDUCATOR WITHIN THE SYSTEM MYSELF ) WAS MESMERIZED

BY THE STRONG FEATURES AND mOWING BEARD ) SAW IN MY OFlCE ON THE lRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN !UGUST ) WAS UNSURE AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE HUGE FRAMED PICTURE OF "ELL ) WAS ADVISED TO hTHROW IT OUT v !S THE FRAME MATCHED THE FURNITURE IN MY OFlCE VERY WELL AND THE AUTHORITATIVE FACE GAVE MY OFlCE hPRESENCE v ) HELD ON TO THE PICTURE AND GAVE IT A PROMINENT SPOTˆFOCAL POINT POSITION IN THE ROOM %ACH STUDENT WORKER

AND VISITOR WOULD INQUIRE AS TO THE hFAMEv OF THIS GENTLEMAN BUT NONE OF US KNEW 4ODAY ) AM HAPPY ) KEPT THE PHOTOGRAPHˆTODAY THE NAME 'OODLOE "ELL HAS BEEN GIVEN LIFE AND RECOGNITION 4HANK YOU FOR THIS ARTICLE # HARLENE 3HARPE

.ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER -ANDEVILLE *AMAICA

0ROUD -EMBER 0ROUD OF 7OMEN IN -INISTRY

!T ONE TIME IT WAS BELIEVED THAT WOMEN SHOULD BE SEEN BUT NOT HEARD IN THE %AST .IGERIA #ONFERENCE OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH

BUT THANKS TO 0ASTOR ) - !LALA WHO CAME TO THE 5HUM DISTRICT AND BROKE THE SEVERAL YEARS OF PRESSING SILENCE ON WOMEN FEMALE MEMBERS ARE NOT ONLY SEEN BUT ARE hCOPREACHERSv AND CONTRIBUTORS IN EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES OF THE CHURCH )N LIGHT OF THE ARTICLES AND LETTERS ON THE TOPIC PUBLISHED THIS YEAR IN !DVENTIST 7ORLD ) WANTED TO SHARE THIS 7OMEN ;IN OUR AREA= HAVE CONDUCTED OPEN AIR PREACHING PROGRAMS AND WON SOULS FOR #HRIST

MANY OF WHOM ARE NOW BAPTIZED MEMBERS AND COMMITTED #HRISTIANS TODAY 4HANKS IMMENSELY FOR OUR CHURCH LEADERSHIP THAT BROUGHT OUR PASTOR AND HIS WIFE A TEACHER THE !DVENTIST 7OMEN S -INISTRIES LEADER *OY .JOKU AND SECRETARY 'IFT .JOKU AND "OLA .WAEJIKE THE CONFERENCE WOMEN S LEADER 4HESE WOMEN HAVE HAD TREMENDOUS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT IN MEMBERSHIP GROWTH AND ONENESS HAS BEEN THE ORDER OF THE DAY ) WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH UNTIL EARLY *UNE WHEN ) GOT MARRIED TO 3AMPLE !JAH /NYENMURU OF -BUTU 5MUEZEOCHE 4ODAY )

AM A PROUD MEMBER OF THE CHURCH

BAPTIZED AND A 3ABBATH SCHOOL TEACHER IN MY CHURCH ) AM PROUD TOO OF THE WORK OUR CHURCH IS DOING THROUGH ;BOTH MEN AND WOMEN= #HIOMA 3AMPLE !JAH .IGERIA ,IFESTYLE )SSUES

) NOTICE THAT VERY LITTLE OR NOTHING IS WRITTEN NOW IN THE !DVENTIST MAGAZINES ABOUT #HRISTIAN LIFESTYLE

BEING A LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND A PECULIAR PEOPLE )S THE CHURCH NOW BEING CONVERTED BY THE WORLD 7E NEED TO SEE ARTICLES WRITTEN WHICH PRESENT THE !DVENTIST "IBLE POSITIONS ON STYLE OF DRESS WITCHCRAFT

SMOKING DRINKING ALCOHOL AND OTHER PRACTICES 0EOPLE NEED SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE TO LIVE A GODLY LIFE $ON T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF THINKING ANY LIFESTYLE IS lNE AS LONG AS ONE BELIEVES IN 'OD 2EMEMBER #AIN AND !BEL "OTH WERE WORSHIPPING 'OD BUT ONE WAS WRONG IN THE WAY HE WORSHIPPED ,OUIS ,AWRENCE *AMAICA

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FORMED OVER YEARS OF UNDISCIPLINED

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