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4HE 0EOPLE S 0LACE /. 4(% #/6%2 ! VISION TO %LLEN 7HITE IN .OVEMBER WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE BEGINNING OF hA LITTLE PAPERv THAT WOULD BE LIKE hSTREAMS OF LIGHT THAT WENT CLEAR ROUND THE WORLD v
7/2,$ 6)%7 %VERY 'OOD AND 0ERFECT 'IFT h4HE GIFTS HE GAVE WERE THAT SOME WOULD BE APOSTLES SOME PROPHETS SOME EVANGELISTS SOME PASTORS AND TEACHERS TO EQUIP THE SAINTS FOR THE WORK OF MINISTRY FOR BUILDING UP THE BODY OF #HRIST UNTIL ALL OF US COME TO THE UNITY OF THE FAITH AND OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE 3ON OF 'OD TO MATURITY TO THE MEASURE OF THE FULL STATURE OF #HRISTv %PH .236 HE APOSTLE 0AUL ONCE REMINDED BELIEVERS THAT HE HAD NO SHORTAGE OF CATEGORIES OF WHICH HE MIGHT HAVE BOASTED MALE A "ENJAMITE A 0HARISEE ETC "UT 0AUL NONETHELESS FAMOUSLY DElNED THE FELLOWSHIP OF #HRIST AS A PLACE WHERE THERE IS NEITHER *EW NOR 'REEK SLAVE NOR FREE MALE NOR FEMALE 'AL 4HE NEW COMMUNITY CREATED BY THE DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF *ESUS WOULD NOTˆAND MUST NOTˆRESEMBLE THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES OF A SINFUL WORLD #HRIST S BODYˆ(IS CHURCHˆIS NOT JUST AN IMPROVEMENT ON WHAT HAS COME BEFORE BUT A GENUINELY NEW CREATION 4HROUGH THE ACT OF GIVING SPIRITUAL GIFTS TO (IS CHURCH *ESUS SOUGHT TO REORGANIZE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF hLIFE TOGETHER v .EW CATEGORIESˆEVANGELIST PASTOR TEACHER
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HEALER HOSPITABLE PERSONˆWILL TAKE THE PLACE OF DElNITIONS BUILT ON PRIVILEGE POWER RACE OR NATIONALITY 7HY THEN DEAR FRIENDS DO WE STILL BOAST OF THAT WHICH 3CRIPTURE TELLS US IS OUR SHAME 7E URGE ADVANTAGES FOR hOUR KIND v WE BIDE OUR TIME TILL ONE hOF OURSv ASSUMES A HIGHER OFlCE 7E RALLY TO OUR NATIONS mAGS 7E SPEAK OF VOTING BLOCS AS THOUGH THE 3PIRIT MIGHT DIRECT ALL !MERICANS OR :AMBIANS TO MAKE THE SAME DECISIONS .OW IS A DAY TO STAND UP FOR THE MATURITY THAT *ESUS PRAYED FOR IN (IS PEOPLE 7HEN NEXT YOU HEAR THE TALK OF STATUS BUILT ON LANGUAGE CULTURE RACE OR COUNTRY BE THE WITNESS FOR #HRIST S NEW COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORSHIP 3PEAK MUCH OF hGIFTSv INSTEAD OF hRIGHTS v OF WAYS TO SERVE INSTEAD OF RANK #ALL ON YOUR PEERS TO DO THE SAME !S WE GROW UP IN ALL THINGS UNTO (IM WHO IS THE (EAD OF THIS BODY WE WILL LEARN AGAIN THAT h(IGHER THAN THE HIGHEST HUMAN THOUGHT CAN REACH IS 'OD S IDEAL FOR (IS CHILDRENv %DUCATION P 4HAT GREAT UNNUMBERED THRONG GATHERED AT THE &ATHER S THRONE WILL INCLUDE JUST THOSE WHO HAVE ALLOWED THE ,ORD S GOOD GIFTS TO TRANSCEND ALL OTHER HUMAN CATEGORIES
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 N 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN #UBA RECENTLY CELEBRATED THE ACCREDITATION OF THE !DVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY IN (AVANA DURING THIS YEAR S GRADUATION CEREMONY 4HIS WAS THE lRST TIME IN YEARS THAT THE SEMINARY GRADUATED THEOLOGY STUDENTS WITH INDEPENDENT ACCREDITATION )N PREVIOUS YEARS THE SEMINARY HAD FUNCTIONED AS AN EXTENSION OF -ONTEMORELOS 5NIVERSITY IN -EXICO 4HE SEMINARY WAS GRANTED FULL ACCREDITATION BY THE !DVENTIST !CCREDITING !SSOCIATION LATE LAST YEAR
MARKING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE HISTORY OF !DVENTIST EDUCATION IN #UBA h4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN #UBA FEELS THAT NOW WITH THE ACCREDITATION OUR SEMINARY CAN BETTER ACCOMPLISH ITS FUNCTION SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE OUR OWN STUDY PROGRAM ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR CHURCHES v SAID %STHER $IAZ DE 'UERRERO PRESIDENT OF !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY IN #UBA h7E ARE JOYFUL AND GRATEFUL IN OUR HEARTS v !FTER THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST !NTILLIAN #OLLEGE IN #UBA WAS
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 CLOSED IN A SMALL SEMINARY WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE OFlCES OF THE #UBAN 5NION IN (AVANA IN !S A RESULT OF THE WORK OF -ARANATHA 6OLUNTEERS )NTERNATIONAL THE SEMINARY MOVED INTO ITS OWN FACILITY IN &ROM TO IT OPERATED AS AN EXTENSION OF -EXICO S -ONTEMORELOS 5NIVERSITY !NTILLIAN #OLLEGE NOW !NTILLEAN !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY IS NOW LOCATED IN 0UERTO 2ICO h4HIS HAS BEEN THE INSTITUTION THAT HAS TAKEN THE LONGEST TO RECEIVE ACCREDITATION IN OUR TERRITORY v SAID -OISES 6ELAZQUEZ DIRECTOR OF THE /FlCE OF %DUCATION FOR THE CHURCH IN )NTER !MERICA h4HEY WORKED HARD FOR YEARS TOWARDS ACCREDITATION DUE TO THE LIMITATIONS OF PHYSICAL FACILITIES FACULTY STAFF LIBRARY AND COMPUTER LAB SPECIlCATIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR FULL ACCREDITATION v HE SAID 7ITH A GROWING CHURCH IN #UBA OF MORE THAN CHURCH MEMBERS THE SEMINARY WHICH GRANTS BACHELOR S DEGREES IN THEOLOGY TO MEN AND WOMEN EVERY YEAR PROVIDES A MUCH NEEDED WORKFORCE OF PASTORS AND "IBLE WORKERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO SPREADING THE GOSPEL ON THE ISLAND ,UIS 3CHULZ ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION FOR THE !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH SPOKE TO THE GRADUATES DURING THE GRADUATION EXERCISES AND PRESENTED THE ACCREDITATION CERTIlCATE TO $IAZ DE 'UERRERO ˆ2EPORTED BY ,IBNA 3TEVENS )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION WITH !2 3TAFF 2ADIO "ROADCASTERS ,EARN &ROM !DVENTIST 2ADIO ,EADERS N -ORE THAN DELEGATES FROM THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )NTER !MERICA AND 3OUTH !MERICA GATHERED FOR A RADIO SYMPOSIUM
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4/'%4(%2 ! GROUP OF RADIO MINISTRIES TECHNI CIANS AND MANAGERS FROM THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TIST #HURCH IN )NTER !MER ICA AND 3OUTH !MERICA MET AT -ONTEMORELOS 5NIVERSITY FOR A SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE CHURCH S INTERNATIONAL RADIO MINISTRY !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ADIO
SPONSORED BY !DVENTIST 7ORLD 2ADIO !72 THE MISSION RADIO ARM OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HE SYMPOSIUM TOOK PLACE IN LATE !UGUST ON THE CAMPUS OF CHURCH OWNED -ONTEMORELOS 5NIVERSITY IN -EXICO 4HE lVE DAY SYMPOSIUM ALLOWED NETWORKING AMONG RADIO TECHNICIANS PROGRAMMERS AND CHURCH LEADERS WHO ARE UNITED IN BETTER FULlLLING THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THROUGH RADIO MINISTRIES 2ADIO MANAGERS AND TECHNICIANS WERE REFRESHED ON TECHNIQUES AND OPERATIONAL SKILLS AS WELL AS THE USE OF CREATIVE TOOLS IN OPERATING RADIO STATIONS ORGANIZERS SAID 4HE SYMPOSIUM ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE STRATEGIES THE CHURCH USES IN THE WINDOW WITH THE USE OF SATELLITE SHORTWAVE !- &- AND )NTERNET TECHNOLOGIES 3EMINAR PRESENTERS INCLUDED "ENJAMIN 3CHOUN !72 PRESIDENT $OWELL #HOW !72 VICE PRESIDENT OF lNANCE AND 'REG 3COTT !72 S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT h4HIS SYMPOSIUM WHICH WE HOLD EVERY FEW YEARS HELPS !72 KEEP IN CONTACT WITH THE LOCAL RADIO STATIONS AND PRODUCERS IN THESE DIVISIONS v
SAYS 3CHOUN h)T IS ALSO A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE VARIOUS ATTENDEES TO NETWORK WITH EACH OTHER v 4HE LARGEST GROUP INCLUDED DELEGATES FROM THE CHURCH IN 6ENEZUELA !NTILLES )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST RADIO STATIONS &OUR YEAR OLD -ARIANA #ARRENO WAS AMONG THE GROUP 3HE LEADS A CHILDREN S RADIO PROGRAM IN 6ENEZUELA %STABLISHED IN !72 PRESENTLY BROADCASTS THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF PROGRAMMING EVERY DAY IN LANGUAGES 0EOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TUNE IN TO !72 BROADCASTS VIA !- &- AND SHORTWAVE RADIO )NTERNET PODCASTS AND SATELLITE TRANSMITTERS &OR MORE INFORMATION ON !72 AND ITS PROGRAMS VISIT WWW AWR ORG ˆ2EPORTED BY ,IBNA 3TEVENS )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION WITH !2 3TAFF .ORWAY )NGATHERING (ELPS 3OUTHEAST !SIA !$2! 0ROJECTS N $URING A TWO WEEK PERIOD PUPILS AND THEIR PARENTS TEACHERS AND CHURCH MEMBERS IN THE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL )NGATHERING TO SUPPORT PROJECTS RUN
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EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN 3OUTH !MERICA UNITED 3EPTEMBER TO DELIVER WHAT MAY BE A WORLD RECORD FOR A ONE DAY EVANGELISTIC OUTREACH DISTRIBUTING CLOSE TO MILLION MAGAZINES AND TRACTS BEARING A MESSAGE OF LIVING WITH HOPE THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT 4HE PRESIDENTS OF "RAZIL "OLIVIA AND %CUADOR EACH RECEIVED INDIVIDUAL COPIES HAND DELIVERED BY !DVENTISTS h) JUST CAN T KEEP SILENT ABOUT ALL THAT S HAPPENING IN OUR CHURCH IN 3OUTH !MERICA v %RTON +šHLER PRESIDENT OF THE 3OUTH !MERICAN $IVISION WROTE IN AN E MAIL TO THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE LEADERSHIP h7E HAVE SEEN WITH ALL THAT IS HAPPENING WHEN OUR MEMBERS SEE THAT WE ARE TALKING BIG WHEN THEY SEE THE CHURCH DOING BIG THINGS FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL WHEN THEY SEE THAT THEY CAN DO ;MUCH= WITH LITTLE THEY ALL GET INVOLVED WITH THE CHURCH S WORK 4HIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED FROM OUR PEOPLE v 4HE 5 3 MILLION INITIATIVE AIMED AT INVOLVING MOST OF THE MILLION !DVENTISTS IN 3OUTH !MERICA IN REACHING OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES 4HE MAGAZINES AND PAMPHLETS ADVERTISE "IBLE RESOURCE 7EB SITES IN BOTH 3PANISH AND 0ORTUGUESE 4HE PUBLICATIONS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO DIFFERENT LANGUAGES FOR USE ON BOTH 7EB SITES 0RINT COPIES WERE ALSO AVAILABLE IN BRAILLE FOR THE BLIND AND IN A SPECIAL EDITION FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED 4HE CHURCH S (OPE #HANNEL BROADCAST A LIVE SERMON IN 3PANISH AND 0ORTUGUESE THAT DAY ALONG WITH LIVE REPORTS ON THE INITIATIVE FROM ACROSS 3OUTH !MERICA #HURCHES PLANNED A SPECIAL FOLLOW UP SERVICE 3ATURDAY 3EPTEMBER FOR VISITORS #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE
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BY THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! IN .ORWAY 4HIS YEAR PROJECTS IN 3OUTHEAST !SIA WILL BENElT FROM THE FUNDS COLLECTED BY THESE VOLUNTEERSˆIN PARTICULAR TO PREVENT HUMAN TRAFlCKING ESPECIALLY IN #AMBODIA AND NORTHERN 4HAILAND 2OSENDAL CHURCH SCHOOL GATHERED ./+ APPROXIMATELY 53 THE lRST EVENING OF THEIR CAMPAIGN AND THE OTHER CHURCH SCHOOLS ARE NOT FAR BEHIND 3TUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT 4YRIFJORD 6IDEREGAENDE 3KOLE THE .ORWEGIAN !DVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL HAVE SO FAR COLLECTED ./+ ABOUT 53 AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT lNISHED h/UR STUDENTS JUST DON T WANT TO lNISH )NGATHERING v SAYS *OHN 'AMBORG TEACHER AND ORGANIZER h3TUDENTS WISH TO SPEND THEIR SPARE TIME DOING )NGATHERING IN ADDITION TO THE COUPLE OF DAYS SCHEDULED FOR THIS v h4HE SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE CREATING A GOOD ATMOSPHERE CONNECTED TO THE )NGATHERING v SAYS 'RY ! (AUGEN !$2! .ORWAY h4HEY MAKE IT AN EVENT SERVING DINNER AND SUPPER AND DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MILES 4HESE COMPONENTS LEAVE OUR CHILDREN WITH GOOD MEMORIES WHICH ) BELIEVE IS VERY IMPORTANT 7E ARE INDEED HELPING OURSELVES BY HELPING OTHERS v 3TEPHEN #OOPER NEWLY APPOINTED !$2! DIRECTOR IN THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION VISITED .ORWAY DURING THE )NGATHERING (E SAID h7HILE IN .ORWAY ) HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE )NGATHERING PROGRAM IN FULL SWING ) WAS IMPRESSED TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM AND DEDICATION THESE SCHOOLCHILDREN HAD IN COLLECTING FUNDS FOR THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE !$2! .ORWAY IS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF HOW )NGATHERING CAN BE DONE v ˆ4%$ .EWS 3TAFF
02%3)$%.4)!, 2%#%04)/. /N 3EPTEMBER /DACYR !MORIM A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WHO IS ALSO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF 0ETRO LINA IN THE STATE OF 0ERNAMBUCO PRESENTED "RAZILIAN PRESIDENT ,UIZ )NÖCIO ,ULA DA 3ILVA WITH A COPY OF THE 0ORTUGUESE LANGUAGE EDI TION OF THE SPECIAL h(OPEv MAGAZINE $A 3ILVA WAS ONE OF THREE NATIONAL LEADERS TO GET THE MAGAZINE PERSONALLY
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 #REATIVE MARKETING WAS THE HALLMARK OF THIS DAYLONG EVENT )N 2IO DE *ANEIRO "RAZIL A FOOT TALL BANNER WAS DRAPED OVER THE SIDE OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING ADJACENT TO MAJOR STREETS AND A COMMUTER RAIL LINE -ILLIONS VIEWED THE BANNER "USES THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT WERE DECORATED WITH SPECIAL h,IVE WITH (OPEv DECALS ON THEIR REAR WINDOWS PROVIDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VIEWING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER COMMUTERS 4EN THOUSAND BILLBOARDS WERE ERECTED ALONG WITH BUS SIDE ADVERTISEMENTS (UNDREDS OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH STAFF MEMBERS THROUGHOUT 3OUTH !MERICA WRAPPED THEIR CARS WITH SPECIAL DECALS CREATING ROLLING BILLBOARDS 4HE TITLE OF THE SPECIAL MAGAZINE DISTRIBUTED THAT DAY WAS #HEER WITH (OPE !RTICLE SUBJECTS COVERED MANY OF THE ISSUES FACING PEOPLE IN 3OUTH !MERICA EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS FAMILY PROBLEMS SOCIAL CRISES CORRUPTION ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS AND DEATH %ACH ARTICLE OFFERED ADVICE ON DEALING WITH THESE PROBLEMS POINTING READERS TO THE "IBLE AND PRESENTING THE RETURN OF #HRIST AS THE ULTIMATE ANSWER 4HE MAGAZINE S CONCLUDING ARTICLE SPOKE ABOUT THE hGREATEST HOPE v PRESENTING SPECIlCALLY THE SUBJECT OF THE SECOND COMING OF *ESUS #OPIES OF THE MAGAZINE OR OF A RELATED TRACT WERE INSERTED IN NEARLY MILLION COPIES OF NEWSPAPERS ACROSS 3OUTH !MERICA )N "RAZIL S STATE OF 3áO 0AULO ITEMS WERE INSERTED IN NEWSPAPERS IN THE CENTRAL REGION ENCOMPASSING 'OIÕS "RAS¤LIA AND 4OCANTINS INSERTS AMONG THE STATES OF 2IO DE *ANEIRO -INAS 'ERAIS AND %SP¤RITO 3ANTO ANOTHER INSERTS 4HE NORTHEAST OF "RAZIL HAD INSERTS WHILE THE NORTH OF "RAZIL HAD 3ANTA #ATARINA AND 2IO 'RANDE DO 3UL TOTALED %CUADOR "OLIVIA AND A TOTAL OF IN !RGENTINA AND 5RUGUAY "OLIVIA S PRESIDENT %VO -ORALES RECEIVED A COPY OF THE SPECIAL !DVENTIST MAGAZINE DURING A 3EPTEMBER VISIT TO THE CITY OF #OCHABAMBA WHERE THE CHURCH OBSERVED A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION -ORALES SPOKE OF THE NEED FOR "OLIVIANS TO HAVE HOPE UPRIGHT LIVES AND TO WORK FOR A BETTER FUTURE 4HAT SAME DAY /DACYR !MORIM A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WHO IS ALSO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF 0ETROLINA IN THE STATE OF 0ERNAMBUCO PRESENTED "RAZILIAN PRESIDENT ,UIZ )NÕCIO ,ULA DA 3ILVA WITH A COPY OF THE 0ORTUGUESE LANGUAGE EDITION OF THE MAGAZINE !MORIM EXPLAINED THE REASON FOR THE HOPE CAMPAIGN TO THE PRESIDENT !ND 2AFAEL #ORREA PRESIDENT OF %CUADOR RECEIVED HIS COPY FROM !DVENTIST DISTRICT PASTOR 3ANTIAGO !YALA AT HIS OFlCE IN 1UITO THE NATION S CAPITAL 4HROUGHOUT 3OUTH !MERICA COMPANIES OF !DVENTISTS FANNED OUT INTO THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS DELIVERING
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,EFT TO RIGHT #/--54%2 /542%!#( ! MASSIVE BANNER IN "RAS¤LIA "RAZIL SHARES A MESSAGE OF HOPE WITH MILLIONS OF COMMUTERS ()'( 50 )N THE RARElED AIR OF -ACHU 0ICCHU A YOUNG MAN PASSES OUT h(OPEv MAGAZINES TO TOURISTS AND HIKERS 3 / 5 4 ( ! - % 2 ) # ! . $ ) 6 ) 3 ) / .
THE PUBLICATIONS AND THE WORD THAT 'OD LOVES EVERY PERSON AND CARES FOR EVERYONE &ROM SLUMS TO SUBURBS THE MESSAGE WAS CARRIED /NE OF THE MORE INNOVATIVE DEPLOYMENTS WAS IN THE PRISON SYSTEM OF THE "RAZILIAN STATE OF 0ARANÕ 4HERE MEMBERS OF THE #URITIBA #ENTRAL 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH CONTACTED THE PRISON ADMINISTRATION AND RECEIVED PERMISSION TO PLACE MAGAZINES WITH INMATES !T THE 6ILLARRICA VOLCANO IN SOUTHERN #HILE !DVENTISTS CLIMBED FEET TO BRING THE MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS OF 0UC˜N AND TO HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND THE VOLCANO )N "OLIVIA STUDENTS AND WORKERS FOR THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! FANNED OUT INTO THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS !DVENTISTS PLACED MORE THAN PIECES OF LITERATURE 4HEY VISITED HOSPITALS ORPHANAGES PLAZAS ASYLUMS FOUR BARRACKS OF THE "OLIVIAN !RMY lNANCIAL ENTITIES TERMINALS MARKETS PARKS AND IMPORTANT AVENUES !S A MATTER OF FACT THE h,IVE WITH (OPEv CAMPAIGN TRAVELED FAR BEYOND THE BORDERS OF 3OUTH !MERICA )N +AKEGAWA 3HIZUOKA PREFECTURE *APAN THE "RAZILIAN !DVENTIST CONGREGATION THERE WORKED TO REACH OTHER "RAZILIANS LIVING IN THE AREA ! TOTAL OF MAGAZINES WERE DELIVERED TO "RAZILIANS AND OTHER ,ATIN !MERICANS -EMBERS IN 3OUTH !MERICA WERE ENERGIZED BY THE VENTURE $YLMA DE LOS !NGELES OF 0ORTO !LEGRE 2ONDONIA "RAZIL SAID h) DON T WANT TO LIVE MORE WITHOUT LEADING OTHERS TO HOPE v !NOTHER SAID h4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH WILL NOT BE THE SAME THERE IS THE CHURCH @BEFORE AND @AFTER 3EPTEMBER v ˆ7ITH ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK
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THE REPORTER SAYS TO YOU h4ELL ME WHY YOUR CHURCH NEEDS A 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE v 0!5,3%. #HURCH STRUCTURE MUST ALWAYS BE A SERVANT OF FUNCTION AND SO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION TO START WITH IS h7HAT DO WE NEED TO ACHIEVE v ) WOULD SUGGEST TWO BROAD OBJECTIVESˆCORE FUNCTIONSˆOF CHURCH ADMINISTRATION UNITY AND MISSION &ROM THE VERY BEGINNING WE HAVE BELIEVED THAT 'OD WANTS THIS CHURCH TO BE ONE UNITED FAMILY NOT A REGIONAL CHURCH AND CERTAINLY NOT A CONGREGATIONAL ONE 7E HAVE HELD VERY lRMLY TO 'OD S MODEL FOR US AS A GLOBAL INTEGRATED COMMUNITY WITH A SHARED FAITH SHARED RESOURCES AND SHARED IDENTITY 3ECOND WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT WE ARE A MISSIONARY MOVEMENT 4HIS IS WHAT DElNES US )T S INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT THIS CHURCH COULD HOLD TOGETHER AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY WITH THE SAME ABILITY TO MAXIMIZE OUR RESOURCES FOR MISSION IF THERE WERE NO 'ENERAL #ONFERENCEˆA STRUCTURE AT THE WORLD LEVEL THAT HELPS HOLD IT ALL TOGETHER #HURCH STRUCTURES MUST SERVE BOTH UNITY AND MISSION AND IF THEY DON T LET S CHANGE THEM )T S IMPORTANT THAT WE PERIODICALLY COME BACK TO LOOK AT THIS !ND YET THE LAST WHOLESALE RESTRUCTURING OF THE CHURCH WAS MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO 4HAT S TRUE 7E HAVE ANOTHER FACTOR INSIDE OUR CHURCH THAT ACTS AS A BRAKE TO CHANGE AND IT RELATES TO BOTH HISTORY AND THEOLOGY 7E HAVE THOSE WHO SAY h'OD LED US TO HAVE THIS
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.ECES ;STRUCTURE= )T HAS WORKED WELL IN THE PAST $ON T TAMPER WITH WHAT 'OD HAS GIVEN US v !ND MANY PEOPLE WILL WALK AWAY FROM THE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT "UT NEITHER 'OD NOR PEOPLE STAND STILL AND THEREFORE WE MUST BE READY TO ASK OURSELVES WHETHER OBEDIENCE TO 'OD MEANS OBEDIENCE TO PRECEDENT AND FORMALITY OR TO OBJECTIVES AND IDENTITY ) WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT S THE LATTER
)T S BEEN SUGGESTED THAT AS THE CHURCH GROWS THE BEST WAY TO PRESERVE UNITY IS FOR THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE TO STREAMLINE THAT IT NEEDS TO REDUCE ITS FUNCTION TO MORE OF AN ADVISORY FACILITATING ROLE (OW DO YOU RESPOND ) HAVE A LOT OF SYMPATHY WITH THE IDEA OF STREAMLINING 4HIS HAS TO DO WITH OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE IN CRITICAL SELF EXAMINATION )S THIS THE BEST WAY WE CAN USE OUR RESOURCES !RE THE STRUCTURES WE SET UP DECADES AGO STILL THE BEST WAY TO DO MISSION TODAY !RE WE RECOGNIZING THAT AS THE CHURCH GROWS PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND SPIRITUAL GIFTS ARE PLENTIFULLY AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH EVERYWHERE !RE WE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CHURCH LOCALLY IS BEST ABLE TO DElNE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE THE CHURCH WITHIN THAT PLACE AND CULTURE /UR LAY MEMBERS ALSO DEMAND THAT WE BE PRUDENT THAT WE BE VERY OPEN AND HONEST ABOUT HOW WE USE THE RESOURCES OF THE CHURCH "UT IN THE PROCESS OF STREAMLINING WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT WE AREN T COMPROMISING THOSE COMPONENTS THAT HOLD US TOGETHER AS A UNITED CHURCH !T THE END OF THE DAY A PURELY ADVISORY BODYˆSOME KIND OF hSUPERDIPLOMATICv ORGANIZATION THAT MERELY FACILITATES DISCUSSIONˆWOULD BE INEFFECTIVE 7E MUST BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE MUST DO HERE FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNITY AND MISSION OF THE CHURCH 4HE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE MUST CARRY A SIGNIlCANT WEIGHT IN
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SARY MATTERS THAT TOUCH ON GLOBAL VALUES AND IDENTITY )S THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE TOO BIG 9ES ) THINK IT IS #AN N WEˆSHOULD WEˆSTREAMLINE IT 9ES ) THINK WE CAN AND WE SHOULD 4HERE WAS A TIME WHEN WE WERE THE PRIMARY DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS AND PROGRAMS MS FOR THE GLOBAL CHURCH 7E ARE NO LONGER AT THAT POINT !ND IT IS ARROGANCE FOR ME TO TELL YOU IN ANOTHER PART OF THE WORLD EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE WHERE YOU ARE 3OME MAY SAY h4HE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE IS LOCATED IN THE 5NITED 3TATES IT DRAWS ITS EMPLOYEES PREDOMINANTLY FROM THERE #AN IT TRULY SERVE IN A REPRESENTATIVE WAY OUR INCREASINGLY DIVERSE CHURCH v 7ELL THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE HAS TO BE LOCATED SOMEWHERE 9OU HAVE TO ASK 7HERE IS THERE ENOUGH STABILITY BOTH POLITICAL AND lNANCIAL 7HERE DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR IT TO BE LOCATED /F COURSE THERE IS EQUAL STABILITY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD "UT THERE ARE OTHER HISTORICAL FACTORS TO KEEP IN MIND .ORTH !MERICA HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE HUGE PROVIDER OF RESOURCES FOR THE CHURCH S MISSION AND THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL BLESSING FOR THE CHURCH 9ES SUPPORT STAFF ;FOR THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE= COME MAINLY FROM HEREˆTHIS IS A REALITY OF IMMIGRATION LAWS AND OTHER FACTORS OVER WHICH WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL "UT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ELECTED LEADERS THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIlCANT INCREASE IN RECENT YEARS IN THE PROPORTION OF 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE LEADERSHIP FROM PLACES OUTSIDE .ORTH !MERICA $OES CHANGE HAPPEN QUICKLY ENOUGH )T PROBABLY TAKES UP TO TWO DECADES BEFORE WE BEGIN TO SEE SIGNIlCANT LEADERSHIP CHANGES WHICH REmECT GROWTH PATTERNS OF THE WORLD CHURCH 3O THERE IS A TIME LAGˆA PERIOD WHEN LOCAL LEADERSHIP IS MATURING AND BECOMING BETTER EQUIPPED TO TAKE ITS PLACE IN
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ARE CERTAIN DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE HERE AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCEˆTHE USE OF RESOURCES CERTAIN DElNED VALUES OR INITIATIVES THAT NEED TO BE LAUNCHED FOR THE WORLD CHURCH 7E HAVE AN OFlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION WHICH HAS AN ENTRUSTED RESPONSIBILITY TO ENGAGE IN A GLOBAL MISSION PROGRAM )N A SENSE THESE THINGS COULD BE SEEN AS OPERATING IN AN hABOVE DOWNv MODEL 9ET THEY ARE THERE TO HELP THE CHURCH CATCH A VISION FOR THESE THINGS AND TO SEE HOW THEY CAN lND LIFE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL )T S VITAL THAT MEMBERS OF THE !DVENTIST COMMUNITY HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH LOOKS LIKE THAT THEY DON T HAVE A SENSE OF BEING SADDLED WITH SOMETHING
4HE CHURCH MUST EXTENT OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO ALL ITS MEMBERS THAT THEY AREN T ALLOWED TO LOOK AT OR TOUCH 4HE CHURCH MUST EXTEND OWNERSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO ALL ITS MEMBERS 3OMETIMES PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT DIFFERENT ISSUES AND THEN ASK h7HAT IS THE CHURCH PLANNING TO DO v !ND ) RESPOND h7HY DO YOU ASK ME 9OU RE THE CHURCH v (OWEVER THE CHURCH IS GROWING AND BECOMING MORE COMPLEX !S THE MILLION IN MEMBERSHIP BECOMES MILLION AND AS THE MILLION YOU MUST SPEND ONE YEAR BECOMES MILLION THE COMPLEXITY MEANS YOU NEED CLEAR DECISION MAKING AS YOU GO !ND THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE DElNED FORUMS YOU WILL HAVE PROPER CONSULTATION BUT YOU WILL MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE 9OU SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT PROVIDING FOR GREATER LOCAL AUTONOMY IN CHURCH ADMINISTRATION 3OME PEOPLE MAY FEAR THAT ANY DECENTRALIZATION ALSO PLACES THEOLOGICAL UNITY AT RISK (ERE WE COME TO THE CORE QUESTION OF !DVENTIST IDENTITY 7HAT ARE THE VALUES AND BELIEFS THAT DElNE US AS A WORLD CHURCH !ND NOT ONLY THEOLOGICAL VALUES BUT THOSE WHICH BELONG TO THE WORLD OF MORALITY AND ETHICS 7E HAVE FUNDAMENTAL BELIEFSˆ AT THIS TIMEˆAND THEY ARE NOT BEING hREDEVELOPEDv IN ANY ONE PART OF THE WORLD 4HESE FORM A SIGNIlCANT BODY OF IDENTITY VALUES THAT WE DEFEND !ND WE WILL DO OUR UTMOST TO MAKE SURE THE CHURCH AROUND THE WORLD ACCEPTS AND MAINTAINS LOYALTY TO THESE 7E DO NOTˆCANNOTˆOPERATE WITH A hCONTROLv MIND SET OVER OTHER HUMAN BEINGS ! HARD CONTROLLING WARLIKE MENTALITYˆhLET S CRUSH THEMv APPROACHˆDOESN T WORK WITH PEOPLE GENERALLY AND IT CERTAINLY DOESN T WORK INSIDE
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THE CHURCH "UT THAT DOESN T MEAN WE DON T DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO DEFEND THE INTEGRITY OF THE CHURCH WHEN CERTAIN ISSUES ARISEˆWHETHER THEY BE AT AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER LEARNING OR WITH A PARTICULAR WORSHIP STYLE THAT IS DEVELOPING )T S IMPORTANT THAT THESE THINGS BE RAISED WITH THE CHURCH LEADERS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THOSE PLACES AND THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS "UT ) THINK WE MUST ALSO ACCEPT THAT OBEDIENCE TO 'OD CAN EXPRESS ITSELF DIFFERENTLY WITHIN DIFFERENT CULTURES 4HIS IS SOMETIMES HARD FOR US TO TALK ABOUT ! DOZEN !FRICAN WOMEN CAN COME INTO CHURCH BRINGING THEIR )NGATHERING BASKETS AND THEY ARE MOVING TO THE MUSIC SINGING h/THER GODS HAVE ) NONEx v 4HERE ARE SOME CULTURAL REALITIES WAYS OF EXPRESSION THAT YOU CANNOT REMOVE PEOPLE FROM NOR DOES THE ,ORD REQUIRE IT 3O YOU ARE CALLING FOR A CONTINUOUS ACT OF FAITHˆOF TRUSTˆIN ONE ANOTHER THAT THE ,ORD IS AT WORK IN YOU AS MUCH AS IN ME ) AM 4O ME THE MATTER OF TRUSTING EACH OTHER IN THIS IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE ) SEE PEOPLE WHO DEMONSTRATE THEIR PASSION FOR THE CHURCH AND THEIR FAITHFULNESS TO 'OD IN A MANNER THAT MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM MINE "UT THEY ARE SERVING 'OD AND THEIR WITNESS IS EFFECTIVE 4HESE REALLY ARE IMMENSE SUBJECTSˆCHURCH STRUCTURE UNITY MISSION 4HERE IS FAR MORE TO BE SAID THAN CAN POSSIBLY lT INTO ONE CONVERSATION 4HEY RE DYNAMIC ISSUES THEY DON T STAND STILL FOR VERY LONG !ND SO THEY RE QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL NEED TO KEEP RETURNING TO AND SEE WHERE THE ,ORD LEADS US
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ELIAC DISEASE IS A VERY INTERESTING DISORDER THAT IS BECOMING MORE FREQUENTLY DIAGNOSED BECAUSE THERE ARE BLOOD TESTS THAT DETECT SPECIlC ANTIBODIES THAT MARK THE DISEASE #ELIAC DISEASE IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE I E THE BODY MAKES ANTIBODIES THAT DAMAGE ITS OWN TISSUES WHERE THE REACTION IS TRIGGERED BY A SUBSTANCE CALLED GLUTEN -OST !DVENTISTS KNOW GLUTEN AS THE RUBBERY MEAT SUBSTITUTE MADE FROM GLUTEN mOUR 'LUTEN IS A PROTEIN COMPLEX FOUND CHIEmY IN WHEAT BUT IT IS ALSO PRESENT IN BARLEY AND RYE )T IS RICH IN THE AMINO ACIDS GLUTAMINE AND PROLINE 4HERE IS A COMPONENT OF GLUTEN THAT IS SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL CALLED GLIADIN THIS IS NOT EASILY BROKEN DOWN AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF IT MAY BE ABSORBED )T IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PROCESS IS AIDED IF THERE SHOULD BE AN INFECTION OF THE BOWEL )T IS AGAINST THESE GLIADIN FRACTIONS THAT THE ANTIBODIES ARE MADE RESULTING IN INmAMMATION 4HE ANTIBODY IS DIRECTED AGAINST THE GLIADIN BUT BECAUSE THE GLIADIN IS BOUND BY CELLS IN THE INTESTINAL WALL THESE CELLS GET DAMAGED BY THE INmAMMATION PROCESS THAT ENSUES 0EOPLE WHO GET CELIAC DISEASE HAVE A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO THE DISORDER 7HEN ONE HAS THIS PROBLEM FOOD AND NUTRIENTS MAY BE POORLY ABSORBED AND IRON DElCIENCY MAY SHOW ITSELF 4HERE CAN BE A WIDE RANGE OF SEVERITY IN THIS CONDITION 3OME CHILDREN CAN HAVE SERIOUS PROBLEMS WITH SYMPTOMS SUCH AS DIARRHEA hPOT # 2 ) 3 $ % 2 ! 5 $
BELLIES v WASTED BUTTOCKS SOMETIMES SWOLLEN ANKLES AND IRRITABILITY 4HEIR STOOL MAY HAVE A LOT OF UNABSORBED FAT AND SMELL EXTRA UNPLEASANT #HILDREN LIKE THIS DO NOT GROW PROPERLY AND ARE SAID TO BE FAILING TO THRIVE !DULTS TOO MAY SUDDENLY DEVELOP THESE SYMPTOMS PERHAPS FOLLOWING A BOUT OF GASTROENTERITIS AND WE HAVE SEEN WELL NOURISHED MEN AND WOMEN BECOME WASTED SHADOWS OF THEIR FORMER SELVES &ORTUNATELY NOT ALL CASES ARE THIS DRAMATIC AND YOU SEEM TO HAVE A MILDER FORM OF THE DISORDER "UT THE CURE IS THE SAME FOR ALL AVOID WHEAT RYE AND BARLEY PRODUCTS 4HIS SOUNDS EASY BUT IT IS NOT 9OU WILL NEED TO STUDY TO lND OUT JUST WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT EAT 4ODAY THE CONDITION IS WELL RECOGNIZED AND MANY COMMERCIAL FOODS ARE PRODUCED GLUTEN FREE &AILURE TO COMPLETELY RID THE DIET OF GLUTEN RESULTS IN LESS THAN OPTIMAL RESULTS )N CHILDREN THIS CAN HAVE EFFECTS ON THE GROWTH OF THE CHILD 4HE DIAGNOSIS IS COMPLETED BY THE TAKING OF A DUODENAL BIOPSY )F YOU HAVE NOT HAD THIS DONE YOUR DOCTOR CAN EASILY ARRANGE IT )T IS NOT PAINFUL "ECAUSE THERE IS THE GENETIC COMPONENT TO THE DISEASE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SIGNS OF SLOW GROWTH FAILURE TO THRIVE OR ANEMIA LIKE YOU DID OR EVEN WITH VAGUE INTESTINAL UPSET ARE CANDIDATES FOR THE SCREENING
7ELL NOURISHED MEN AND WOMEN BECOME WASTED SHADOWS OF THEIR FORMER SELVES !LLAN 2 (ANDYSIDES - " #H " &2#0# &2#3# &!#/' IS DIRECTOR OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE (EALTH -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT 0ETER . ,ANDLESS - " " #H - -ED & # 0 3! & ! # # IS )#0! EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE (EALTH -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT
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(E hSAID THIS ABOUT THE 3PIRIT WHICH THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN (IM WERE GOING TO RECEIVE v 4HAT 3PIRIT AS 0AUL SAYS BRINGS ONENESS TO 'OD S PEOPLE h$O YOUR BEST TO PRESERVE THE UNITY WHICH THE 3PIRIT GIVES BY MEANS OF THE PEACE THAT BINDS YOU TOGETHERv %PH !S THE 3PIRIT COMES TO BELIEVERS h(E CAUSES THEM TO TRANSCEND HUMAN PREJUDICES OF CULTURE RACE SEX COLOR NATIONALITY AND STATUS v 4HE 3PIRIT UNIlES US /UR lRST LESSON FROM THE POTTER S HOUSE IS THAT WE NEED THE WATER OF THE 3PIRIT SO WE CAN BE MALLEABLEˆSO WE CAN BE USED BY 'OD
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/NE "IBLE DICTIONARY EXPLAINS THAT CLAY BECOMES hINCREASINGLY MIRY AND WORKABLE AS WATER IS ADDED AND MORE lXED AS THE MIXTURE DRIES v )TS NATURE CHANGES WHEN IT HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY WATER #LAY PARTICLES WON T COHERE WITHOUT WATER AND IF THEY WON T STICK TOGETHER THE POTTER CAN T SHAPE THEM 7ATERˆTHAT SOFTENING BINDING AGENTˆ REPRESENTS THE (OLY 3PIRIT 7HEN *ESUS DECLARES IN *OHN THAT hWHOEVER IS THIRSTY SHOULD COME TO ME AND DRINK v *OHN TELLS US THAT
3CRIPTURE CALLS US CLAY !ND THOUGH THERE WAS A CHEMICAL SIMILARITY BETWEEN CLAY AND A POT THE "IBLE MADE A CLEAR THEOLOGICAL DISTINCTION BETWEEN THEM 7E MAY LOOK AT A POT AS lXED CLAY WHILE CLAY ITSELF IS A POT IN PROGRESS 0OTTERY ITSELF IS NEITHER HARDY NOR RECYCLABLE )F YOU MISHANDLE A VESSEL AND IT SHATTERS THE WORTHLESS FRAGMENTS WON T DISINTEGRATE !NCIENT POTTERS WOULD COLLECT AND DUMP THEM AT SPECIAL WASTE GROUNDSˆLIKE THE HEAP NEAR WHICH *OB SAT WHILE SCRAPING HIS ITCHING SKIN *OB 4HE 6ALLEY
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OF (INNOM OUTSIDE *ERUSALEM WAS ONE SUCH SITE A PLACE WHERE THE CITY DISPOSED OF ITS WASTE INCLUDING ITS BROKEN POTTERY 4HAT S WHERE 'OD TAKES *EREMIAH !S A LESSON TO *UDAH AND TO US 'OD RELEGATES A CLAY POT TO THIS RUBBISH HEAPˆNOT JUST DUMPING IT BUT DESTROYING IT !S ON 'OD S COMMAND *EREMIAH BREAKS THE CLAY JAR 'OD EXPLAINS h) WILL BREAK THIS PEOPLE AND THIS CITY AND IT WILL BE LIKE THIS BROKEN CLAY JAR THAT CANNOT BE PUT TOGETHER AGAINv *ER 'OD DECREES THERE WILL BE NO RESTORATION FOR THE VESSEL )T hCANNOT BE MADE WHOLE AGAINvˆNOT WITH ADHESIVE TAPE OR SUPERGLUE OR BY ANY OTHER HUMAN AGENCY 4HE POT SHATTERS )TS hPROBATIONv IS OVER ,IKE *EREMIAH S CLAY POT EACH OF US WILL FACE ONE OF TWO FUTURES %ITHER WE LL BE SHATTERED IN THE ANTITYPICAL 6ALLEY OF (INNOM OR WE WILL BE PERFECT VESSELS GATHERED FOR USE IN 'OD S (OUSEˆEITHER ETERNAL DESTRUCTION OR ETERNAL SERVICE -AL *OHN 'OD OUR 0OTTER WILL SOON COMPLETE (IS CONSTRUCTIVE WORK IN US AND PROBATION S DOOR WILL CLOSE 3O OUR SECOND LESSON IS THAT WE ARE NOT YET POTS WE ARE STILL CLAY IN 'OD S HANDS 7HILE OUR PROBATION REMAINS OPEN 'OD OUR 0OTTER STILL WORKS WITH US ON US AND IN US MOLDING AND FORMING hAS SEEMS GOOD TO (IMv *ER ,ESSON 7E MUST PASS THROUGH THE lRE
4O CREATE HIS VESSEL THE ANCIENT POTTER WOULD TEAR THE CLAY FROM THE EARTH THROW IT ON THE GROUND AND TRAMPLE ON IT )SA .EXT HE WOULD SOFTEN THE CLAY WITH WATER AND KNEAD IT INTO A PASTE (E WOULD THEN SLAP THE KNEADED CLAY lRMLY ONTO THE CENTER OF HIS POTTER S WHEEL A mAT DISK MOUNTED HORIZONTALLY ON A VERTICAL ROD *ER "Y HOLDING THE TURNING CLAY AND MANIPULATING IT WITH HIS lNGERS THUMBS AND PALMS THE POTTER WOULD FORM HIS VESSEL 4HUS FORMED THE NEW VESSEL COULD HARDEN IN THE SUNLIGHT "UT IF SO IT WOULD BUCKLE AND FALL APART WHEN lLLED WITH LIQUID 4HAT IS WHY ALL ANCIENT POTTERS BAKED THEIR PRODUCT IN A KILN A SPECIAL FURNACE THAT MIGHT EASILY REACH —& !FTER BEING TRAMPLED AND KNEADED AND POKED AND PRODDED AND SPUN AROUND AT DIZZYING SPEEDS THE CLAY WAS lNALLY BAKED IN A lERY FURNACE .OT A CALMING DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE BUT THAT S WHAT
FACES US AS CLAY ,IFE S hlERY TRIALSvˆDEBT AND DIVORCE DECAY AND DISORDER PAIN AND DEATHˆASSAULT US ALL "UT WE HAVE THE CONSOLATION THAT THERE S AN ETERNAL PURPOSE BEHIND IT ALL 3AID %LLEN 7HITE h4HE FACT THAT WE ARE CALLED UPON TO ENDURE TRIAL SHOWS THAT THE ,ORD *ESUS SEES IN US SOMETHING PRECIOUS WHICH (E DESIRES TO DEVELOPx (E DOES NOT CAST WORTHLESS STONES INTO (IS FURNACE )T IS VALUABLE ORE THAT (E RElNES v 4HROUGH OUR hlERY TRIALSv WE SHARE #HRIST S PAIN hSO THAT ;WE= MAY BE FULL OF JOY WHEN (IS GLORY IS REVEALEDv 0ET ,ESSON 4HE HOTTER THE FURNACE THE lNER THE VESSEL
%ARTHENWARE THOUGH BRIGHTLY COLORED AND GLAZED CHIPS EASILY IF IT IS BAKED AT LOWER TEMPERATURES 3UCH VESSELS HAVE NONE OF THE INNER STRENGTH NEEDED TO WITHSTAND PRESSURE OR VIGOROUS SERVICE 3TONEWARE MUCH HARDER AND STRONGER BAKES IN A FURNACE NEARLY TWICE AS HOT AS THAT FOR EARTHENWARE "UT PORCELAIN BAKED BETWEEN AND DEGREES &AHRENHEIT IS THE lNEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE TYPE OF POTTERY 9ET A POTTER DOESN T ARBITRARILY REQUIRE MONSTROUS DEGREES OF ENDURANCE FROM ANY OF HIS VESSELS )NDEED DIFFERENT KINDS OF POTS REQUIRE DIFFERENT DOSES OF HEAT AND IN THE -ASTER 0OTTER S HOUSE NO VESSEL RECEIVES MORE HEAT THAN IT NEEDS 3TILL IT TAKES hlERY TRIALv TO PRODUCE lNE POTTERY AND THE PRODUCT OF THE GREATEST hPAINv IS PORCELAIN ONE OF WHOSE CHARACTERISTICS IS THAT IT hSINGSv WHEN HIT ,IKE *OHN (USS AND *EROME WHO SANG AT THE STAKE OR 0AUL AND 3ILAS WHO SANG IN A 0HILIPPI JAIL #HRISTIANS ARE HUMAN PORCELAIN $AY BY DAY THROUGH THE 3PIRIT BELIEVERS DEVELOP THIS #HRISTLIKE RESONANCE THIS TOTAL REJECTION OF REVENGE THIS ABILITY TO LOVE UNDER PRESSURE !ND PORCELAIN HAS A SECOND CHARACTERISTIC WHEN NEAR A LIGHT SOURCE IT CHANNELS THAT LIGHT )N THE SAME WAY HAVING COME THROUGH THE lRE WE CHANNEL #HRIST S LIGHT TO THE WORLD S DARKNESS -ATT !T (IS WHEEL THROUGH (IS 3PIRIT THE -ASTER 0OTTER CAN SHAPE YOU (E SEES YOU NOT AS hMARRED CLAY v BUT AS lNE PORCELAIN (E PROMISES TO RESTORE YOU !ND BECAUSE h;(E= IS FAITHFUL x HE WILL DO ITv 4HESS .)6 !T (IS (OUSE 'OD YOUR 0OTTER IS WAITING FOR YOU 7ILL YOU MEET (IM THERE
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OCIETY OFTEN CONSIDERS PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED TO BE BURDENSOME OR USELESS "UT YEAR OLD 3AINBILEG *IGMEDDOO A DOCTOR WHO WAS LEFT MUTE AND PARTIALLY PARALYZED FOLLOWING BRAIN SURGERY REMINDS OTHERS THAT h'OD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE STRONGv #OR .)6 h(E CAN INDEED USE ANYONE TO SERVE (IM v SHE SAYS 3AINBILEG WANTED TO START A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE HANDICAPPED IN A SMALL TOWN IN -ONGOLIA CALLED 3ELENGE +HOTOL 3HE BEGAN BY CONTACTING LOCAL HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS AND WRITING A PROPOSAL FOR THE PROGRAM SHE ENVISIONED )T TOOK TWO YEARS BEFORE THE IDEA lNALLY TOOK ROOT BUT THE PROJECT IS NOW MOVING AHEAD WELL AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE 7OMEN S -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT OF THE -ONGOLIA -ISSION &IELD 4HE PROGRAM
SCHOOL AND HE HELD A GOOD JOB WITH THE ARMY 4HE COUPLE HAD TWO DAUGHTERS AND 3AINBILEG DESCRIBES THE lRST EIGHT YEARS OF HER MARRIAGE AS hBLISSFUL v !S TIME WENT ON HOWEVER AND SHE BECAME ESTABLISHED IN HER MEDICAL PROFESSION HER RELATIONSHIP WITH HER HUSBAND BEGAN TO CHANGE (E STARTED ABUSING HER BOTH PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY 4HE ABUSE BECAME SO SEVERE THAT 3AINBILEG REALIZED THE ONLY WAY SHE AND HER DAUGHTERS WOULD BE SAFE WAS TO LEAVE HER HUSBAND 4HEY RELOCATED TO 3ELENGE PROVINCE LOCATED ABOUT MILES FROM THE -ONGOLIAN CAPITAL OF 5LAANBAATAR "UT LIFE WASN T EASY "ECAUSE OF LIMITED lNANCES 3AINBILEG AND HER DAUGHTERS LIVED IN A SMALL CRAMPED ROOM WITH ANOTHER FAMILY 4HINGS BEGAN TO IMPROVE HOWEVER AFTER SHE FOUND A JOB AS A LOCAL DISTRICT DOCTOR AND SHE PURCHASED HER OWN
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APARTMENT 4HEN ONE DAY WHILE TALKING TO THE HOSPITAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR SHE COLLAPSED IN HIS OFlCE -EDICAL TESTS REVEALED THAT SHE NEEDED BRAIN SURGERY FOR A CONDITION THAT HAD BEEN CAUSED BY THE BRUTAL BEATINGS SHE HAD RECEIVED FROM HER HUSBAND 4RAGICALLY INSTEAD OF HELPING HER THE SURGERY RESULTED IN HER BECOMING MUTE AND PARALYZED ON HER RIGHT SIDE 5NABLE TO FUNCTION AND WITHOUT ANY lNANCIAL INCOME 3AINBILEG WAS FORCED TO SELL HER APARTMENT TO PAY FOR THE OPERATION SEND HER DAUGHTERS TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES AND MOVE TO $ARKHAN PROVINCE TO LIVE WITH HER BROTHER /NE DAY WHILE WATCHING TELEVISION SHE SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS TO BE HELD BY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS 3HE DECIDED TO ATTEND 4HERE SHE MET !DVENTIST CHURCH LEADER 3UKHBAATAR %NKHBAATAR WHO NOT ONLY LISTENED TO HER STORY WITH INTEREST BUT DID WHAT HE COULD TO HELP HER (E INTRODUCED HER TO /TGOOLOI A YOUNG WOMAN WHO STARTED TEACHING HER HOW TO WRITE WITH HER LEFT HAND /TGOOLOI ENCOURAGED 3AINBILEG BY OFFERING HOPE h3ISTER DON T BE DISAPPOINTED REMEMBER YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE v 3AINBILEG BEGAN TAKING "IBLE STUDIES 3HE ACCEPTED *ESUS AND WAS BAPTIZED IN h,IFE TOOK ON NEW MEANING FOR ME v SHE SAYS 3HE THEN DISCOVERED A TRAINING CENTER FOR THE DISABLED IN 5LAANBAATAR AT WHICH SHE RECEIVED HELP WITH HER REHABILITATION 3HE ACQUIRED SKILLS IN COMPUTER KEYBOARDING BAKING SEWING AND HEALTHFUL LIVING h4HE FEW MONTHS ) SPENT IN 5LAANBAATAR LIFTED MY SPIRITS v 3AINBILEG SAYS hAND ) FELT MOTIVATED TO SHARE THIS SAME KIND OF HEALING EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER DISABLED PEOPLE v "UILDING ON HER OWN EXPERIENCE SHE BEGAN WRITING A PROJECT PROPOSAL TO HELP OTHER WOMEN WHO WERE DISABLED 3UKHBAATAR WAS VERY ENCOURAGING WHEN SHE SHOWED HIM HER PLAN AND SHE STARTED PRAYING EVERY DAY FOR 'OD TO USE HER TO MINISTER TO OTHERS 3HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE OR HOW TO START THE PROGRAM AND CONTINUED TO HOPE AND PLANˆBUT NOTHING HAPPENED 4HE IDEA LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER BUT SHE DIDN T KNOW HOW SHE COULD IMPLEMENT IT )N !UGUST THE 7OMEN S -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT OF -ONGOLIA -ISSION &IELD ORGANIZED A WOMEN S RETREAT 7ITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS 3AINBILEG WAS ABLE TO ATTEND ARRIVING AT THE CAMPSITE IN A WHEELCHAIR h4HE RETREAT THEME @4OUCH A HEART TELL THE WORLD SPOKE TO ME v 3AINBILEG SAYS h) BECAME CONVINCED THAT 'OD WAS TELLING ME TO SHARE MY PROJECT IDEA WITH THE SPEAKERS THERE #HEK 9AT THE DIVISION S %DUCATION DIRECTOR AND 3ALLY 0HOON THE DIVISION S 7OMEN S -INISTRIES DIRECTOR v 4HE FOLLOWING WEEKEND THE THREE WOMEN MET WITH THE 7OMEN S -INISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE -ONGOLIA -ISSION &IELD #LEIDI +UHN IN 5LAANBAATAR h) WAS SURE THAT MY PRAYERS WERE BEING ANSWERED v 3AINBILEG SAYS !T THE MEETING ALL PARTIES DECIDED TO FULLY SUPPORT THIS PLAN AS A
7OMEN S -INISTRIES PROJECT IN -ONGOLIA 4HEY NAMED IT THE $ISABLED 0EOPLE S 0ROJECT 7HEN 3AINBILEG SHARED THE PROJECT CONCEPT WITH THE GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL DIRECTOR IN 3ELENGE +HOTOL "YAMBANYAM 9ANSANSUREN THE IDEA EVOLVED TO BASE THE PROGRAM THERE "YAMBANYAM OFFERED TWO ROOMS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THE PROJECT S USE AND MANY OTHER PEOPLE STARTED BECOMING INVOLVED AS WELL INCLUDING NURSES DOCTORS HAIRDRESSERS AND OTHERS )N *ANUARY THE OPENING CEREMONY TO INAUGURATE THE h-INI $ISABLED #ENTERv WAS HELD 4HE CENTER IS CURRENTLY HELPING ABOUT FAMILIES h) BELIEVE THAT IF WE SUBMIT ALL TO 'OD (E WILL PROVIDE ABUNDANTLY SO LONG AS WE BELIEVE IN (IS MIGHT AND (IS POWER v 3AINBILEG SAYS 4HE 0ROGRAM 4ODAY
3INCE THE CENTER OPENED SEVERAL TRAINING COURSES HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO EQUIP THE DISABLED WITH LIVELIHOOD SKILLS !MONG OTHER SKILLS THEY HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE BAGS AND PURSES DO CROSS STITCH PROJECTS AND WORK ON A COMPUTER 5NFORTUNATELY IN -AY 3AINBILEG WAS AGAIN HOSPITALIZED ! FRIEND WHO IS A NURSE HAS SINCE BEEN RUNNING THE CENTER ON HER BEHALF 4HOSE ATTENDING THE TRAINING CLASSES AT THE CENTER HAVE SHOWN MUCH INTEREST IN THE !DVENTIST TRUTH AND ARE STUDYING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR ,ORD AND 3AVIOR *ESUS #HRIST 4HE $ISABLED 0EOPLE S 0ROJECT CONTINUES TO GROW AND DEVELOP IN ITS MISSION TO SERVE THE DISABLED IN THE COMMUNITY 0LANS ARE UNDERWAY TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH !$2! AND THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT AN ANTIPOVERTY PROJECT AND OPEN SMALL BUSINESSES AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH !$2! AS WELL AS LOCAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND MOST IMPORTANT TO OFFER SPIRITUAL SUPPORT BY OPENING A CHURCH WITH THE AID OF THE -ONGOLIA -ISSION &IELD --& -INISTERIAL $EPARTMENT 4HE --& 7OMEN S -INISTRIES $EPARTMENT NOW DIRECTLY OVERSEES THE PROGRAM ALTHOUGH LOCAL PROJECT LEADERS TAKE CARE OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION 3AINBILEG IS ONLY ONE PERSON BUT THROUGH 'OD S POWER SHE HAS WITNESSED HER DREAM OF SERVING THE DISABLED IN HER COMMUNITY BECOME A REALITY
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MILLIONS OF BELIEVERS JOURNAL IN YOUR HAND 7HEN DEVASTATING lRES AT BOTH THE WORLD FAMOUS "ATTLE #REEK 3ANITARIUM AND THE 2EVIEW AND (ERALD 0UBLISHING OFlCE PROPELLED THE MOVEMENT OF THE CHURCH S HEADQUARTERS TO 7ASHINGTON $ # IN THE lRST DECADE OF THE TWEN TIETH CENTURY THE 2EVIEW QUICKLY REESTABLISHED ITSELF AS THE JOURNAL THAT KEPT THE SCATTERED mOCK TOGETHER 4ENS OF THOUSANDS OF !DVENTISTS LEARNED TO TRUST THE JOURNAL THAT CONSISTENTLY SOUNDED THE HISTORIC TRUTHS UNDER GIRDING THIS MOVEMENT 7EEKLY NEWS REPORTS DOCUMENTED THE EVER WIDENING REACH OF !DVENTIST MISSIONS AND CHURCH GROWTH 4HROUGH TWO 7ORLD 7ARS A DOZEN GLOBAL CRISES A YEAR GLOBAL ECONOMIC DEPRESSION THE RISEÂ&#x2C6;AND FALLÂ&#x2C6;OF WORLD #OMMUNISM THE EMERGENCE OF NEW NATION STATES IN FORMER COLONIES AND A CHURCH MEMBERSHIP THAT INCREASED BY TIMES IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE JOURNAL THAT SHAPED THE !DVENTIST MOVEMENT FROM
INFORMALLY NUMBERING NEARLY MILLION MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN THE WORLDWIDE !DVENTIST FAMILY %VERY YEAR MORE THAN MILLION PERSONS JOIN THIS COMMUNITY OF FAITH NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN THE WORLD HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS MOVEMENT FOR YEARS OR LESS 7HAT WILL KEEP THE NEW BELIEVER IN 5KRAINE COMMITTED TOÂ&#x2C6;AND PRAYING FORÂ&#x2C6;THE LONG ESTABLISHED !DVENTIST IN "UENOS !IRES OR 3áO 0AULO (OW WILL THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW CHURCH MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN !FRICA COME TO KNOW THE HISTORYÂ&#x2C6;AND THE FUTUREÂ&#x2C6;OF THIS PEOPLE )N EARLY 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN ASKED !DVENTIST 2EVIEW EDITOR 7ILLIAM *OHNSSON TO SPEARHEAD A PROJECT TO GREATLY AMPLIFY THE REACH AND IMPACT OF THE JOURNAL FOR THE RAPIDLY EXPANDING MOVEMENT !N INTENSIVE MONTH PROCESS OF STUDY PLANNING AND RESOURCING LED TO THE LAUNCH OF THIS JOURNALÂ&#x2C6;!DVENTIST 7ORLDÂ&#x2C6;IN 3EPTEMBER ,EGALLY
DISTINCT FROM ITS PARENT JOURNAL !DVENTIST 2EVIEW AND FUNDED THROUGH A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN +OREA !DVENTIST 7ORLD CARRIES FORWARD THE MANDATE OF THE VISION lRST GIVEN TO %LLEN 7HITE YEARS AGO THIS MONTH .EARLY MILLION COPIES OF THIS JOURNAL NOW STREAM AROUND THE WORLD EVERY MONTH PRINTED AT SEVEN PUBLISHING HOUSES IN THE 5NITED 3TATES +OREA )NDONESIA !USTRALIA !RGENTINA AND "RAZIL !DVENTIST 7ORLD APPEARS IN SEVEN LANGUAGESÂ&#x2C6;%NGLISH 3PANISH &RENCH 0ORTUGUESE +OREAN "AHASA )NDONESIAN AND #HINESE ON THE 7EB &OR ALL 7EB EDITIONS GO TO WWW ADVENTISTWORLD ORG /THER LANGUAGE EDITIONS SOME ONLY FOR THE 7EB ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE YEARS AHEAD ! GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK MANAGED FROM THE EDITORIAL OFlCES IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND 5NITED 3TATES SENDS !DVENTIST 7ORLD TO COUNTRIESÂ&#x2C6;BY AIR BY OCEAN FREIGHT BY POSTAL SERVICE BY DELIVERY VAN BY BICYCLE AND HAND TO HAND )T S CUSTOMARY TO SAY WHENEVER WE LOOK BACK TO THE FOUNDING OF ANYTHING GLOBAL THAT hNO ONE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED THIS v "UT MAYBE IN FACT THIS IS JUST WHAT 'OD S MESSENGER TO THIS PEOPLE SAW IN VISION YEARS AGO THIS MONTHÂ&#x2C6;A WORLDWIDE FELLOWSHIP OF FAITH BOUND TOGETHER BY THE hSTREAMS OF LIGHT v !ND YOU TOO READER ARE A TOUCHPOINT IN THAT PROGRESS ONE OF #HRIST S OWN (IS FAITHFUL REMNANT )N WHATEVER LANGUAGE YOU READ THESE WORDS IN WHATEVER CULTURE AND NATION YOU LIVE AND WORSHIP YOU ARE TIED TO MILLIONS OF BELIEVERS THROUGH THE JOURNAL IN YOUR HANDS 7HEN YOU PRAY THANK THE ,ORD THAT THE VISION HAS REACHED YOU !ND THEN BE SURE TO ASK (IM FOR THE GRACE TO SHARE THE LIGHT WITH OTHERS
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h)F PARENTS DO NOT EDUCATE CHILDREN HAVE NO CHANCE IN LIFE v 7HILE VISITING ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOOKSTORES IN "ERNE THAT TITLE ATTRACTED MY ATTENTION )N ORDER TO EXPERIENCE MORE FREEDOM IN LIFE CHILDREN NEED CLEAR LIMITS SAYS AUTHOR 0ETER !NGST A FAMILY SPECIALIST 4HE BEST WAY TO HELP CHILDREN MEET THE CHALLENGES OF A POSTMODERN SOCIETY IN SEARCH OF VALUES AND ORIENTATION IS TO GIVE THEM NORMS CLEAR RULES FOR THEIR LIVES &REEDOM DERIVES FROM PERSONALLY ADOPTED LIMITS 4HE PRINCIPLE ALSO APPLIES TO THE #HRISTIAN EXPERIENCE )N (IS GRACE 'OD HAS DETERMINED THAT FREEDOM AND GROWING PERSPECTIVES ARE IMPORTANT FOR HUMAN BEINGS !ND TO ENSURE THIS (E HAS SET SOME CLEAR LIMITS THROUGH THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS )T S FASCINATING TO SEE HOW 'OD HAS MET THIS VERY HUMAN NEED 7HILE LIBRARIES ARE OVERLOADED WITH VOLUMES ON PUBLIC LAW 'OD MANAGES TO GOVERN THE ENTIRE WORLD BY TEN COMMANDMENTS !ND *ESUS THE 3AVIOR #REATOR CONDENSES THEM EVEN FURTHERÂ&#x2C6; TO TWO PRINCIPLES LOVE 'OD ABOVE ALL AND
'ABRIEL -AURER SERVES AS THE EXECUTIVE SECRE TARY OF THE %URO !FRICA $IVISION OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN "ERNE 3WITZERLAND
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YOUR FELLOW HUMAN AS YOURSELF 7ITH (IS LAW 'OD OPENS FOR US A WINDOW TO FREEDOMÂ&#x2C6;A CONTROVERSIAL POINT INDEED &OR HOW CAN A SYSTEM THAT ESTABLISHES LIMITS TO OUR LIFE AND BEHAVIOR BE CONSIDERED A FRAMEWORK FOR FREEDOM 4HE "IBLE SPEAKS AGAINST LYING THEREBY SETTING UP VERY CLEAR LIMITATIONS TO OUR LIFE AND BEHAVIOR 4HIS MEANS THAT OUR STRATEGY FOR REACHING A CERTAIN GOAL CAN NEVER INCLUDE FALSEHOOD DISHONESTY CHEATING OR ANY SUCH METHODS )N CERTAIN SITUATIONS THIS CAN CREATE THE FEELING THAT THERE IS A DISADVANTAGE IN BEING HONEST "UT 'OD INTENDS SUCH LIMITS AS hWINDOWS TO FREEDOM v ! #ASE IN 0OINT
) REMEMBER ONE DAY ENTERING A CLASSROOM TO lND THE STUDENTS UNUSUALLY QUIET 3OON ) DISCOVERED WHY )T WAS WINTER AND A WINDOW HAD BEEN BROKEN 3TUDENTS LOOKED AT EACH OTHER WITH SUSPICION THE TENSION GREW HIGH UNTIL SUDDENLY ONE OF THE STUDENTS STOOD UP AND CONFESSED h) WAS THE ONE WHO DID IT 3ORRY v !LL OF A SUDDEN THE ATMOSPHERE COMPLETELY CHANGED &ACES RELAXED CREATIVITY STARTED TO WORK AND IT TOOK ONLY SECONDS TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN WE WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE WINDOW 4EARS OVERWHELMED THE HONEST STUDENT AND HE LEARNED AN IMPORTANT LESSON OF LIFE BEING HONEST GENERATES TRUST CREATES
SOLIDARITY AND GIVES ONE THE FEELING OF INNER LIBERATION 4HIS PRINCIPLE APPLIES TO ALL THE COMMANDMENTS "EING RESPECTFUL TO PARENTS DEVELOPS IN BELIEVERS THE ABILITY TO DEAL MEANINGFULLY WITH AUTHORITY "EING FAITHFUL TO ONE S SPOUSE DEVELOPS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL ABILITIES THAT SIGNIlCANTLY CONTRIBUTE TO ONE S HAPPINESS !ND RESPECTING OTHERS EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL PROPERTY THE LAST lVE COMMANDMENTS CREATES THE ATMOSPHERE NEEDED FOR HEALTHY HUMAN INTERRELATIONS &OR /UR 0ROTECTION
)N A SOCIETY SEARCHING FOR ORIENTATION BIBLICAL VALUES AND NORMS OFFER SIGNIlCANT HELP 'OD (IMSELF HAS DETERMINED THE VALUES THAT SHOULD GOVERN OUR RELATIONSHIPS BOTH WITH (IM AND OUR FELLOW HUMANSÂ&#x2C6;VALUES OF LOVE RESPECT AND HUMBLE SELF CONlDENCE !ND LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION ,OVE FOR 'OD AND LOVE FOR OUR FELLOW BEINGS RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT WE AS WELL AS ALL OTHERS ARE EACH UNIQUE MASTERPIECES OF THE #REATOR ,IKE EVERY OTHER PIECE OF ART THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS BEAR THE FOOTPRINTS OF ITS !UTHOR 4HEY ARE AN EXPRESSION OF 'OD S CHARACTER DESIGNED TO BRING US TO A LIFE OF JOY HAPPINESS AND MEANING ,IKE THE RULES OF THE ROAD AGAINST WHICH WE SOMETIMES REBEL THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR OUR PROTECTION AND SAFETY 4HE COMMANDMENTS ARE FOR ALL
PEOPLE BUT IT S INSTRUCTIVE TO NOTICE THEIR VALUE TO THE PEOPLE OF )SRAEL TO WHOM AS A PEOPLE THEY WERE lRST AUDIBLY SPOKEN !S THEY LEFT %GYPT THE )SRAELITES HAD NOT YET DEVELOPED A UNIlED CORPORATE IDENTITY "UT THEIR COMMON ROOTS IN !BRAHAM THE COMMON GOAL OF REACHING #ANAAN AND MOST SIGNIlCANTLY THE COMMON SYSTEM OF NORMS PROVIDED BY THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT INTO A VIABLE COMMUNITY &OR A PEOPLE ON THE MOVE THAT COMMON SYSTEM OF VALUES AND NORMS PROVED DECISIVE IN PRESERVING THEIR IDENTITY AND PREVENTING THEIR DISSOLUTION 2ESPECTING 'OD WORSHIPPING 'OD GIVING 'OD EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS OVER THEIR LIVES AND CELEBRATING THE #REATOR S DAY OF RESTÂ&#x2C6; ALL THESE EXPERIENCES TIED A BUNDLE OF INDIVIDUALISTS TOGETHER INTO A NATION HIGHLY ADMIRED RESPECTED AND FEARED 4HESE ARE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS IN TODAY S CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCONTINENTAL MIGRATION )MPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS ALSO FOR THOSE ON THE JOURNEY TO 'OD S COMING KINGDOM 4HE COMMANDMENTS PROVIDE A MORAL COMPASS IN AN AGE OF RELATIVISM 4HROUGH 'OD S LAW THE (OLY 3PIRIT CONVICTS US OF SIN AND BRINGS US TO A SENSE OF UTTER HELPLESSNESS )N THE WORDS OF ONE !DVENTIST STATEMENT h4HE LAW OF 'OD IS THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH THE 3PIRIT CALLS US TO REPENTANCE v ! 0OSITIVE 4WIST &ROM *ESUS
!S IF REACTING TO THE HUMAN TENDENCY TO SUSPECT EVERYTHING THAT STARTS WITH h9OU SHALL NOT v *ESUS IN THE 3ERMON ON THE -OUNT FRAMES THE LAW OF 'OD IN A POSITIVE CONTEXT 4WO ELEMENTS BECOME EVIDENT %VERYTHING COMES FROM THE HEART )T IS NOT THE WORDS OF THE LAW THAT MATTER MORE (E SAID 2ATHER IT S THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW 'OING EVEN FURTHER (E EMPHASIZED THAT EVEN OUR THOUGHTSÂ&#x2C6;THE STATE OF OUR MIND AND
SPIRITÂ&#x2C6;CAN CONTRIBUTE TO A LIFE THAT EITHER CONlRMS OR CONFRONTS THE LAW OF 'OD h9OU HAVE HEARD THAT IT WAS SAID TO THOSE OF OLD @9OU SHALL NOT MURDER AND WHOEVER MURDERS WILL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENT "UT ) SAY TO YOU THAT WHOEVER IS ANGRY WITH HIS BROTHER WITHOUT A CAUSE SHALL BE IN DANGER OF THE JUDGMENTv -ATT .+*6 4HUS (E SOUGHT TO TURN THE hPROHIBITIONSv INTO MEANINGFUL LIFE OPTIONS 0OSITIVE ACTION FOR LIFE *ESUS SHOWS US IN THE 3ERMON ON THE -OUNT HOW THE LAW OF 'OD CAN BRING IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT TO OUR LIVES $O NOT EXPECT OTHERS TO TREAT YOU KINDLY (E SAID $O NOT EXPECT OTHERS TO BE RESPECTFUL 2ATHER DETERMINE THIS QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIP BY YOUR OWN INITIATIVE h!LL YOU WISH PEOPLE WOULD DO TO YOU START DOING THIS BY YOURSELF TO OTHERS v 4HUS THE hPROHIBITIONSv BECOME THE INlNITE PERSPECTIVES 9OU DO NOT NEED TO DESPISE YOUR PARENTS YOUR SPOUSE YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS 'OD GIVES YOU A BETTER CONDITION FOR REGULATING SUCH RELATIONSHIPS 7E ARE THE ONES TO CREATE A CONTEXT OF MUTUAL RESPECT HONESTY AND FAITHFULNESS WHEN IT COMES TO DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE SURROUNDING US
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4HE LAW OF 'OD IS THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO US SO TO SPEAK )N AN ADVANCED RELIGION HIGH SCHOOL CLASS WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT WHEN SUDDENLY A YOUNG WOMAN WITH AN APPEARANCE THAT GAVE LITTLE EVIDENCE OF ANY INTEREST FOR THE hRULES OF 'OD v CHALLENGED US h$O YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN COME WITH SUCH ANTIQUATED STUFF TODAY v )MMEDIATELY AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION STARTED THE END OF WHICH SURPRISED EVEN ME !FTER ALMOST AN HOUR OF ARGUMENTS AMONG THE STUDENTS THE YOUNG WOMAN CONCLUDED AS FOLLOWS h) THINK ) HAVE DISCOVERED THE POINT ) HAVE A FRIEND AND SOMETIMES ) FEAR THAT ANOTHER GIRL COULD JUST TAKE HIM AWAY 4HINKING AHEAD TO THE TIME ) WILL BE MARRIED IT WOULD BE A WORLD CATASTROPHE TO LOSE THE HUSBAND ) LOVE 'OD HAS GIVEN US A RULE THAT SERIOUSLY ACCEPTED COULD TAKE FEAR AWAY GIVE CONlDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR BELOVED FROM THE THREAT OF AN UNREALISTIC NO RULE LIFE ) THINK IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE THIS AS A RULE FOR MY OWN LIFE )N FACT 'OD S LAW IS THE BEST THAT COULD HAPPEN TO US v
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4HE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF 'OD S LAW ARE EMBODIED IN THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS AND EXEMPLIlED IN THE LIFE OF #HRIST 4HEY EXPRESS 'OD S LOVE WILL AND PURPOSES CONCERNING HUMAN CONDUCT AND RELATIONSHIPS AND ARE BINDING UPON ALL PEOPLE IN EVERY AGE 4HESE PRECEPTS ARE THE BASIS OF 'OD S COVENANT WITH (IS PEOPLE AND THE STANDARD IN 'OD S JUDGMENT 4HROUGH THE AGENCY OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THEY POINT OUT SIN AND AWAKEN A SENSE OF NEED FOR A 3AVIOUR 3ALVATION IS ALL OF GRACE AND NOT OF WORKS BUT ITS FRUITAGE IS OBEDIENCE TO THE #OMMANDMENTS 4HIS OBEDIENCE DEVELOPS #HRISTIAN CHARACTER AND RESULTS IN A SENSE OF WELL BEING )T IS AN EVIDENCE OF OUR LOVE FOR THE ,ORD AND OUR CONCERN FOR OUR FELLOW MEN 4HE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF #HRIST TO TRANSFORM LIVES AND THEREFORE STRENGTHENS #HRISTIAN WITNESS %X 0S -ATT $EUT -ATT (EB *OHN %PH *OHN 2OM 0S
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!DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE HAS PUBLISHED A SELECTION FROM THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN ' 7HITE IN EACH EDITION SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 3EPTEMBER 4HROUGH 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 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 &OR WELL OVER A CENTURY NOW %LLEN 7HITE S PROPHETIC GIFT HAS BEEN A BLESSING TO THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE READ HER WRITINGS 4HE BENElTS OF FOLLOWING HER COUNSELS HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS AND CONTINUE TO POSITIVELY SHAPE THE !DVENTIST CHURCH TODAY )N FACT MANY !DVENTISTS WILL READILY AFlRM THAT HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR %LLEN 7HITE S PROPHETIC VOICE AND COUNSELS THE !DVENTIST CHURCH WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS TODAY -ANY PEOPLE WONDER ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS AND THE "IBLE HOWEVER !DVENTISTS CLAIM TO BE A "IBLE BELIEVING PEOPLE AND TO BASE THEIR DOCTRINES AND PRACTICES ON 3CRIPTURE ALONE (OW DO WE RELATE %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS TO THIS CLAIM 4O HELP UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO WE WILL EXPLORE WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT HER INSPIRATION AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF HER WRITINGS TO THE "IBLE .ATURE OF )NSPIRATION
)N MANY WAYS %LLEN 7HITE S INSPIRATION AND MINISTRY ARE SIMILAR TO THE DESCRIPTION OF THE INSPIRATION AND MINISTRY OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS $URING "IBLE TIMES PROPHETS RECEIVED REVELATIONS FROM 'OD THAT WERE THEN PASSED ON TO THE PEOPLE 4HEY WERE SPOKESPERSONS FOR 'OD !MOS #HRON 3OMETIMES THEY RECEIVED VISIONS OR DREAMS IN WHICH 'OD SHOWED THEM EVENTS THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE FOR EXAMPLE $ANIEL BUT SOMETIMES THEY WERE GUIDED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT TO WRITE AN ACCOUNT OF EVENTS THAT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED FOR EXAMPLE ,UKE 4HEIR MESSAGES WERE COMMUNICATED IN WRITING *ER AND ALSO ORALLY +INGS %LLEN 7HITE AFlRMED THE WORK OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS AND BELIEVED THEY WERE GUIDED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT h'OD
$ENIS &ORTIN IS DEAN AND PROFESSOR OF THEOL OGY AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN "ERRIEN 3PRINGS -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES
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HAS BEEN PLEASED TO COMMUNICATE (IS TRUTH TO THE WORLD BY HUMAN AGENCIES v SHE WROTE IN THE INTRODUCTION TO HER BOOK 4HE 'REAT #ONTROVERSY hAND (E (IMSELF BY (IS (OLY 3PIRIT QUALIlED MEN AND ENABLED THEM TO DO THIS WORK (E GUIDED THE MIND ;OF THE PROPHETS= IN THE SELECTION OF WHAT TO SPEAK AND WHAT TO WRITE v 3HE ALSO BELIEVED THAT 'OD GUIDED HER PROPHETIC MINISTRY IN THE SAME WAY (E GUIDED BIBLICAL PROPHETS AND THAT HER OWN INSPIRATION WAS NO DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF BIBLICAL PROPHETS )N SHE COMMENTED h) DO NOT WRITE ONE ARTICLE IN THE PAPER EXPRESSING MY OWN IDEAS 4HEY ARE WHAT 'OD HAS OPENED BEFORE ME IN VISIONÂ&#x2C6;THE PRECIOUS RAYS OF LIGHT SHINING FROM THE THRONE v h) HAVE ALL FAITH IN 'OD v SHE WROTE TO ' ! )RWIN IN h(E WORKS AT MY RIGHT HAND AND AT MY LEFT 7HILE ) AM WRITING OUT IMPORTANT MATTER (E IS BESIDE ME HELPING ME (E LAYS OUT MY WORK BEFORE ME AND WHEN ) AM PUZZLED FOR A lT WORD WITH WHICH TO EXPRESS MY THOUGHT (E BRINGS IT CLEARLY AND DISTINCTLY TO MY MIND ) FEEL THAT EVERY TIME ) ASK EVEN WHILE ) AM STILL SPEAKING (E RESPONDS @(ERE AM ) v 2ELATIONSHIP TO THE "IBLE
!LTHOUGH %LLEN 7HITE CLAIMED TO BE INSPIRED SHE NEVER CLAIMED THAT HER WRITINGS HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION AS THE 3CRIPTURE )N FACT THROUGHOUT HER LONG YEARS OF MINISTRY SHE NEVER DEVIATED FROM UPHOLDING THE "IBLE AS THE ONLY SOURCE OF BELIEF AND GUIDANCE FOR #HRISTIAN LIVING SHE VIEWED HER WRITINGS AS A GUIDE OR A hLESSER LIGHTv TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF "IBLE TRUTH )N HER lRST BOOK PUBLISHED IN SHE WROTE THIS IMPORTANT COMMENT h) RECOMMEND TO YOU DEAR READER THE 7ORD OF 'OD AS THE RULE OF YOUR FAITH AND PRACTICE "Y THAT 7ORD WE ARE TO BE JUDGED 'OD HAS IN THAT 7ORD PROMISED TO GIVE VISIONS IN THE @LAST DAYS ;I E A REFERENCE TO HER PROPHETIC MINISTRY= NOT FOR A NEW RULE OF FAITH BUT FOR THE COMFORT OF (IS PEOPLE AND TO CORRECT THOSE WHO ERR FROM "IBLE
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DID NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE "IBLE %ARLY !DVENTISTS ALSO STRUGGLED TO UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE "IBLE AND %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS )N ONE OF OUR CHURCH PIONEERS 'EORGE ) "UTLER SUMMARIZED HIS UNDERSTANDING IN AN ARTICLE IN THE 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD (E STATED h4HEY ;THE WRITINGS OF %LLEN 7HITE= EVERYWHERE DIRECT US TO THE 3CRIPTURES AS THE GREAT SOURCE OF TRUE INSTRUCTION AND TO THE EXAMPLE OF *ESUS #HRIST AS THE TRUE PATTERN 4HEY NEVER CLAIM TO BE GIVEN TO TAKE THE PLACE OF THE "IBLE BUT SIMPLY TO BE A MANIFESTATION OF ONE OF THOSE SPIRITUAL GIFTS SET IN THE CHURCH BY ITS DIVINE ,ORD AND AS SUCH SHOULD HAVE THEIR PROPER WEIGHT v 4ODAY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS CONTINUE TO BENElT GREATLY FROM %LLEN 7HITE S WRITINGS AS A SOURCE OF INSPIRED COUNSELS FOR DAILY LIVING IN THE TIME OF THE END AND FROM HER INVITATION TO MAKE THE "IBLE OUR ONLY SOURCE OF #HRISTIAN BELIEFS
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SHE WAS RECOVERING FROM HEART SURGERY HERSELF h$URING THAT TIME ) WAS IN VERY BAD SHAPE IN TERMS OF MY EMOTIONS v SHE SAYS h)T WAS A DIFlCULT TIME v "EFORE LONG -RS (WANG WAS STUDYING THE "IBLE WITH 0ASTOR ,IM ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS h3IX OF THE NINE SIBLINGS ARE ATTENDING CHURCH v SAYS 0ASTOR ,IM h-Y PRAYER IS THAT THE OTHER THREE WILL BE BROUGHT TO CHURCH ALONG WITH THEIR EXTENDED FAMILY v 4HE (WANGS ARE CONVINCED THAT 'OD HAS CALLED THEIR FAMILY SO THEY PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THEIR FAMILY /NE BROTHER (WANG (AOCHU IS A RETIRED POLICE OFlCER h) STARTED TO KNOW 0ASTOR ,IM AND HE TOOK ME AROUND WHEN HE WAS VISITING AND DOING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS 0ASTOR ,IM WAS A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC PASTOR v 4ODAY (WANG (AOCHU IS BACK IN THE CLASSROOM STUDYING TO BECOME A PASTOR AT 4AIWAN !DVENTIST #OLLEGE 4HE (WANG BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE SHARED THEIR NEWFOUND FAITH WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND SPOUSES 4ODAY MEMBERS OF THE (WANG FAMILY ARE ATTENDING CHURCH OR TAKING "IBLE STUDIES
-RS (WANG HAD BEEN SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS ! YEAR EARLIER SHE HAD LOST HER HUSBAND TO A HEART ATTACK AND NOW
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.OT FAR FROM 4AIWAN !DVENTIST #OLLEGE ANOTHER 0-- PASTOR AND HIS WIFE ARE REACHING OUT INTO THEIR COMMUNITY 0ASTOR +ABLIM *ONG WAS TRAINED AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST BEFORE BECOMING A PASTOR "UT HE AND HIS WIFE FELT CALLED TO SERVE AS MISSIONARIES .OW -RS ,IM OFFERS COOKING AND HEALTH CLASSES AND 0ASTOR ,IM DOES MASSAGE THERAPY 4HEY VE ALSO OPENED UP AN UPPER ROOM AS A MEETING PLACE (ONG )NSUN WAS THE lRST PERSON IN 4AIWAN TO BE BAPTIZED
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LIVES AND GOSPEL
THROUGH THE MINISTRY OF A 0-- PASTOR !LTHOUGH SHE HAD BEEN ATTENDING AN !DVENTIST CHURCH AND HAD SENT HER SONS TO AN !DVENTIST SCHOOL SHE HADN T YET BEEN BAPTIZED 3HE WAS THE ONLY +OREAN IN THE CITY WHERE SHE AND HER 4AIWANESE HUSBAND LIVED 3O SHE WAS THRILLED WHEN SHE LEARNED THAT NOT ONE BUT lVE +OREAN FAMILIES HAD MOVED INTO THE AREA 4HE 0-- PASTORS WERE STUDYING THE #HINESE LANGUAGE BEFORE BEGINNING THEIR WORK /NE OF THOSE PASTORS #HOI 7OONSUNG OFFERED TO STUDY THE "IBLE WITH (ONG 4HEN HE ASKED HER TO TRANSLATE FOR AN EVANGELISTIC SERIES )T TOOK SOME PERSUADING BUT SHE AGREED 3OON AFTERWARD SHE WAS BAPTIZED h7HENEVER ) THOUGHT ABOUT MY FUTURE IT WAS WITH MUCH UNEASINESS v SHE SAYS h"UT SINCE ) JOINED THE CHURCH UNEASINESS HAS GONE AWAY AND PEACE HAS SETTLED IN MY HEART v 4ODAY (ONG STILL TRANSLATES FOR MEETINGS AND SERVES AS THE 0-- COORDINATOR FOR THE 4AIWAN #ONFERENCE "UT SHE DOES IT AS A LABOR OF LOVE AND DONATES THE MONEY SHE IS PAID BACK TO THE 0-- PROGRAM 5NINTENDED #ONSEQUENCES
)N -ONGOLIA ANOTHER 0-- PASTOR IS SHARING HIS FAITH IN 5LAANBAATAR /NE OF THE PEOPLE HE HAS HELPED INTRODUCE TO *ESUS IS A YOUNG MAN NAMED *OY 4ODAY *OY WORKS AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST ,ANGUAGE CENTER OVERSEEING THE LANGUAGE LAB !FTER HE ARRIVED IN -ONGOLIA 0ASTOR .OYOUNG 0ARK HIRED A PRINTER TO MAKE SOME BROCHURES FOR A SERIES OF EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS (E MET A YOUNG MAN WHO WORKED FOR THE PRINTER AND INVITED HIM TO CHURCH 4HE YOUNG MAN VISITED THE CHURCH AND SEEMED TO ENJOY IT / & & ) # % / & ! $ 6 % . 4 ) 3 4 - ) 3 3 ) / .
,EFT TO RIGHT &2/- 0/,)#% /&&)#%2 4/ 0!34/2 2ETIRED POLICE OFlCER (WANG (AOCHU CENTER IS TRAINING FOR THE MINISTRY THANKS TO THE WITNESS ING ACTIVITIES OF !CHOU #HEN AND 0ASTOR (YUNG 4AEKLIM ,%!2.).' 4(% ,!.'5!'% /& ,/6% (ONG )NSUN RIGHT TAUGHT +OREAN PASTORS HOW TO SPEAK #HINESE 4HEY IN TURN TAUGHT HER ABOUT *ESUS 3INCE BEING BAPTIZED (ONG HAS BECOME 0-- COORDINATOR FOR THE 4AIWAN #ONFERENCE "OTTOM (%!,4( -).)3429 !CHOU #HEN RIGHT USES TRAINING RECEIVED AT 4AIWAN !DVENTIST (OSPITAL TO OFFER FREE BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS IN THE PARK 4HAT S HOW SHE MET -RS (WANG WHICH EVENTUALLY LED TO SIX OF -RS (WANG S NINE SIBLINGS ATTENDING CHURCH
7HEN THE BROCHURES WERE DELIVERED 0ASTOR 0ARK WASN T HAPPY WITH THE QUALITY OF THE WORK SO HE ASKED THE PRINTER TO REDO IT 7HAT HE DIDN T KNOW WAS THAT HIS REQUEST MEANT THAT YOUNG *OY LOST HIS JOB 0ARK NOTICED THAT *OY HAD STOPPED COMING TO CHURCH 3O HE ASKED AROUND AND FOUND OUT THE REASON "UT SOMETHING ABOUT THE YOUNG MAN S ATTITUDE IMPRESSED 0ARK h%VEN THOUGH HE ATTENDED CHURCH JUST ONE WEEK WHEN ) ASKED @7OULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND DISTRIBUTING SOME HANDBILLS AND INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR MEETINGS HE SAID @9ES AND WE DID IT TOGETHER v ,ATER HE CALLED *OY AND OFFERED HIM A JOB AT THE LANGUAGE SCHOOL 4ODAY *OY LEADS OUT IN THE YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAM 9OUNG PEOPLE FROM THE CHURCH AND THE COMMUNITY MEET REGULARLY TO PLAY SOCCER AND OTHER SPORTS WEARING UNIFORMS THAT BEAR THE !DVENTIST NAME 4HE YOUNG PEOPLE ENJOY THEIR TIME TOGETHER SO MUCH THAT THEY PLAY OUTDOOR SOCCER EVEN IN BITTERLY COLD WEATHER h0ASTOR 0ARK TREATS US AS *ESUS TREATED PERSONS WITH MERCY v SAYS *OY h%VEN THOUGH ) MADE A BIG MISTAKE 0ASTOR 0ARK SHOWED KINDNESS AND MERCY JUST AS *ESUS DID v &ROM +OREA TO 4AIWAN AND *APAN FROM 4AIWAN TO *APAN FROM +OREA TO -ONGOLIA AND MORE 0-- PASTORS ARE REACHING OUT TO PEOPLE IN NEW COUNTRIES AND COMMUNITIES 7ITH A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND LOVE THEY ARE TOUCHING LIVES AND DOING THEIR PART TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT *ESUS &OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT !DVENTIST MISSION VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG .OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
")",% 15%34)/.3 1 5 % 3 4 ) / . (EBREWS TALKS ABOUT THE NEW COVENANT AND ITS LAW 7HAT IS THE CONTENT OF THAT LAW
(EBREWS 3ETS !SIDE THE ,AW )T COULD BE ARGUED THAT WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE VERB h) WILL WRITEv TOO NARROWLY BY LIMITING IT TO THE $ECALOGUE THAT PERHAPS IT IS BEING USED IN A LOOSE WAY "UT THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO INTERPRET THE HE TEXT YOU QUOTED DOES NOT EXPLICITLY STATE THE PASSAGE IS WHAT THE PASSAGE SAYS AND THE CONNECTIONS IT CONTENT OF THE hLAW v BUT THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN THE MAKES WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE "IBLE "UT LET S EXAMINE THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT AS WELL AS THE VIEW OF THE LAW IN USE OF THE TERM hLAWv IN THE REST OF (EBREWS THE REST OF THE LETTER TO THE (EBREWS PROVIDES A CLEAR ANSWER 4HERE IS A LAW THE APOSTLE BELIEVES HAS BEEN hSET ASIDEv TO YOUR QUESTION ,ET S EXAMINE BOTH OF THEM (EB NOT BECAUSE IT WAS BAD BUT BECAUSE IT WAS 4HE ,AW IN (EBREWS 4HE VERSE QUOTES *EREMIAH hONLY A SHADOW OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE COMINGv (EB THE ONLY PLACE IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT WHERE THE hNEW 4HIS IS THE PRIESTLY LAW DEALING WITH THE RESTRICTION COVENANTv IS MENTIONED !CCORDING TO THE NEW COVENANT THE OF THE PRIESTHOOD TO THE DESCENDENTS OF ,EVI CHAP ,ORD PROMISES TO hPUT MY LAWS IN THEIR MINDS AND WRITE WITH THE SACRIlCIAL SYSTEM CHAP WITH THEM ON THEIR HEARTSv (EB RITUAL ABLUTIONS CHAP 7E SHOULD NOTICE AND WITH THE BLOOD OF SEVERAL THINGS ANIMALS CHAP 3INCE &IRST THERE IS NO REFERENCE THESE LAWS WERE hSET ASIDEv TO A NEW LAW )T IS SIMPLY THROUGH THE SACRIlCE AND hMY LAWS v SUGGESTING THAT THE PRIESTLY WORK OF *ESUS ITS MEANING WAS CLEAR TO THE THEY CANNOT BE PART OF THE INTENDED READERS 7HAT IS LAWS INSCRIBED IN THE HEART NEW IS THAT UNDER THE NEW OF THOSE WHO ACCEPT THE COVENANT THE LAW WILL BE NEW COVENANT PLACED IN THE HUMAN MIND (EBREWS !FlRMS THE HEART ,AW (EBREWS REAFlRMS "Y 3ECOND IT EXPLICITLY THE LAW PARTICULARLY THE !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ STATES THAT 'OD WILL WRITE COMMANDMENTS FOUND IN (IS LAWS IN THE HUMAN THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS HEART )T IS IMPOSSIBLE TO AND INDICATES THAT IT IS STILL MISS THE REFERENCE TO THE VALID IN THE LIFE OF THE NEW GIVING OF THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS AT 3INAI h!ND HE ;'OD= COVENANT COMMUNITY 4HE AUTHOR STATES h'OD WILL JUDGE THE WROTE ON THE TABLETS THE WORDS OF THE COVENANTÂ&#x2C6;THE 4EN ADULTERERv CHAP THAT WE NEED TO WORSHIP 'OD CHAP #OMMANDMENTSv %X 4HEY WERE hINSCRIBED BY THE AND CALLS HIS READERS TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE WILL OF lNGER OF 'ODv 4HESE TABLETS ARE CALLED hTHE TABLETS 'OD FOR THEM CHAP 4HERE IS EVEN A REFERENCE TO OF THE COVENANTv $EUT THAT IS TO SAY THE COVENANT THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH CHAP AND TO THE FACT THAT LAW AND WERE PLACED INSIDE THE hARK OF THE COVENANTv $EUT 'OD RESTED AND THAT hTHERE REMAINS x A 3ABBATH REST FOR )N THE NEW COVENANT THE ,ORD WILL INSCRIBE THIS SAME THE PEOPLE OF 'ODv CHAP 4HIS SHOWS US THAT (EBREWS COVENANT LAW ON THE HUMAN HEART )T WILL BE INTERNALIZED ESTABLISHES A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 4EN #OMMANDMENTS BECOMING PART OF THE LIFE OF THE BELIEVER AS THE LAW OF THE NEW COVENANT AND THE COMMANDMENTS OF 4HIRD THE PLURAL hLAWS v USED ONLY IN (EBREWS THE OLD COVENANT RELATED TO THE PRIESTLY LAWS AND DOES NOT REFER TO A DIVERSITY OF LAWS DIFFERENT 0ERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS DISCUSSION IS FROM THOSE IN THE /LD 4ESTAMENT BUT TO THE CONTENT OF THAT THE LAW SHOULD BE INTERNALIZED SHAPING OUR CHARACTER THE $ECALOGUE )N THE (EBREW TEXT OF *EREMIAH THE AND ACTIONS )T IS NOT A BURDEN BUT A JOYFUL EXPRESSION OF TERM hLAWv IS SINGULAR BUT THE 'REEK TRANSLATION OF THE /LD OUR COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH 'OD A COVENANT INSTITUTED 4ESTAMENT USED BY THE APOSTLE TRANSLATED IT AS A PLURAL THROUGH THE GRACIOUS BLOOD OF *ESUS 4HE PLURAL WAS EMPLOYED BECAUSE THE LAW INSCRIBED ON THE TABLETS CONSISTED OF A LIST OF SPECIlC LAWSÂ&#x2C6;THE 4EN
!LL 3CRIPTURES QUOTED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE FROM THE .EW )NTERNATIONAL 6ERSION #OMMANDMENTS CF %X "ASED ON THAT EVIDENCE WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT THE BIBLICAL WRITER HAD IN MIND THE $ECALOGUE AS THE COVENANT !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÃ&#x201C;GUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE LAW OF THE NEW COVENANT
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7HAT ASSURANCE DOES *ESUS GIVE US IN THE FACE OF DEATH h) AM (E WHO LIVES AND WAS DEAD AND BEHOLD ) AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE !MEN !ND ) HAVE THE KEYS OF (ADES AND OF $EATHv 2EV $ESCRIBE IN YOUR OWN WORDS THE SIGNIlCANCE OF *ESUS HOLDING THE hKEYS OF (ADES AND OF $EATH v
*ESUS THE 3ON OF 'OD EXISTED WITH 'OD THE &ATHER IN ETERNITY 7HAT WORD DESCRIBES *ESUS AUTHORITY OVER LIFE AND DEATH 0UT YOUR ANSWER IN THE BLANK BELOW h.O ONE TAKES ;MY LIFE= FROM -E BUT ) LAY IT DOWN OF -YSELF ) HAVE POWER TO LAY IT DOWN AND ) HAVE POWER TO TAKE IT AGAINv *OHN *ESUS HAS
OVER LIFE AND DEATH (IS AND OURS
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(OW DID *ESUS REASSURE -ARTHA AFTER THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER ,AZARUS 7RITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE LINES BELOW h*ESUS SAID TO HER @) AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE (E WHO BELIEVES IN -E THOUGH HE MAY DIE HE SHALL LIVE v *OHN *ESUS SAID (E IS THE
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-OST *EWS OF *ESUS TIME BELIEVED IN LIFE AFTER DEATH 7HAT DID -ARTHA BELIEVE ABOUT THE RESURRECTION 7HEN DID SHE THINK IT WOULD HAPPEN h) KNOW THAT ;,AZARUS= WILL RISE AGAIN IN THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAYv *OHN -ARTHA BELIEVED SHE WOULD BE REUNITED WITH HER BROTHER ,AZARUS AT THE
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(OW DID *ESUS DEMONSTRATE (IS POWER OVER DEATH THAT VERY DAY h.OW WHEN (E HAD SAID THESE THINGS (E CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE @,AZARUS COME FORTH !ND HE WHO HAD DIED CAME OUT BOUND HAND AND FOOT WITH GRAVECLOTHES AND HIS FACE WAS WRAPPED WITH A CLOTH *ESUS SAID TO THEM @,OOSE HIM AND LET HIM GO v *OHN *ESUS REVEALED (IS POWER OVER DEATH BY RAISING ,AZARUS FROM THE
/N WHAT CAN WE BASE OUR HOPE WHEN WE FACE THE INEVITABILITY OF DEATH 0UT YOUR ANSWER IN THE BLANKS BELOW h"UT IF THE 3PIRIT OF (IM WHO RAISED *ESUS FROM THE DEAD DWELLS IN YOU (E WHO RAISED #HRIST FROM THE DEAD WILL ALSO GIVE LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES THROUGH (IS 3PIRIT WHO DWELLS IN YOUv 2OM (E WHO RAISED
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4HE RESURRECTION OF OUR ,ORD GIVES US INCREDIBLE HOPE AS WE FACE DEATH 3INCE *ESUS WAS RESURRECTED AND CONQUERED DEATH WE TOO CAN LOOK FORWARD WITH FAITH TO THE RESURRECTION THROUGH THE SAME POWER THAT BROUGHT ABOUT *ESUS RESURRECTION
!CCORDING TO THE APOSTLE 0AUL WHEN WILL THE RESURRECTION TAKE PLACE 7RITE YOUR ANSWER IN THE BLANKS BELOW h&OR THIS WE SAY TO YOU BY THE WORD OF THE ,ORD THAT WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN UNTIL THE COMING OF THE ,ORD WILL BY NO MEANS PRECEDE THOSE WHO ARE ASLEEP &OR THE ,ORD (IMSELF WILL DESCEND FROM HEAVEN WITH A SHOUT AND WITH THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL AND WITH THE TRUMPET OF 'OD !ND THE DEAD IN #HRIST WILL RISE lRSTv 4HESS 4HE DEAD WILL BE RAISED AT THE
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7E NEED NOT FEAR DEATH )T IS A CONQUERED FOE *ESUS FACED DEATH SQUARELY ON THE CROSS AND DEFEATED IT THROUGH (IS RESURRECTION 7HEN (E COMES AGAIN WE WILL RECEIVE IN REALITY WHAT WE NOW RECEIVE BY FAITH )N *ESUS THE VICTORY OVER THE GRAVE IS ALREADY WON
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) WAS EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THE !UGUST !DVENTIST 7ORLD ARTICLE WRITTEN BY (ANS /LSON h)NTO -YANMARv !FTER HAVING SPENT YOUTHFUL HAPPY YEARS AS MISSIONARIES IN "URMA AS IT WAS THEN KNOWN THERE IS A SLIGHT CORRECTION ) MUST MAKE TO A STATEMENT /LSON MADE AS FOLLOWS h&OLLOWING THE WAR CROSS CULTURAL MISSIONARIES RETURNED UNTIL WHEN THE MILITARY JUNTA TOOK OVER -YANMAR ;4HAT IS THE CORRECT DATE OF THE CHANGEOVER = !T THAT TIME THE MISSIONARIES LEFT THE COUNTRY v -Y HUSBAND &RANK 7YMAN AND ) WITH OUR YEAR OLD SON 2ALPH LEFT "URMA UNDER ORDER OF THE "URMESE GOVERNMENT ON -AY !BOUT TWO WEEKS LATER THE LATE 0HILIP 0ARKER ALSO LEFT (E HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN HIS FAMILY OFF TO RETURN TO THE 5NITED 3TATES BUT HE STAYED TO hHOLD THE FORTv UNTIL HIS REQUIRED DEPARTURE )N WE LEFT FOR FURLOUGH AND RETURNED IN HEARING OF THE CHANGES TAKING PLACE THEN 7E WERE QUICKLY INFORMED THAT THE "URMESE GOVERNMENT HAD NATIONALIZED THE BANKS AND MAJOR BUSINESSES IN 2ANGOON AND GRADUALLY FROM THERE TO OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS 4HEN IN
THEY CAME TO TAKE OVER OUR !DVENTIST MISSION HOSPITAL !BRUPTLY ONE DAY THEY CAME AND ORDERED THE FOREIGN DOCTORS AND NURSES INTO AN OFlCE UNDER GUARD AND SOON GAVE THEM THEIR hWALKING PAPERS v $R 2OBERT $UNN WANTED TO GO BACK UPSTAIRS TO CHECK ON HIS SURGICAL PATIENTS HE D OPERATED ON THE DAY BEFORE BUT THEY WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO "EFORE LONG THE "URMESE GOVERNMENT WAS NATIONALIZING ALL OF THE MISSION SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY REGARDLESS OF DENOMINATIONS 4HIS WENT ON FOR MONTHS AND IT WAS IN -ARCH OF THAT WE RECEIVED OUR LETTER OF hINVITATIONv TO LEAVE "URMA WITHIN TWO MONTHS 7HEN WE lNALLY LEFT WITH VERY HEAVY HEARTS WE mEW TO )NDIA THEN AS A FAMILY WE HEADED HOME TO OUR UNCERTAIN FUTURE 4HE ONGOING WORK OF !DVENTISTS IN -YANMAR IS BEING DIRECTED BY SOME OF OUR FORMER STUDENTS AND FRIENDS )N ADDITION TO !DVENTIST -ISSION THERE ARE ALSO THE -YANMAR &RONTIER -ISSIONS AND 'OSPEL /UTREACH WORKERS CARRYING THE GOSPEL THROUGHOUT -YANMAR ) APPLAUD THE GREAT EFFORTS !$2! -YANMAR WORKERS AND OTHER MISSION OFlCIALS HAVE MADE IN DISASTER RELIEF FOLLOWING #YCLONE .ARGIS WHICH SURELY DEVASTATED AREAS WHERE WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY WORKED "ARBARA 7YMAN 7ASHINGTON 5NITED 3TATES
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) AM GRATEFUL TO 'OD AND TO THE ENTIRE STAFF OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD FOR THIS TIMELY MAGAZINE &ROM THE %DITOR S 0EN TO THE 1UOTE OF THE -ONTH YOU HAVE MET OUR NEEDS ON THIS CAMPUS 'OD BLESS YOU REAL GOOD % STHER /LUFUNMILAYO /YEDEPO "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY .IGERIA "LESSING &ROM (AITI
) AM A YOUNG #HRISTIAN IN (AITI AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU TODAY FOR THE GOOD YOU ARE DOING FOR 'OD ) THINK THAT 'OD WILL NEVER STOP BLESSING YOU &ELISSIN ,EVELEA 0ORT AU 0RINCE (AITI
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9OUR ARTICLE h#AFFEINEÂ&#x2C6;(AS THE #HURCH #HANGED )TS 3TAND v !DVENTIST 7ORLD 3EPTEMBER WAS READ WITH GREAT INTEREST BY ME FOR TWO REASONS 4HE lRST WAS ) WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD RELATE TO THE INCREASED USE OF CAFFEINATED BEVERAGES BY SOME OF OUR CHURCHES AND CHURCH MEMBERS ) AM DELIGHTED OVER HOW PLAINLY THE CHURCH S STAND WAS EXPLAINED !ND THE REASONS FOR THAT STAND 4HE SECOND REASON IS THAT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ) HAVE SPENT MANY
HOURS RESEARCHING THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF CAFFEINE -Y SEARCH REVEALED THAT THERE IS STRONG CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE THAT POOR DIET AND OR CAFFEINE MAY CAUSE ADDICTION TO ALCOHOL NICOTINE COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINES !LSO THAT CAFFEINE CAN SERVE AS A DRUG REINFORCER FOR THOSE FOUR SUBSTANCES !S A RESULT OF THOSE lNDINGS A COMMITTEE #ITIZENS #ONCERNED !BOUT !DDICTIONS WAS FORMED HERE IN &ARMINGTON ) AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THAT COMMITTEE /UR LOCAL HOSPITAL HERE IN &ARMINGTON .EW -EXICO HAS GIVEN A GRANT OF TO OUR COMMITTEE TO PREPARE A lRST CLASS PRESENTATION
AND TO BEGIN EDUCATING THE PUBLIC 4HE PRESENTATION ENTITLED h0OOR .UTRITION #AFFEINE AND !DDICTIONv IS NEARLY READY AND A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SOME WITH SIGNIlCANT EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS HAVE CRITIQUED IT 4HE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE FOR WHICH ) PRAISE THE ,ORD $ONALD % #ASEBOLT -$ .EW -EXICO 5NITED 3TATES ,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 ) M AND FOR A LONG TIME ) HAVE DREAMED OF HAVING A YOUTH "IBLE STUDY GROUP ON -ONDAYS FOR ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES -Y DREAM CAME TRUE AND 'OD GAVE US MANY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCES (OWEVER PLEASE PRAY THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL COME REGULARLY AND THAT SOMEDAY OUR LIVING ROOM WILL BE TOO SMALL -IRJAM !USTRIA 7E NEED YOUR PRAYERS /UR CHURCH HAS A PLAN OF PUTTING UP A LOW POWER &- RADIO STATION IN "ACOLOD #ITY AIRING GOSPEL MUSIC 7E FEEL THE NEED TO DELIVER 'OD S MESSAGE OF HOPE AND SALVATION TO ALL PEOPLE 4HROUGH YOUR PRAYERS WE CAN MAKE IT &RED 0HILIPPINES
0LEASE PRAY FOR ME TO GET WORK THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE ME TO WORK ON 3ABBATH -AY 'OD BLESS YOU .OHELIA 5RUGUAY ) AM A MOTHER OF FOUR AND NEED TO IMPROVE MYSELF PROFESSIONALLY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY lNANCIALLY &OR YEARS ) HAVE DESIRED TO STUDY AND HAVE ENROLLED IN SEVERAL CAREER SCHOOLS BUT ) DON T HAVE THE FUNDS 0LEASE PRAY THAT THE ,ORD WILL GRACIOUSLY PROVIDE THE MEANS 3ARAH +ENYA 0LEASE PRAY FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR CHURCH AND ALL OVER THE WORLD SO THAT THEY CAN LOVE 'OD MORE EVERY DAY AND STAY AWAY FROM SIN !NDR£S #OLOMBIA 0LEASE PRAY FOR MY FAMILY AND ME ) AM GOING THROUGH SOME TRIALS IN MY LIFE -ILLISA 'RENADA
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!BOVE ALL ) WOULD LOVE TO ASK YOU TO BE PRAYING FOR MY ONLY SON -EEKY MY POOR AGED MOTHER AND MY FAMILY 3 AMUEL SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE IN A PRISON IN :AMBIA ) AM A STUDENT YEARS OLD AND ) HAVE SUFFERED FROM DEAFNESS FOR THE PAST YEARS 0LEASE PRAY FOR ME THAT 'OD GRANTS ME THE CHANCE TO ACCOMPLISH MY PLANS AS WELL AS TO SHINE IN MY STUDIES *OSEPH &RANCE
4HE 0LACE OF 0RAYER SEND TO PRAYER ADVENTISTWORLD ORG 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 /LD #OLUMBIA 0IKE 3ILVER 3PRING -$ 5 3 !
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