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OMEDAY BY THE GRACE OF 'OD ) WILL GET TO BE A PART OF A VASTLY POPULAR MASS MOVEMENT )N ALL LIKELIHOOD HOWEVER THAT PROBABLY WON T HAPPEN UNTIL ) STAND ONE DAY WITH THE MILLIONS OF WHITE ROBED SAINTS PICTURED IN 2EVELATION 4HEY GATHER BEFORE THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE ,AMB WITH PALM BRANCHES IN THEIR HANDS CRYING OUT WITH A LOUD VOICE h3ALVATION BELONGS TO OUR 'OD WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND TO THE ,AMB v 2EV "ETWEEN NOW AND THEN AS A DISCIPLE OF *ESUS ) WILL PROBABLY KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT BELONGING TO A SMALL AND SOMETIMES UNPOPULAR MINORITY FOR THE FAITH OF *ESUS ALWAYS PASSES THROUGH THE NARROW GATE ) SHOULDN T EXPECT TO HEAR RINGING PUBLIC AFlRMATIONS OF THE "IBLE TRUTHS TO WHICH ) AM COMMITTED FROM THOSE WHO FOLLOW OTHER GODS OR WALK THE BROAD HIGHWAY OR PUT ON THEIR #HRISTIANITY BUT ONCE A WEEK AND ONLY THEN FOR AN HOUR )T S CERTAINLY EASIER TO WRITE OR READ THESE WORDS THAN TO LIVE THEM FOR OUR HEARTS HUNGER FOR THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE JOINED A POPULAR MAJORITY 3OMETIMES UNCONSCIOUSLY WE EVEN JUDGE THE WORTH OF THINGS BY HOW MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS ARE CHOOSING WHAT WE CHOOSE OR LIVING AS WE LIVE
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3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS GROWING RAPIDLY AS A WORLD MOVEMENT OF #HRISTIANS STILL DO WELL TO HEAR THESE WORDS &EW !DVENTISTS ARE PRIVILEGED TO LIVE WHERE THEIR FAITH IS HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM OR CELEBRATED BY A MAJORITY -ANY BELIEVERS LIVE THE LONELINESS THAT -OSES EXPERIENCED IN THE WILDERNESS OR THE APOSTLE *OHN KNEW ON 0ATMOS 4O THEMˆTO YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEMˆ) UNDERLINE THE CONSOLATION THAT COMES FROM BEING TRUE TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD AND THE LEADING OF THE 3PIRIT h)T IS ENOUGH IF THEY HAVE 'OD ON THEIR SIDE v 9ES DEAR FRIENDˆIT STILL IS ENOUGH
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TRADITIONS &RED " #RADDOCK "ANDY $ISTINGUISHED 0ROFESSOR OF 0REACHING %MERITUS IN THE #ANDLER 3CHOOL OF 4HEOLOGY AT %MORY 5NIVERSITY IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 5NITED 3TATES )SRAEL "AMIDELE /LAORE SENIOR UNIVERSITY PASTOR AND HEAD OF THE $IVISION OF 3PIRITUAL ,IFE AT "ABCOCK 5NIVERSITY IN .IGERIA #HRIS /BERG SENIOR PASTOR OF THE MEMBER 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH IN #ALIMESA #ALIFORNIA 5NITED 3TATES AND -ICHAEL 1UICKE PROFESSOR OF PREACHING AT .ORTHERN 3EMINARY IN ,OMBARD )LLINOIS 5NITED 3TATES h4HESE ARE SOME OF THE TOP EXPOSITORS OF THE 7ORD WHO ARE WORKING TODAY v SAID !NTHONY +ENT ASSOCIATE SECRETARY OF THE -INISTERIAL !SSOCIATION h7E ARE DELIGHTED TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH PASTORS AROUND THE WORLD AS A FREE GIFT AND A PUBLIC SERVICE v 4HE 02%!#( SEMINARS AS THE PROGRAM IS NOW KNOWN IS PART OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S OUTREACH TO PASTORS OF ALL #HRISTIAN FAITHS THE CHURCH ALSO SENDS THOUSANDS OF COPIES OF -INISTRY MAGAZINE FREE TO NON !DVENTIST PASTORS SIX TIMES A YEAR 4HE SEMINAR IS ANOTHER WAY TO SHARE USEFUL RESOURCES WITH OTHER PASTORS AS WELL AS TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS %ACH OF THE SPEAKERS BRINGS A DISTINGUISHED BACKGROUND TO THEIR TASK #RADDOCK WAS SELECTED BY .EWSWEEK MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE PREACHERS IN THE %NGLISH SPEAKING WORLD /LAORE HAS PASTORED IN THE 5 3 AND .IGERIA AND MINISTERED IN 3OUTH !MERICA !SIA
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WORSHIP )F EXAMS MUST BE GIVEN ON THE 3ABBATH OR 3ATURDAY THOSE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE WOULD BE GIVEN A SEPARATE CHANCE TO TAKE THE TEST THE LAW STATES h7E COULD PERCEIVE THAT SINCE THE PRELIMINARY PHASE OF THE CREATION OF THE LAW THE HAND OF 'OD DIRECTED THE HUMAN MINDS INVOLVED SINCE THE WORK RESULTED IN A GREATER BENElT FOR (IS PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF 3ANTA #ATARINA v SAID 7ILSON +NOENER &IELDS AN ATTORNEY AND LEGAL SECRETARY FOR THE *UDICIAL #OURT OF 3ANTA #ATARINA WHO ALSO IS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH MEMBER 3EVERAL OTHER !DVENTIST LEGISLATORS PARTICIPATED IN THE EFFORT REPORTS INDICATE ˆ2EPORTED BY &ELIPE ,EMOS !3. WITH !7 3TAFF &RIEDENSAU "EGINS 4HEOLOGICAL -ASTER S 0ROGRAM N &RIEDENSAU !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY IN -šCKERN &RIEDENSAU 3AXONY !NHALT 'ERMANY HAS BEGUN A MASTER S PROGRAM IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES OFFERING CONCENTRATIONS IN !DVENTIST 3TUDIES AND -ISSION 3TUDIES 4HE COURSE IS ACCREDITED BY THE 'ERMAN AGENCY !1!3 !GENCY FOR 1UALITY !SSURANCE 4HROUGH !CCREDITATION OF #OURSES IN "ONN !CCORDING TO THE SCHOOL THE PROGRAM hOFFERS STUDENTS ADVANCED EDUCATION IN THE lELD OF THEOLOGY WHICH WILL BROADEN THEIR HORIZON AND DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN A SELECTED AREA OF EMPHASIS v 4HE !DVENTIST 3TUDIES PROGRAM hENCOMPASSES ADVANCED STUDIES OF THE HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH )T LEADS STUDENTS
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OR THE lRST TIME IN THE YEAR HISTORY OF *AMAICA AS AN INDEPENDENT NATION A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WILL HOLD THE NATION S HIGHEST OFlCE 0ATRICK !LLEN UNTIL RECENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH S 7EST )NDIES 5NION WAS EXPECTED TO TAKE OFlCE AS *AMAICA S SIXTH GOVERNOR GENERAL IN LATE &EBRUARY *AMAICAN 0RIME -INISTER "RUCE 'OLDING ANNOUNCED HIS APPOINTMENT IN A PARLIAMENT SESSION ON *ANUARY h)T IS ASTOUNDING AND ) DON T THINK ) CAN WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT AND ) M NOT SURE WHAT THE ,ORD IS DOING HERE BUT (E HAS SOME *OSEPH AND $ANIEL ROLE FOR ME TO PERFORM v !LLEN TOLD !DVENTIST 7ORLD IN A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW THAT DAY FROM &REEPORT "AHAMAS WHERE HE WAS HELPING TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT h) M JUST PRAYING ABOUT IT AND MAKING MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR 'OD TO USE ME IN WHICHEVER WAY (E CHOOSES BEST v !LLEN SAID HE WOULD RESIGN HIS PRESENT POSITION AS 7EST )NDIES 5NION PRESIDENT ! SPECIAL EXECUTIVE SESSION WAS HELD &EBRUARY TO NAME A SUCCESSOR SAID )SRAEL ,EITO )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION PRESIDENT #ONTINUED NEXT PAGE
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'/6%2./2 '%.%2!, 0ATRICK !LLEN UNTIL RE CENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE 7EST )NDIES IS THE NEW GOVERNOR GEN ERAL OF *AMAICA A NATION WHERE ROUGHLY PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TIST (E IS THE lRST PASTOR AND THIRD 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST MEMBER TO HOLD SUCH A POSITION IN A "RITISH #OMMONWEALTH NATION AND THE lRST !DVENTIST TO HOLD THE OFlCE IN *AMAICA
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h4HE CHURCH SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND WE CAN DO THIS FROM WITHIN THE CHURCH ORGANIZATION OR AS INDIVIDUALS IN OTHER ACTIVITIES v ,EITO SAID IN A STATEMENT h4HE APPOINTMENT OF $R !LLEN AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF *AMAICA IS SOMETHING VERY HISTORIC IN *AMAICA AND THE WORLD lELD AS FAR AS MEMORY GOES THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE BUT THE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION IS SO PLEASED THAT ONE OF OUR LEADERS THROUGH THE HIGH STANDING OF THE CHURCH HAS REACHED SUCH A NOTORIETY THAT HE COULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SUCH A POSITION v ,EITO ADDED h7E WISH $R !LLEN ALL THE BEST REALIZING THE SERIOUS CHALLENGES HE WILL HAVEˆTO BE THE LEADER WITH NONPOLITICAL AUTHORITY BUT STILL IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION FOR A WHOLE NATION 7E WILL CONTINUE PRAYING FOR HIM AND HE CAN BE ASSURED THAT ANYTIME HE IS WILLING TO RETURN TO THE MINISTRY THAT THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR HIM 4HE CHURCH WILL ALWAYS BE PRAYING FOR HIM IN THIS POSITION v /RVILLE 0ARCHMENT HIMSELF A NATIVE OF *AMAICA AND THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS SAID THE WORLD CHURCH LEADERSHIP WAS HAPPY AT THE NEWS h/N BEHALF OF 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AND OUR WORLDWIDE CHURCH FAMILY WE CONGRATULATE 0ASTOR !LLEN ON HIS NEW APPOINTMENT 7E PRAY FOR 'OD S CONTINUED BLESSING AS HE CARRIES OUT HIS NEW CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES v
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!LLEN WHO TURNED ON &EBRUARY REPLACED 3IR +ENNETH (ALL WHO WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR GENERAL IN &EBRUARY OF AND WHO REPORTEDLY RESIGNED FOR HEALTH REASONS )RONICALLY 3IR +ENNETH PRESENTED !LLEN WITH THE /RDER OF $ISTINCTION ON THE COUNTRY S (EROES $AY FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHURCH AND RELIGION IN *AMAICA !CCORDING TO THE *AMAICA )NFORMATION 3ERVICE *)3 THE GOVERNOR GENERAL hREPRESENTS THE QUEEN ON CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS SUCH AS THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT THE PRESENTATION OF HONORS AND MILITARY PARADES v
*AMAICA S CONSTITUTION GIVES THE POSITION ADDITIONAL POWERS THE *)3 REPORTED INCLUDING hAPPOINTING AND DISCIPLINING OFlCERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IN PROROGUING ;DISSOLVING= PARLIAMENT AND SO ON BUT ONLY IN ;A= FEW CASES IS HE EMPOWERED TO ACT ENTIRELY ON HIS OWN DISCRETION 4HE GOVERNOR GENERAL ALSO EXERCISES THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY ON BEHALF OF THE QUEENv INCLUDING hTHE POWER TO GRANT ;A= PARDON TO ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH v
'OLDING WHO HAS HELD THE PRIME MINISTER S OFlCE SINCE .OVEMBER IS MARRIED TO ,ORNA 4HE 'OLDINGS ARE REGULAR ATTENDEES AT !DVENTIST WORSHIP SERVICES !LLEN SAID THE CHURCH S WORK TO IMPROVE LIFE IN *AMAICA BROUGHT HIS NAME TO THE LEADER S ATTENTION h) SUSPECT ;0RIME -INISTER 'OLDING= HAS GROWN TO APPRECIATE THE ;3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST= CHURCH AND ITS FUNCTION IN THE COUNTRY OVER THE YEARS v !LLEN SAID h4HE CHURCH IN *AMAICA IS VERY SIGNIlCANT AND PLAYING A ROLE IN NATION BUILDING /NE OF OUR STRATEGIC ROLES IS @THE CHURCH IN THE COMMUNITY 4HE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING AND THE EXECUTION OF THAT STRATEGIC ISSUE HAS CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT v !LLEN RECOUNTED THAT 'OLDING hSAID TO ME THAT WHAT HE NEEDS FOR THE NATION IS WHAT HE THINKS ) CAN BRING TO BEAR THE INTEGRITY THE MORAL BEARING AND THE LEADERSHIP v ! NATION OF MILLION PEOPLE *AMAICA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY THAT GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM "RITAIN IN )T REMAINS A PART OF THE "RITISH #OMMONWEALTH OF .ATIONS AND 1UEEN %LIZABETH )) IS ITS MONARCH THE GOVERNOR GENERAL REPRESENTS THE QUEEN !LLEN WAS EDUCATED AT -ONEAGUE 4EACHERS #OLLEGE IN *AMAICA AND THEN AT CHURCH OWNED !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY WHERE HE STUDIED FOR UNDERGRADUATE GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE DEGREES (E HOLDS A 0H $ IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION A MASTER S DEGREE IN SYSTEMATIC
THEOLOGY AND A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN HISTORY AND RELIGION (E IS AN ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH (E WAS ELECTED TO THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE 7EST )NDIES 5NION #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN /CTOBER AND REELECTED IN 0RIOR TO THAT !LLEN SERVED IN MANY OTHER POSTS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH (E SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE #ENTRAL *AMAICA #ONFERENCE DIRECTOR OF %DUCATION AND &AMILY ,IFE AT THE 7EST )NDIES 5NION #ONFERENCE AND AS A DISTRICT PASTOR !S A TRAINED TEACHER HE ALSO SERVED AS PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOLS AND ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT 7EST )NDIES #OLLEGE WHICH IS NOW .ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY .#5 !LLEN CURRENTLY CHAIRS .#5 S BOARD OF TRUSTEES h) M EXTREMELY PROUD ON BEHALF OF !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY TO HAVE ONE OF OUR ALUMNI THREE TIMES OVER BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS IMPORTANT POSITION v SAID PROVOST (EATHER +NIGHT h!S A FELLOW *AMAICAN ) HAVE WARM THOUGHTS ABOUT THE OFlCE OF GOVERNOR GENERAL )T S HELD IN VERY HIGH ESTEEM v 3IR *AMES #ARLISLE WHO SERVED AS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF !NTIGUA FOR MORE THAN YEARS AND WAS KNIGHTED BY 1UEEN %LIZABETH )) FOR HIS SERVICE WAS THE lRST 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST TO HOLD THE HEAD OF STATE POSITION h4HAT S WONDERFUL NEWS v HE RESPONDED WHEN A REPORTER CALLED TO INFORM HIM OF !LLEN S SELECTION h)T S A WONDERFUL OFlCE OF WITNESS AS WELL v 3IR *AMES TOLD !DVENTIST 7ORLD h9OUR VERY PRESENCE THERE IS A WITNESS -OST PEOPLE KNOW WHO !DVENTISTS ARE v
3IR *AMES ADDED h*AMAICANS LOVE THEIR INSTITUTIONS 4HEY HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THEIR INSTITUTIONS ) D BE VERY SURPRISED IF HE DOESN T HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE ;ALTHOUGH= THERE S NOTHING LIKE DOING THE JOB v *AMAICA IS HOME TO THE 7EST )NDIES 5NION AND CHURCH OWNED .ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY !BOUT PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST !LLEN SAID HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF HIS NEW VISIBILITY AS GOVERNOR GENERAL h)T IS A GREAT DAY FOR !DVENTISM AND ALSO FOR THE CHURCH IN *AMAICA v !LLEN SAID h) THINK THE MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THEY WILL ALSO COME INTO AN AWARENESS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE x SCRUTINIZED AND THE SEARCHLIGHT WILL BE ON )T IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO WITNESS IN AREAS WHERE WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACCESS EASILY ) THINK THAT IS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF ALL OF IT 7E LL BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE OUR FAITH AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ECHELONS IN SOCIETY )T BODES WELL FOR THE CHURCH v (E CONCEDED h4HERE WILL BE SOME CHALLENGES BUT ) DOUBT THEY WILL BE INSURMOUNTABLE 7E HAVE A 'OD WHO IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR US AND (E WILL GIVE THE WISDOM v ˆ7ITH INFORMATION FROM .IGEL #OKE 7EST )NDIES 5NION AND THE *AMAICA )NFORMATION 3ERVICE
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.ILAY 3AMANTA AN !DVENTIST YOUNG PERSON IN )NDIA RECENTLY JOINED THE %LIJAH 0ROJECT /NE DAY WHILE SHARING *ESUS LOVE IN A REMOTE VILLAGE 3AMANTA WAS CONFRONTED BY 0ALLAB 'HOSH 'HOSH AND HIS FAMILY WERE IDOL WORSHIPPERS 4HEY WORSHIPPED +ALI A GODDESS OF SHAKTI POWER &EARLESSLY 3AMANTA IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF %LIJAH INVITED 'HOSH TO ATTEND THE EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS 3AMANTA PREACHED ABOUT %LIJAH !HAB AND THE PROPHETS OF "AAL FROM +INGS AND THE 3PIRIT OF 'OD TOUCHED 'HOSH S HEART !S HE CONTINUED ATTENDING THE MEETINGS HE SENSED 'OD WAS LEADING HIM TO MAKE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN HIS LIFE 4RANSFORMED BY 'OD S GRACE THROUGH THE PREACHING OF A YOUNG !DVENTIST PREACHER TODAY 'HOSH IS A BAPTIZED MEMBER OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH AWAITING THE RETURN OF HIS ,ORD
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9OUTH ACTIVELY WORKING FOR #HRIST AROUND THE WORLD ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING THE POWER OF 'OD 3OME ARE WITNESSING MODERN DAY MIRACLES *EAN %MMANUEL .LO .LO YOUTH AND COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR OF THE 7EST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION SHARES THIS AMAZING STORY FROM A VILLAGE IN THE EASTERN PART OF .IGERIA !S THE %LIJAH 0ROJECT YOUTH TEAM ENTERED A PARTICULAR VILLAGE AND BEGAN VISITING HOMES TO PREPARE FOR AN UPCOMING EVANGELISTIC SERIES ONE YOUNG EVANGELIST WAS BITTEN BY A POISONOUS SNAKE 4HE CONSEQUENCES COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY 4HE YOUNG PEOPLE PRAYED EARNESTLY 4HEY CLAIMED THE PROMISES OF 'OD SUCH AS h!SK AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU SEEK AND YOU WILL lNDv -ATT -IRACULOUSLY THE POISONOUS SNAKE BITE HAD NO HARMFUL EFFECT ON THE YOUNG PREACHER "UT 3ATAN WAS NOT THROUGH YET $URING THE EVANGELISTIC MEETING IN THE VILLAGE THAT EVENING ANOTHER POISONOUS SNAKE SLITHERED DOWN THE AISLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO ATTACK THE PREACHER /NCE AGAIN 'OD MOVED POWERFULLY AND THE VILLAGERS KILLED THE SNAKE 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT WAS POURED OUT 4HE ENTIRE VILLAGE SENSED THE MOVING OF 'OD AND SCORES WERE BAPTIZED 5NITED 3TATES
3OMEONE WISELY SAID h'IVE YOUNG PEOPLE A CHALLENGE LIFT THEIR VISION TO SEE WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND THEY WILL DO THE IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY DO NOT KNOW IT CANNOT BE DONE v 2OBERT , 2OBINSON AN EVANGELISTIC COORDINATOR IN )NDIA CONlRMS THIS THOUGHT IN A REPORT ON YOUTH EVANGELISM h3OMEONE HAD FORGOTTEN TO INFORM -ICHAEL THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A YEAR OLD TO PREACH A SERMON LET ALONE CONDUCT A FULL EVANGELISTIC EFFORT IN THE 3UNDERBAN ISLANDS -ICHAEL WAS PART OF A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM 3UNNYDALE !CADEMY IN THE 5NITED 3TATES #ONDUCTING EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AT DIFFERENT SITES IN )NDIA THESE ENTHUSIASTIC YOUNG PEOPLE WITNESSED PEOPLE BAPTIZED AS THE RESULT OF THEIR EFFORTS v
4HE YOUTH OF THE 3OUTH 0ACIlC WERE ALSO ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN A MAJOR EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN IN THE ARCHIPELAGO OF 6ANUATU IN THE CITY OF 3ANTO 4OWN AND PEOPLE WERE BAPTIZED #HALLENGED TO 7ITNESS
4HE TESTIMONY OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUTH IS THAT THEIR OWN FAITH GROWS AS THEY BECOME INVOLVED IN SERVICE FOR #HRIST 4HESE FAITH lLLED YOUNG PEOPLE AREN T CONTENT TO SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND CRITICIZE THE CHURCH 4HEY ARE TAKING THE REINS SHAPING THE FUTURE AND BECOMING ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN MAKING THE CHURCH ALL THEY LONG FOR IT TO BE 2ESEARCH REVEALS THAT YOUTH ARE EAGER TO BE INVOLVED IN THE LIFE AND WITNESS OF THE CHURCH ! YEAR STUDY CONDUCTED BY 2OGER $UDLEY AND A STAFF OF RESEARCHERS AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY IN -ICHIGAN 5NITED 3TATES OF TEENAGERSˆALL BAPTIZED MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH SCATTERED THROUGHOUT .ORTH !MERICAN $IVISION TERRITORYˆCONCLUDED THAT hMOST ;YOUNG PEOPLE= WOULD WELCOME A CHALLENGE TO WITNESS v $UDLEY ADDS h)N SPITE OF THE MODERATE LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY AND CHURCH ACTIVITY OVERWHELMING NUMBERS EXHIBIT INTEREST IN CREATIVE VENTURES FOR #HRIST /UR YOUTH SEEM TO BE SAYING @) MAY NOT BE A GREAT !DVENTIST RIGHT NOW BUT ) REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GET INVOLVED IF YOU COULD CHALLENGE ME WITH A MISSION v
4HERE S A DEEP HEART CRY FROM !DVENTIST YOUTH WHO WANT TO BE INVOLVED 4HEY DON T WANT TO BE SIMPLY ENTERTAINED 4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH HAS SO MUCH MORE TO OFFER ITS YOUTH THAN THE WORLD S AMUSEMENTS CLOTHED IN GARMENTS OF RELIGION /URS IS A VISION OF REACHING A LOST WORLD FOR #HRIST 4O ACCOMPLISH THIS OVERWHELMING SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE TASK THE CHURCH NEEDS ITS BRIGHTEST AND BEST MINDS 7ITNESS IS THE LIFE CALLING OF EVERY #HRISTIAN 9OUNG AND OLD ALIKE ARE CALLED BY 'OD TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR (IS KINGDOM 4HE CHURCH NEEDS THE ENERGY ENTHUSIASM AND CREATIVITY OF ITS YOUTH AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS ARE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SHARING THEIR FAITH (EAVEN REJOICES IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO A lNISHED WORK IN THIS GENERATION
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!DVENTIST WORK STARTED SLOWLY IN THE 0HILIPPINES 4HE lRST !DVENTIST MISSIONARY A LITERATURE EVANGELIST ARRIVED IN THE 0HILIPPINES IN FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL MORE MISSIONARY FAMILIES THE NEXT YEAR (OWEVER IT TOOK SIX YEARS FOR THE $ 5 2 / % ( . lRST PERSON TO BE BAPTIZED 4ODAY THAT S ALL CHANGED */ NEARLY !DVENTISTS LIVE AND WORSHIP IN THE 0HILIPPINES !S THE !DVENTIST #HURCH GREW MANY EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTH CARE INSTITUTIONS SPRANG UP SOME OF WHICH SUCH
AS THE !DVENTIST )NTERNATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF !DVANCED 3TUDIES !))!3 SERVE THE !DVENTIST #HURCH THROUGHOUT !SIA /THER MAJOR !DVENTIST INSTITUTIONS IN THE 0HILIPPINES ARE N #ENTRAL 0HILIPPINE !DVENTIST #OLLEGE N -ANILA !DVENTIST -EDICAL #ENTER N -OUNTAIN 6IEW #OLLEGE N .ORTHERN ,UZON !DVENTIST #OLLEGE N 0HILIPPINE 0UBLISHING (OUSE N 0HILIPPINE !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY 0ART OF THE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING FOR THE lRST QUARTER OF WILL SUPPORT THREE EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS IN THE 0HILIPPINES 4HE lRST IS AT 0ALAWAN !DVENTIST !CADEMY IN THE NORTHERN 0HILIPPINES WHERE FOR MORE THAN YEARS YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TRAINED FOR #HRISTIAN SERVICE ! RECENT STUDY REVEALED THE NEED TO ADD VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING TO THE ACADEMY S CURRICULUM #OURSES SUCH AS AUTO MECHANICS AND COMPUTER CLASSES WILL ENHANCE THE EDUCATION THE SCHOOL CAN OFFER AND WILL EXPAND THE OUTREACH OF THIS SCHOOL TO ITS COMMUNITY 9OUR OFFERINGS WILL HELP BUILD CLASSROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE THESE ADDITIONAL CLASSES 4HE SECOND PROJECT IS IN $UMAGUETE A CITY IN THE CENTRAL 0HILIPPINES WHERE THERE IS A THRIVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL "UT SECONDARY STUDENTS MUST CHOOSE EITHER TO ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR TRAVEL TO ANOTHER ISLAND TO CONTINUE THEIR !DVENTIST EDUCATION /FFERINGS WILL HELP BUILD CLASSROOMS THE lRST STEP IN ESTABLISHING AN !DVENTIST SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THIS REGION OF THE COUNTRY 4HE THIRD PROJECT IS IN :AMBOANGA A LARGE MULTIETHNIC AND MULTIRELIGIOUS CITY ON THE SOUTHWESTERN TIP OF -INDANAO ONE OF THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS (ERE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS LONG SERVED STUDENTS FROM EVERY FAITH IN THE COMMUNITY 2ECENTLY THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS REBUILT AND WORK STARTED ON A SECONDARY SCHOOL SO THAT STUDENTS WON T HAVE TO LEAVE THE !DVENTIST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION !GAIN OFFERINGS WILL HELP COMPLETE THIS SCHOOL 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S MISSION WORK IN THE 0HILIPPINES VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG
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HE CONDITION YOU HAVE IS OFTEN CALLED SCIATICA THOUGH PERHAPS A MORE HIGHFALUTIN TERM IS hNEUROGENIC CLAUDICATION v )T IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM BECOMING MORE COMMON IN OLDER AGE GROUPS 4HE GROUP OF CONDITIONS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM IS CALLED LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS OR A NARROWING OF THE SPINAL CANAL THROUGH WHICH THE NERVES MUST PASS ! RESULT OF THE NARROWING IS COMPRESSION OF THE NERVES WITH RESULTING PAIN ,UMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS CAUSES SYMPTOMS AT AN EARLIER AGE THAN OTHER CAUSES OFTEN IN PEOPLE OF TO YEARS OF AGE 3UCH PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH SHORTENED BONY PEDICLES WHICH MAKE THE SPINAL CANAL NARROW $EGENERATIVE PROCESSES ARE THE MOST COMMON CAUSE (ERE OSTEOARTHRITIS OR DEGENERATION OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC APPARATUS CAN RESULT IN BULGING ONTO THE NERVES OR EVEN A HYPERTROPHY OR THICKENING OF THE LIGAMENTS WITH A SUBSEQUENT NERVE COMPRESSION 4HE TYPICAL AGE FOR SYMPTOMS TO BEGIN IS BETWEEN AND YEARS /THER CAUSES ARE TRAUMA AND EVEN SURGERY MAY BE FOLLOWED BY STENOSIS AT THE LEVEL OF THE SURGERY OR ONE SPACE UP OR DOWN -OVEMENT OF ONE VERTEBRA UPON THE OTHER A CONDITION CALLED SPONDYLOLISTHESIS CAN ALSO COMPRESS THE NERVES
0ATIENTS WITH THIS PROBLEM OF SPINAL STENOSIS IN THEIR LUMBAR REGION HAVE COMPLAINTS LIKE THOSE YOU DESCRIBE )F YOUR DOCTOR RAISES YOUR LEG WHILE IT IS NOT BENT AT THE KNEE YOU MAY lND THE PAIN IS MADE WORSE 9OU MAY ALSO HAVE DIFlCULTY WALKING WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED BECAUSE THE POSITION SENSING NERVES MAY BE COMPROMISED /STEOARTHRITIS IN THE HIP OFTEN CAUSES GROIN PAIN MADE WORSE BY ROTATING THE HIP INWARD AND A CONDITION CALLED TROCHANTERIC BURSITIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH TENDERNESS OVER THE BONY PART OF YOUR THIGH BONE AT THE TOP 0AIN IN THE CALF WHEN WALKING IS NOT INmUENCED BY mEXING OR EXTENDING ONE S BACK WHEREAS LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS IS OFTEN MADE WORSE BY EXTENDING BACKWARDS 5NFORTUNATELY TREATMENT IS NOT EASY &ORTUNATELY THE CONDITION DOES NOT USUALLY PROGRESS RAPIDLY BUT DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT IS ALSO UNLIKELY %XERCISES SUCH AS BICYCLING AND SWIMMING ARE BETTER TOLERATED THAN WALKING AND RUNNING !BDOMINAL EXERCISES HELP AVOID EXCESSIVE LUMBAR EXTENSION #ORSETS MAY HELP WITH POSTURE SO ARE WORTH A TRY 7HEN PAIN MEDICATIONSˆEITHER IN TABLET FORM OR INJECTIONˆFAIL A PATIENT MAY CONSIDER SURGERY 3YMPTOMS SHOULD BE SEVERE ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY WHAT CAN BE LESS THAN
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4HESE PASSAGES PRESENT 'OD AS BOTH A 'OD OF MERCY AND OF JUSTICE !ND VERSE OF CHAPTER INDICATES THAT FORGIVENESS COVERS THREE FACETS OF OUR SPIRITUAL FALL INIQUITY TRANSGRESSION AND SIN )N (EBREW INIQUITY AVON MEANS TURNING FROM THE TRUTH TRANSGRESSION PESHAH MEANS REBELLION AND SIN CHATT AH MEANS TO GO ASTRAY 4HESE ALL STAND IN CONTRAST TO REPENTANCE (EBREW NOCHAM PENITENCE SORROW AND 'REEK METANOIA CHANGE OF MIND CONVERSION $OWNFALL AND 2ESTORATION
7HILE REmECTING ON -OSES WITNESS TO THIS AWESOME EPIPHANY ) REALIZED THAT GETTING TO KNOW 'OD IS PROPORTIONAL TO BENElTING FROM (IS GOODNESS WHICH MEANS BASKING IN (IS INlNITE GRACE AND MERCY (E IS PATIENT AND COMPASSIONATE TO THOSE WHO SEEK REPENTANCE AND RENEWAL /N THE OTHER HAND (E DOES NOT IGNORE THE STUBBORNNESS AND RECKLESSNESS OF THE WICKED AND THEY WILL DElNITELY RECEIVE THEIR DUE PENALTY )T S THUS IN OUR INTEREST TO SEEK (IS ALL ENCOMPASSING FORGIVENESS "UT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN TO BE FORGIVEN 4HE ,ORD (IMSELF DISCLOSES THAT A PERSON S SPIRITUAL DOWNFALL INVOLVES AT LEAST THREE STAGES !T lRST A TYPICAL PERSON WHETHER #HRISTIAN OR NONBELIEVER WILL HAVE A TENDENCY TO LIVE AT VARIANCE WITH 'OD S WILL OR TO QUESTION THE VALIDITY AND PRACTICALITY OF THE 3CRIPTURES !S A RESULT THAT PERSON WILL DISREGARD THE SUPREME AUTHORITY OF 'OD AND IN ESSENCE LIVE A LIFE OF REBELLION )N THE END THAT PERSON WILL BE FOUND GUILTY AND BE LOST BEYOND REDEMPTION UNLESS THERE IS A BREAK IN THIS DOWNWARD PATTERN !LTHOUGH OUR MAIN PASSAGE ABOUT THE CLEFT OF THE ROCK POINTS TO A LITERAL PHENOMENON WE STILL MAY DRAW SYMBOLIC MEANING OUT OF IT
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TREE GREW AND HAD A LARGE TRUNK AND MANY MANY BRANCHES THAT SPREAD OUT AND UP UNTIL IT WAS A MASSIVE TREE WITH THOUSANDS OF LEAVES 4HEN THE DREAM ENDED AND ) WOKE UP h)T WAS NOT LIKE OTHER DREAMS v SHE ADDED h) M SURE THERE IS A MEANING AND THAT ) MUST DO SOMETHING v :HU AND HER HUSBAND DISCUSSED AND PRAYED ABOUT THE DREAM (ER HUSBAND CONCLUDED h4HE ONLY SEED WE HAVE IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOOD NEWS OF ETERNAL LIFE FOUND IN THE GOSPEL MESSAGE ) THINK 'OD WANTS YOU TO GO AND TAKE IT TO YOUR NEIGHBOR h) KNOW IT S DANGEROUS v HE ADMITTED hBUT 'OD IS GIVING YOU INSTRUCTION TO GO TO YOUR FRIEND S HOUSE AND SHARE THE )T 3TARTED 7ITH A $REAM ONLY SEED YOU AND ) HAVE WHICH IS THE GOSPEL OF *ESUS AND !FTER lNDING -EIFEN SICK ONE DAY :HU VISITED HER FRIEND ETERNAL SALVATION 9OU NEED TO DO 'OD S WILL REGARDLESS OF FREQUENTLY TO HELP HER DURING HER ILLNESS 4HEN ONE NIGHT THE CONSEQUENCES 9OU ARE A FOLLOWER OF #HRIST AND YOU :HU HAD A DREAM THAT TROUBLED HER BECAUSE OF ITS VIVIDNESS MUST FOLLOW (IS INSTRUCTIONS v AND URGENCY 3HE FELT IT HELD PERSONAL MEANING FOR HER 3HE :HU AGREED WITH THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DREAM AND TOLD HER HUSBAND ABOUT THE DREAM AND ASKED HIM TO HELP DECIDED THAT THE ONE SEED WOULD BE ONE "IBLE VERSE AND ITS HER INTERPRET IT MEANING 7ITH EACH VISIT TO HER FRIEND S HOUSE SHE WOULD h) DREAMED ) WAS HOME AND THAT ) HAD ONE SEED v :HU TELL -EIFEN ONE "IBLE VERSE OF HOPE AND COURAGE NO MORE TOLD HER HUSBAND h4HEN A VERY REAL VOICE TOLD ME THAT ) $AY AFTER DAY :HU VISITED -EIFEN AND DAY AFTER DAY SHOULD GO TO MY NEIGHBOR -EIFEN S HOUSE AND PLANT THIS THEY PRAYED TOGETHER %ACH EVENING -EIFEN WAITED FOR HER SEED IN HER FRONT YARD 4HEN -EIFEN AND ) TOOK CARE OF IT AND HUSBAND TO COME HOME FROM WORK TO SHARE WITH HIM THE WATERED IT AND IN TIME IT GREW TO BE A THIN SMALL TREE 4HE NEW VERSE OF KNOWLEDGE AND ITS MEANING
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4HE HOUSE CHURCH FAMILIES FELT PRIVILEGED TO OWN A "IBLE BUT EXCITEMENT MOUNTED WHEN THEY BEGAN TO DISCOVER BOOKS OWNED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS WRITTEN BY SPIRITUAL WRITER AND SPEAKER %LLEN 7HITE 7HITE AN !MERICAN HAD TRAVELED IN %UROPE AS A SPEAKER AND LATER LIVED IN !USTRALIA (ER BOOKS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO NUMEROUS LANGUAGES INCLUDING #HINESE AND READING SOME OF THESE BOOKS ENCOURAGED THE NEW BELIEVERS AND TAUGHT THEM HOW TO LIVE MORE SPIRITUAL AND HEALTHFUL LIVES -EIFEN S CHILDREN WHO WERE THEN IN THEIR TEENS BORROWED SOME OF 7HITE S BOOKS FROM OTHERS AND COPIED THEM BY HAND WORD FOR WORD ON PAPER HAND SEWN TO FORM A BOOK
3OON MANY MORE PEOPLE JOINED THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS 4HE CHILDREN OF BOTH :HU AND -EIFEN BECAME TEACHERS OF THE 3CRIPTURES AND LEADERS IN THE GROWING CHURCH &ROM %LLEN 7HITE S BOOKS THEY LEARNED HOW TO PLAN AND ORGANIZE HOW TO BE HEALTHIER AND HAPPIER AND HOW TO WORK WISELY FOR THE GOOD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD 4HE SEED HAD BEEN PLANTED AND IT HAD GROWN INTO A SOLID TRUNK THAT WAS BEGINNING TO HAVE BRANCHES &AST FORWARD
.OW FAST FORWARD TO TODAY IN ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN NORTHEASTERN #HINA )T IS A GROWING INDUSTRIAL CITY OF MILLION THAT IS SPREADING OUT AND ENJOYING STABILITY PROSPERITY AND FREEDOM OF WORSHIP )TS CITIZENS WHO BELIEVE IN 'OD AND KEEP THE 3ABBATH HOLY ENTER A LARGE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH BUILDING THERE EACH 3ATURDAY AND WORSHIP THE 'OD OF HEAVEN )N THIS CONGREGATION BELIEVERS BEGIN ARRIVING FOR PRAYERS AS EARLY AS A M WHEN THE MORNING SUNLIGHT BATHES THE SPIRE CLOCK AND CROSS OF THIS HUGE GLEAMING CHURCH /NCE INSIDE THE lRST IMPRESSION IS OF BEING IN AN OUTDOOR CATHEDRAL AS THE LIGHT STREAMS IN THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING FOUR STORIES ABOVE 4HE MEMBERS COME PREPARED TO STUDY AND LEARN WITH "IBLES NOTEBOOKS PENS PENCILS AND OTHER MATERIALS 4HEY SIT AT PEWS DESIGNED FOR STUDY WITH WRITING LEDGES )N FRONT OF EACH MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE PEW IS A HOOK ON WHICH TO HANG THEIR SACK LUNCH WHICH THEY EAT WITH FRIENDS BETWEEN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON CHURCH ACTIVITIES 4HE lRST CONGREGATIONAL "IBLE STUDY STARTS AT A M FOLLOWED BY ADDITIONAL "IBLE STUDIES AT AND "Y THE TIME THE A M WORSHIP HOUR ARRIVES MORE THAN PEOPLE HAVE ASSEMBLED TO PRAISE 'OD IN PRAYER WORSHIP AND SONG 7ORSHIPPERS SAY THEY ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE A CHURCH FACILITY IN WHICH TO ASSEMBLE FREELY 4HEY ADD THAT THEY DON T FORGET TO PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE FREEDOM TO WORSHIP AS THEY CHOOSE 4HE 3EED "ECOMES A 4REE
:HU AND -EIFEN CONTINUE TO WORSHIP HERE IN THIS CHURCH WHICH REPRESENTS THE TRUNK OF THE SEED PLANTED SOME YEARS AGO )T IS A HUGE TREE OF FAITH WITH MANY MANY BRANCHES AND COUNTLESS LEAVES 3EEDS OF IT ARE SPREADING AND THE JOYS OF A PURE LIFE ARE BEING PLANTED 4HE SHARED DREAM HAS BECOME A REALITY
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%ACH *ANUARY MORE THAN ANXIOUS YOUTH APPLYING FOR ACCEPTANCE TO 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY PACK ITS CAMPUS /NLY ABOUT PERCENT OR OF THEMˆMOSTLY NON !DVENTISTSˆARE ACCEPTED AS NEW STUDENTS 4HE RATIO OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS FROM !DVENTIST STUDENTS IS MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT OF NON !DVENTISTS YET THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF !DVENTIST STUDENTS ANNUALLY ACCEPTED HOVERS NEAR OR ABOUT IN 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY FACULTY AND STAFF VIEW THIS SITUATION POSITIVELY AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MISSION OBSERVING THAT EVERY YEAR NEW SEEKERS OF TRUTH ARE hSTORMINGv THE SCHOOL 4HE EXUBERANT YOUTH WALKING AROUND CAMPUS ARE REMINISCENT OF THE lSH THAT CROWDED AROUND 0ETER S lSHING NET IN RESPONSE TO *ESUS COMMAND h0UT OUT INTO DEEP WATER AND LET DOWN THE NETSv ,UKE .)6 4HE QUESTION NOW IS HOW TO HANDLE THE SITUATION
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3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY OPERATES A MULTIDIRECTIONAL CAMPUS MINISTRY TO WIN THESE YOUNG ADULTS TO THE ,ORD #AMPUS -INISTRY FUNCTIONS WITH THE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OF THE SCHOOL AND FULLY MOBILIZES PASTORS PROFESSORS AND #HRISTIAN STUDENT PEERS 4HE CHAPLAIN S OFFICE CALLS THIS MISSION APPROACH THE h4RIPLE 3 0RINCIPLE v AN ACRONYM FOR 3PIRITUALITY 3YSTEM AND 3TRATEGY 5SING THE SPIRITUALITY PRINCIPLE THE CHAPLAIN S OFFICE HAS ESTABLISHED THE FOLLOWING MODEL FOR THE CAMPUS MISSION )T VIEWS THE CAMPUS NOT AS A JOB SITE BUT A BATTLEFIELD FOR WINNING SOULS FOR #HRIST 4HE STUDENTS ARE THE SOULS TO BE SAVED MEMBERS TO BE CARED FOR AND GOSPEL COLLEAGUES TO BE TRAINED 4EACHING COUNSELING AND SHARING FELLOWSHIP ARE THE METHODS OF APPROACH
3AHMYOOK HAS ESTABLISHED AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM FOR FAITH EDUCATION AND MISSION 4HE FAITH EDUCATION PROGRAM IS PART OF THE CURRICULUM 2EQUIREMENTS INCLUDE ACHIEVING CREDITS OF "IBLE CLASSES WITHIN SIX TO SEVEN SEMESTERS ATTENDING CHAPEL ONCE A WEEK GOING TO THE 7EEK OF 0RAYER EVERY SEMESTER AND ATTENDING 3ABBATH WORSHIP DURING THE STUDENTS lRST YEAR 4HE CHAPLAIN S OFlCE IS STRIVING TO DELIVER FAITH BASED EDUCATION EFFECTIVELY TO THE STUDENTS BY MOBILIZING AND ARRANGING HUMAN RESOURCES AND FORMING STRATEGIES 4HE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM IS IN ITS HUMAN RESOURCES -ANY PASTORS ARE PART OF THE FACULTY AT 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITYˆTHEOLOGY PROFESSORS FULL TIME "IBLE TEACHERS AND PASTOR PROFESSORS WHO ARE TEACHING IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF THEIR AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION !LSO THE LOCAL
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CONFERENCE ASSIGNS YOUNG AND CAPABLE PASTORS TO SERVE IN CAMPUS MINISTRY FOR A TERM OF TWO TO FOUR YEARS !LL THE PASTORS ASSIST STUDENTS BY GUIDING AND GIVING THEM DIRECTION &AITH BASED EDUCATION EMANATES FROM THE PROFESSORS IN EACH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE MOST INmUENTIAL MENTORS TO THE STUDENTS 4HEY SUPPORT MISSION WORK THROUGH COUNSELING AND ENDEAVOR TO BE GOOD EXAMPLES TO THE YOUTH "UT THIS IS NOT ALL &ORTY SOPHOMORE THEOLOGY STUDENTS ARE ALSO FULLY ENGAGED IN CAMPUS MINISTRY 4HEY SERVE AS YOUTH PASTORS IN EACH DEPARTMENT !DVENTIST STUDENT VOLUNTEERS DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO THIS MISSION 4HEY ARE CALLED 3!9 AN ACRONYM FOR 3AHMYOOK !DVENTIST 9OUTH 4HEY APPROACH THE OTHER STUDENTS AS PEERS AND ACCOMPLISH MANY THINGS THAT PASTORS AND PROFESSORS CANNOT 4HE THREE SOURCES OF HUMAN COOPERATION PARTICIPATING IN CAMPUS
PRAYER AND PRAISE lLL THE CAMPUS !MONG RECENTLY HELD 7EEKS OF 0RAYER THE STUDENTS POSITIVE RESPONSE "ACK TO )TS 2OOTS HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY EVIDENT ESPECIALLY "IBLE CLASSES AND CHAPELS ARE THE DURING A SEGMENT OF THE PROGRAM ROOT OF FAITH EDUCATION AT 3AHMYOOK SCHOOL OFlCIALS CALL h3HARING THE 3TORY 5NIVERSITY 4HE PASTORS COUNSEL OF -Y ,IFE AND -Y &AITH 7ITH 9OUTH v STUDENTS PERSONALLY IN CONNECTION 4HIS IS WHEN NOTABLE !DVENTISTS IN WITH THESE CLASSES POLITICAL AND ACADEMIC lELDS ARE 3ENIOR NURSING STUDENT "OYUNG INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF THE STUDENTS BY ,EE CAME TO KNOW *ESUS THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY S HEAD CHAPLAIN HER FRESHMAN "IBLE CLASS 3HE WAS 9ENA 0ARK A JUNIOR MAJORING IN INmUENCED BY HER PROFESSOR WHO SOCIAL WELFARE HAD NEVER ENCOUNTERED PATIENTLY ANSWERED HER MANY QUESTIONS #HRISTIANITY BEFORE ENTERING THE .OW PART OF 3!9 SHE IS SERVING AS A UNIVERSITY )N THE FALL OF SHE HAD 3ABBATH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SUCH A STRONG EXPERIENCE THAT SHE SHED /THER APPROACHES BESIDES "IBLE TEARS WHILE LISTENING TO THE PREACHER CLASSES ARE ALSO NEEDED DURING THE 7EEK OF 0RAYER 4HE 3ABBATH 7ORSHIPˆ3AHMYOOK (OLY 3PIRIT WORKED IN HER HEART AND 5NIVERSITY MAINTAINS A 3ABBATH CHANGED HER LIFE 9ENA IS NOW IN CHARGE ATTENDANCE SYSTEM FOR FRESHMEN !LL OF 3!9 S WORSHIP SERVICE THE FAITH LEADERS ATTEMPT TO MAKE &ESTIVALS TO .URTURE AND 3ABBATH THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DAY OF %NCOURAGE 3TUDENT ,EADERSˆ!BOUT THE WEEK &ROM THEIR lRST 3ABBATH 3!9 MEMBERS EXCLUDING THEOLOGY ON CAMPUS STUDENTS ENCOUNTER WHAT STUDENTS DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO CAMPUS THEY CANNOT EXPERIENCE AT ANY OTHER MINISTRY AT 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY 4HEY UNIVERSITY 4HEY RECEIVE A HEARTY NURTURE NEW BELIEVERS AND HELP THEM WELCOME TO 3ABBATH SCHOOLS PREPARED TO ADAPT TO THE CHURCH 4HE STUDENT BY THEIR PEER 3ABBATH SCHOOL LEADERS LEADERS HOWEVER ALSO NEED SPIRITUAL 4HE PROFESSORS THEN MEET WITH THE FOOD SO PROGRAMS ARE ORGANIZED TO STUDENTS IN SMALL GROUPS AND HAVE ENHANCE THEIR SPIRITUAL GROWTH 4HE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM &ESTIVAL OF *3 &ESTIVAL OF *ESUS 3ECOND 7HEN 3ABBATH SCHOOL IS OVER THE #OMING IS A THREE DAY EVENT HELD STUDENTS GATHER IN THE MAIN AUDITORIUM NEAR THE END OF EACH SEMESTER )TS AND PARTICIPATE IN AN EVANGELISTIC PURPOSE IS TO SPIRITUALLY STRENGTHEN ORIENTED WORSHIP SERVICE ! FELLOWSHIP AND ENCOURAGE FAITH LEADERS !NOTHER LUNCH IS THEN PROVIDED WITH EVERY EVENT THE 3MALL 'ROUP &ESTIVAL IS DEPARTMENT TAKING TURNS EACH WEEK TO HELD OFF CAMPUS DURING SUMMER AND PREPARE AND SERVE THE MEAL WINTER BREAKS 4HE STUDENT LEADERS 4HE SCHOOL ORGANIZES AND OFFERS BUILD STRONG SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP BONDS FOUR TYPES OF ON CAMPUS 3ABBATH THROUGH THIS FESTIVAL WORSHIP SERVICES THE hFORMALv STYLE -ISSION 4RIPS !BROADˆ!NOTHER OF WORSHIP FOR REGULAR MEMBERS AN IMPORTANT FAITH PROGRAM THAT UNFOLDS hOPENv WORSHIP FOR FRESHMEN A hYOUTHv DURING SCHOOL BREAKS IS MISSION TRIPS WORSHIP FOR TRAINING !DVENTIST STUDENTS TO OTHER COUNTRIES DURING WHICH MANY TO EVANGELIZE AND AN h%NGLISHv WORSHIP STUDENTS DISCOVER AUTHENTIC FAITH %VEN FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN LISTENING AND NONBELIEVERS WHO SIMPLY WANT TO SERVE COMMUNICATING IN %NGLISH OTHERS JOIN THESE MISSION ADVENTURES 7EEK OF 0RAYERˆ4HE 7EEK OF AND AS A RESULT OFTEN ACCEPT #HRIST 0RAYER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FAITH AS THEIR 3AVIOR .OTHING IS BETTER FOR EVENT OF THE SEMESTER $URING THIS DEVELOPING FAITH THAN PRACTICAL SERVICE WEEK OF SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS MANY IN CONNECTION WITH MISSION PROGRAMS STUDENTS ENCOUNTER THE ESSENCE OF THE %LEVEN TEAMS IN AND IN #HRISTIAN FAITH 4HE 7ORD OF 'OD FROM 3AHMYOOK WENT ON MISSION TRIPS MINISTRY ARE KNOWN AS THE 4HREE 0S 0ASTORS 0ROFESSORS AND 0EERS
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*ONGSOOK 3ONG A GRADUATE %NGLISH MAJOR CAME TO KNOW AND ACCEPT #HRIST WHILE A STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL AND THEN MADE SPREADING THE GOSPEL TO HER PEERS A PRIORITY %VEN AS A GRADUATE STUDENT SHE IS CONTINUING TO SERVE IN CAMPUS MINISTRY 3ENIOR PHARMACY MAJOR 3UNGWON 9OO HAD A NEGATIVE VIEW OF #HRISTIANITY HOWEVER HE ACCEPTED THE !DVENTIST BELIEFS BECAUSE OF THE INmUENCE OF ANOTHER STUDENT A SOPHOMORE THEOLOGY MAJOR 3UNGWON IS NOW FOCUSING ON EVANGELIZING OTHER STUDENTS IN HIS DEPARTMENT S MISSION GROUP 4HIS REPORT IS TOO BRIEF TO TELL THE STORIES OF ALL THE LIVES CHANGED AT 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY BUT HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS ACCEPT #HRIST EACH YEAR AND ARE BAPTIZED )N MORE THAN STUDENTS WERE BAPTIZED BY THE BEGINNING OF $ECEMBER (ELPING THESE NEW BELIEVERS TO BOTH GROW IN THEIR FAITH AND LEARN HOW TO SHARE THEIR FAITH ARE KEY GOALS OF THE OVERALL SPIRITUAL PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY 3AHMYOOK IS PUTTING FORTH ITS BEST EFFORT TO LEAD YOUTH TO #HRIST 3CHOOL FACULTY AND STUDENT LEADERS KNOW WELL HOWEVER THAT ALL THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED IS BY THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT h.O ONE CAN SAY THAT *ESUS IS ,ORD EXCEPT BY THE (OLY 3PIRITv #OR "ECAUSE LEADERS RECOGNIZE THIS TRUTH THE CHAPLAIN S OFlCE FORMULATED THE 012 GUIDELINES FOR ITS MINISTRYˆ 0RAYER VERSUS 0ROGRAM 1UALITY VERSUS 1UANTITY AND 2ELATIONSHIP VERSUS 2ECORD 4HIS IS THE CODE THEY LIVE BY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THE lSHING NET OF 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY IS NARROW AND DENSE IT CAN ALSO BE TORN AT ANY TIME "UT THEY STRIVE TO DO THEIR BEST TO MEND THE NET FREQUENTLY *ESUS SAID h&OLLOW -E AND ) WILL MAKE YOU lSHERS OF MENv -ATT !T 3AHMYOOK 5NIVERSITY THAT CALL IS BEING CLEARLY HEARDˆAND CLEARLY ANSWERED
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SAYS THAT HUMAN FATHERS DISCIPLINE US hAS SEEMED BEST TO THEM BUT (E ;OUR HEAVENLY &ATHER= FOR OUR PROlTv (EB )N OTHER WORDS OUR FATHERS AS HARD AS THEY MIGHT TRY AND AS GODLY AS THEY MAY BE CAN NEVER REALLY FULlLL THE ROLE THAT 'OD lLLS IN OUR LIFE -Y EARTHLY FATHER DID WHAT SEEMED BEST TO HIM MOST OF THE TIME BUT MY HEAVENLY &ATHER KNOWS WHAT S BEST FOR ME ALL THE TIME .OT ONLY BECAUSE (E KNOWS ME BETTER THAN ) KNOW MYSELF BUT ALSO BECAUSE (E KNOWS HOW EVERYTHING WILL TURN OUT AND MOST IMPORTANT (E KNOWS WHAT ) NEED SO THAT ) WILL TURN OUT THE WAY (E INTENDED !ND (E WILL FULlLL THE PLAN (E HAS FOR MY LIFE 4HAT S WHY WHEN WE APPROACH 'OD IN PRAYER WE CAN DO SO WITH CONlDENCE BECAUSE OUR HEAVENLY &ATHER KNOWS WHAT WE NEED BEFORE WE ASK HIM -ATT 'OD IS SMALL ENOUGH TO REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR LITTLE WORRIES AND NOT JUST PRETEND LIKE ) DO WITH MY CHILDREN SOMETIMES *ESUS SAID THAT THE &ATHER KNOWS THE NUMBER OF HAIRS ON OUR HEADS -ATT 7E CAN TRUST (IM TO CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT CONCERNS US !T THE SAME TIME THE &ATHER IS BIG ENOUGH TO RULE THE UNIVERSE AND TO HAVE THOUGHT OUT THE SOLUTION TO THE SIN PROBLEM LONG BEFORE IT EVER AROSE 0ETER 2EV
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!S A GENERAL RULE THE PIONEERS OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCH ARRIVED AT THEIR DISTINCTIVE BELIEFS THROUGH INTENSE "IBLE STUDY 4HE PERIOD BETWEEN AND WITNESSED ABOUT "IBLE CONFERENCES DURING WHICH OUR UNIQUE BELIEFS WERE FORGED !T THESE CONFERENCES THE PIONEERS MET TO STUDY AND PRAY SOMETIMES THE ENTIRE NIGHT %LLEN 7HITE REMEMBERS THAT FOR A FEW YEARS SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND THE REASONING OF THE hBRETHRENv AND THE MEANING OF THE 3CRIPTURES THEY WERE STUDYING h) WAS IN THIS CONDITION OF MIND v SHE WRITES hUNTIL ALL THE PRINCIPAL POINTS OF OUR FAITH WERE MADE CLEAR TO OUR MINDS IN HARMONY WITH THE 7ORD OF 'OD v !PPARENTLY 'OD DID NOT WANT (IS PEOPLE TO SHORTCUT SERIOUS "IBLE STUDY BY DEPENDING EXCLUSIVELY ON %LLEN 7HITE S VISIONS (ER INmUENCE CAME INSTEAD IN SEVERAL INDIRECT FORMS #LARITY AND #ONlRMATION
/NE INDIRECT BUT IMPORTANT WAY IN WHICH %LLEN 7HITE INmUENCED DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT WAS HER VISIONS THAT CONlRMED THE CONCLUSIONS ARRIVED AT THROUGH "IBLE STUDY 4HIS PHENOMENON OCCURRED TIME AND AGAIN DURING THE "IBLE CONFERENCES MENTIONED ABOVE "UT IN AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE %LLEN 7HITE S VISION HELPED TO SOLVE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT AN EMERGING DOCTRINE 4HE CONmICT CENTERED ON WHEN TO BEGIN 3ABBATH OBSERVANCE 6IEWS VARIED FROM MIDNIGHT &RIDAY NIGHT TO SUNRISE 3ATURDAY MORNING FROM P M &RIDAY OR FROM SUNSET ON &RIDAY * . !NDREWS WAS COMMISSIONED TO STUDY THE ISSUE AND TO REPORT AT A CONFERENCE IN "ATTLE #REEK IN .OVEMBER (E CONCLUDED THAT THE TIME TO BEGIN THE 3ABBATH WAS SUNSET &RIDAY %VEN AFTER !NDREWS PRESENTED HIS STUDY %LLEN 7HITE AND "ATES HELD TO THEIR VIEW OF P M ONLY TO BE CORRECTED BY A VISION A FEW DAYS AFTER THE REPORT
BASIS OF ALL REFORMS v 4HIS COMMITMENT TO THE PRIMACY OF 3CRIPTURE THAT PERMEATED THE THINKING OF THE PIONEERS CONTINUES TO BE EMPHASIZED IN !DVENTIST THINKING TODAY -OST SYSTEMS OF DOCTRINE HAVE INNER CONSISTENCY BECAUSE CONSCIOUSLY OR UNCONSCIOUSLY A CHURCH S SET OF DOCTRINES HAS A CENTER THAT BRINGS THEM TOGETHER TO FORM A SYSTEM /NE OF THE KEY RESULTS OF %LLEN 7HITE S GREAT CONTROVERSY VISION WAS TO GIVE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS A PERSPECTIVE OF THINKING THAT BROUGHT COHERENCE AND MEANING TO THEIR DOCTRINES /F COURSE %LLEN 7HITE WAS NOT THE lRST TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF A COSMIC CONmICT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL "UT PLACING THE LAW OF 'OD AND THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH AT THE CENTER OF THE CONmICT WAS A NEW FOCUS 4HE SIGNIlCANCE OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY MOTIF ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF !DVENTIST DOCTRINE SHOULD NOT BE MINIMIZED )T ILLUMINATED BIBLICAL TEXTS BY PROVIDING PERSPECTIVES THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN MISSED )T GIVES THE CHURCH A PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND EXPLAINS THE CHURCH S UNRELENTING COMMITMENT TO THE LAW OF 'OD AND RELATED DOCTRINES AS HISTORY WINDS DOWN 4HE 'IFT OF 'RACE
&ROM ITS BEGINNING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAVE BEEN MISSION FOCUSED PREACHING A MESSAGE THAT CALLS PEOPLE BACK TO NEGLECTED BIBLICAL TRUTHS INCLUDING THE LAW OF 'OD 4HIS HAS SOMETIMES LED SOME TO OVEREMPHASIZE THE LAW AND hTRUTHv TO THE NEGLECT OF THE GRACE OF #HRIST !GAINST THOSE WHO INSISTED h9OU SHOULD NOT BE REACHING FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF #HRIST AND MAKING SO MUCH OF THAT 9OU SHOULD PREACH THE LAW v %LLEN 7HITE REMARKED h!S A PEOPLE WE HAVE PREACHED THE LAW UNTIL WE ARE AS DRY AS THE HILLS OF 'ILBOA THAT HAD NEITHER DEW NOR RAIN 7E MUST PREACH #HRIST IN THE LAW AND THERE WILL BE SAP AND NOURISHMENT IN THE PREACHING THAT WILL BE AS FOOD TO THE FAMISHING mOCK OF 'OD v %LLEN 7HITE S COUNSELS HAVE SAVED THE CHURCH FROM A LEGALISTIC FOCUS IN ITS PUBLIC DECLARATIONS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HOLD THE PROPHETIC GIFT OF %LLEN 7HITE IN HIGH ESTEEM (OWEVER NEITHER 'OD NOR THE PIONEERS DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO DEVELOP DOCTRINES DIRECTLY FROM HER WRITINGS VISIONS OR PERSONAL DIRECTION $OCTRINES WERE DEVELOPED FROM INTENSE "IBLE STUDY
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7HEN $R *OHN (ARVEY +ELLOGG LEARNED OF THEIR PLANS HE DETERMINED TO DISSUADE THEM 4HERE WERE HE SAID HIGH STATIONS AWAITING THEM IN A NUMBER OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND HOSPITALS (E WAS PERSUASIVE BUT THE NEEDS OF #HINA STOOD OUT IN STARK RELIEF AGAINST THE ATTRACTIVE
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PROPHECY OF THE WEEKS GIVEN TO $ANIEL THROUGH AN ORAL EXPLANATION )N ALL THOSE CASES THE LANGUAGE USED IN IN $ANIEL DAYS AND DAYS TO THE INTERPRETATION OF THE VISION IS BASICALLY LITERAL BUT BE UNDERSTOOD LITERALLY OR SYMBOLICALLY THE PROPHETIC PERIODS ARE NOT 4HEY ARE INTRODUCED AFTER THE VISION AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BUT THEIR SYMBOLIC CONTENT IS NOT FULLY EXPLAINED 4HIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE lND DVENTISTS FOLLOW THE HISTORICIST METHOD OF PROPHETIC IN $ANIEL $URING THE ORAL PRESENTATION PROPHETIC INTERPRETATION BY WHICH THE PROPHECIES RECEIVED BY $ANIEL SPAN THE TIME FROM THE DAYS OF THE PROPHET PERIODS ARE GIVEN WITHOUT A DETAILED INTERPRETATION $ANIEL IS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND THEM BUT HE IS LED TO BELIEVE THAT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 'OD S KINGDOM !CCORDING TO 'OD S PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THEM IN THE FUTURE THIS APPROACH THE YEAR DAY PRINCIPLE %ZE IS USED #ONNECTION "ETWEEN THE 4IME 0ERIODS 4HE DAYS TO INTERPRET PROPHETIC PERIODS 4HE HISTORICIST APPROACH ARE AN EXTENSION OF THE DAYS MENTIONED IN $ANIEL CLAIMS THAT THOSE PERIODS WERE YEARS AND THAT THEY FOUND AND AS A hTIME TIMES AND HALF A TIME v 4HE THEIR FULlLLMENT DURING THE LATE -IDDLE !GES 3OME !DVENTISTS NOW ARGUE THAT THE YEAR DAY PRINCIPLE DIFFERENCE IN $ANIEL IS DAYS SUGGESTING THAT AN ADDITIONAL MONTH HAS BEEN DOES NOT APPLY TO THESE TWO ADDED TO EXTEND THE PERIOD PROPHECIES AND THAT THESE A COMMON PRACTICE IN PROPHETIC PERIODS SHOULD LUNAR CALENDARS "ECAUSE BE UNDERSTOOD AS LITERAL DAYS THE PERIOD OF DAYS IS OF EVENTS TO BE FULFILLED BASED ON THE DAYS AND BEFORE *ESUS RETURN 4HEY BECAUSE IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED ARE FORCED TO SPECULATE ABOUT BY HISTORICIST INTERPRETERS WHICH EVENTS WILL MARK THE THAT THE DAYS ARE YEARS COMPLETION OF THOSE PERIODS WE HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT ,ET S EXAMINE THE CONTEXT OF THE YEAR DAY PRINCIPLE ALSO THE PASSAGE FOR GUIDANCE APPLIES TO THE DAYS )MMEDIATE #ONTEXT "Y 4HE REFERENCE TO THE AND THE 4IME OF THE %ND !NGEL -ANUEL DAYS IN $ANIEL .OT EVERYTHING DESCRIBED 2ODR¤GUEZ EMPHASIZED THE TIME IN $ANIEL IS RELATED DURING WHICH 'OD S PEOPLE TO THE TIME OF THE END &OR WOULD SUFFER PERSECUTION INSTANCE THE SEALING OF THE $ANIEL EMPHASIZES BOOK AND THE INCREASE IN KNOWLEDGE BEGIN BEFORE THAT TIME VERSES IT IS THE MOMENT WHEN THE ACTIVITIES OF 'OD S ENEMIES WOULD BEFORE THE TIME OF THE END THAT THE HEAVENLY BEING SWEARS hBY COME TO AN END 4HE DAYS IN $ANIEL EMPHASIZE HIM WHO LIVES FOREVERv VERSE THE BREAKING OF THE POWER THE MOMENT WHEN PROPHETIC TIME BEGINS )N ORDER TO SYNCHRONIZE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROPHECY WITH A SPECIlC OF THE HOLY PEOPLE OCCURS AND THE hWONDERSv COME TO AN EVENT THE PERIOD IS EXTENDED BY ADDING AN EXTRA MONTH END VERSE 4HE RElNEMENT OF 'OD S PEOPLE TAKES PLACE INSTEAD OF MONTHS DAYS WE NOW HAVE THROUGHOUT HISTORY NOT SIMPLY AT THE TIME OF THE END DAYS 4HIS INTERCALATION ALLOWS THE ANGEL INTERPRETER TO BE VERSE 4HEREFORE IT IS INCORRECT TO SAY THAT BECAUSE MORE PRECISE CONCERNING THE EVENT THAT INITIATES THE PERIOD THE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT MENTIONS THE TIME OF THE END THE AS WELL AS TO ITS FULL LENGTH 4HE PROPHETIC PERIOD OF PROPHETIC PERIODS BELONG TO THAT SAME TIME DAYS IS THEN EXTENDED BY EXTRA DAYS MAKING IT TOTAL 0ROPHETIC 0ERIODS IN $ANIEL %VEN IF WE WERE TO PROPHETIC YEARS BASED ON THE YEAR DAY PRINCIPLE RECOGNIZE THAT PROPHETIC TIME PERIODS ARE IN A CONTEXT )N CONCLUSION THESE TWO TIME PERIODS ARE EXTENSIONS IN WHICH THERE ARE NO VISIONS AND THAT THE LANGUAGE IS OF A WELL ESTABLISHED PROPHETIC PERIOD AND THEY SHOULD PREDOMINANTLY LITERAL THAT WOULD NOT MEAN THE DAYS BE INTERPRETED SYMBOLICALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THE THEMSELVES ARE LITERAL )N $ANIEL PROPHETIC PERIODS ARE PROPHECY NEVER GIVEN IN A VISUAL FORM 4HE PROPHET HEARS OR IS TOLD THEM BY A HEAVENLY BEING )N $ANIEL THE d TIMES IS INTRODUCED NOT DURING THE VISION BUT DURING THE ANGEL S EXPLANATION OF THE VISION )N $ANIEL THE DAYS ARE GIVEN IN THE CONTEXT OF A REVELATION IN WHICH THE LANGUAGE !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE IS PREDOMINANTLY LITERAL &INALLY IN $ANIEL WE lND THE
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7HAT DOES THE "IBLE INDICATE REGARDING EVERY TEMPTATION WE FACE 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN YOUR OWN WORDS h.O TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU EXCEPT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN BUT 'OD IS FAITHFUL WHO WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE TEMPTED BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE ABLE BUT WITH THE TEMPTATION WILL ALSO MAKE THE WAY OF ESCAPE THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR ITv #OR
%VERY TEMPTATION WE FACE OTHERS HAVE FACED 'OD PROMISES THAT EVERY TEMPTATION FROM THE EVIL ONE COMES WITH A WAY OF ESCAPE FOR THOSE WHO DRAW STRENGTH FROM THEIR FAITH IN #HRIST
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7E CANNOT OVERCOME WITHOUT 'OD "UT 'OD WILL NOT OVERCOME SIN IN OUR LIVES WITHOUT OUR COOPERATION !S WE SUBMIT TO (IS WILL AND OPEN OUR HEARTS TO RECEIVE (IS POWER THE (OLY 3PIRIT TAKES CONTROL OF OUR LIVES 4HIS DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL NEVER BE TEMPTED IT SIMPLY MEANS THAT WE ARE NOW ABLE TO RESIST THROUGH THE POWER OF THE LIVING 'OD
7HY DOES IT SEEM THAT WE FAIL REPEATEDLY AND COMMIT THE SAME SIN AGAIN AND AGAIN 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANKS h) AM THE VINE YOU ARE THE BRANCHES (E WHO ABIDES IN -E AND ) IN HIM BEARS MUCH FRUIT FOR WITHOUT -E YOU CAN DO NOTHINGv *OHN A *ESUS INVITES US TO
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7HAT ASSURANCE DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL GIVE REGARDING VICTORY IN THE #HRISTIAN LIFE 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS 7HAT DOES THIS "IBLE PASSAGE MEAN TO YOU PERSONALLY h) CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH #HRIST WHO STRENGTHENS MEv 0HIL
)S IT POSSIBLE TO READ THE "IBLE AND NOT RECEIVE THE SPIRITUAL STRENGTH 'OD INTENDS &IND ANOTHER MISSING LINK IN OVERCOMING SIN IN OUR LIVES 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANK h&OR INDEED THE GOSPEL WAS PREACHED TO US AS WELL AS TO THEM BUT THE WORD WHICH THEY HEARD DID NOT PROlT THEM NOT BEING MIXED WITH FAITH IN THOSE WHO HEARD ITv (EB 4O BENElT US THE 7ORD OF 'OD MUST BE MIXED WITH
'OD HAS PROVIDED FOR US MIGHTY SPIRITUAL AIDS IN OVERCOMING THE BONDAGE OF SIN (E HAS SENT US (IS (OLY 3PIRIT (E HAS GIVEN US (IS 7ORD TO GIVE US COURAGE AND HOPE BUT UNLESS WE RECEIVE (IS PROMISES BY FAITH THEY WILL NOT PROlT US
7HEN WE ACCEPT 'OD S 7ORD BY FAITH WHAT PROMISE DOES (E GIVE US 2EAD THE TEXTS BELOW AND WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS ON THE LINE WHAT 'OD PROMISES YOU PERSONALLY A h4HEREFORE LAY ASIDE ALL lLTHINESS AND OVERmOW OF WICKEDNESS AND RECEIVE WITH MEEKNESS THE IMPLANTED WORD WHICH IS ABLE TO SAVE YOUR SOULSv *AMES B h"Y WHICH HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US EXCEEDING GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES THAT THROUGH THESE YOU MAY BE PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE HAVING ESCAPED THE CORRUPTION THAT IS IN THE WORLD THROUGH LUSTv 0ETER
4HROUGHOUT THE "IBLE AS MEN AND WOMEN OPENED THEIR HEARTS TO RECEIVE 'OD S POWER THEIR LIVES WERE TRANSFORMED 'OD S GRACE IS GREATER THAN SIN 'OD S POWER IS MIGHTIER THAN THE POWER OF THE EVIL ONE 4HE WEAKEST CHILD OF 'OD RECEIVING (IS GRACE IS STRONGER THAN ALL OF THE POWERS OF HELL 3O TODAY OPEN YOUR HEART TO RECEIVE BY FAITH EVERYTHING 'OD HAS FOR YOU AND YOUR LIFE WILL BE ONE OF VICTORY NOT FRUSTRATED DEFEAT
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,%44%23 PROBABLY BY *ESUS ,UKE v )F ONE READS THE 'OSPEL OF -ARK 4HANK YOU FOR +*6 NO SUCH hMOST PROBABLYv THE WONDERFUL SPECULATION EXISTS FOR THE WRITER STATES ARTICLE ON 0ITCAIRN UNAMBIGUOUSLY THAT hHE APPEARED lRST )SLAND SEE h4HE TO -ARY -AGDALENE OUT OF WHOM HE "OUNTY AND THE HAD CAST SEVEN DEVILSv -ARK "IBLE v BY (ERBERT /MITTING THESE SIGNIlCANT CLOSING &ORD AND 7ILONA VERSES OF -ARK EFFECTIVELY SABOTAGES +ARIMABADI AT THE SAME TIME SOME CORROBORATIVE *ANUARY !DVENTIST 7ORLD ) COMMENTARY BY %LLEN 7HITE AMONG READ THE ONLINE VERSION AT WWW WHICH WE lND THIS h-ARY HAD BEEN ADVENTISTWORLD ORG !S ) READ IT ) LOOKED UPON AS A GREAT SINNER BUT REMEMBERED WHEN THE ISLAND #HRIST KNEW THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WAS IN THE NEWS FOR ALL THE WRONG HAD SHAPED HER LIFE )T WAS (E WHO REASONS HAD LIFTED HER FROM DESPAIR AND RUIN ) WONDER WHAT THE ROLE OF THE 3EVEN TIMES SHE HAD HEARD (IS REBUKE !DVENTIST #HURCH WAS AND WHAT IS THE OF THE DEMONS THAT CONTROLLED HER ROLE NOW HEART AND MINDv 4HE $ESIRE OF !GES 'EOFFREY #HEGE P 'ILGIL +ENYA * ERRY ! 3TEVENS &AIRFIELD 'LADE 4ENNESSEE 4HE 'OSPEL !CCORDING TO -ARY 5NITED 3TATES !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZ S COLUMN IS ALWAYS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND OFTEN 5NIQUE AND 5NRIVALED CHALLENGING ) MUST RESPECTFULLY PART )N THE $ECEMBER !DVENTIST 7ORLD COMPANY WITH HIM HOWEVER FOR ONE IS A UNIQUE ARTICLE BY !NGEL -ANUEL MISSTATEMENT IN HIS *ANUARY 2ODR¤GUEZ ABOUT THE h5NIQUE AND COLUMN REGARDING -ARY -AGDALENE 5NRIVALED v SPEAKING OF THE 'ODHEAD IN WHICH HE WRITES THAT hSHE HAD WE ALL LOVE AND WORSHIP BEEN FREED FROM SEVEN DEMONS MOST ) FOUND THE ARTICLE AND ITS SUBJECT 4HE "OUNTY AND THE "IBLE
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MATTER VERY INFORMATIVE ALTHOUGH ) HAVE BEEN AN !DVENTIST ALL MY LIFE 2ODR¤GUEZ S APPROACH IS TO BE COMMENDED (E COVERED IT WELL )T THRILLS ME TO READ SUCH ARTICLES 7E REALLY APPRECIATE THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD )T SHOULD BE IN EVERY !DVENTIST HOME +EEP THE ARTICLES LIKE THIS ONE COMING *AMES 7ALLACE 2USSELLS 0OINT /HIO 5NITED 3TATES -Y *OURNEYx 3O &AR
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) WAS TOUCHED BY THE !UGUST ARTICLE h4HE 4HIRD -INISTRY v WRITTEN BY "ENJAMIN AND %STHER ,AU WHO VISITED THE -EI (WA 3ANITARIUM IN 'ULANGYU 8IAMEN #HINA ) GREW UP IN THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF 'ULANGYU AND ATTENDED THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE THE SANITARIUM IS NOW ) GREW UP IN A "UDDHIST FAMILY AND BECAME AN !DVENTIST AFTER ) CAME TO #ANADA ) RETURNED TO 'ULANGYU IN AND VISITED THE LOCAL !DVENTIST CHURCH ) WAS GREETED BY THE PASTOR S WIFE -RS 3HEI WITH TEARS STREAMING DOWN FROM HER EYES 3HE WAS THE NURSE WHO
DELIVERED ME WHEN ) WAS BORN ,ITTLE DID ) KNOW THAT THEY WERE !DVENTISTS )T MUST HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF HER PRAYERS THAT ) AM AN !DVENTIST TODAY -Y PARENTS IN LAW ABANDONED THEIR "UDDHIST FAITH AND JOINED THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN IN #ALIFORNIA $URING THE #ULTURAL 2EVOLUTION ) WITNESSED 0ASTOR 3HEI S AGING MOTHER PUBLICLY HUMILIATED BY THE #OMMUNIST 2ED 'UARDS BECAUSE OF HER FAITH 0RAISE THE ,ORD THAT THE !DVENTISTS IN THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND CAN NOW WORSHIP (IM FREELY AND THEY ARE ONCE AGAIN WITNESSING FOR #HRIST -Y THANKS GO TO THE ,AUS FOR MAKING
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7E INCORRECTLY IDENTIlED A JACKFRUIT TREE AS A DURIAN TREE IN OUR h7HERE IN THE 7ORLD v ANSWER ON OUR BACK PAGE OF THE &EBRUARY !DVENTIST 7ORLD 7E REGRET THE ERROR ,ETTERS 0OLICY 0LEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO LETTERS ADVENTISTWORLD ORG ,ETTERS MUST BE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND TO THE POINT WORD MAXIMUM "E SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF THE ARTICLE THE DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PAGE NUMBER WITH YOUR LETTER !LSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME THE TOWN CITY STATE AND COUNTRY FROM WHICH YOU ARE WRITING ,ETTERS WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND CLARITY .OT ALL LETTERS SUBMITTED WILL BE PUBLISHED
4 ( % 0 , ! # % / & 0 2 !9 % 2 ) AM A #HRISTIAN IN NEED SINCE MY HOUSE WAS CRUSHED BY A CYCLONE ) AM ALSO TROUBLED BY EVIL SPIRITS 0LEASE ASK 'OD TO ;CLEANSE= ME AND GIVE ME GOOD THOUGHTS ) NEED YOUR PRAYERS 2EGIS (AITI ) AM ON DEATH ROW IN PRISON ) WAS WRONGLY CONVICTED 0LEASE PRAY FOR THE SISTERS AND BROTHERS THAT HAVE HELPED AND ENCOURAGED ME DURING MY EIGHT YEARS IN PRISON 0RAY TOO FOR THE !DVENTIST PRISON MINISTRY HERE IN :AMBIA ) WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT FOR MY APPEAL IN PLEASE ALSO PRAY FOR ME IN REGARD TO THE APPEAL -UDIMAH :AMBIA ,ET US PRAY FOR STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO SUCCEED IN THEIR STUDIES $AN #HINA 0LEASE PRAY FOR MY SPIRITUAL LIFE ) AM #HILEAN ) AM GOING THROUGH lNANCIAL
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PROBLEMSˆAND THAT BRINGS PROBLEMS AT HOME #ARLOS "RAZIL ) HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR A JOB FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND ) WENT THROUGH A RATHER DIFlCULT PHASE IN MY LIFE ) JUST JOINED THE !DVENTIST #HURCH A FEW MONTHS AGO ) AM EXPECTING A MIRACLE JOB FROM #HRIST IN THIS NEW YEAR AND ) WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST PRAYER #OLLINS +ENYA ) AM A #HRISTIAN MAN AND ENJOY RUNNING SHORT DISTANCES ESPECIALLY METERS 7OULD YOU PRAY FOR ME TO GET THE SPIRITUAL POWER AND PHYSICAL ABILITY TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS AMONG OTHER SPORTS INTERESTED PEOPLE (OPEFULLY 'OD CAN ;DIRECT ME= AND ) CAN PARTICIPATE IN SOME COMPETITIONS AND SHARE HOPEFUL WORDS ABOUT OUR ,ORD AND 3AVIOR *ESUS 0ER 3WEDEN
0LEASE PRAY THAT MY DAUGHTER S BOYFRIEND WHO HAS STUDIED IN AN !DVENTIST UNIVERSITY CAN OBTAIN WORK !LSO PRAY FOR MY TWO DAUGHTERS AND PRAY FOR THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF THE !DVENTISTS IN MY TOWN AS THEY SHARE THE GOSPEL !DRIANA !RGENTINA ) AM REQUESTING THAT !DVENTISTS AROUND THE WORLD PRAY FOR AN !DVENTIST CHURCH WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS TO BE REOPENED )T IS LOCATED IN "ELLARY #ITY +ARNATAKA )NDIA "HASKAR )NDIA
4HE 0LACE OF 0RAYER SEND TO PRAYER ADVENTISTWORLD ORG 3END US YOUR PRAYER REQUESTS AND PRAISE THANKS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER +EEP YOUR ENTRIES SHORT AND CONCISE WORDS MAXIMUM )TEMS SENT TO THIS CATEGORY WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND CLARITY %VEN THOUGH WE WILL PRAY FOR EACH ENTRY DURING OUR WEEKLY STAFF MEETINGS NOT ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE PRINTED 0LEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND YOUR COUNTRY S NAME WITH YOUR ENTRY 9OU MAY ALSO FAX REQUESTS TO OR MAIL THEM TO !DVENTIST 7ORLD /LD #OLUMBIA 0IKE 3ILVER 3PRING -$ 5 3 !
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