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7/2,$ 2%0/24 !USTRALIAN 'OVERNMENT 'RANTS ! -ILLION TO !DVENTIST 3CHOOLS 'OVERNMENT GRANTS SPARK BUILDING PROJECTS
N 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH SCHOOLS IN !USTRALIA HAVE RECEIVED MORE THAN ! MILLION APPROXIMATELY 53 MILLION AS PART OF THE !USTRALIAN GOVERNMENT S EDUCATION MODERNIZATION PROGRAM h)T HAS BEEN AN UNBELIEVABLE BONUS THAT HAS COME TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM v SAYS *OHN (AMMOND DIRECTOR OF !DVENTIST 3CHOOLS !USTRALIA FOR THE
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7/2,$ 2%0/24 !USTRALIAN 5NION #ONFERENCE h)T IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND WE RE VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT IN SPENDING THAT MONEY v !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN !USTRALIA ARE USING THE MONEY TO FUND A NUMBER OF PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE BUILDING LIBRARIES LEARNING CENTERS AND MULTIPURPOSE CENTERS REFURBISHING EXISTING AREAS AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF LANDSCAPING AND REPAIR WORK h/UR SCHOOLS ARE GROWING AND DO NOT HAVE ASSEMBLY AREAS MULTIPURPOSE CENTERS SPORTS STADIUMS OR A PLACE TO DO DRAMAS 4HESE ARE ALL @BITS THAT WE PLAN TO @PUT ON LATER v SAYS (AMMOND h4HE EXTRA FUNDING HAS GIVEN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SUCH A PUSH FORWARD v 4HE THREE YEAR ! BILLION "UILDING THE %DUCATION 2EVOLUTION "%2 PROJECTˆPART OF THE !USTRALIAN GOVERNMENT S ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGYˆWILL BENElT ALL STATE AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY 4HE "%2 CONSISTS OF THREE ELEMENTS h0RIMARY 3CHOOLS FOR THE ST #ENTURYv 03 PROVIDING ! BILLION IN FUNDING FOR ALL !USTRALIAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS KINDERGARTENn9EAR SCHOOLS PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPONENT AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD NEW FACILITIES OR UPGRADE EXISTING ONES ! BILLION FOR h3CIENCE AND ,ANGUAGE #ENTERS FOR ST #ENTURY 3ECONDARY 3CHOOLSv AND ! BILLION FOR THE h.ATIONAL 3CHOOL 0RIDEv .30 PROGRAM WHICH WILL FUND MINOR CAPITAL WORKS AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS 5NDER THE .30 PROGRAM INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WILL BE
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ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE UP TO ! FOR MAINTENANCE AND BUILDING WORKS 4HERE ARE !DVENTIST SCHOOLS IN !USTRALIA WITH A TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF MORE THAN STUDENTS )N THE 3OUTH 1UEENSLAND #ONFERENCE PROJECTS TO BE UNDERTAKEN INCLUDE A SPORTS AUDITORIUM AND LIBRARY EXTENSION TO THE COST OF ! MILLION AT .ORTHPINE #HRISTIAN #OLLEGE NEW PREP CLASSROOMS AND REFURBISHMENT OF THE LIBRARY AND PRIMARY CLASSROOMS AT "RISBANE !DVENTIST #OLLEGE AND NEW LIBRARIES FOR .OOSA #HRISTIAN #OLLEGE 'OLD #OAST #HRISTIAN #OLLEGE $ARLING $OWNS #HRISTIAN 3CHOOL #ORAL #OAST #HRISTIAN 3CHOOL AND )PSWICH !DVENTIST 3CHOOL !LL SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING FURTHER FUNDING TO COVER A RANGE OF SMALLER PROJECTS )N THE 7ESTERN !USTRALIAN #ONFERENCE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE #ARMEL !DVENTIST #OLLEGE 3ECONDARY LIBRARY AND THE EXTENSION OF THE PRE PRIMARY PLAYGROUND AT 2IVERSIDE #OMMUNITY 3CHOOL AS PART OF .30 !S PART OF 03 NEW LIBRARIES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED FOR "ROOKDALE !DVENTIST 3CHOOL AND %SPERANCE #HRISTIAN 0RIMARY 3CHOOL #ARMEL 3ECONDARY IS ALSO PLANNING TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR A SCIENCE AND LANGUAGE CENTER ACCORDING TO (AMMOND !VONDALE 3CHOOL IN THE .ORTH .EW 3OUTH 7ALES #ONFERENCE WILL BUILD A NEW PRIMARY LIBRARY LEARNING CENTER TO REPLACE ITS CURRENT LIBRARY -ACQUARIE #OLLEGE WILL ALSO BUILD A NEW LIBRARY AS WILL THE 0ORT -ACQUARIE !DVENTIST 3CHOOL +EMPSEY !DVENTIST 3CHOOL WILL REPLACE SOME OF THEIR TEMPORARY CLASSROOMS WITH
PERMANENT STRUCTURES WITH THE FUNDING THEY RECEIVE 0RESCOTT 0RIMARY .ORTHERN 3CHOOL IN 3OUTH !USTRALIA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A GRANT OF ! MILLION WHICH WILL ENABLE THE SCHOOL TO BUILD AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CENTER AND FOUR ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS 4HE 'REATER 3YDNEY AND 3OUTH .EW 3OUTH 7ALES CONFERENCES WILL ALSO SEE WORK CONDUCTED AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITH A VARIETY OF MAINTENANCE PROJECTS SCHEDULED .EW BUILDINGS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS WITH REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES ALSO PLANNED ˆ2EPORTED BY -ELODY 4AN 3OUTH 0ACIlC $IVISION COMMUNICATION STAFF REPRINTED COURTESY OF THE 30$ 2ECORD )SRAEL &IRST 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY &ESTIVAL $RAWS (UNDREDS N (UNDREDS OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROPONENTS FROM )SRAEL AND THE 0ALESTINIAN TERRITORIES GATHERED IN *ERUSALEM ON *ULY FOR THE HISTORIC CITY S lRST FESTIVAL OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 4HE EVENT GENERATED A hCLIMATE OF GOOD UNDERSTANDINGv AMONG ATTENDEES THAT ORGANIZERS HOPE WILL SPUR INCREASED TOLERANCE IN THE REGION SAID *OHN 'RAZ SECRETARY GENERAL FOR THE )NTERNATIONAL 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY !SSOCIATION )2,! WHICH SPONSORS FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE TO ENCOURAGE FREEDOMS OF RELIGION (OSTING THE EVENT IN A CITY HOLY TO THREE MAJOR WORLD FAITHSˆ*UDAISM )SLAM AND #HRISTIANITYˆWAS PARTICULARLY SIGNIlCANT SAID 'RAZ WHO ALSO DIRECTS THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S $EPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY 0!2,
2%,)')/53 ,)"%249 &ROM LEFT %UGENE (SU A GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS *OHN 'RAZ 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY DIRECTOR 2ICHARD %LOFER PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )SRAEL 2ABBI *AMES - ,EBEAU DIRECTOR OF THE &UCHSBERG #ENTER FOR #ONSERVA TIVE *UDAISM AND (AROLD 7OLLAN OF THE 4RANS %UROPEAN $IVISION OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AT A RELIGIOUS LIBERTY FESTIVAL IN *ERUSALEM *ULY # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 ) 3 2 ! % , & ) % , $
7HILE #HRISTIANS ENJOY BROAD FREEDOMS AND ARE ALLOWED TO CONDUCT OUTREACH ON A LIMITED BASIS IN LARGELY /RTHODOX *EWISH )SRAEL TREATMENT OF -USLIMS IS A SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL CONTROVERSY ACCORDING TO THE 2ELIGIOUS &REEDOM 7ORLD 2EPORT A 0!2, PUBLICATION #ONSERVATIVE *EWS WHO EMBRACE A NON FUNDAMENTALIST INTERPRETATION OF THE *EWISH FAITH ALSO FACE HURDLES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SAID 2ABBI 9AACOV ,EBEAU WHO SPOKE AT THE EVENT "ECAUSE OF THE DOMINANCE OF /RTHODOX *UDAISM WEDDINGS AND OTHER CEREMONIES CONDUCTED IN #ONSERVATIVE SYNAGOGUES ARE NOT FULLY RECOGNIZED HE SAID h)T COULD BE VERY EASY TO BE INmUENCED BY EXTREMIST GROUPS
AND FALL INTO EXCLUSIVISM v REGIONAL !DVENTIST PRESIDENT 2ICHARD %LOFER SAID 'IVEN THE hMULTICULTURAL AND MULTIREGIONv MAKEUP OF )SRAEL DEFENDING INCLUSIVE FREEDOMS IS A PRIORITY TO ENSURE THAT DOESN T HAPPEN HE ADDED 3OME RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ADVOCATES FROM *EWISH AND #HRISTIAN COMMUNITIES ATTENDED THE EVENT ˆ!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 3TAFF 3WITZERLAND 0AULSEN $EDICATES .EW !DVENTIST 3CHOOL "UILDING IN :URICH N -ORE THAN PEOPLE ATTENDED THE *ULY DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE NEW 7OLFSWINKEL 3CHOOL AND #HURCH #ENTER IN :URICH !FFOLTERN 'UESTS ENJOYED A PRESENTATION BY *AN 0AULSEN PRESIDENT OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ALONG WITH MUSICAL SELECTIONS
REFRESHMENTS AND OTHER FESTIVITIES )DEALLY LOCATED ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE :URICH CITY CENTER THE NEW 7OLFSWINKEL #ENTER NOW HOSTS THE h! :v PRIVATE SCHOOL THE /ERLIKON 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AND THE OFlCES OF THE 'ERMAN 3WISS #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS 4HE h! :v PRIVATE DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED IN :URICH YEARS AGO (OWEVER THE SCHOOL S LOCATION IN THE BUSTLING CITY CENTER WAS NO LONGER CONDUCIVE TO THE CONCEPT OF WHOLISTIC #HRISTIAN !DVENTIST EDUCATION "EGINNING ABOUT YEARS AGO THE SCHOOL S CONSTITUENT CHURCHES STARTED FEELING THAT THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE MOVED TO A MORE NATURAL SETTING ON THE EDGE OF THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT 4HIS VISION ENCOURAGED THE INITIATORS (EINRICH 7ALDER )VAN &AGIOLI AND OTHERS TO CONVINCE THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS AND THE CHURCHES OF THE 3WISS 5NION #ONFERENCE TO SUPPORT THE IDEA OF RELOCATING /VER THE PAST YEARS THE PLANNING COMMISSION VISITED POTENTIAL SITES (OWEVER EVEN AFTER lNDING AN IDEAL LOCATION OUTSIDE THE CITY IT SEEMED THAT THE DREAM OF A NEW SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO BE ABANDONED FOR ANOTHER SET OF PROBLEMS BEGAN TO SURFACE 4HIS TIME PROBLEMS CAME IN THE FORMS OF OFlCIAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS AND A NEIGHBOR WHO WANTED TO PREVENT CONSTRUCTION 4HESE PROBLEMS ALLOWED 'OD TO WORK MIRACLES &IRST THE STATE CONSTRUCTION OFlCE GRANTED AUTHORIZATION TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN A PERCENT OCCUPANT DENSITY AREA 3ECOND A CONSENSUS WAS REACHED WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES ON THE BUILDING
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CUBE AND MULTIFUNCTION ROOMS &INALLY AN AGREEMENT WAS REACHED WITH THE NEIGHBOR #ONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETED IN THE SPRING OF )N HIS KEYNOTE ADDRESS 0ASTOR 0AULSEN EMPHASIZED THAT HUMANITY HAS PROBLEMS ONLY 'OD CAN SOLVE !NYONE WHO ACCEPTS RECONCILIATION WITH 'OD IS CALLED TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH OTHERS h4ALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES WITH 'OD WITH YOUR CHILDREN v 0AULSEN ENCOURAGED THE AUDIENCE ˆ2EPORTED BY -ICHAEL 5RBATZKA %URO !FRICA $IVISION
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'HANA #HURCH (OLDS &IRST %VER 3TEWARDSHIP 3UMMIT N ! lRST EVER STEWARDSHIP SUMMIT IN THE 7EST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION WAS HELD IN 'HANA ON THE 6ALLEY 6IEW 5NIVERSITY CAMPUS AT 4ECHIMAN 4HE 7EST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE 'HANA 5NION #ONFERENCE ORGANIZED THE EVENT AND PEOPLE ATTENDED 4HE OBJECTIVE WAS TO INTRODUCE DELEGATES TO THE NEW STRATEGIES FOR STEWARDSHIP PROMOTION !CCORDING TO !RMANDO -IRANDA A GENERAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH hSTEWARDSHIP IS THE LIFESTYLE OF ONE WHO HAS A LIVING RELATIONSHIP WITH *ESUS #HRIST ACCEPTS (IS ,ORDSHIP AND WALKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 'OD AND ACTS AS (IS AGENT TO MANAGE (IS AFFAIRS
ON EARTH 4HIS TRANSCENDS lNANCIAL STEWARDSHIP WHICH ;FORMERLY= HAS BEEN THE EMPHASIS v &OR THE WORLD CHURCH STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR %RIKA 0UNI THE SUMMIT HAS BEEN ABLE TO BRING CHURCH LEADERSHIP DISTRICT PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS TOGETHER TO LEARN ABOUT WHOLISTIC STEWARDSHIP h4OO MUCH ATTENTION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO lNANCIAL STEWARDS IN THE CHURCH YET STEWARDSHIP IS WHOLISTIC IT IS ABOUT ONE S RELATIONSHIP WITH #HRIST AND HIS RESPONSE TO 'OD $ELEGATES MUST UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE NEW APPROACH AND THEN GO BACK TO ADOPT THEM TO lT THEIR ENVIRONMENT v SAID 0UNI (OSTING THE SUMMIT WAS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY AND A CHALLENGE FOR THE 'HANA 5NION #ONFERENCE '5# SAID '5# 0RESIDENT 3AMUEL ! ,ARMIE h)T WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOSTv THE EVENT HE SAID h)T ALSO COMES AS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE SINCE WE HOSTED IT THE '5# WILL BE EXPECTED TO YIELD SOME GOOD RESULTS AFTER THE SUMMIT v HE ADDED 3OME DELEGATES COMPRISING CHURCH OFlCERS PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS ATTENDED THE lVE DAY EVENT HELD UNDER THE THEME h&AITHFULNESS IN THE -ISSION OF (OPE v !CCORDING TO %MMANUEL /DENKE !BBEY STEWARDSHIP DIRECTOR OF THE 'HANA 5NION #ONFERENCE hTHE ATTENDANCE HAS BEEN GOOD 4HIS IS THE lRST EVER STEWARDSHIP SUMMIT IN THE DIVISION AND ) AM GLAD IT WAS HELD IN 'HANA v ˆ2EPORTED BY 3OLACE !SAFO 'HANA 5NION AND 'ILBERT 7EEH 7EST #ENTRAL !FRICA $IVISION WITH !DVENTIST 7ORLD 3TAFF
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LTHOUGH SMALL IN SIZE THE +INGDOM OF $ENMARK HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON %UROPE AND THE REST OF THE WORLD DURING ITS LONG HISTORY +NOWN IN THE -IDDLE !GES AS HOME TO 6IKING WARRIORS WHO RAIDED VARIOUS PARTS OF %UROPE $ENMARK TODAY USES ITS MILITARY FOR MORE PEACEFUL ENDEAVORS !S A FOUNDING MEMBER OF BOTH THE 5NITED .ATIONS 5. AND THE .ORTH !TLANTIC 4REATY /RGANIZATION .!4/ $ENMARK CLAIMS TO HAVE SENT MORE PERSONNEL ON PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS SINCE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD $ENMARK IS THE SOUTHERNMOST OF THE NORTHERN %UROPEAN 3CANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES )T CONSISTS OF A MAIN LANDMASS *UTLAND WHICH EXTENDS NORTH FROM 'ERMANY INTO THE .ORTH 3EA AND A SERIES OF ARCHIPELAGIC ISLANDS TO THE EAST WHICH ARE IN THE "ALTIC 3EA $ENMARK ALSO HAS TWO MAJOR COLONIES 'REENLAND AND THE &AROE )SLANDS $ENMARK S CIVILIZATION DATES BACK TO AT LEAST " # !LTHOUGH NO WRITTEN RECORDS EXIST FROM THIS PERIOD CRUDE ROCK CARVINGS SHOW THAT ANCIENT $ANES WERE AGRICULTURAL SETTLERS WHO WORSHIPPED THE SUN $URING THE TWELFTH CENTURY ! $ #HRISTIANITY MADE ITS WAY TO $ENMARK IN PART BECAUSE OF THE INmUENCE OF TRIBAL KINGS WHO WANTED TO ENTER INTO TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH THE (OLY 2OMAN %MPIRE 4HE ,UTHERAN LED 0ROTESTANT 2EFORMATION HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON $ENMARK 7HEN THE .EW 4ESTAMENT WAS lRST PUBLISHED IN $ANISH IN IT QUICKLY BECAME A BEST SELLER "Y THIS TIME 2OMAN #ATHOLICISM HAD INTEGRATED ITSELF INTO MANY ASPECTS OF DAILY $ANISH LIFE AND IMPOSED VARIOUS
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HE WROTE TO 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PRESIDENT *AMES 7HITE ASKING TO BE SENT AS A MISSIONARY TO $ENMARK 4HUS HE BECAME THE lRST !DVENTIST MISSIONARY TO NORTHERN %UROPE JUST THREE YEARS AFTER * . !NDREWS WENT TO 3WITZERLAND 7ITHIN MONTHS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL -ATTESON BAPTIZED NINE PEOPLE ! YEAR LATER HE ORGANIZED THE !LSTRUP !DVENTIST #HURCH IN 6ENDSYSSEL WITH MEMBERS )N -ATTESON HELPED ORGANIZE THE $ENMARK #ONFERENCE WITH SEVEN CHURCHES AND !DVENTISTS IN $ENMARK ADHERENTSˆTHE lRST !DVENTIST !DVENTISM REACHED $ENMARK IN CONFERENCE OUTSIDE .ORTH !MERICA BY MEANS OF A $ANISH MONTHLY 4HOUGH THE MAJORITY OF $ANES ARE MAGAZINE !DVENT 4IDENDE PUBLISHED MEMBERS OF THE ,UTHERAN #HURCH BY *OHN -ATTESON A $ANISH NATIONAL THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELIGIOUS -OST WHO STARTED IT TO REACH 3CANDINAVIAN ARE SECULAR OR POSTMODERN AND HAVE IMMIGRANTS LIVING IN THE 5NITED LITTLE OR NO RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE "Y 3TATES -ATTESON SENT THE MAGAZINE SOME ACCOUNTS LESS THAN PERCENT OF TO $ENMARK IN RESPONSE TO LETTERS $ANES ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY 9OUNG RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE INTERESTED IN PEOPLE ARE ESPECIALLY SECULAR !S OF KEEPING THE 3ABBATH "Y SOME !DVENTIST #HURCH MEMBERSHIP COPIES OF !DVENT 4IDENDE HAD IN $ENMARK HAD DROPPED BY PERCENT BEEN SENT OUT )N A $ANISH OVER THE PREVIOUS DECADE 0LEASE PRAY PRINTER - ! 3OMMER ASKED -ATTESON FOR $ENMARK AND FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR FOR PERMISSION TO INCLUDE ARTICLES FROM CREATIVE WAYS TO TELL OTHERS ABOUT *ESUS !DVENT 4IDENDE IN HIS MONTHLY JOURNAL #HRIST -ATTESON READILY AGREED 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE !S A RESULT -ATTESON RECEIVED 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S EVEN MORE LETTERS FROM $ENMARK WORK IN $ENMARK PLEASE VISIT WWW IN RESPONSE TO THE TWO JOURNALS )N !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG FEES UPON THE GENERAL POPULATION $ANES WELCOMED INDEPENDENCE FROM 2OMAN #ATHOLIC IDEOLOGY )N $ANISH +ING #HRISTIAN ))) FOUNDED THE %VANGELICAL ,UTHERAN #HURCH OF $ENMARK 4ODAY NEARLY ALL $ANES ARE MEMBERS OF THIS STATE SUPPORTED FAITH 4HE MONARCH CURRENTLY 1UEEN -ARGRETHE )) SERVES AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH WITH A MINISTER OF ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS SERVING AS THE CHURCH S HIGHEST ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY
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HEN WE CONSIDER THE COURSE OUR LIFE HAS TAKEN IT S EASY TO PROJECT BACK A CERTAIN QUALITY OF hINEVITABILITYvˆTHE PATH WE TOOK IN OUR EDUCATION AND CAREER THE LIFE PARTNER WE CHOSE THE FAMILY WE RAISED !ND YET THIS SENSE OF INEVITABILITY IS AN ILLUSION )N THAT CRITICAL EARLY PHASE OF DECISION MAKINGˆIN THE TEENAGE AND YOUNG PROFESSIONAL YEARSˆWHEN SO MANY OF OUR CHOICES HAVE SUCH LONG LASTING UNKNOWABLE CONSEQUENCES THE SHAPE OF OUR FUTURE IS FAR FROM CERTAIN )T BALANCES PRECARIOUSLY UPON A MULTITUDE OF VARIABLES TIPPED THIS WAY AND THAT BY CIRCUMSTANCES OR OPPORTUNITIES OR CHOICE ) LOOK BACK AT MY OWN TEENAGE YEARS AND ) THINK (OW SLIM THE MARGINS WERE (OW EASILY COULD AN ILL JUDGED DECISION OR A COINCIDENCE OF CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE PUSHED THINGS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY !ND ) LOOK AT THOSE IN OUR CHURCH FAMILYˆTHOSE UNDER ˆWHO ARE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING THESE SAME LIFE DECISIONS 4HEY NO LONGER MERELY REmECT THE ATTITUDES AND BELIEFS OF THEIR PARENTS OR TEACHERS 4HEY RE TESTING THESE VALUES FOR THEMSELVESˆhTRYING THEM ON FOR SIZE v DECIDING WHETHER THEY LL KEEP THEM MODIFY THEM OR REPLACE THEM WITH SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT 4HEN ) CONSIDER THE EXODUS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM OUR CHURCHES AND IT DISTRESSES ME DEEPLY 7HY DO SO MANY WALK AWAY !T THE RISK OF OVERSIMPLIFYING SOMETHING OF SUCH GRAVE IMPORTANCE TO THE CHURCH ) D LIKE TO OFFER A FEW REmECTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN SHAPE IN MY MIND OVER TIME BUT WHICH IN RECENT YEARS HAVE GAINED AN INCREASING SENSE OF WEIGHT AND URGENCY )N TALKING ABOUT THIS WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TWO BROAD GROUPSˆTEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS !LTHOUGH SOME ISSUES OVERLAP BETWEEN THEM THEIR STRUGGLES AND EXPERIENCES ARE ESSENTIALLY DIFFERENT THEREFORE THEIR REASONS FOR LEAVING THE CHURCH WILL BE DIFFERENT TOO 4EENAGERS
-ANY YEARS AGO SOMETHING HAPPENED TO A YOUNG PERSON WHO WAS VERY CLOSE TO ME (E WAS STRUGGLING WITH A NUMBER OF THINGS AT THE TIME AND IT WAS NOT EASY FOR HIM TO GET UP EACH 3ABBATH AND GO TO CHURCH (E ARRIVED AT THE DOOR OF THE CHURCH ONE 3ABBATH MORNING A LITTLE LATE DRESSED IN JEANS 4HE HEAD ELDER WHO MET HIM THERE SAID h9OU RE NOT SUITABLY DRESSED 'O HOME AND CHANGE YOUR CLOTHES v 3O HE WENT HOME AND HE DIDN T COME BACK !ND THERE BEGAN HIS LONG JOURNEY INTO THE WILDERNESS WHERE HE HAS SPENT A LONG LONG TIME /CCASIONALLY HE COMES OUT FROM THE WILDERNESS BUT THIS IS MORE A REmECTION OF LOVE HE HAS FOR HIS PARENTS AND HIS SENSE OF THEIR UNQUENCHABLE LOVE FOR HIM 7AS THIS INCIDENT THE SOLE REASON HE LEFT THE CHURCH .O "UT FOR HIM IT WAS A DElNING MOMENT WHEN THE CHURCH SAID TO HIM h9OU REALLY DON T lT THE ROLE OF SOMEONE WHO
SHOULD BE WORSHIPPING HERE 'O HOME AND PUT ON MORE SUITABLE CLOTHES v -ANY TEENAGERS CHOOSE TO LEAVE THE CHURCH PRIMARILY BECAUSE THEY FEEL hPICKED ON v 4HEY ARE MADE TO FEEL UNWORTHY THEY HAVE NO USEFUL ROLE THEY HAVE NO SAFE PLACE WITHIN THE CHURCH TO WORK THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS OF BEHAVIOR AND STANDARDS WITH WHICH THEY AND THEIR PEERS STRUGGLE 7E COULD MAKE A LONG LIST OF THESE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES CHOICES IN MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT RELATIONSHIPS AND SEXUALITY THEIR NEED TO EXPRESS THEIR GROWING SENSE OF INDIVIDUALITY AND INDEPENDENCE 4HEY LL TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS AMONG THEMSELVES BUT QUIETLY WITH THE FEELING THAT THEY LL BE CONDEMNED IF THEY RE HEARD (OW DO WE MORE EFFECTIVELY EMBRACE OUR TEENAGERS N -AKE IT PERSONAL 4HINK OF YOUR OWN FAMILY YOUR OWN KIDS $OES IT TAKE MUCH FOR YOUR SON OR YOUR DAUGHTER TO ESTABLISH hWORTHINESSv WITH YOU /F COURSE NOT 4HEY ARE BLOOD OF YOUR BLOOD mESH OF YOUR mESH )F WE TAKE TIME TO THINK ABOUT EACH YOUNG PERSON IN OUR CONGREGATION AS WE WOULD OUR OWN SON OR OUR OWN DAUGHTER THERE S AN AMAZING SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE )T S ONLY WHEN A TEENAGER FEELS THE SAME KIND OF WARMTH FROM THE CHURCH COLLECTIVELY THAT A CHILD FEELS WITHIN THE CLOSE BONDS OF FAMILY THAT WE CAN EFFECTIVELY OFFER GUIDANCE AND CORRECTION )T HAS TO BE PERSONAL 4HIS ISN T A TASK TO BE DELEGATED TO YOUTH MINISTRIES OR 0ATHlNDERS OR 3ABBATH SCHOOL )T S MY ATTITUDE TO THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF MY CONGREGATION THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE 7HAT ARE THEY SENSING FROM MY WORDS AND ATTITUDE TOWARD THEM N 0UT IT IN CONTEXT 4EENAGERS DO AND SAY SOME CRAZY THINGS THEY JUST DO 4HEY RE TEENAGERS AND DOING AND SAYING CRAZY THINGS IS ACTUALLY QUITE NORMAL )T S THE NATURE OF TEENAGERS TO TEST THE WATERS TO MAKE CHOICES THAT RATTLE AND UNSETTLE THE hELDERS v )T MAY BE DUE TO PEER PRESSURE AN ACT OF REBELLION OR SIMPLY THE FACT THAT THEY VE GROWN UP IN ONE WORLDˆAN !DVENTIST WORLDˆAND WANT TO TASTE SMELL AND EXPERIENCE THE hOTHER WORLD v 1UITE SIMPLY THE VALUES OF PARENTS AREN T PASSED ON GENETICALLY THE TEENAGER IS ACTIVELY QUESTIONING AND TESTINGˆIT S A PROCESS THAT BELONGS NATURALLY TO THIS STAGE OF THEIR JOURNEY 3O LET S EXTEND GRACE AND PATIENCE AND BE WILLING TO TAKE THE LONG VIEW N 2EMEMBER 2EMEMBER ) WAS THERE ONCE AND ) ALSO MADE MISTAKES -ANY MISTAKES #AN YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A TEENAGER 3OMETIMES YOU DIDN T FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT
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4HEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO SURVIVE THE TEENAGE YEARSˆ THEY RE STILL IN THE PEWS AT LEAST MOST 3ABBATHS 4HEY RE lNISHING THEIR EDUCATION EMBARKING ON THEIR CAREERS ESTABLISHING FAMILIES 7HAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE WHO PUT DOWN STRONG LONG LASTING ROOTS WITHIN THE
COMMUNITY TIES THEY CRAVE /NE YOUNG PROFESSIONAL WROTE TO ME RECENTLY h7HEN SOMEONE IS STRUGGLING DO THEY IMMEDIATELY REACH OUT TO THE CHURCH AS A PLACE THEY KNOW THEY WILL BE LOVED AND CARED FOR /R IS THE CHURCH THE LAST PLACE THEY CONSIDER @SAFE TO OPEN UP AND ASK FOR HELP 4OO OFTEN IT S THE LATTER v &OR GENERATIONS OF YOUNG PEOPLE SHAPED BY THE POSTMODERN WORLD BEING hRIGHTv WILL TAKE YOU ONLY SO FAR 9OU CAN SPEAK THE TRUTH EVER SO ELOQUENTLY YOU CAN BE CORRECT IN EVERY DETAIL YOU CAN CITE CHAPTER AND VERSE BUT THEY WILL STILL WALK AWAY IF THEY DO NOT ALSO STRONGLY SENSE A DEEP EMBRACING WARMTH AND ACCEPTANCE N &UNCTION AND TRUST 9OUNG ADULTS AND PROFESSIONALS ALSO WALK AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE lLLED WITH IDEAS OPINIONS AND ENERGY AND YET lND NO ROOM TO RELEASE THIS WITHIN THE
7HAT DIFFERENCE DOES THE LABEL h!DVENTISTv REALLY MAKE IN PRACTICE COMMUNITY OF BELIEVERS AND THOSE WHO WILL DRIFT IN SLOW DEGREES TOWARD THE DOOR N 2ELEVANCE 4HERE S A GROUP OF FRIENDS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO SOMETIMES GET TOGETHER SOCIALLY 4HEY COME FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES BUT THEIR CAREERS HAVE BROUGHT THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES TO THE SAME CITY IN WESTERN %UROPE 3OME STILL HAVE STRONG TIES TO THE !DVENTIST COMMUNITY OTHERS HAVE LOST THE CONNECTION ALONG THE WAY BUT THEY VE ALL TRAVELED MUCH THE SAME PATH TOGETHER IN THEIR EDUCATION AND EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES 3OMETIMES THEY TALK ABOUT THE CHURCH 4HEY ASK (OW RELEVANT IS !DVENTISM $OES IT HAVE ANYTHING SIGNIlCANT TO SAY ABOUT THE EVERYDAY ISSUES OF LIFEˆABOUT SOCIAL JUSTICE POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT ABOUT ETHICS THE ECONOMY OR ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE IN 7HAT DIFFERENCE DOES THE LABEL h!DVENTISTv REALLY MAKE IN PRACTICE &OR MANY YOUNG ADULTS THEIR PERCEPTION OF HOW WELL THE CHURCH ANSWERS THESE QUESTIONS CAN DETERMINE WHETHER THEY WILL STAY OR WALK AWAY 4HEY RE DISENCHANTED WITH RELIGION THAT FOCUSES WHOLLY ON THE TIME TO COME AND NEGLECTS THE PRESENT )T S NOT THAT THEY VE CEASED TO BELIEVE WHAT THE CHURCH TEACHES BUT THEY VE LOST FAITH IN THE CHURCH S ABILITY TO SPEAK MEANINGFULLY TO LIFE AS THEY EXPERIENCE IT EVERY DAY 4HEY RE FRUSTRATED BY WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS THE CHURCH S UNWILLINGNESS TO BRING ITS MORAL AND THEOLOGICAL WEIGHT TO BEAR ON THE ISSUES IN SOCIETY THAT TROUBLE THEM MOST N #OMMUNITY "UT MORE IMPORTANT STILL FOR SOME IN THIS AGE GROUP THE CHURCH DOES NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDE THE
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CHARACTERIZED BY INmAMED AND AT TIMES BLISTERED SKIN WHICH OFTEN AFFECTS ELBOWS AND KNEES OVER THEIR mEXOR SURFACES !STHMA AND ALLERGIC RHINITIS ARE MORE COMMON IN CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES )T SHOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT AVOIDANCE OF RELEVANT FOODS WILL REDUCE SYMPTOMS 4HE PROBLEM COMES WHEN THERE ARE MULTIPLE FOOD ALLERGIES #ONSULTATION WITH A TRAINED DIETITIAN IS INVALUABLE IN GETTING HELP AND WE URGE YOU TO ENCOURAGE SUCH A CONSULTATION $IETITIANS ARE TRAINED TO GIVE ADVICE THAT WILL ENSURE ADEQUATE NUTRITION AND PREVENT SECONDARY DElCIENCIES 7HEN DEALING WITH MULTIPLE FOOD ALLERGIES CHILDREN THRIVE AND GROW OPTIMALLY WHEN MANAGED BY A TEAM APPROACH OF DIETITIANS NURSES AND PHYSICIANS 0OTENTIAL PROBLEMS OF RICKETS ANEMIA IMPAIRED GROWTH AND OSTEOPOROSIS IN ADULTHOOD CAN THUS BE AVOIDED /CCASIONALLY ACUTE SYMPTOMS WILL BE ENCOUNTERED )F THERE IS AN ANAPHYLACTIC REACTION PROMPT AND APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT IS REQUIRED WHICH WILL INCLUDE RAPIDLY ACTING ANTIHISTAMINES AND INTRAMUSCULAR EPINEPHRINE INHALED BRONCHODILATORS AND CORTICOSTEROIDS !NAPHYLAXIS SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATEDˆIT CAN BE VERY SERIOUS )NTRAMUSCULAR EPINEPHRINE SHOULD BE GIVEN IN THE LATERAL THIGH $ELAY IN THE USE OF EPINEPHRINE CAN PROVE FATAL ! CHILD WITH A HISTORY OF ANAPHYLAXIS SHOULD HAVE INSTANT ACCESS TO EPINEPHRINE WHICH IS AVAILABLE IN SPECIAL ONE DOSE INJECTION KITS PRODUCED ESPECIALLY FOR SUCH EVENTUALITIES
7HILE IT IS APPEALING TO THINK EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEEDING MIGHT REDUCE IMMUNOGLOBULIN % MEDIATED FOOD ALLERGY THIS HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN IN STUDIES ! REDUCTION IN ECZEMA HAS BEEN NOTED BUT NOT IN FOOD ALLERGY )N CONTRAST IN THE MOUSE MODEL EARLY EXPOSURE TO FOOD ANTIGENS HAS REDUCED FOOD INTOLERANCE &ORTUNATELY THE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN WITH FOOD ALLERGIES lND THE ALLERGIES DISAPPEAR OR ARE REDUCED AS THEY REACH ADULTHOOD 3KIN PRICK TESTING AND A DETAILED HISTORY DELINEATE THE PROBLEM ACUTE REACTIONS ARE CONTROLLED BY A KIT FOR EMERGENCIES AND TEAM MANAGEMENT WILL IMPROVE OUTCOMES 2ESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR THOSE DEALING WITH FOOD ALLERGIES 4HESE ARE THE !MERICAN !CADEMY OF !LLERGY !STHMA AND )MMUNOLOGY WWW AAAAI ORG THE &OOD !LLERGY AND !NAPHYLAXIS .ETWORK WWW FOODALLERGY ORG AND THE !NAPHYLAXIS #AMPAIGN WWW ANAPHYLAXIS ORG UK
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HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY DISCOURAGING NIGHTS WHEN ) FELT AS IF ) WERE A MODERN *OB &ROM MY BAPTISM TO THIS DAY ) HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT HOW ) WAS ROBBED OF A PROMISING FUTURE )F THIS WERE A TEST IT BEGGED THE QUESTION h7HEN WILL THIS END v ) CAN STILL RECALL HOW ) DIDN T GET THE HIGHEST HONORS ) STRIVED FOR IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOW ) STARTED GREAT IN HIGH SCHOOL ONLY TO END UP TAKING THE lNAL EXAMS AT A HOSPITAL GETTING PERHAPS THE LOWEST AVERAGE IN MY CLASS AND LOSING MY DREAM SCHOLARSHIP -Y DREAMS OF A BRIGHT FUTURE IN COLLEGE WERE LOST BECAUSE OF A lNANCIAL CATASTROPHE AND DISHEARTENING FAMILY ISSUES THAT SHOCKED MY EXISTENCE AND CHALLENGED MY COURAGE 7HILE MY PUBLIC AURA EXUDED COMPOSURE ) WAS EXPECTED BY EVERYONE TO COME IN SUMMA CUM LAUDE BUT ) WAS THE ONLY CLASS OFlCER GRADUATING WITHOUT HONORS ) COULD NOT GO TO MEDICAL SCHOOL ) D WORKED HARD ONLY TO END UP lVE POINTS SHORT OF A SCHOLARSHIP BESET BY PSYCHOSOMATIC SYMPTOMS FROM A MIND SET TROUBLED BY MY FAMILY S CONDITION )N EACH JOB ) TOOK ) WAS SEEN WITH MUCH POTENTIAL ONLY TO BE DEFEATED BY POLITICS ) TRIED TO GET BACK TO STUDYING ) WAS GRANTED A SCHOLARSHIP FOR A LAW SCHOOL THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY WHEN IT WAS LEARNED ) AM A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST ) TRIED ANOTHER SCHOOL AND WAS ACCEPTED ONLY TO BE TOLD ) HAD TO ATTEND 3ATURDAY CLASSES ) FOUND OUT THAT LAW SCHOOLS WITHOUT 3ATURDAY CLASSES ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE IN MY COUNTRY AND TOTALLY BEYOND MY lNANCIAL ABILITY 7ITH MY DREAM BECOMING MORE AND MORE ELUSIVE ) ASKED 'OD h7HAT IS YOUR JOURNEY FOR ME v ) CAME TO LEARN FOUR THINGS
4HE NEED FOR A HEART OF GRATITUDE h!LWAYS GIVING THANKS TO 'OD THE &ATHER FOR EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRISTv %PH
%ACH BREATH IS A GIFT THAT ONLY THE MIRACLE OF 'OD CAN BESTOW 0ACKAGED WITH NO MATTER HOW GRAVE A CHALLENGE ARE COUNTLESS UNSEEN BLESSINGS /UR PROBLEM IS A LACK OF GRATITUDE 7HEN WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO APPRECIATE THE SMALLEST OF BLESSINGS WE WILL SEE HOW THEY KEEP COMING CREATING THE BIG PICTURE OF 'OD S AMAZING PROVIDENCE "UT IF WE CHOOSE TO SEE UGLINESS WE WILL DIE HOPELESS WITH THE GLOOM WE HAVE CHOSEN TO DWELL ON ) REMEMBER 2ONALYN AN OUT OF SCHOOL YEAR OLD GIRL WHOM ) TAUGHT THROUGH MY UNIVERSITY S COMMUNITY EXTENSION INITIATIVE ) SAW HER EAT A LUMP OF RICE NO BIGGER THAN HER lST SHE EVEN SHARED IT WITH HER BROTHER 3HE CAME TO CLASS IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL UNIFORM MUCH TOO LARGE FOR HER SHE PROBABLY GOT IT FROM A USED CLOTHES DONATION JUST SO SHE COULD FEEL THAT SHE WAS lNALLY GOING TO SCHOOL ) ASKED
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0RESSURE IS OFTEN SELF IMPOSED h) AM NOT SAYING THIS BECAUSE ) AM IN NEED FOR ) HAVE LEARNED TO BE CONTENT WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCESv 0HIL 7E SUFFER ONLY THE PRESSURE WE IMPOSE ON OURSELVES .O MATTER WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US WE CAN CHOOSE TO BE CONTENT
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'OD IS IN CONTROL h.OW ) COMMIT YOU TO 'OD AND TO THE WORD OF HIS GRACE WHICH CAN BUILD YOU UP AND GIVE YOU AN INHERITANCE AMONG ALL THOSE WHO ARE SANCTIlEDv !CTS 7HY SHOULD WE WORRY ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT HEIGHT WE HAVE REACHED BASED ON SOME EARTHLY SCALE )F WE BELIEVE IN 'OD WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT (E IS IN CONTROL 7E CAN THEN GO ON LIVING OUR LIVES IN PEACE /UR PROBLEM IS A LACK OF FAITH IN 'OD S PROVIDENCE
)F WE TRULY BELIEVE IN 'OD WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT (E IS IN CONTROL 7E CAN THEN GO ON LIVING OUR LIVES IN PEACE 7HILE IT IS TRUE THAT MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS HAVE HAD SUCCESSFUL CAREER JOURNEYS WHILE ) AM STILL WAITING FOR MY BREAK ) CAN T DENY THE FACT OF HOW BLESSED ) AM ) M STILL ALIVE AND ) CAN STILL DREAM /UR PROBLEM IS A LACK OF CONTENTMENT 7HEN WE LACK CONTENTMENT WE FAIL TO DO THE TASK WE HAVE FOR TODAY MISSING THE TRUTH THAT THIS WILL BE OUR PREPARATION FOR THE DAYS TO COME 7HILE LOOKING TOO MUCH AT THE BIG FUTURE WE IGNORE THE GREATNESS OF THE PRESENT 4HE SECRET IS TO LEARN TO ACCEPT WHAT COMES
0ATIENCE PAYS h"UT THE SEED ON GOOD SOIL STANDS FOR THOSE WITH A NOBLE AND GOOD HEART WHO HEAR THE WORD RETAIN IT AND BY PERSEVERING PRODUCE A CROPv ,UKE 7E LIVE IN AN INSTANT SOCIETY 7E ENJOY FAST FOOD FAST ACTION AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT UTILIZES A REMOTE CONTROL 7E WANT EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN IN A SNAP AND IF IT DOESN T DISAPPOINTMENT AND MURMURING FOLLOW (AVEN T WE LEARNED WHAT HAPPENED WHEN !BRAHAM WENT AHEAD OF 'OD IN HIS HURRY TO BECOME THE FATHER OF MANY NATIONS /UR PROBLEM IS A LACK OF PATIENCE ) ONCE WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT A WOMAN WHO WAS TIRED OF CARING FOR HER SICK DAUGHTER 3HE TALKED ANGRILY WITH 2 Π. . ) . ' ! 5 3 4! $ 4 ( / - ! 3 . / 2 3 4 % $ $ ) ' ) 4! , ,9 - / $ ) & ) % $
-ANY BIBLICAL STORIES ATTEST TO 'OD S CARE *OSEPH BECAME A RULER THE )SRAELITES WERE DELIVERED THE BAD BECAME GOOD THE WEAK BECAME STRONG 4HEN THERE S THE PHENOMENON OF PROPHECYˆPROPHECY WHOSE FULlLLMENT CANNOT BE STOPPED 7HAT MORE DO WE NEED IN VIEW OF SUCH TELLING EVIDENCES OF 'OD S OMNIPOTENCE ) JUST NEED TO SUBMIT TO (IS WILL AND GO WHERE (E LEADS IN (IS TIME AND IN (IS WAY 4HIS IS HOW ) GAIN THE VICTORY OVER THE TRIALS OF LIFE 4HE *OY INSPIRING (ARBORS
7HEN WILL THIS ALL END 7HAT IS 'OD S PLAN FOR ME )T S A JOURNEY OF GRATITUDE CONTENTMENT PATIENCE AND FAITH IN 'OD S PROVIDENCE )T S AN EXCITING JOURNEY !ND ALL ALONG THE WAY ARE JOY INSPIRING HARBORS IN WHICH WE CAN lND SHELTER
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2)#(,) 3YLVAIN TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BACKGROUND IN !DVENTISM 2/-!). ) M IN THE SIXTH GENERATION OF !DVENTIST PASTORS AND MISSIONARIES IN MY FAMILY SO ) WAS RAISED WITH THE 7ORD OF 'OD END TIME PROPHECY AND A PASSION FOR *ESUS AND (IS MISSION 4HIS IS A HUGE GRACE AND A PRIVILEGE ) VE LIVED AND WORKED ON THREE CONTINENTS AND MY LIFE HAS BEEN MOVED BY A BURNING DESIRE TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL
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9OU VE LIVED AND WORKED IN MANY PLACES AND AS ) RECALL SPEAK MANY LANGUAGES 9OUR LAST ASSIGNMENT WAS TO LEAD THE !LBANIAN MISSION 4ELL ME ABOUT THE CHALLENGES YOU FACED IN THIS REGION
!LBANIA IS A %UROPEAN COUNTRY WHERE ELDERLY "ALKAN WOMEN IN BLACK OUTlTS PUSH THEIR COWS ALONG THE DUSTY ROADS WHILE THE MEN SIT AND DRINK COFFEE &OR YEARS IT WAS REPUTED TO BE THE MOST RESTRICTIVE #OMMUNIST REGIME IN THE WORLD 0EOPLE WERE COMPLETELY ISOLATED FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD AND THE BAN ON RELIGION WAS SO SEVERE THAT JUST WISHING SOMEONE A h-ERRY #HRISTMASv WOULD BRING YOU SIX YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT (OWEVER THIS ENDED YEARS AGO IN 3INCE THEN !LBANIANS HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FROM AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST TO CATCH UP WITH THE 7ESTERN WORLD 4HEY HAVE QUICKLY LEARNED THE RULES OF A FREE MARKET 7HILE THE ECONOMIC SITUATION HAS CONSIDERABLY IMPROVED RESIDENTS STILL STRUGGLE WITH DAILY POWER OUTAGES AND
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CHAOTIC TRAFlC 4HE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THOUGH IS BRINGING STRUCTURE TO THE LIVES OF THESE EXTREMELY FRIENDLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEGUN TO LOSE THEIR HOPEFUL VISION OF A BETTER LIFE BECAUSE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF UNCONTROLLED FREEDOM AND GROWTH 4HEY DESIRE A MORE MEANINGFUL LIFE AND
A BETTER LIFESTYLE SO PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO THE DILEMMA IS BOTH OUR OPPORTUNITY AND OUR CHALLENGE $ESCRIBE THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION THERE
3EVENTY PERCENT OF !LBANIANS ARE -USLIM MOST OF THE REST ARE 'REEK 0 ( / 4 / # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 / & 3 9 ,6! ) . 2 / - ! ) .
/RTHODOX OR 2OMAN #ATHOLIC 9ET MOST PEOPLE HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH THE RELIGION OF THEIR ANCESTORS 4WO GENERATIONS WITHOUT 'OD HAVE RESULTED IN THEIR HAVING NO RELIGION TO TEACH TO THEIR CHILDREN 7ITHOUT RELIGIOUS BOOKS AND CHURCH BUILDINGS THE VALUES OF SOCIETY WERE BASED ON SUPERSTITION AND OLD CUSTOMS SUCH AS BLOOD FEUDS OR FORCED MARRIAGES 7HAT DID YOU TRY TO DO WHEN YOU lRST ARRIVED
) ARRIVED IN A COUNTRY THAT HAD BEEN ENJOYING FULL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOR YEARS 4HE BEGINNING OF THIS TIME OF FREEDOM AND OPENNESS WAS PURE EUPHORIA %VERYONE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT 'OD THE 7EST AND THE REST OF THE WORLD 4HE CHURCHES INCLUDING OURS GREW VERY FAST 4HE PROBLEM WAS THAT AT THE END OF #OMMUNISM THE COUNTRY NEEDED SO MUCH MATERIAL HELP THAT THE lRST FOREIGN VISITORS HAD TO FOCUS ON BASIC AID #HRISTIANITY THEREFORE WAS PRESENTED MAINLY IN ITS SOCIAL DIMENSION )T SOON BECAME ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PREACH *ESUS WITHOUT PROMISING MATERIAL ADVANTAGES 4HUS THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED %VANGELICAL GROUPS APPEALED TO THE DISADVANTAGED CLASSES OF SOCIETY %VERY CHURCH NEEDED MEMBERS 4HERE WAS ALSO A NEED TO TRAIN PEOPLE AS LOCAL PASTORS BUT QUALIlED AND WILLING INDIVIDUALS WERE HARD TO lND !T THE SAME TIME SUCH AN EASY lELD DREW LOTS OF FOREIGNERS WHO DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE BEST TRAINING OR EVEN THE BEST MOTIVATION 4HE RESULT IS THAT THE MANY EDUCATED AND INmUENTIAL !LBANIANS HAVE COME TO DESPISE #HRISTIANITY AS A RELIGION THAT TRIES TO hBUYv PEOPLE AND THEY IGNORE THE REAL REASONS FOR ITS EXISTENCE $ID THE !DVENTIST #HURCH THERE RESPOND DIFFERENTLY
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STANDARDS &ROM THE VERY BEGINNING THIS MADE A STRONG IMPRESSION EVEN ON HIGH LEVEL GOVERNMENT OFlCERS /UR CHURCH IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH INTELLECTUAL LEVEL AND HAS ATTRACTED PERSONALITIES FROM BOTH SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LIFE !NOTHER STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH IS !$2! ;!DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY= WHICH AS THE lRST .'/ ;NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION= PRESENCE IN !LBANIA HAS BEEN CAREFUL TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PRACTICAL HELP AND EVANGELISM !DVENTISTS IN !LBANIA ARE KNOWN ALSO FOR THEIR COURAGE DURING THE TIME OF PERSECUTION )N WHAT WAYS
*UST BEFORE THE #OMMUNIST TAKEOVER IN A YOUNG !LBANIAN LEFT FOR THE 5NITED 3TATES TO STUDY AT (ARVARD 5NIVERSITY 4HERE HE BECAME AN !DVENTIST AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO HIS COUNTRY TO SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT *ESUS KNOWING THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO FACE HARDSHIP AND PERSECUTION (E BECAME A TRUE MARTYR 5NTIL HIS DEATH AS THE RESULT OF TORTURE HIS HEROIC LIFE IMPRESSED MANY OF HIS PRISON INMATES 7HEN MOST !LBANIANS DREAMED OF EMIGRATING TO THE 5NITED 3TATES HE GRADUATED FROM (ARVARD TO COME BACK AND DIE FOR HIS FAITH !NOTHER WELL KNOWN EXAMPLE IS THE !DVENTIST WOMAN WHO KEPT HER TITHE IN A BOX FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES WAITING FOR THE DAY WHEN SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAND THIS HOLY MONEY TO THE WORLDWIDE BODY OF #HRIST
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&IRST WE TRIED TO CREATE A STRONGER SENSE OF OWNERSHIP AMONG CHURCH MEMBERS TO INVOLVE THEM IN WITNESSING PROGRAMS 4HEN WE STARTED ESTABLISHING CONTACTS WITH AUTHORITIES SUCH AS GOVERNMENT OFlCERS RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND OTHER PERSONALITIES 7HAT ABOUT THE WHOLISTIC APPROACH THAT !DVENTISTS ADVOCATE
4HIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FOCI !LBANIANS ARE ASKING FOR TRAINING IN HEALTHFUL LIVING AND FAMILY LIFE THEY ARE READY TO SPEND A LOT OF MONEY FOR IT 4HIS IS WHY ) CONSIDER !LBANIA TO BE A COUNTRY OF UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTH EVANGELISM AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS -Y GOAL ALSO WAS TO GIVE !LBANIAN !DVENTISTS A CHANCE TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN BUSINESS AS A PLACE OF WITNESSING !LBANIANS DO NOT EASILY ACCEPT THE CONCEPT OF MISSIONARIES RECEIVING MONEY TO PREACH BUT THEY RESPECT CITIZENS TO WHOM THEY CAN RELATE ON AN EQUAL LEVEL 'OD HAS BLESSED US WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF PRECIOUS SOULS (OW DO YOU ENVISION THE FUTURE
$EEP ROOTED AND DEDICATED MEMBERS A HARD WORKING PASTORAL TEAM AN ONGOING PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORT AND A FOCUS ON HEALTH AND EDUCATION WILL SURELY HELP OUR CHURCH BECOME STRONGER AND STRONGER UNTIL THE TASK HAS BEEN COMPLETED
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)T IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE BETWEEN TO ATOMS IN THE OBSERVABLE UNIVERSE )F THESE WERE ONLY HYDROGEN ATOMS THE LIGHTEST OF ALL ELEMENTS IT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED A MINIMUM OF X TO X TO CALORIES OF ENERGY TO CREATE "Y COMPARISON THE WORLD S TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION IN THE YEAR WAS X CALORIES 7HILE ALL MATTER CAME FROM THE HAND OF THE #REATOR IT WAS A GIFT TO (IS CREATURES 'OD IS NOT IN MATTER .ONETHELESS THE #REATOR IS AWARE OF EVERY ASPECT OF (IS CREATION DOWN TO ITS SMALLEST SUBATOMIC LEVEL 4HE ,ORD KNOWS THE LOCATION AND FUNCTION OF EVERY ONE OF (IS ATOMS 4HIS MUCH MAY BE INFERRED FROM THE REFERENCE *ESUS MADE TO 'OD S AWARENESS OF THE SMALLEST ENTITIES OF THE PHYSICAL REALM h!RE NOT TWO SPARROWS SOLD FOR A PENNY v (E SAID h9ET NOT ONE OF THEM WILL FALL TO THE GROUND APART FROM THE WILL OF YOUR &ATHER !ND EVEN THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBEREDv -ATT
!FTER CREATING BILLIONS OF DIVERSE GALAXIES EACH WITH BILLIONS OF STARS AND UNTOLD NUMBERS OF INHABITED PLANETS 'OD DECIDED TO BRING INTO EXISTENCE A NEW ORDER OF BEING CREATED WE ARE TOLD IN (IS OWN IMAGE 'EN ˆWHICH %LLEN ' 7HITE SUGGESTS WAS BOTH IN OUTWARD RESEMBLANCE AND IN CHARACTER )N THAT CAPACITY HUMANS COULD SERVE AS NEW LINKS BETWEEN THE #REATOR AND (IS OTHER CREATURES ! SPACE WAS ALLOCATED FOR A STAR THE SUN AND PLANETS IN THE h-ILKY 7AYv GALAXY WHERE SOME BILLION STARS WERE ALREADY ROTATING IN THE FASHION OF A mAT DISC WITH A DIAMETER OF LIGHT YEARS )N A CIRCULAR MODEL OF THE -ILKY 7AY WITH A DIAMETER OF MILES %ARTH S SOLAR SYSTEM WOULD OCCUPY A MERE MILLIMETERS
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!T THE CENTER OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM THE #REATOR PLACED THAT MASSIVE STAR WE CALL THE SUN CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY X METRIC TONS OF HEATED HYDROGEN UNDERGOING THERMONUCLEAR FUSION TO HELIUM 4HIS PROCESS RESULTS IN A LOSS OF MILLION TONS OF MATTER EVERY SECOND YIELDING RADIANT ENERGY AND THE EMISSION OF CHARGED PARTICLES "Y COMPARISON THE ATOMIC BLAST OF (IROSHIMA RESULTED FROM THE DESTRUCTION OF ONLY GRAM OF PLUTONIUM !T THE CURRENT RATE OF BURNING THE SUN HAS ENOUGH FUEL TO LAST BILLIONS OF YEARS #LOSEST TO THE SUN 'OD PLACED FOUR hTERRESTRIALv PLANETS -ERCURY 6ENUS %ARTH AND -ARSˆ%ARTH BEING THE LARGEST 4HESE WERE MADE PRIMARILY OF SILICATE ROCKS 4HE FOUR hOUTERv PLANETS MUCH LARGER THAN THE TERRESTRIAL ONES WERE COMPOSED OF MOSTLY GASES *UPITER AND 3ATURN CONTAINED MOSTLY COLD HYDROGEN AND HELIUM WHILE .EPTUNE AND 5RANUS WERE MADE FROM ICE METHANE AND AMMONIA /RBITING AROUND THESE OUTER PLANETS ARE SOME MOONS SOME OF WHICH ARE CLOSE IN SIZE TO THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS 4HE COMBINED MASS OF THE PLANETS AND THEIR MOONS IS LESS THAN PERCENT OF THAT OF THE SUN WHICH HOLDS ALL OF THESE BODIES UNDER ITS GRAVITATIONAL CONTROL 7HEN THE BIBLICAL ACCOUNT OF THE EARTH S CREATION IS COMBINED WITH CURRENT ASTRONOMICAL DATA A PLAUSIBLE SCENARIO EMERGES IN WHICH THE #REATOR LIKELY BROUGHT INTO EXISTENCE DURING #REATION WEEK THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM BESIDES THE EARTH THE SUN AND THE MOON )F THIS WAS SO THEN IT MAY BE SURMISED FURTHER THAT WHAT FOLLOWED HERE DURING #REATION WEEK WAS BUT THE lRST STEP IN MAKING THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM HABITABLE FOR HUMANS . ! 3 ! ( 5 " " , % ( % 2 ) 4 ! ' % 4 % ! - $ ) ' ) 4 ! , ,9 - / $ ) & ) % $
4HE TEXT h4HUS THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH WERE COMPLETED IN ALL THEIR VAST ARRAYv 'EN LIKELY REFERS TO PLANET %ARTH AND ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS 4HE ATMOSPHERE OF THE FRESHLY CREATED EARTH WAS LIKELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IT IS NOW SEE 'EN )T WAS PROBABLY SUBSTANTIALLY RICHER IN CARBON DIOXIDE SO THAT THE LUXURIOUS VERDURE COVERING THE PRE &LOOD PLANET COULD ADEQUATELY BE SUPPORTED THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS 4HE SURFACE OF THE NEWLY CREATED EARTH WAS DIVERSIlED WITH GENTLY SLOPING HILLS AND MOUNTAINS CRISSCROSSED WITH RIVERS AND LAKES 4HERE WERE NO ROCKS SWAMPS OR DESERTS 4HE LANDSCAPE EVERYWHERE ON EARTH RIVALED THE MOST ELABORATELY DECORATED GROUNDS OF PALACES "REATHTAKING
7HAT FOLLOWED THE FORMATION OF %ARTH IS NOTHING SHORT OF BREATHTAKING 5SING PRIMARILY THE ELEMENTS HYDROGEN OXYGEN NITROGEN CARBON PHOSPHORUS AND SULFUR THE #REATOR CALLED INTO EXISTENCE STRUCTURES OF ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE COMPLEXITY THAT COULD ABSORB SOLAR OR OTHER FORMS OF ENERGY AND THAT COULD GROW DIVIDE MOVE ABOUT AND SENSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT )N SHORT LIVING ORGANISMS 4O CREATE THE SMALLEST LIVING UNIT THE CELL REQUIRED THE
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CONSTRUCTION OF THOUSANDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXQUISITE GIANT ASSEMBLIES OF ATOMS INTO THE MACROMOLECULES OF PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID POLYSACCHARIDES AND LIPIDS 3OME OF THESE CONSTRUCTS WERE USED AS STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OTHERS BECAME SPECIALIZED MACHINES FACILITATING SPECIlC CHEMICAL CHANGES 4HE PHENOMENON OF LIFE IS THE NET RESULT OF HUNDREDSˆ OR EVEN THOUSANDSˆOF CHEMICAL CHANGES WITHIN CELLS ! CHEMICAL CHANGE IS THE REARRANGEMENT OF SPECIlC CLUSTERS OF ATOMS MOLECULES INTO NEW CLUSTERS )N LIVE CELLS CHAIN REACTIONS OF CHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OCCUR CONTINUALLY 4HIS IS WHAT SEPARATES LIVING MATTER FROM INERT NONLIVING ENTITIES 7HILE SCIENTISTS ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE SOME OF THE MACROMOLECULES REQUIRED FOR LIVING MATTER THEY ARE UNABLE TO START OR RESTART THE HUNDREDS OF SEPARATE CONTINUOUS CHAIN REACTIONS HAPPENING IN EACH CELL 4HIS BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENON IS AN INCONTROVERTIBLE PROOF THAT LIFE HAS BEEN CREATED AND COULD NEVER HAVE STARTED SPONTANEOUSLY 4HE BIOCHEMICAL CHAIN REACTIONS STARTED IN EVERY CELL OF EVERY ORGANISM AT #REATION CONTINUE IN AN UNBROKEN CONTINUUM THROUGH HUNDREDS OF GENERATIONS TO THIS DAY "IOLOGISTS HAVE IDENTIlED THIS LAW BY SAYING THAT hLIFE COMES ONLY FROM LIFE v 4HE ,ORD CREATED TWO KINDS OF LIVING ORGANISMS 3OME CREATURES WERE ENDOWED WITH A NERVOUS SYSTEM GIVING THEM MOBILITY AND MEMORY AND ENABLING THEM TO SENSE THEIR ENVIRONMENT THROUGH SIGHT SOUND AND TOUCH "ESIDES HUMANS THE #REATOR BROUGHT UNNUMBERED ORDERS OF CREATURES LARGE ANIMALS BIRDS lSH INSECTS ETC INTO EXISTENCE 4HE SECOND CATEGORY OF NEWLY CREATED CREATURES WAS BIOROBOTICˆTHAT IS TO SAY THEY LACKED A NERVOUS SYSTEM
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3OME MAY CONCEDE THAT GIVEN THESE EXPLANATIONS ONE COULD LOGICALLY SUPPORT THE VALUE OF A #HRISTIAN LIFE DEVOID OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES "UT IS IT A MORAL IMPERATIVE 3EVERAL LINES OF EVIDENCE COMBINE TO SUGGEST THAT IT IS &IRST 7ORLD (EALTH /RGANIZATION STATISTICS PRESENT THE HEAVY TOLL ALCOHOL PRODUCES )T ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY MILLION WORLDWIDE DEATHS ANNUALLY PERCENT OF TOTAL DEATHS AND MILLION DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS PERCENT OF THE TOTAL )T ACCOUNTS FOR TO PERCENT OF WORLDWIDE DEATHS FROM ESOPHAGEAL CANCER LIVER CANCER CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER HOMICIDE EPILEPSY AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS )TS CONSUMPTION IS ON THE RISE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH MOSTLY NO INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL S EFFECTS )F FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN #HRISTIAN CONCERN FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WE HAVE A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PREACH AND TEACH TOTAL ABSTINENCE FROM ALCOHOL "EING 2EADY FOR #HRIST S 2ETURN
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4HE *EWISH TEMPLE WAS BUILT OF HEWN STONES QUARRIED OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND EVERY STONE WAS lTTED FOR ITS PLACE IN THE TEMPLE HEWED POLISHED AND TESTED BEFORE IT WAS BROUGHT TO *ERUSALEM !ND WHEN ALL WERE BROUGHT TO THE GROUND THE BUILDING WENT TOGETHER WITHOUT THE SOUND OF AX OR HAMMER 4HIS BUILDING REPRESENTS 'OD S SPIRITUAL TEMPLE WHICH IS COMPOSED OF MATERIAL GATHERED OUT OF EVERY NATION AND TONGUE AND PEOPLE OF ALL GRADES HIGH AND LOW RICH AND POOR LEARNED AND UNLEARNED 4HESE ARE NOT DEAD SUBSTANCES TO BE lTTED BY HAMMER AND CHISEL 4HEY ARE LIVING STONES QUARRIED OUT FROM THE WORLD BY THE TRUTH AND THE GREAT -ASTER "UILDER THE ,ORD OF THE TEMPLE IS NOW HEWING AND POLISHING THEM AND lTTING THEM FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE PLACES IN THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE 7HEN COMPLETED THIS TEMPLE WILL BE PERFECT IN ALL ITS PARTS THE ADMIRATION OF ANGELS AND OF MEN FOR ITS "UILDER AND -AKER IS 'OD
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MUST BECOME AS 'OD S WILL (E WANTS TO MELT YOU OVER AND TO CLEANSE YOU FROM EVERY DElLEMENT 4HERE IS A GREAT WORK TO BE DONE FOR YOU BEFORE YOU CAN BE lLLED WITH THE POWER OF 'OD ) BESEECH YOU TO DRAW NIGH TO (IM THAT YOU MAY REALIZE (IS RICH BLESSING BEFORE THIS MEETING CLOSES 4HERE ARE THOSE HERE UPON WHOM GREAT LIGHT IN WARNINGS AND REPROOFS HAS SHONE 7HENEVER REPROOFS ARE GIVEN THE ENEMY SEEKS TO CREATE IN THOSE REPROVED A DESIRE FOR HUMAN SYMPATHY 4HEREFORE ) WOULD WARN YOU TO BEWARE LEST IN APPEALING TO THE SYMPATHY OF OTHERS AND GOING BACK OVER YOUR PAST TRIALS YOU AGAIN ERR ON THE SAME POINTS IN SEEKING TO BUILD YOURSELVES UP 4HE ,ORD BRINGS (IS ERRING CHILDREN OVER THE SAME GROUND AGAIN AND AGAIN BUT IF THEY CONTINUALLY FAIL TO HEED THE ADMONITIONS OF (IS 3PIRIT IF THEY FAIL TO REFORM ON EVERY POINT WHERE THEY HAVE ERRED (E WILL lNALLY LEAVE THEM TO THEIR OWN WEAKNESSx %ACH ONE WILL HAVE A CLOSE STRUGGLE TO OVERCOME SIN IN HIS OWN HEART 4HIS IS AT TIMES A VERY PAINFUL AND DISCOURAGING WORK BECAUSE AS WE SEE THE DEFORMITIES IN OUR CHARACTER WE KEEP LOOKING AT THEM WHEN WE SHOULD LOOK TO *ESUS AND PUT ON THE ROBE OF (IS RIGHTEOUSNESSx !S WORKERS TOGETHER FOR 'OD BRETHREN AND SISTERS LEAN HEAVILY UPON THE ARM OF THE -IGHTY /NE ,ABOR FOR UNITY LABOR FOR LOVE AND YOU WILL BECOME A POWER IN THE WORLD
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4HE 4HIRTEENTH 3ABBATH /FFERING ALSO HELPED BUILD A WORSHIP CHAPEL AT &ULTON #OLLEGE ON THE ISLAND OF &IJI 4HE SCHOOL IS HOME TO MORE THAN THEOLOGY ARTS AND BUSINESS STUDENTS 4HE SCHOOL SERVES AS THE TRAINING CENTER FOR THE 4RANS 0ACIlC 5NION -ISSION WHICH HAS MORE THAN MEMBERS AND IS LOCATED ON A PICTURESQUE CAMPUS IN NORTHEASTERN &IJI )T WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE EARLY S AND
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4HE "IBLE S BOOK OF 2EVELATION DESCRIBES THE AGES LONG BATTLE BETWEEN #HRIST AND 3ATAN 4HE EVIL ONE CHALLENGED 'OD S CHARACTER BY DECLARING THAT 'OD IS UNJUST "UT IN (IS LIFE DEATH AND RESURRECTION *ESUS MET 3ATAN S CHALLENGES HEAD ON #HRIST S LOVING LIFE PERFECT OBEDIENCE SACRIlCIAL DEATH AND GLORIOUS RESURRECTION REVEAL A 'OD WHO LOVES US SUPREMELY 2EVELATION DESCRIBES HEAVEN S LAST DAY CHURCH AS A BODY OF BELIEVERS TOTALLY COMMITTED TO #HRIST REmECTING (IS LOVE TO THOSE AROUND THEM AS THEY AWAIT (IS RETURN
7HAT DID *ESUS SAY ABOUT KNOWING TRUTH 2EAD THE TEXTS BELOW AND SUMMARIZE *ESUS TEACHING ABOUT KNOWING TRUTH ON THE LINES PROVIDED h!ND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREEv *OHN h)F ANYONE WILLS TO DO (IS WILL HE SHALL KNOW CONCERNING THE DOCTRINE WHETHER IT IS FROM 'OD OR WHETHER ) SPEAK ON MY OWN AUTHORITYv *OHN h3ANCTIFY THEM BY 9OUR TRUTH 9OUR 7ORD IS TRUTHv *OHN 4O KNOW THE TRUTH IS TO
7HAT TWO ACTION WORDS REmECT THE COMMISSION 'OD GAVE (IS LAST DAY CHURCH h!ND HE SAID TO ME @9OU MUST PROPHESY AGAIN ABOUT MANY PEOPLES NATIONS TONGUES AND KINGS v 2EV h4HEN ) SAW ANOTHER ANGEL mYING IN THE MIDST OF HEAVEN HAVING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL TO PREACH TO THOSE WHO DWELL ON THE EARTHˆTO EVERY NATION TRIBE TONGUE AND PEOPLEv 2EV 4HE TWO ACTION WORDS ARE AND
'OD S END TIME CHURCH WILL BE A WORLDWIDE MOVEMENT WITH A PASSION FOR SHARING THE EVERLASTING GOSPEL
7HAT GREAT EVENT WILL 'OD S LAST DAY CHURCH FOCUS UPON h4HEN ) LOOKED AND BEHOLD A WHITE CLOUD AND ON THE CLOUD SAT /NE LIKE THE 3ON OF -AN HAVING ON (IS HEAD A GOLDEN CROWN AND IN (IS HAND A SHARP SICKLE !ND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME OUT OF THE TEMPLE CRYING WITH A LOUD VOICE TO (IM WHO SAT ON THE CLOUD @4HRUST IN YOUR SICKLE AND REAP FOR THE TIME HAS COME FOR 9OU TO REAP FOR THE HARVEST OF THE EARTH IS RIPE v 2EV h4HE HARVEST IS THE END OF THE AGE AND THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELSv -ATT
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7HY IS THE DEVIL ANGRY WITH 'OD S END TIME PEOPLE h!ND THE DRAGON WAS ENRAGED WITH THE WOMAN AND HE WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE REST OF HER OFFSPRING WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF *ESUS #HRISTv 2EV 3ATAN IS ANGRY WITH 'OD S LAST DAY CHURCH BECAUSE IT A +EEPS THE
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7HAT SPECIlC FEATURES OF 'OD S LAST MESSAGE TO THE WORLD ARE FOUND IN THE lRST ANGEL S MESSAGE OF 2EVELATION h@&EAR 'OD AND GIVE GLORY TO (IM FOR THE HOUR OF (IS JUDGMENT HAS COME AND WORSHIP (IM WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH THE SEA AND SPRINGS OF WATER v 2EV 'OD S LAST DAY CHURCH WILL CALL HUMANITY A 4O
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7HY IS 'OD S LAST END TIME MESSAGE SO URGENT h&OR THE HOUR OF ;'OD S= JUDGMENT HAS COMEv 2EV 'OD S LAST DAY CHURCH WILL PROCLAIM THE MESSAGE OF 'OD S
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7HAT IS THE RESULT OF ACCEPTING THIS LAST DAY MESSAGE h(ERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD AND THE FAITH OF *ESUSv 2EV 'OD S LAST DAY CHURCH WILL A +EEP THE
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7HAT AN INSPIRATION TO SEE THESE DEDICATED FACES OF #HINA IN h&INDING &AITH IN #HINAv !UGUST 4HE LAST TIME WE SAW (AU 8AJIE WAS IN *ANUARY AS SHE EASILY CHUCKED OUR FOUR HEAVY SUITCASES OUT THE WINDOW OF AN EXTREMELY CROWDED TRAIN IN 3HENYANG TRAIN STATION 3HE SEEMED TO APPEAR FROM NOWHERE IN THE CROWD EXPLAINING THAT WE WERE ON THE WRONG CAR AND SHOULD BE IN ANOTHER ONE FARTHER DOWN THE TRACK 7E HAD ATTENDED THE "EISHI CHURCH ON 3ABBATH HAVING BEEN BROUGHT BY TWO FRIENDS IN A GOVERNMENT VAN DOWN AN ALMOST IMPASSABLE ALLEY lLLED WITH BICYCLES 7E MET 8AJIE THERE AND WE TOO WERE IMPRESSED WITH HER hINNER STRENGTH v $URING OUR YEAR OF TEACHING %NGLISH AT 3HENYANG 0OLYTECHNIC 5NIVERSITY IN WE HAD SEARCHED FOR THE CHURCH IN 3HENYANG A CHURNING CITY OF MILLION SEVERAL TIMES BUT COULD NEVER lND IT 7E EVENTUALLY FORMED OUR OWN GROUP OF INTERESTED STUDENTS FOR 3ABBATH WORSHIPS AND EVEN VISITED THE 5 3 CONSULATE ON MANY 3UNDAYS TO WORSHIP WITH A CONGLOMERATE GROUP OF EXPATRIATE !MERICANS 8AJIE TOLD US THAT HAD WE FOUND THE CHURCH DURING THAT TIME WE WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE CREATED POLITICAL PROBLEMS FOR THE CHURCH 4HE LAW AS INTERPRETED THEN BY LOCAL #OMMUNIST LEADERS SAID h.O FOREIGNERS WORSHIPPING WITH THE #HINESE v
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