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PRAYING THAT MY HEARERS WOULD REACH OUT FOR THE GRACE THAT STILL MAKES HURTING PEOPLE WHOLE ONE LIFE AT A TIME "UT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WOUNDED BODY IS RESTORED OR A BROKEN RELATIONSHIP IS MENDED 7HAT HAPPENED IN THE CIRCLES AND THE VILLAGES TO WHICH THOSE FORMER LEPERS OF WHOM ,UKE S 'OSPEL TELLS US RETURNED AFTER *ESUS HEALED THEM ,IVES BEYOND THEIR OWN WERE QUICKLY AND EVEN DRAMATICALLY CHANGED *OBS WERE RESUMED MARRIAGES WERE RESTORED CHILDREN WERE PARENTED FRIENDSHIPS WERE PICKED UP WHERE THEY HAD BEEN LEFT WHEN DISEASE lRST BROUGHT ITS AWFUL INTERRUPTION 4HE EVER WIDENING RIPPLES OF CHANGE THAT mOWED FROM THAT TENFOLD INSTANT OF HEALING MOVED ON TO CHANGE FAMILIES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES AND VILLAGES AND NATIONS !ND ALL OF THISˆALL THIS CHANGE AND TRANSFORMA

TIONˆWAS CLEARLY IN THE MIND OF #HRIST WHEN (E SPOKE THE WORD THAT MADE INDIVIDUALS WHOLE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN CAREFUL ABOUT PUBLICLY ADVOCATING FOR SOCIETAL CHANGE FOR WE HAVE SEEN HOW QUICKLY THE GRACE AND HEALING INTENDED BY THE 'REAT 0HYSICIAN CAN BE OBSCURED BY PICKET SIGNS AND POLITICAL MANEUVERING 7HAT BEGAN AS A PROFOUNDLY SPIRITUAL QUEST TO CONNECT THE LOST AND BROKEN TO *ESUS CAN EASILY DESCEND INTO AN ALL CONSUMING PASSION FOR SOCIAL POWER AND DOMINATION "UT LET S NEVER MISTAKE THE FACT THAT THE GOOD NEWS OF *ESUS

WHICH OFFERS US ETERNAL LIFE SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN THE HERE AND NOWˆON STREET CORNERS AND IN VILLAGES AND IN EVERY RELATIONSHIP A HEALED LIFE EXPERIENCES 4HE WOMAN WHO LEARNS TO READ THE "IBLE ACQUIRES ECONOMIC STATUS AND SOCIAL INmUENCE FOR GOOD BECAUSE OF HER NEW SKILL 4HE ABUSIVE HUSBAND WHO FORSAKES HIS HABITS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION BECAUSE HIS HEART HAS BEEN CHANGED BY *ESUS BECOMES A BULWARK FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS IN HIS BUSINESS IN HIS FAMILY IN HIS COMMUNITY AND IN HIS CHURCH !S YOU READ THIS MONTH S FEATURED ARTICLE ABOUT THE h%ND )T .OWv CAMPAIGN NOW WIDENING AROUND THE WORLD PRAY THAT THE HEALINGˆAND THE CHANGEˆWILL REACH THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE

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&EBRUARY EARLY MORNING EARTHQUAKE QUAKE THAT HAPPENED LAST 3ATURDAY THAT STRUCK THE CENTRAL PART OF THE 3OUTH IN #HILE v +šHLER WROTE IN AN E MAIL !MERICAN NATION CHURCH OFlCIALS HAVE MESSAGE -ARCH h7E REMAIN UNITED IN INTERCESSION AND SUPPORTING CONlRMED OUR FELLOW #HILEANS v 4WO CHURCH HEADQUARTERS HAVE +šHLER ADDED h5NTIL NOW WE HAVE BEEN SEVERELY DAMAGED WHILE MORE NEWS OF FOUR !DVENTIST BROTHERS KILLED

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HIGHLY COMPROMISED -ORE THAN CHURCHES HAVE BEEN ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND SOME ;CHURCH RELATED= COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS SUFFERED SIGNIl CANT DAMAGE -ANY OF OUR BROTHERS ;AND SISTERS= ARE HOMELESS STRUGGLING TO lND FOOD WATER AND A PLACE TO STAY v !CCORDING TO +šHLER THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2!

IS CONTINUING ITS ASSISTANCE IN THE REGION h!$2! IS SUPPORTING THE DELIVERY OF FOOD BLANKETS AND TENTS AS WELL AS HAVING A #ANADIAN TEAM WORKING WITH WATER PURIlCATION AND A GROUP OF NEARLY VOLUNTEERS HELPING IN 3ANTIAGO TO ARRANGE THE FOOD TO BE SENT TO NEEDY REGIONS v HE REPORTED h.OW WE BEGIN TO COME TOGETHER TO SEEK RESOURCES AND HELP FROM CHURCH INSTITUTIONS TEMPLES SCHOOLS

AND OFlCES TO RETURN ITS ;NORMAL= USE AND SUPPORT OUR BELIEVERS IN THEIR PERSONAL CHALLENGES v HE ADDED !CCORDING TO +AREN #ORDOVEZ WRIT ING FOR THE DIVISION h(ILLARY #LINTON

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7EBMASTER OF THE !DVENTIST 5NIVER SITY OF THE 0HILIPPINES -ARY ,ORELEI %SCASA STAFF MEMBER OF !MAZING 'RACE -EDIA 0RODUCTIONS AND A BLOG ENTHUSIAST 7ELSIE DELA #RUZ 33$ ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR MEDIA PRODUC TIONS AND *ONATHAN # #ATOLICO 33$ COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR h7E HAVE ENVISIONED REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY BY EMPLOYING A MORE MODERN METHOD OF COM MUNICATION v SAID *OEL " -ACARAIG

3#,# COMMUNICATION DIRECTOR AND WORKSHOP ORGANIZER h7E ARE STARTING )N 0HILIPPINES !DVENTIST "LOGGERS WITH THIS NEW TEAM WHO HAS COME TO 2ISE TO )NTERNET #HALLENGE HELP US REALIZE THIS VISION v !SKED WHETHER HE PERCEIVES A GAP N 7HEN ONE SEES HOW WORKABLE A 7EBLOG OR BLOG CAN BE TO REACH BETWEEN 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS AND PEOPLE AND INVITE THEM TO EXPERIENCE NON !DVENTISTS ON CERTAIN MATTERS

*ESUS IN THEIR LIFE A BLOG ENTHUSIAST WILL #ATOLICO INDICATED THAT SUCH hPERCEP NOT THINK TWICE BEFORE GOING INTO THIS TION VARIES FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER MORE MODERN FORM OF MINISTRY (E OR /THER COMMUNITIES KNOW THE !DVEN SHE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ITS FEATURES TISTS VERY WELL AS NOT ONLY A @PEOPLE OF 4HIS HAS BEEN THE IMPRESSION OF THE "IBLE BUT AS A GROUP OF BELIEVERS PARTICIPANTS RESULTING FROM A THREE DAY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS v WORKSHOP ON COMMUNICATION MEDIA (OWEVER HE SAID h7E NEED EVERYBODY ENTITLED h"RIDGE THE 'AP v CONDUCTED IN THE CHURCH TO TAKE PART IN REACHING

BY THE #OMMUNICATION $EPARTMENT OUT TO HIS OR HER NEIGHBORS BY HELPING OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH THEM WITH THEIR MANY NEEDS THROUGH IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL ,UZON TERRITORY YOUTH OR HEALTH PROGRAMS FAMILY 3#,# WITH THE HELP OF THE 3OUTHERN SERVICES EDUCATIONAL UPLIFT AND A !SIA 0ACIlC $IVISION 33$ *ANUARY LOT OF OTHER WAYS AND BY EMPLOYING

OUR NEW COMMUNICATION SKILLS 4HE !T THE WORKSHOP WHICH WAS HELD AT REALIZATION OF SUCH OBJECTIVES IS NOT 3#,# HEADQUARTERS IN 3AN 0ABLO #ITY

FAR FETCHED BY THIS WE MAY NARROW THE 0HILIPPINES PARTICIPANTS LEARNED GAP IF ;ONE= EXISTS v HOW TO USE THE )NTERNET IN MINISTERING 4OWARD THE END OF THE WORKSHOP

TO PEOPLE S SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS PARTICIPANTS WHO WERE DIVIDED 0ARTICIPANTS LEARNED TO BUILD THEIR OWN INTO THREE GROUPS PERFORMED THEIR 7EB SITE AND BLOG SITE GET CONNECTED VIDEOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENTS /NE GROUP WITH THE )NTERNET AS WELL AS REACH OUT WAS ASSIGNED WITH INTERVIEWING TO FRIENDS AND WOULD BE FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE IN THE STREETS TO GAUGE THEIR INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES KNOWLEDGE OF THE PROGRAMS OF THE 4HEY LEARNED OTHER SKILLS INCLUDING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS IN THEIR COM COMMUNITY RELATIONS CONCEPTS AND MUNITY h5NFORTUNATELY THERE WERE

'2%%4).'3 3HERRY !YIT TEY LEFT 'HANA S MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT VISITS WITH (ELGE 7ENDENBURG OF 'ERMANY S -INISTRY FOR THE %NVIRONMENT .ATURE #ON SERVATION AND .UCLEAR 3AFETY FOLLOWING THE INAUGURATION OF THE "AOBAB #ENTRE FOR %COLOGICAL 3TUDIES AT 6ALLEY 6IEW 5NIVERSITY &EBRUARY

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SOME WHO HAVEN T EVEN KNOWN THE !DVENTISTS v SAID A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE INTERVIEWING GROUP h!LTHOUGH A LOT OF THEM KNOW THE !DVENTISTS AND THEIR PROGRAMS AND FOREMOST OF THESE PROGRAMS IS THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF THE CHURCH IN THEIR COMMUNITY v ˆ2EPORTED BY 33$ COMMUNICATION STAFF 'ERMAN 'RANTS (ELP !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY IN 'HANA N 'RANTS FROM THE 'ERMAN GOVERNMENT AND UNIVERSITIES ARE HELPING A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST UNIVERSITY IN 'HANA BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CONSERVATION CONSCIOUS UNIVERSITIES IN 7EST !FRICA SCHOOL OFlCIALS SAID 6ALLEY 6IEW 5NIVERSITY HOME TO SOME STUDENTS HAS RECEIVED MILLION EUROS 53 MILLION FOR CAMPUS CONSERVATION PROJECTS WHICH INCLUDE WASTEWATER RECYCLING TO FUEL CONVERSION SYSTEM RAINWATER HARVESTING AND STORAGE TREE PLANTING AND A NEW STUDY CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE h4HIS CENTER WILL CREATE OPPORTUNI TIES FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN LOCAL AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS IN THE lELD OF ECOLOGY v SAID 3ETH ! ,ARYEA

PRESIDENT OF 6ALLEY 6IEW DURING A &EBRUARY

CEREMONY TO DEDI CATE THE "AOBAB #ENTRE FOR %COLOGICAL 3TUDIES /N HAND WERE PROJECT PARTNERS FROM 'ERMANY 'HANAIAN MINISTERS OF STATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY (ELGE 7ENDENBURG OF 'ERMANY S

-INISTRY FOR THE %NVIRONMENT .ATURE #ONSERVATION AND .UCLEAR 3AFETY SAID HE HOPED hTO ILLUSTRATE THAT NOT ONLY HERE AT 6ALLEY 6IEW 5NIVERSITY BUT ALSO AS A WHOLE 'ERMAN 'HANAIAN COOPERATION IN THE lELD OF CLIMATE PROTECTION IS ON A GOOD TRACK v 4HE UNIVERSITY S CONSERVATION EFFORTS WERE GIVEN A BOOST SOME SIX YEARS AGO WHEN THE 'ERMAN &EDERAL -INISTRY OF %DUCATION AND 2ESEARCH PROVIDED A GRANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY S PLAN TO BECOME AN hECO FRIENDLYv CAMPUS *USTUS ,IEBIG 5NIVERSITY IN 'IES SEN 'ERMANY IS COLLABORATING WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO PLANT TREES ON CAMPUS AND IN THE SURROUNDING COM MUNITY AS WELL AS TO PRESERVE EXISTING TREE SPECIES NATIVE TO THE AREA 4HE %COLOGICAL %NGINEERING 3OCIETY IS UNDERTAKING RAINWATER HARVESTING AND STORAGE WHILE THE 5NIVERSITY OF .ATURAL 2ESOURCES AND !PPLIED ,IFE

3CIENCES IN 6IENNA !USTRIA IS RESPON SIBLE FOR THE WATER TREATMENT )N ANOTHER PROJECT DRY TOILETS ARE REDUCING WATER USAGE AND HUMAN WASTE IS USED TO PRODUCE BIOGAS TO SUPPLE MENT THE LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS USED FOR COOKING IN THE UNIVERSITY S CAFETERIA 3HERRY !YITTEY 'HANA S MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT PRAISED 6ALLEY 6IEW 5NIVERSITY FOR ITS DETERMINATION TO SHOWCASE AND DISSEMINATE CONSERVA TION INITIATIVES AND PROMISED TO WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY IN REPLICATING INITIATIVES FOR OTHER INSTITUTIONS 6ALLEY 6IEW BECAME 'HANA S lRST ACCREDITED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN AND THE COUNTRY S lRST CHARTED PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN 4HE UNIVERSITY IS LOCATED IN A RURAL SETTING SOME MILES NORTHEAST OF !CCRA 'HANA S CAPITAL CITY ˆ!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK STAFF REPORT "ELIZE S !DVENTIST 3CHOOLS #LOSED TO 0ROTEST 6IOLENCE N 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN "ELIZE CLOSED ALL OF ITS SCHOOLS ON -ARCH

FOR ONE DAY TO DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ALLEGED VIOLENCE ON THE PART OF POLICE IN THE COUNTRY THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A CHURCH MEMBER 4EDDY ! -URILLO *R WAS REPORTEDLY SHOT TO DEATH EARLY 3ATURDAY &EBRUARY

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-URILLO *R SHOWN IN THIS PHOTO WAS A YOUNG 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SHOT TO DEATH &EBRUARY IN "ELIZE #ITY "ELIZE THE PERPETRATORS REMAIN AT LARGE 4HE !DVENTIST CHURCH CLOSED ITS SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO PROTEST WHAT ITS LEADERS SAY IS ESCALATING POLICE VIOLENCE IN THE #ENTRAL !MERICAN COUNTRY 0 ( / 4 / # / 5 2 4 % 3 9 3 4! # % 9 + % , ,9 ! - ! . $ ! , ! . % 7 3 0! 0 % 2

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WAS A MEMBER OF THE -OUNT :ION !DVENTIST 4ABERNACLE IN "ELIZE #ITY THE lRST CHURCH ESTAB LISHED IN THE CITY (E WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF HIS CHURCH S YOUTH GROUP AND SERVED AS A CHURCH DEACON -URILLO IS THE SECOND !DVENTIST TO FALL VICTIM TO ALLEGED POLICE VIOLENCE IN RECENT YEARS ACCORDING TO !BILIO #IMA

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND COMMUNICA TION DIRECTOR FOR THE CHURCH IN "ELIZE ! YEAR OLD !DVENTIST WOMAN

MURDERED SEVERAL YEARS AGO WAS THE lRST #IMA SAID ADDING THAT TWO OTHER CASES WERE REPORTED IN RECENT YEARS /NE CASE IS STILL IN THE COURTS AND THE OTHER WAS DISMISSED BECAUSE OF LACK OF WITNESSES HE SAID h0EOPLE ARE AFRAID TO TESTIFY ;IN COURT= BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE AT RISK v #IMA SAID h"Y CLOSING OUR SCHOOLS WE WANTED TO SHOW THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT WE ARE AGAINST VIOLENCE v #IMA SAID

ADDING THAT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IS CALLING ON THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT hTO DO SOMETHING URGENTLY TO STOP CRIME AND VIOLENCE v (UNDREDS OF MOURNERS CROWDED THE -OUNT :ION !DVENTIST 4ABERNACLE ON -ARCH FOR A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR -URILLO BROADCAST LIVE ON A LOCAL TELEVISION STATION -URILLO ATTENDED *AMES 'ARBUTT !DVENTIST 0RIMARY 3CHOOL #ANAAN !DVENTIST (IGH 3CHOOL AND WAS A FRESHMAN AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF "ELIZE

PURSUING AN ASSOCIATE S DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IS THE SECOND LARGEST CHURCH IN "ELIZE

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WILL DEVOTE AT LEAST COPIES THE

!LONG WITH THE GAME RELATED CONTENT ARE ARTICLES DESIGNED TO PRESENT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AND ITS MESSAGE TO READERS 7EBSTER NOTED h7E PRAY THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL WORK ON THE HEARTS OF THE READERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS v HE ADDED h4HEY CAN DISCOVER THAT THE MAGAZINE IS SPON SORED BY THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH )T STATES THAT IN THE INFO ON PAGE 4HERE IS ALSO INFORMATION ON THE PRICE OF A 3IGNS SUB AND AN ADDRESS

COUNTRIES AND HELPED ME WITH MUCH OF THE SOCCER FOOTBALL INFORMATION (E IS AN EDITOR OF ONE OF THE :AMBIAN NEWSPAPERS AND WAS FORMERLY A SPORTS JOURNALIST AND EDITOR v /THER CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE ISSUE INCLUDE 'IFT -WEEMBA PUBLISHING AND PERSONAL MINISTRIES DIRECTOR FOR THE 3OUTHERN !FRICA 5NION #ONFER ENCE AND !DVENTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD )N ADDITION SAID &RAN½OIS ,OUW UNION CONFERENCE PRESIDENT A

WILL APPEAL TO WORLD S VISITORS IN *OHANNESBURG VAST MAJORITY IN %NGLISH TO PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE GAMES AS WELL AS HOW TO WIN IN THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE OF LIFEˆBY lNDING FAITH IN *ESUS #HRIST h7E FEEL THAT READERS WILL WANT TO KEEP THE MAGAZINE BECAUSE OF ITS SECULAR APPEARANCE AND APPROACH )T WILL NOT LOOK LIKE A TYPICAL GOSPEL MAGAZINE v SAID %RIC 7EBSTER AN YEAR OLD 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PASTOR WHO ALONG WITH HIS WIFE 2UTH HAS RUN 3IGNS AS A SELF SUPPORTING MINISTRY IN SOUTHERN !FRICA FOR YEARS h4HOSE INTERESTED IN SOCCER WILL HAVE A GOLD MINE OF FOOTBALL INFORMA TION ON ALL THE COUNTRIES TAKING PART 4HERE ARE EVEN THREE PAGES OF HIGH QUALITY PICTURES OF ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS 0EOPLE WILL WANT TO KEEP THESE PAGES )N THE CENTER OF THE MAGAZINE ARE TWO PAGES GIVING THE FULL PROGRAM OF ALL THE GAMES WITH DATES PLACES AND SPACE TO MARK THE RESULTS /NCE AGAIN IT WILL BE HARD TO THROW THE MAGAZINE AWAY IF YOU ARE AT ALL INTERESTED IN THE GAMES v 7EBSTER SAID (OWEVER THE SPECIAL 3IGNS ISSUE IS NOT A STRICTLY SECULAR ENTERPRISE

TO SUBSCRIBE 4HEN THERE ARE NINE ONE PAGE SPIRITUAL ARTICLES SCATTERED THROUGH THE MAGAZINE 7E TRUST THAT SOME READERS WILL BE LED TO THESE ARTICLES AND THAT 'OD WILL SPEAK TO THEIR HEARTS v ! KEY SPIRITUAL FEATURE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE HALF PAGE ARTICLES DETAILING THE APPEAL OF FOOTBALL SOCCER IN EACH OF THE NATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE GAMES h!T THE END OF EACH OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE COUNTRIES THERE ARE ADDRESSES FOR EACH COUNTRY WHERE READERS CAN MAKE CONTACT FOR SPIRITUAL HELP 4HERE WE HAVE 7EB SITES AND E MAIL ADDRESSES FOR OUR CHURCH IN THAT PARTICULAR COUNTRY 4HIS MEANS THAT VISITORS FROM THOSE COUNTRIES MIGHT BE LED TO FOLLOW UP 4HERE IS ALSO THE 7EB SITE ON PAGE WHERE PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THIS MAGAZINE AND OTHER INFORMA TION v 7EBSTER SAID !SKED ABOUT THE SURPRISES HE ENCOUNTERED IN PREPARING THE SPECIAL ISSUE 7EBSTER NOTED SEVERAL INCIDENTS OF 'OD S LEADING IN lNDING CONTRIBUTORS SUCH AS CHURCH MEMBER *ACK -WEWA FROM :AMBIA hWHO WROTE ARTICLES ON FOUR OF THE !FRICAN

TEAM OF YOUNG !DVENTISTS FROM "RAZIL WILL BE PART OF THE WITNESSING DISTRIBU TION CREW IN *OHANNESBURG AND WILL WORK TOGETHER WITH 3OUTH !FRICAN !DVENTIST YOUTH TO DISTRIBUTE THE MAGAZINE AND OTHER LITERATURE h4HE 7ORLD #UP FORCED OUR THINKINGˆWE DARE NOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY v ,OUW SAID ! MORE MUNDANE DISTRIBUTION TASKˆTHE ADDRESSING AND MAILING OF

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'IVE US A SENSE OF THE SIGNIlCANCE OF THIS EVENT FOR THE WORLD CHURCH (OW MANY WERE PART OF YOUR TEAM

7E HAD ABOUT PEOPLE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE WORLD DIVISIONS OF THE CHURCH 7ERE THESE MEETINGS FOR DIVISION PRESIDENTS THEN

.O 4HREE DIVISION PRESIDENTS WERE THERE BUT THEY WERE THERE TO REPRESENT THE ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP /THER DIVISIONS HAD OTHER REPRESENTATIVES ,EADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE CHURCH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOME SORT OF PATCHWORK AFFAIR 9OU HAVE A COUPLE LEADERS FROM THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE WHO GET APPOINTMENTS AND DO A LEADERSHIP SEMINAR HERE AND THERE "UT IT TENDED TO BE RATHER PERIPHERAL IN THE DISCUSSION OF PHILOSOPHICAL

THEOLOGICAL ISSUES SUCH AS INTEGRITY OR THESE TYPES OF THINGS %ARLY ON WHEN WE HAD THE lRST MEETING A COUPLE YEARS AGO ) SPOKE TO THE CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE TWO TYPES OF LEADERSHIP TRAINING 7E HAVE THAT WHICH WE COULD REFER TO AS hAVAILABLEvˆTHE 0H $ - !

WHATEVER 4HEY RE THERE AND AVAILABLE FOR WHOEVER HAPPENS TO lND A WAY TO ATTEND THOSE "UT THE OTHER WE COULD REFER TO AS hSPECIlC AND INTEN

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TIONAL v &OR EXAMPLE OUR GLOBAL CHURCH IS ORGANIZED INTO CONFERENCES UNION CONFERENCES AND DIVISIONS !T LEAST THREE EXECUTIVE OFlCERS LEAD EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES

AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE ASSOCIATES AND WHAT HAVE YOU !

CERTAIN PREPARATION IS ESSENTIAL IN HAVING PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THOSE PARTICULAR POSITIONS 7HAT ARE WE DOING FOR PRESIDEN TIAL 3PECIlCALLY ) M TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO COME INTO THE PRESIDENCY AT THE CONFERENCE LEVEL 4HEY RE SEEN BY THEIR PEERS AND THOSE THEY REPRESENT AS CAPABLE "UT WHAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT CHAIRING A BOARD 7HAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT RUNNING A CONSTITUENCY MEETING 7HAT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT READING A lNANCIAL STATEMENT 4HEY MAY HAVE BEEN A PASTOR OF A VERY LARGE CHURCH DOING A VERY GOOD JOB BUT THESE ARE DIFFERENT SKILLS 7E VE JUST BEGUN A 7EB SITE LEADERSHIPDEVELOPMENT ADVENTIST ORG 4HAT SITE IS ORGANIZED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE MISSION VISION STATEMENT IS LISTED ALONG WITH CURRENT RESEARCH AND NAMES OF PRESENTERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD YOU CAN CALL TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ON CERTAIN TOPICS 7E HAVE THE MOST RECENT BOOKS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED ABOUT LEADERSHIP !ND PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIlCANT PART OF THAT SITE IS A SECTION CALLED hLEADERSHIP EVENTS v )T S BASICALLY THE DATE TIME LOCATION WHO IS PRESENTING AND WE HAVE IT ORGANIZEDˆ'ENERAL #ONFERENCE THEN DIVISION BY DIVISION

SO EVERY DIVISION HAS ITS OWN NETWORK 4HE lRST MEETING WE HAD WAS WORKING OUT THE MISSION STATEMENT THE VALUES THE DIRECTION 4HE SECOND MEETING WE HAD WAS MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS TO THE WORLD lELD &OR THIS ONE WE ACTUALLY HAD THE DIVISIONS COME AND PUT THEIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OUT SO THAT WE COULD BEGIN TO lLL IN THIS 7EB SITE )N TERMS OF SIGNIlCANCE IT S A MAJOR MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF INTENTIONALITY 7OULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT THE TRANSITION TO THIS MODEL HAS GONE FROM KIND OF hWE LL GO WHERE WE RE INVITED v

ONE PLACE TO ANOTHERx 3O WE CAN T COME ALONG AND SAY

h4HIS SIZE lTS SO WE RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYBODY THIS v 7HEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTENT OF WHAT THE LEADERSHIP GROUP SURVEYED FOR ISSUES WHAT ARE THE TOP THREE OR FOUR KEY ISSUES THAT ARE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

2IGHT NOW WE RE FOCUSING ON TRYING TO GET A CURRICULUM TOGETHER FOR PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY AND TREASURER 4HEN ) M EXPLORING WITH CERTAIN AUTHORS TO START lLLING IN THE BLANKS ON THE OTHERS )T DOESN T MEAN THAT THOSE ARE MORE IMPORTANT )F ) WERE TO SAYˆAND WE ALL AGREE ) THINKˆTHAT THE MORE IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ISSUES ACTUALLY WOULD BE LEADERSHIP ISSUES AT THE LOCAL CHURCH WE NEED TO MOVE INTO THAT RELATIVELY QUICKLY !ND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BEGIN WITH THE PASTOR ,EADERSHIP MATERIAL FOR PASTORS IS AVAILABLE ONLINE "UT IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE VARIOUS OFlCERS OF THE CHURCH

PARTICULARLY HEAD ELDERS 3ABBATH SCHOOL LEADERS TREASURERS "ECAUSE AS THAT UNIT FUNCTIONS SO DOES THE REST OF THE CHURCH 7E VE KIND OF GOTTEN AWAY FROM REMEMBERING THAT 7HAT S THE NEXT STEP FOR YOUR GROUP 7HERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING (OW CAN THE AVERAGE !DVENTIST PRAY MOST EFFECTIVELY FOR THE WORK YOU RE DOING

02!#4)#!, 42!).).' 3TAN 0ATTERSON INSET A PROFESSOR AT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL 3EMINARY AT !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY LEADS PARTICIPANTS IN A PRESENTATION ABOUT LEADERSHIP SKILLS

TO 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE AND DIVISION LEADERS TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ONGOING PROGRAM OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT THAT IS AIMED PARTICULARLY AT THIS

MEMBER LEADERSHIP GROUP THAT INCLUDES CONFERENCE UNION CONFERENCE AND DIVISION PERSONNEL AROUND THE WORLD

)T S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE ROLES TO BE PLAYED HERE 4HE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE PLAYS THE ROLE OF VISIONING AND A CERTAIN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM EXISTS AND THAT THERE IS A NETWORK WORLDWIDE "UT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM RESTS WITH EACH DIVI SIONx 7E HELP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE WITH CERTAIN TYPES OF MATERIALx 3OMETIMES THE STYLE OF LEADERSHIP VARIES FROM

&IRST A MAJOR CONCERN IS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF UNITY 7E HAVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT EVERY LEVEL BECAUSE WE ARE INTENSELY INTERESTED IN UNITY 3ECOND AND THIS IS MORE THE MISSION ISSUE WE ARE A CHURCH THE ,ORD HAS BLESSED ŽWITH THE PRIVILEGE OF GROWING AT ABOUT PERCENT PER YEARˆIN SOME PLACES MUCH GREATER THAN THAT 3INCE THE WORK INSIDE THE WINDOWˆKEEP IN MIND WE RE DEALING WITH PERCENTAGES HEREˆHAS GROWN PERCENT 7ORK OUTSIDE THAT WINDOW SINCE HAS GROWN AT ABOUT PERCENT 7HEN YOU LOOK AT THAT KIND OF GROWTH THERE ARE A LOT OF DYNAMICS PEOPLE DON T UNDERSTAND 4HERE ARE MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN NORTHERN )NDIA AND IN WE HAD ONLY A HANDFUL OF CHURCHES THERE 7ELL WE STARTED PLANTING THEM BY THE HUNDREDS SOME HERE OTHERS THERE AND STILL OTHERS THERE 7HEN YOU HAVE ONLY THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE

THE RESIDENT MATURITY OF LEADERSHIP DOESN T INCREASE JUST BECAUSE YOU PLANTED A CHURCH 3O IF WE RE GOING TO BE A CHURCH GROWING AT THAT RATE WE HAVE TO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT )F WE DON T IT THEN AFFECTS THE BIGGER ISSUE AND THAT ISSUE IS HUGE 7E HAVE TO BE COMMITTED TO BEING THE ABSOLUTE BEST RUN ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD 4HAT S DONE WHEN WE HAVE LEAD ERS WHO ARE QUALIlED -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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BY THE 2EPUBLIC OF 3OUTH !FRICA IS KNOWN FOR ITS HIGH PLATEAUS AND MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE )N FACT MORE THAN PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY IS MORE THAN METERS FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL )TS HIGH ALTITUDE MAKES ,ESOTHO S CLIMATE MUCH COOLER THAN OTHER COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN !FRICA 3OTHO 4SWANA SETTLERS COLONIZED THE AREA OF SOUTHERN !FRICA THAT NOW INCLUDES ,ESOTHO BETWEEN THE THIRD AND ELEVENTH CENTURIES ! $ ,ESOTHOˆTHEN CALLED "ASUTOLANDˆ DIDN T EMERGE AS A COUNTRY UNTIL WHEN -OSHOESHOE )

A LOCAL CHIEF ORGANIZED SEVERAL GROUPS OF "ASOTHO TRIBES AND BECAME THEIR KING /VER THE NEXT YEARS -OSHOESHOE ) STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF "ASUTOLAND AS VARIOUS WARS ERUPTED WITH NEIGHBORING TRIBES )N -OSHOESHOE ) APPEALED TO 'REAT "RITAIN TO ESTABLISH "ASUTOLAND AS A PROTECTORATE OF %NGLAND 4HIS INSULATED THE COUNTRY FROM OUTSIDE ATTACKS FOR THE NEXT YEARS AS IT DEVELOPED AS A NATION /N /CTOBER

IT GAINED ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM %NGLAND AND CHANGED ITS NAME TO ,ESOTHO 3INCE THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN POLITICAL POWER STRUGGLES WITHIN ,ESOTHO BUT ALL HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY PEACEFUL 4HE PEOPLE OF ,ESOTHO FACE MANY CHALLENGES !CCORDING TO THE 5NITED .ATIONS SOME PERCENT OF ,ESOTHO S POPULA TION LIVES BELOW THE INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LEVEL OF 53 PER DAY !NOTHER CHALLENGE IS THE HIGH INCIDENCE OF ()6 !)$3 "Y SOME ESTIMATES ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE IN ,ESOTHO HAVE ()6 !)$3 !DDITIONALLY ,ESOTHO S MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE AND RURAL LIFESTYLE MAKE MUCH OF THE COUNTRY INACCESSIBLE

BY ROAD -ANY VILLAGES DEPEND UPON HORSES FOOT TRAVEL AND LIGHT AIRCRAFT TO GET MANY OF THE RESOURCES THEY NEED !S A RESULT OF THE HARDSHIPS OF LIFE IN ,ESOTHO MANY -OSOTHO MENˆAS PEOPLE IN ,ESOTHO ARE CALLEDˆWORK IN 3OUTH !FRICA ESPECIALLY IN THE DIAMOND AND PRECIOUS METAL MINES

TO EARN ENOUGH TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES BACK HOME !DVENTISTS IN ,ESOTHO

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HIS VISIT TO THE COUNTRY IN &OUR YEARS LATER * - &REEMAN HELPED +ALAKA ESTABLISH "ASOTOLAND -ISSION 3TATION IN +OLO )N A SECOND MISSION STATION %MMANUEL 3TATION WAS ESTABLISHED ! THIRD INSTITUTION -ALUTI !DVENTIST (OSPITAL WAS LATER ESTABLISHED IN -APOTENG IN ,ESOTHO IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT MAKES UP THE 3OUTHERN !FRICA )NDIAN /CEAN $IVISION OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HIS DIVISION THE NEWEST OF THE WORLD CHURCH IS MADE UP OF COUNTRIES IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF !FRICA AND A NUMBER OF ISLAND NATIONS IN THE 3OUTH !TLANTIC AND )NDIAN OCEANS OFF !FRICA S COAST 3OME MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS DIVISION AND MORE THAN MILLION 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS SHARE THEIR FAITH HERE 4HAT IS A RATIO OF ABOUT ONE !DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE 4HIS MONTH THE 3OUTHERN !FRICA )NDIAN /CEAN $IVISION IS HOSTING h&OLLOW THE "IBLE v 3PONSORED BY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST CHURCHES AROUND THE WORLD &OLLOW THE "IBLE IS AN INITIATIVE MEANT TO ENCOURAGE !DVENTISTS TO TAKE A DEEPER INTEREST IN DAILY "IBLE READING !S PART OF THE INITIATIVE A TRAVELING "IBLE STARTED ITS JOURNEY IN THE 0HILIPPINES DURING THE FALL OF AND WILL lNISH AT THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION IN !TLANTA 'EORGIA 5NITED 3TATES IN *UNE 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S WORK IN ,ESOTHO VISIT WWW !DVENTIST-ISSION ORG

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) AM YEARS OF AGE AND HAVE A FAMILY HISTORY MY MOTHER OF BREAST CANCER ) LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT HAS MAMMOGRAPHY AVAILABLE AS A TEST FOR BREAST CANCER SCREENING ) AM DISTRESSED BY THE CONmICTING VIEWS REGARDING MAMMOGRAPHY FOR THIS PURPOSE 7HAT SHOULD ) DO REGARDING FURTHER MAMMOGRAM TESTS

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IRST WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DISCUSS THIS ISSUE WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN 4HIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN VIEW OF YOUR FAMILY HISTORY 4HERE IS A DElNITE GENETIC COMPONENT TO CERTAIN BREAST CANCERS

AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A lRST DEGREE RELATIVE WITH BREAST CANCER MOTHER SISTER SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CONSCIENTIOUS REGARDING THEIR SCREEN ING SCHEDULE 4HERE IS CURRENTLY A DEBATE IN THE 5NITED 3TATES RELATED TO THE PRACTICE GUIDELINES ORIGINALLY FORMULATED BY THE !MERICAN #ANCER 3OCIETY 4HE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN INmUENCED BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW GUIDELINES ON MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING BY THE 5 3 0REVENTIVE 3ERVICES 4ASK &ORCE 53034& IN .OVEMBER 4HIS FOLLOWED THE PUBLICATION OF AN ARTICLE IN 4HE *OURNAL OF THE !MERICAN -EDICAL !SSOCIATION THAT RAISED PROBING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VALUE OF MAM MOGRAPHY IN SAVING WOMEN S LIVES 7HILE THIS WAS NOT NEWS TO MANY DOC TORS AND RESEARCHERS IT HAS MADE NEWS HEADLINES AND FUELED PUBLIC ANXIETY 4HE 53034& RECOMMENDED AGAINST THE COMMENCEMENT OF ROUTINE MAMMOGRAMS FOR MOST WOMEN IN THEIR S AS A SCREENING PROCEDURE 4HEY FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT WOMEN AGED TO SHOULD HAVE MAMMOGRAMS EVERY TWO YEARS INSTEAD OF ANNUALLY 4HOSE WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK E G CARRY A GENETIC MUTATION LINKED TO BREAST CANCER SHOULD CONTINUE HAVING ANNUAL SCREENING

OR AS FREQUENTLY AS ADVISED BY THEIR CAREGIVERS 4HE TASKFORCE MADE NO RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING WOMEN OVER YEARS OF AGE BECAUSE OF INSUF lCIENT DATA )T FURTHER ADVISED DOCTORS NOT TO TEACH WOMEN TO DO REGULAR BREAST SELF EXAMINATIONS BECAUSE OF LACK OF EVIDENCE THAT THIS PROCEDURE CONTRIBUTES TO SAVING LIVES #ONFUSION AND DISAGREEMENT GREW WHEN THE !MERICAN #ANCER 3OCIETY ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD STICK TO ITS ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ANNUAL MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENING FOR WOMEN BEGINNING AT AGE 6ARIOUS OTHER OPINIONS WERE THEN RAISED 4HIS WHOLE DISCUSSION HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENT ANALYSIS AND PUBLICATION OF THE EVIDENCE IN HEALTH CARE PRACTICES AND WHAT MAY APPEAR TO BE A DISCOURAGING MESS IS IN REALITY A PROCESS AND NOT A CRISIS 4WO CANCER SCREENING TESTS HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY BEEN SHOWN TO SAVE LIVES THE 0APANICOLAOU 0AP TEST FOR CERVICAL CANCER AND A COLONOSCOPY FOR COLON CANCER 4HERE S ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT THE VALUE OF PROSTATE SPECIlC ANTIGEN 03! TESTING AS WELL AS SCREENING FOR LUNG CANCER -AMMOG RAPHY TOO IS AN IMPERFECT TEST AND ALTHOUGH IT HAS DOUBTLESSLY CONTRIB UTED TO DECREASING DEATH RATES IN THE 5NITED 3TATES OVER THE PAST YEARS

THE DECREASE HAS BEEN GRADUAL VERY COSTLY AND RESULTED IN SOME UNNECES SARY TREATMENTS 4HIS LATTER PROBLEM IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE CANCERS IDENTIlED

BY MAMMOGRAPHY ARE SLOW GROWING

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INDOLENT AND A PROPORTION MAY EVEN DISAPPEAR WITHOUT ANY TREATMENT AT ALL 4HE PROBLEM IS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHICH CANCERS WILL BE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING )T IS CLEARLY UNSAFE NOT TO TREAT A DIAGNOSED CANCER 4HE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE BELIEVE MAMMOGRAPHY SAVES LIVES AND WOMEN SHOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE TEST N 7OMEN KNOWN TO BE HIGH RISK BECAUSE OF FAMILY HISTORY

BIOPSY RESULTS OR KNOWN GENETIC STATUS SHOULD HAVE MAMMOGRAPHY AS RECOM MENDED BY THEIR CAREGIVERS N -OST WOMEN COULD SAFELY SWITCH TO MAMMOGRAPHY EVERY TWO YEARS 4HIS SAVES NEARLY AS MANY LIVES AS THE ANNUAL SCREENING BUT MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH LESS ANXIETY PAIN AND EXPENSE OF UNNEEDED PROCEDURES !GAIN CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR N !LTHOUGH SYSTEMATIC SELF EXAMINA TION IS NOT AN EVIDENCE BASED RECOM MENDATION IT IS HARMLESS "E AWARE OF ANY CHANGES OR LUMPS IN THE BREASTS AND GET MEDICAL ADVICE EARLY N 3CREENING FOR MOST WOMEN UNLESS ADVISED OTHERWISE SHOULD START AT YEARS AND OCCUR EVERY TO MONTHS

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HE !VE -ARIA ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST POPULAR #HRISTIAN PRAYERS HAS BEEN AN ELEMENT OF #ATHOLIC LITURGY SINCE THE lFTEENTH CENTURY RECITED AS PART OF THE 2OSARY 3ET TO MUSIC IT COMES IN MANY FORMS THE COMPOSITIONS BY &RANZ 3CHUBERT AND #HARLES 'OUNOD BEING LISTED AMONG THE MOST POPULAR )F YOU VE EVER HEARD IT SUNG BY ,UCIANO 0AVAROTTI OR EVEN MORE MOVINGLYˆPARDON THE IRREVER ENCEˆBY !ARON .EVILLE THEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT A HAUNTING PIECE IT IS )T CAPTIVATES ME EVERY TIME ) HEAR IT "UT NOTWITHSTANDING THE SONG S VAL ID SCRIPTURAL ELEMENTS BASED ON ,UKE

EXCESSES UNWITTINGLY HAVE MADE DOC TRINE AND THEOLOGY REPUGNANT IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE BLUNDER TO ABANDON THIS HISTORIC STANCE !ND NO DOCTRINE WE ESPOUSE HAS MET WITH STIFFER RESISTANCE THAN THE ONE RELATING TO WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY DIE ! "OOK -AKING 7AVES

! PROFESSOR AT ONE OF OUR UNIVERSI TIES CONTACTED ME IN EARLY ASKING WHETHER ) D HEARD ABOUT hTHE PHENOME NAL #HRISTIAN BEST SELLER x 4HE 3HACK v 4HEIR #OLLEGIATE 3ABBATH SCHOOL CLASS

HE SAID HAD USED IT AS A QUARTERLY THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER AND HE D HEARD THAT

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WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS ESSENTIALLY A PRAYER TO -ARY DISGUISED TO MOST OF US BECAUSE OF ITS ,ATIN RENDITION 7OULD ) BE AS MOVED BY THE PIECE IF ITS WORDS WERE SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSLATED AS ITS BEAUTIFUL MELODY SOUNDS IN MY EARS 4HE LYRICS END AS FOLLOWS h(OLY -ARY -OTHER OF 'OD

PRAY FOR US SINNERS NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH !MEN v )F ) ALLOW MY LOVE FOR THE MUSIC TO BLIND ME TO THE INAPPROPRIATENESS OF ITS LYRICS THEN THAT WOULD BE SHEER EMOTIONALISM ON MY PART 0RAYING TO THE DEAD IS IMPROPER AND UNBIBLICAL &ROM ITS VERY INCEPTION 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISM HAS PLACED A HIGH PREMIUM ON THEOLOGY AND DOCTRINE 4HOUGH WE VE BEEN MOCKED FOR IT

AND THOUGH SOME !DVENTISTS BY THEIR

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

OTHER !DVENTIST CHURCHES HAD hINTRO DUCED IT FOR 3ABBATH SCHOOL DISCUSSION OR OTHER USES AS WELL v 3INCE THEN ) VE HEARD REPORTS ABOUT PERSONNEL AT OTHER !DVENTIST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS RECOMMENDING THE BOOK TO STUDENTS

EVEN IN ONE CASE DISTRIBUTING COPIES TO DORMITORY RESIDENTS AND INVITING THE AUTHOR FOR CELEBRITY TYPE ON CAMPUS INTERVIEWS AND INTERACTIONS WITH FACULTY AND STUDENTS 4HE NOVEL HAS RECEIVED RAVE REVIEWS IN SOME QUARTERS )N A BLURB ON THE BOOK S 7EB SITE %UGENE 0ETERSON DESCRIBES 4HE 3HACK AS HAVING hTHE POTENTIAL TO DO FOR OUR GENERATION WHAT *OHN "UNYAN S 0ILGRIM S 0ROGRESS DID FOR HIS v 3O WHAT IS IT ABOUT ! SUMMARY OF THE PLOT APPEARS

3UBTLE AND NOT SO SUBTLE INROADS INTO THE INTEGRITY OF OUR FAITH

ON THE BOOK S BACK COVER h-ACKENZIE !LLEN 0HILIPS S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER

-ISSY HAS BEEN ABDUCTED DURING A FAMILY VACATION AND EVIDENCE THAT SHE MUST HAVE BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED IS FOUND IN AN ABANDONED SHACK DEEP IN THE /REGON WILDERNESS &OUR YEARS LATER IN THE MIDST OF HIS 'REAT 3ADNESS -ACK RECEIVES A SUSPICIOUS NOTE APPARENTLY FROM 'OD INVITING HIM BACK TO THAT SHACK FOR A WEEKEND !GAINST HIS BETTER JUDGMENT HE ARRIVES AT THE SHACK ON A WINTRY AFTERNOON AND WALKS BACK INTO HIS DARKEST NIGHTMARE 7HAT HE lNDS THERE WILL CHANGE -ACK S WORLD FOREVER v /NE THING WE SHOULD NEVER DO IS UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF lCTION !ND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS lCTION WITH AN AGENDAˆA THEOLOGICAL AGENDA )N

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THE ISOLATED SHACK -ACK ENCOUNTERS THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE $EITY AND DISCOVERS THAT 'OD IS ALL ABOUT hRELA TIONSHIPSvˆA POPULAR WORD IN #HRIS TIAN CIRCLES TODAY !S IT HAPPENED ) WAS INTO THE BOOK OF *EREMIAH WHILE READING THE NOVEL AND ) COULDN T HELP NOTICING THE HUGE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE 'OD OF 4HE 3HACK AND THE 'OD OF *EREMIAH )NCIDENTALLY IT S A CONVIVIAL 'OD WE lND HEREˆONE WHO NEEDS HIS MORNING COFFEE GOES AFTER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND DOWNS THE BEACON $EAD $AUGHTERS #OMING "ACK

4HE KEY THING THAT HAPPENS AT THE SHACK IS THAT -ACK EVENTUALLY IS PUT IN TOUCH WITH YOU GUESSED IT -ISSY

WHO IS NOW SAFELY YOU GUESSED IT AGAIN IN HEAVEN 3HE BRINGS HIM COM FORT PROVIDES CLUES TO THE MURDERER

AND ASSURES HIM HER DEATH WAS NOT HIS FAULT 4HE WHOLE NARRATIVE IS A DREAM WRAPPED UP IN A COMA INSIDE A WORK OF lCTION %VERYTHING IS mUID ESOTERIC

MISTY "UT THE CLEAR TAKE AWAY IS THAT THE DEAD CAN COMMUNICATE WITH US )T S A GENRE SATURATING CONTEMPO RARY CULTURE AS NOTED BY ,OS !NGELES 4IMES MOVIE CRITIC "OB -ONDELLO

IN A RECENT REPORT ON .ATIONAL 0UBLIC 2ADIO )N MOVIE AFTER RECENT MOVIE

-ONDELLO NOTICED hDEAD DAUGHTERS COME BACK AS GHOSTS TO HELP THEIR FATHERS v )N 4HE ,OVELY "ONES hTHE GHOST OF 3USIE 3ALMON x WATCHES OVER HER FATHER GUIDING HIS FOOTSTEPS TOWARD HER MURDERER v )N 4HE %DGE OF $ARKNESS h$ADDY S LITTLE GIRL TRYING TO GET OUT OF HARM S WAY INSTEAD GETS KILLED ON HIS DOORSTEPˆAND THEN STARTS TALKING TO HIM FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE v !ND IN THE HISTORICAL DRAMA #REATION h#HARLES $ARWIN S RECENTLY DECEASED DAUGHTER ;!NNIE= x HAUNTS HIS STUDY AND ENCOURAGES HIM TO lNISH HIS LANDMARK BOOK /N THE /RIGIN OF 3PECIES v 'HOST 7HISPERERS A #"3 4ELEVISION SERIES THAT PREMIERED 3EPTEMBER

IS JUST ONE OF A SLEW OF OTHERS IN THE SAME VEIN 4HE SHOW FOLLOWS THE LIFE OF -ELINDA 'ORDON *ENNIFER ,OVE (EWITT WHO IS ABLE TO hCOMMUNICATE WITH EARTHBOUND SPIRITS OR GHOSTS WHO CLING TO THE LIVING BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNlNISHED BUSINESS IN OUR WORLD v ,URKING 0ERIL

4HE MOST CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE !DVENTIST EVANGELISTS TACKLE IS NOT THE 3ABBATH BUT THE STATE OF THE DEAD 0EOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR DEPARTED LOVED ONES HAVE GONE TO HEAVEN ARE hLOOKING DOWNv ON THEM AND ARE ABLE TO SEND BACK SIGNALS AND MESSAGES !NY CONTRARY TEACHING FACES STIFF RESISTANCE 0REEMINENT .EW 4ESTAMENT SCHOLAR THE LATE /SCAR #ULLMANN

SAID THAT SOME OF THE NASTIEST LETTERS HE RECEIVED IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER CAME IN REACTION TO A SHORT ESSAY IN WHICH HE ARGUED THE BIBLICAL CASE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD OVER AGAINST THE 'REEK NOTION OF THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL /NE &RENCH WOMAN WROTE HIM h4HE &RENCH PEOPLE DYING FOR LACK OF THE "READ OF ,IFE HAVE BEEN OFFERED INSTEAD OF BREAD STONES IF NOT SERPENTS v !T A CELEBRITY STUDDED MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 7ASHINGTON .ATIONAL #ATHEDRAL SHORTLY AFTER

"ILLY 'RAHAM IN AN OTHERWISE EXCEL LENT MESSAGE ASSURED HIS AUDIENCE THAT hMANY OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO DIED THIS PAST WEEK ARE IN HEAVEN RIGHT NOW v 7HETHER THROUGH lCTIONAL OR SUPPOSEDLY REAL LIFE NARRATIVES AS IN A RELIGIOUS PROGRAM ) RECENTLY HEARD ON THE RADIO IN WHICH PEOPLE GATHER

S£ANCE LIKE TO INVOKE THE APPARITION OF -ARY THERE S A LOT OF hSOFT SELLv GOING ON OUT THEREˆA SUBTLE APPROACH TO THE MIND EVERY ADVERTISER UNDERSTANDS )T S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT OVERREACT TO EVERY INCIDENT THAT OCCURS IN SOCIETY

BUT CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE IS NOT AN INCONSEQUENTIAL ISSUE )T CAN SERVE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO SPIRITUALISM A PERILOUS DEVELOPMENT

PREDICTED TO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE IN THE lNAL CRISIS ,OOKING DOWN THE CENTURIES TO OUR TIMES *OHN SAW hTHREE UNCLEAN SPIRITS LIKE FROGS COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON x THE BEAST

AND x THE FALSE PROPHET v 4HEY ARE HE SAID hSPIRITS OF DEMONS PERFORMING SIGNS WHICH GO OUT TO THE KINGS OF THE EARTH AND OF THE WHOLE WORLD TO GATHER THEM TO THE BATTLE OF THAT GREAT DAY OF 'OD !LMIGHTYv 2EV

!S !DVENTISTS WE HAVE A SPECIAL MISSION !ND SOMETIMES OUT OF NAIVET£

SOMETIMES FROM AN INFERIORITY COM PLEX WE CAN SABOTAGE OUR OWN hBRAND v ) THINK ) WILL ALWAYS BE CAPTIVATED BY THE MUSIC OF !VE -ARIA BUT TO RECOM MEND AND ENDORSE THE PIECE TO OTHERS WOULD BE WRONG ) MAY BE IMPRESSED

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FOR INSTANCE IN THE DRAMATIC CONTRAST BETWEEN THE HAPPINESS OF LIFE AND THE PAIN OF DEATH THE BEAUTY OF LOVE AND THE CRUELTY OF HATE OR THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES GOOD PEOPLE ARE THE ONES WHO SUFFER THE MOST CF 0S -AL )N *ESUS PARABLE OF THE WEEDS -ATT THE SERVANTS ASKED THE OWNER OF THE lELD h3IR

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'OD IS STILL IN CONTROL OF THE WHOLE STRUGGLE AND ALLOWS IT TO DEVELOP ONLY WITHIN CERTAIN LIMITS CF $AN 7HENEVER THOSE LIMITS ARE

PUSHED 'OD INTERVENES THROUGH (IS JUDGMENT AS IN THE DESTRUCTIONS OF THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD BY THE &LOOD 'EN n AND OF 3ODOM 'OMORRAH

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4HE WHOLE COSMIC CONTROVERSY GRAVITATES AROUND 'OD S CHARACTER AS EXPRESSED IN (IS MORAL LAW 4HROUGH

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'OD S PEOPLE WERE ALWAYS TEMPTED TO TRANSGRESS THE LAW BY IDOLATRY !FTER THE EXILE THE PENDULUM WENT TO THE OPPOSITE EXTREME OF LEGALISM

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THE UNCONDITIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE LAW OF 'OD S END TIME REMNANT PEOPLE PLACES THEM UNDER THE SPECIAL FURY OF 3ATAN 2EV 3OME PEOPLE CONSIDER THE COSMIC CONTROVERSY AS THE CENTER OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY "UT NEITHER IT NOR ANY OTHER THEME CAN REPLACE 'OD AS THE UNFOLDING CENTER OF ALL TRUE DOCTRINE 4HE COSMIC CONTROVERSY PROVIDES THE BASIC THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK IN WHICH ALL "IBLE DOCTRINES AND LIFESTYLE PRINCIPLES BECOME MEANINGFUL AND RIGHTLY FOCUSED &URTHERMORE IT ALSO GIVES US A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY AS A HUGE STAGE WHERE HUMAN BEINGS PLAY THEIR LIFE ROLE EITHER FOR 3ATAN AND HIS MISLEADING CAUSE OR FOR 'OD AND (IS SAVING PLAN

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THE HOMES OF 'OD S CHILDREN WERE OFTEN THOUGH NOT ALWAYS FORTRESSES OF SPIRITUAL AND MORAL VALUES CF *OSHUA *OB 9ET WITH THE INTRUSION OF MODERN MEDIA INTO OUR LIVES ALL KINDS OF TEMPTATIONS BECAME AVAILABLE TO 'OD S CHILDREN EVERYWHERE #RUCIAL WITHIN THE GREAT CONTRO VERSY IS THE DISPUTE FOR THE HUMAN MIND WHICH COMMANDS PERSONAL AND SOCIAL BEHAVIORS #HRIST EXPLAINED THAT hFROM WITHIN OUT OF MEN S HEARTS

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YEARS MENTIONED IN 2EVELATION 3INCE SIN IS NOT ETERNAL NOR SINNERS IMMORTAL THEY WILL BE DESTROYED

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WHO CAME TO BE SEEN AS THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF %UROPEAN !DVENTISM )N A SENSE %RZBERGER WAS THE hlRST FRUITv OF #ZECHOWSKI S MISSION WORK IN %UROPE (E OFTEN FOLLOWED UP ON THE EVANGE LISTIC EFFORTS OF THE OTHER PIONEERS AS A FAITHFUL PASTOR TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED CHURCHES AND WAS THE ONE TO PROVIDE PASTORAL CARE AND ESTABLISH NEW BELIEV ERS IN THE FAITH AFTER THE OTHER PIONEERS MOVED ON TO NEW CHALLENGING AREAS ! GOOD EXAMPLE OF %RZBERGER S WORK WAS THE 6OHWINKEL 7UPPERTAL AREA WHERE HE WAS PIVOTAL IN ESTAB LISHING THE lRST !DVENTIST CHURCH ON 'ERMAN SOIL IN * . !NDREWS WHO AT THE TIME WAS LEADING THE MISSION WORK IN %UROPE WAS NOT mUENT IN 'ERMAN AND SO SPENT ONLY A

FEW WEEKS IN THE 6OHWINKEL 7UPPERTAL AREA BEFORE GOING BACK TO 3WITZERLAND %RZBERGER STAYED IN THE AREA AND NUR TURED THE SMALL GROUP OF BELIEVERS INTO FURTHER !DVENTIST TRUTHS 4HIS LED TO A BAPTISM OF EIGHT PEOPLE IN A LAKE NEAR 6OHWINKEL IN *ANUARY OF MAKING THIS THE lRST OFlCIAL !DVENTIST CHURCH IN 'ERMANY %RZBERGER HOWEVER DID NOT ONLY PREACH AND BAPTIZE (E ALSO PRODUCED THE lRST 'ERMAN !DVENTIST TRACTS WHICH THE YOUNG CHURCH DISTRIBUTED #ALLING AND %DUCATION

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HAD NOT MENTIONED AT ALL THEY SENT "ASEL :ÓRICH "ERN WHICH LED TO THE %RZBERGER TO "ATTLE #REEK -ICHIGAN

ESTABLISHMENT OF CHURCHES IN THESE CIT TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WITH THE CHURCH IES 4HE -ETHODIST PREACHER AND LATER !ND SO %RZBERGER WHO COULD NOT SPEAK !DVENTIST PIONEER % % &RAUCHIGER A WORD OF %NGLISH JOURNEYED TO AN HEARD %RZBERGER IN ,AUSANNE FOR THE UNKNOWN LAND WITHOUT A SINGLE CONTACT lRST TIME AND EXCLAIMED THAT hTHE OR FRIEND &ORTUNATELY HE WAS WARMLY WHOLE CITY WILL BE TAKEN BY STORM v RECEIVED INTO THE HOME OF *AMES AND 4HE TOPICS PRESENTED AND THE WAY %LLEN 7HITE 9OUNG *OHN ( +ELLOGG THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED HELD THE TUTORED %RZBERGER IN %NGLISH WHILE ATTENTION OF THE MASSES %VERY DAY *AMES 7HITE GAVE HIM "IBLE STUDIES %RZBERGER PRESENTED A TOPIC IN EITHER 7HILE IN THE 7HITE S HOME %RZBERGER 'ERMAN OR &RENCH 4HE CLOSE ASSOCIA DISCOVERED A "IBLE TEXT THAT HE COULD NOT TION HE HAD WITH #ONRADI STRENGTHENED

AND DEVELOPED HIS OWN EVANGELISTIC EMPHASIS 4OO SOON HOWEVER #ONRADI MOVED TO 'ERMANY AND CONCENTRATED HIS EFFORTS THERE AND %RZBERGER WAS LEFT AS THE ONLY !DVENTIST PREACHER TO CARE FOR ALL THE 'ERMAN SPEAKING CHURCHES IN 3WITZERLAND FOR MANY YEARS )N HIS WIFE -ARIE DIED AT THE AGE OF %RZBERGER HAD BEEN MARRIED SINCE AND HAD TWO SONS (EINRICH BORN AND *AKOB BORN 4HE &INAL 9EARS

&ROM ON %RZBERGER WORKED MAINLY AS A TRAVELING EVANGELIST THROUGHOUT 'ERMANY )N JUST ONE MONTH !PRIL OF HE PREACHED TIMES AND HELD "IBLE STUDIES &ULL OF EVANGELISTIC FERVOR HE WROTE TO HIS SON (EINRICH IN FROM -UNICH h4IME IS mYING BY *ESUS IS COMING SOON AND STILL SO MANY ARE SO UNPREPARED v 7ORN OUT BY ILLNESS AND THE SACRIlCIAL LIFESTYLE OF A PIONEER MIS SIONARY %RZBERGER SPENT HIS lNAL YEARS IN 3ISSACH 3WITZERLAND AND DIED IN ,UDWIG 2 #ONRADI WROTE IN A TRIBUTE FOR HIS HARDWORKING COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND h7ITHOUT SEEKING HIS OWN HONOR HE GAVE HIS UTMOST IN SEEKING SOULS IN THE TYPICAL @3WISS WAY ˆDIRECT AND TO THE POINT %VEN AS A SENIOR WORKER HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO WORK UNDER A YOUNGER MAN (E DID NOT SEEK HIS OWN HE WAS NO POSITION SEEKER x LEADING PEOPLE TO *ESUS WAS FOR HIM THE MOST IMPORTANT HOLY WORK v

)N SOME %NGLISH AND &RENCH SOURCES THE SPELLING h%RZENBERGERv OR h%RTZENBERGERv ARE USED 4HIS IS ESPECIALLY NOTABLE IN THE LETTERS AND DOCUMENTS FROM %LLEN 7HITE 4HE PRONUNCIATION OF HIS NAME WAS OBVIOUSLY DIFlCULT FOR %NGLISH AND &RENCH SPEAKERS *AKOB OR *AMES %RZBERGER HIMSELF OFTEN USED A hMODIlCATIONv OF HIS LAST NAME AFTER HIS VISIT TO .ORTH !MERICA IN HIGHLIGHTING HIS HUMILITY AND mEXIBILITY AS A MISSIONARY

$ANIEL (EINZ IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE %UROPEAN (ISTORICAL !RCHIVES OF 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS

LOCATED AT 4HEOLOGISCHE (OCHSCHULE &RIEDENSAU 'ERMANY 4HE PRESENT ARTICLE APPEARED IN A LONGER VERSION IN !DVENT %CHO /CTOBER

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ANY CONTRADICTORY VOICES ARE OUT THERE CREATING CONFUSION 0LEASE READ PRAYERFULLY THE BOOK OF *ONAH AND ALLOW IT TO SPEAK TO YOU ON ITS OWN TERMS (UMAN VOICES ARE OFTEN UNRELIABLE UNLESS THEY ARE CLEARLY GROUNDED ON THE BIBLICAL TEXT ) WILL DISCUSS WHY SOME CONSIDER THE BOOK OF *ONAH TO BE HISTORICALLY UNRELI ABLE AS WELL AS REASONS TO CONSIDER IT A HISTORICAL NARRATIVE ! 5NIQUE 0ROPHETIC "OOK 7HEN THE BOOK OF *ONAH IS COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE MINOR PROPHETS IT APPEARS TO BE QUITE DIFFERENT 4HOSE BOOKS EMPHASIZE THE PROCLAMATION OF 'OD S MES SAGE TO (IS PEOPLE )N *ONAH THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE EX PERIENCE OF THE PROPHET AND LITTLE IS SAID ABOUT THE MESSAGE ITSELF 7E SEEM TO BE DEALING WITH A NARRATIVE RATHER THAN WITH A PIECE OF PROPHETIC LITERATURE 4HEREFORE SCHOLARS BEGIN BY ASKING WHAT TYPE OF BOOK IS *ONAH -ANY ANSWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE QUESTION WHAT YOU VE HEARD IS ONE OF THEM ! PARABLE COMPARES SOME THING WITH SOMETHING ELSE IN ORDER TO INSTRUCT "UT THE PROBLEM WITH THAT SUGGESTION IS THAT IT IS DIFlCULT FOR SCHOL ARS TO AGREE ABOUT WHAT *ONAH IS COMPARING 4HE RESULT HAS BEEN CONTRADICTORY OPINIONS )F YOU SIMPLY READ THE BOOK IT IS ABOUT A PROPHET COMMISSIONED BY 'OD TO DELIVER A MES SAGE OF JUDGMENT AGAINST A NON )SRAELITE CITY )T COMBINES NARRATIVE AND MESSAGE IN A WAY SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND IN THE STORIES OF %LIJAH AND %LISHA .ONHISTORICITY OF THE "OOK )N TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BOOK OF *ONAH IS MANY SCHOLARS WORK UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT IS NOT A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT JUST A PIECE OF LITERARY lCTION THAT NEVER HAPPENED 4HEIR REASONS FOR THIS INCLUDE FOR INSTANCE THE NARRATIVE S LACK OF CREDIBILITY (OW CAN A PERSON BE INSIDE A BIG lSH AND COME OUT OF IT ALIVE AFTER THREE DAYS /THER ARGUMENTS USED TO QUESTION THE HISTORICITY OF THE BOOK ARE WALKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY WOULD TAKE MUCH LESS THAN A JOURNEY OF THREE DAYS CHAP THE REFERENCE TO THE hKING OF .INEVEHv IS WRONG IT

SHOULD BE hKING OF !SSYRIAv AND THE CONVERSION OF AN ENTIRE HEATHEN CITY CAN SEEM UNBELIEVABLE (ISTORICITY OF THE .ARRATIVE )F WE ACCEPT THE BIBLICAL TEXT AT FACE VALUE IT WOULD NOT BE DIFlCULT TO CONCLUDE THAT IT IS A PROPHETIC BOOK IN THE FORM OF A NARRATIVE )N OTHER WORDS THE NARRATIVE CONTAINS A PROPHETIC MESSAGE AND THE ONE DOES NOT EXCLUDE THE RELIABILITY OF THE OTHER 4HIS WAS HOW THE BOOK WAS READ UNTIL ABOUT YEARS AGO WHEN BIBLICAL AUTHORITY WAS REPLACED BY HUMAN REASON 4HIS MODERN APPROACH LEFT NO ROOM FOR DIVINE INTERVENTION IN HUMAN HISTORY 4HIS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR SCHOLARS TO REDElNE THE NATURE OF THE BOOK OF *ONAH "UT THE HISTORICITY OF THE BOOK IS STATED IN ITS INTRO DUCTION CHAP AND WAS ENDORSED BY *ESUS (IMSELF -ATT ,UKE /NCE WE ACCEPT THAT 'OD CAN INTERVENE IN HISTORY IN WAYS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION THE STORY OF THE BIG lSH AND *ONAH "Y BECOMES PART OF A RELIABLE !NGEL -ANUEL NARRATIVE 2ODR¤GUEZ 4HE ALLEGED HISTORICAL CONTRADICTIONS ARE NOT REALLY CONTRADICTORY )F THE NOUN h.INEVEHv IS TAKEN TO DESIG NATE THE DISTRICT OF .INEVEH

WHICH COVERED ANYWHERE FROM TO MILES A JOURNEY OF THREE DAYS WOULD BE CORRECT 3OMETIMES KINGS WERE IDENTIlED BY THE CITY OF RESIDENCE E G +INGS THEREFORE THE PHRASE hKING OF .INEVEHv IS HISTORICALLY RELIABLE 4HE CONVERSION OF A WHOLE CITY SHOULD NOT BE TOO DIFlCULT TO CONCEIVE EVEN IF THERE IS NO EXTRA BIBLICAL EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IT 3CHOLARS HAVE POINTED OUT THAT AT ABOUT THE TIME *ONAH WENT TO .INEVEH A SERIES OF EVENTS HAPPENED THAT PSYCHOLOGICALLY PREPARED ITS CITIZENS FOR A CHANGE 4WO PLAGUES HIT THE CITY AND THERE WAS AN ECLIPSE CONSIDERED A BAD OMEN /BVIOUSLY HOWEVER

THEY SOON FORGOT ABOUT THE TRUE 'OD (UMAN WISDOM IS USEFUL "UT WHEN IT REPLACES WHAT IS CLEARLY REVEALED IN THE 7ORD OF 'OD WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THE 7ORD 4HAT IS OUR ONLY SAFETY IN A WORLD OF DISORIENTATION AND CONFUSION

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RESTORING REST AND FAITH lLLED WORSHIP )T ALSO INCLUDES LOVING RELATIONSHIPS 4HE SOCIAL CONNECTION IS A VITAL PART OF A WHOLISTIC LIFE OF TOTAL HEALTH )N THIS MONTH S LESSON WE WILL STUDY 'OD S MODEL FOR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

(OW WERE WE CREATED 2EAD 'ENESIS AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED h3O 'OD CREATED MAN IN (IS OWN IMAGE IN THE IMAGE OF 'OD (E CREATED HIM MALE AND FEMALE (E CREATED THEMv 'EN 'OD CREATED MEN AND WOMEN IN

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7HAT STATEMENT DID 'OD MAKE ABOUT THE VALUE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL CONTACT WITH ONE ANOTHER h!ND THE ,ORD 'OD SAID @)T IS NOT GOOD THAT MAN SHOULD BE ALONE ) WILL MAKE HIM A HELPER COMPARABLE TO HIM v 'EN /UR ,ORD DECLARED h)T IS

THAT MAN SHOULD BE

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)N YOUR OWN WORDS LIST A FEW REASONS WHY 'OD MADE THIS STATEMENT

7HERE DID MARRIAGE ORIGINATE 7HO PERFORMED THE lRST WEDDING h!ND THE ,ORD 'OD CAUSED A DEEP SLEEP TO FALL ON !DAM AND HE SLEPT AND (E TOOK ONE OF HIS RIBS AND CLOSED UP THE mESH IN ITS PLACE 4HEN THE RIB WHICH THE ,ORD 'OD HAD TAKEN FROM MAN (E MADE INTO A WOMAN AND (E BROUGHT HER TO THE MANv 'EN

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(OW DID 'OD DESCRIBE THE PERMANENCE OF MARRIAGE h4HEREFORE A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE AND THEY SHALL BECOME ONE mESHv 'EN ,IST THE THREE EXPRESSIONS 'ENESIS USES TO DESCRIBE THE PERMANENCE OF THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP

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'ENESIS REVEALS 'OD S IDEAL FOR MARRIAGE (E DESCRIBES A LASTING RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE

OPENNESS AND CARING A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL AFFECTION RESPECT AND COMPANIONSHIP 3INCE THE DEVIL KNOWS THE POTENTIAL HAPPINESS MARRIAGE CAN BRING HE ATTACKS IT VICIOUSLY

7HAT COUNSEL DID 'OD GIVE TO HUSBANDS WIVES AND CHILDREN h.EVERTHELESS LET EACH ONE OF YOU IN PARTICULAR SO LOVE HIS OWN WIFE AS HIMSELF AND LET THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE RESPECTS HER HUSBANDv %PH h#HILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE ,ORD FOR THIS IS RIGHTv %PH (USBANDS ARE TO

7IVES ARE TO

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7HAT TWO PROMISES DID 'OD GIVE CHILDREN WHO OBEY THEIR PARENTS h@(ONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER WHICH IS THE lRST COMMANDMENT WITH PROMISE @THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU AND YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH v %PH

#ONmICT STRIFE AND DISOBEDIENCE CREATE UNHAPPY HOMES 7HEN CHILDREN lGHT WITH THEIR PARENTS AND PARENTS CONSTANTLY YELL AT THEIR CHILDREN JOY EVAPORATES 4HE HOME BECOMES A BATTLEGROUND 4HIS AFFECTS THE PHYSICAL EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER

7HAT COUNSEL DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL GIVE TO PRESERVE THE HAPPINESS OF OUR HOMES h,ET ALL BITTERNESS WRATH ANGER CLAMOR AND EVIL SPEAKING BE PUT AWAY FROM YOU WITH ALL MALICEv %PH 4HE QUALITIES THAT DESTROY HAPPINESS IN THE HOME ARE

7HAT THREE QUALITIES CREATE HAPPY HOMES h!ND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER TENDERHEARTED FORGIVING ONE ANOTHER JUST AS 'OD IN #HRIST ALSO FORGAVE YOUv %PH

.EXT MONTH S STUDY WILL ADDRESS THE TOPIC h'OD S "ROKEN (EART v !DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

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) AM A SUBSCRIBER AND READER OF !DVENTIST 2EVIEW FOR MANY YEARS 4HE &EBRUARY !DVENTIST 7ORLD WITH THE ARTICLE BY 7ILLIAM ' *OHNSSON h!DVENTISTS AND -USLIMS &IVE #ONVICTIONS v MADE ME REMEMBER WHEN ) WAS YEARS OLD IN "EKAA 6ALLEY WHEN ) HEARD A CONSTRUCTION WORKER TELLING MY FATHER ABOUT #HRISTIANS WHO LIVED IN !MERICA AND WHO IDENTIlED WITH )SLAM IN THEIR HABITS AND ACTIONS !T AGE ) CAME TO "RAZIL AND FOUND THESE #HRISTIANS 4ODAY

YEARS LATER ) AM PART OF THAT GROUPˆ3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS 3LEIMAN !LI :EITOUN 6ARZEA 'RANDE -ATO 'ROSSO

"RAZIL %XPANDING /UR 3TUDY

) APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THAT YOU ENCOURAGE YOUR READERS TO STUDY THE "IBLE (OWEVER ) WOULD KINDLY REQUEST THAT ALL THE RELEVANT VERSES NECESSARY FOR ADEQUATELY ANSWERING A QUESTION BE GIVEN &OR EXAMPLE ) FELT THAT A NUMBER OF VERSES WERE MISSING FOR QUESTION OF h2EVELATION S %TERNAL 2EWARD v BY -ARK ! &INLEY *ANUARY 4HE QUESTION ASKS h7HAT TWO QUALIlCA

TIONS DOES 2EVELATION LIST TO ENTER THE NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH v /NE OF THE PASSAGES INDICATED 2EVELATION

READS h(E WHO OVERCOMES SHALL INHERIT ALL THINGS v 3O IN ORDER TO GET THERE WE HAVE TO STRIVE AND OVERCOME

BY OURSELVES &ORTUNATELY 3CRIPTURE SAYS IN 2EVELATION h4HEY ;THE SEALED ONES= OVERCAME HIM BY THE BLOOD OF THE ,AMB v 4HE ONLY QUALIlCATION 'OD EXPECTS OF US IS FAITH IN (IS 3ONˆNOTHING MORE NOTHING LESS /THERWISE WE WOULD HAVE TO CONFESS WITH THE APOSTLE 0AUL h) HAVE THE DESIRE TO DO WHAT IS GOOD BUT ) CANNOT CARRY IT OUTv 2OM .)6 'OD MAKES THINGS EASY FOR US 7HY SHOULD WE MAKE THEM DIFlCULT ,OTHAR %NGEL 3PANDAU "ERLIN 'ERMANY (IS (AND /VER -E

) FELT BLESSED AFTER HAVING READ h#AN 7E !LWAYS #OUNT ON 'OD S 0ROTEC TION v BY * 3TANLEY -C#LUSKEY *ANU ARY 3OMETIMES WE DON T FEEL 'OD S PROTECTION AS WE PASS THROUGH TRIALS )N MY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THOSE TRIALS ARE UNBEARABLE HUMANLY SPEAK ING "UT THE ,ORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS (E THINKS TOWARD US hTHOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPEv *ER 4HANKS FOR THESE COMFORTING WORDS 4AHINA !NDRIANIAINA !NTANANARIVO -ADAGASCAR 3AYING 7HAT )T -EANS

7ELL MIGHT THE ARTICLE h"ABEL 5NDONEv *ANUARY HAVE STATED h4RANSLA TION IS MUCH MORE THAN TURNING A WORD OR A PHRASE INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE v )F THIS IS TRUE FOR EVERYDAY COMMU NICATION HOW MUCH MORE WHEN THE

7ORD IS RENDERED FROM ITS ORIGINAL LAN GUAGES INTO MODERN LANGUAGES THAT ARE FAR REMOVED FROM THEIR MILIEU ! TRANSLATOR S JOB IS NOT AN EASY ONE 4HUS BEFORE WE CRITICIZE THE TRANSLATORS OF THIS OR THAT MODERN VERSION OF THE "IBLE ISN T IT BETTER FOR CRITICS TO TAKE THE TROUBLE TO LEARN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGES AND SEE IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER (ONEST MISTAKES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO HAPPEN WITH MODERN LANGUAGES $ID NOT A WAR NEARLY START WHEN A DIPLOMAT IC NOTE RENDERED FROM &RENCH INTO %NG LISH TRANSLATED DEMANDER BY DEMAND AND PR£TENDANT BY PRETEND 4HE &RENCH WORD MEANS TO ASK WHILE THE %NGLISH WORD HAS OVERTONES OF THREATS BEHIND THE ASKING IF NOT INSTANTLY COMPLIED WITH %VEN IN %NGLISH PRETEND DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPLY FALSITY AS SHOWN BY THE LEGAL EXPRESSION hFALSE PRETENSES v AND THE USE OF THE TERM PRETENDER TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE LAYING CLAIM TO A ROYAL TITLE SHOWS THIS ALSO 3O LET S BACK UP THE TRANSLATORS AT !TLANTA WITH OUR PRAYERS "ARRY 'OWLAND -ILTON +EYNES %NGLAND 3OMETHING .EWn ADVENTISTEN HEUTE

-Y COMPLIMENTS FOR THE MAGAZINE !DVENTISTEN HEUTE !S A YEAR OLD

) WAS NEVER A READER OF !DVENT%CHO

SINCE IT DIDN T MEET MY NEEDS "UT DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS ) DEVELOPED AN INTEREST FOR !DVENTIST 7ORLD IN

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,%44%23 %NGLISH WHICH ) FOUND FROM TIME TO TIME IN OUR CHURCH ) AM HAPPY THAT THIS INTERESTING MAGAZINE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO OUR MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE AND IN 'ER MAN 4HANK YOU VERY MUCH *AKOB 7IECK -UNICH 'ERMANY !PPRECIATIONˆ)NSPIRATION

3INCE LAST YEAR ) HAVE SUBSCRIBED TO !DVENTIST 2EVIEW AND !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS SENT TO ME )T IS INVALUABLE FOR OUR PEOPLE SINCE IT IS A LINK WITH OUR MORE DISTANT BROTHERS AND SISTERS )T CONTAINS EXCELLENT ARTICLES -AY 'OD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOUR MINISTRY ) HOPE THOSE WHO RECEIVE THIS MAGAZINE WILL REGARD IT AS A BLESSING THAT 'OD GIVES FOR THE GROWTH MISSION AND IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH %ZEKIEL &EITO "ALCARCE !RGENTINA

)T IS GOOD THAT !DVENTIST 7ORLD IS HERE TO MAKE LIFE EVEN BETTER KNOWING THE GOOD WORK THAT IS BEING DONE ALL OVER 4HANKS +EVIN -URRAY *AMAICA 7EST )NDIES ) AM A YEAR OLD 4ANZANIAN COLLEGE STUDENT ) HAVE DECIDED TO WRITE BECAUSE OF THE MESSAGES OF 'OD FROM !DVENTIST 7ORLD )T HELPS ME KNOW WHAT TO DO IN MY DAILY LIFE 4HANK YOU &REDRICK .DERINGO 4ANZANIA #ORRECTION

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,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 ) WANT TO STUDY PHYSIOTHERAPY AT "OLIVIA !DVENTIST 5NIVERSITY BUT ) DO NOT HAVE SUFlCIENT MEANS 9OUR PRAYERS WILL BE A GREAT HELP +ARINA 0ERU 0LEASE PRAY FOR 'OD TO BLESS MY WORK ) AM COMFORTABLE WITH MY CURRENT WORKING POSITION AND ) DON T WANT TO MOVE TO ANOTHER DEPARTMENT 7ITH 'OD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE ) REALLY NEED (IM TO INTERVENE IN MY SITUATION #HIDO :IMBABWE 4HANK YOU FOR THIS PLACE TO SHARE MY PRAYER REQUEST 0RAY FOR THE EVANGELISM AT OUR CHURCH AND ESPECIALLY FOR TWO

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED ACCEPTANCE 4HIS IS IMPORTANT AS TOGETHER WE SEEK TO BRING SALVATION TO LOST SOULS 7ELLINGTON "ARBADOS

FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS HE HAS NOTED A POSITIVE CHANGE IN HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS WIFE 'OD BE PRAISED 3OPHIA 5NITED 3TATES

-Y WIFE AND ) ARE A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE 7E ASK YOU TO PRAY FOR US THAT 'OD MAY HELP TO LAY A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR OUR FAMILY ) ALSO ASK YOU TO PRAY AS ) AM PREPARING TO FURTHER MY STUDIES -ARTIN 3OUTH 3UDAN

) AM A YOUNG PASTOR OVERSEEING CHURCHESˆIT S EXTREMELY CHALLENGING ) AM TRYING TO LEARN TO RIDE A MOTORBIKE THAT WILL EASE MY TRAVEL BURDENS 0LEASE INCLUDE ME IN YOUR PRAYERS !LICE 0APUA .EW 'UINEA 4HE 0LACE OF 0RAYER SEND TO PRAYER ADVENTISTWORLD ORG

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

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LAGS REPRESENT POMP POWER AND PRESTIGE 4HEY ARE BEAUTIFUL TO LOOK AT !LL COUNTRIES GOVERNMENTS AND HIGH OFlCES SEEM TO HAVE ONE 9OU WILL SEE THEM mYING SKY HIGH ATOP BUILDINGS INSTITUTIONS AND FACILITIES REPRESENTING THAT LAND OR BUSINESS 9OU WILL SEE THEM MOUNTED ON THE BONNETS OF POSH AND SLEEK LIMOUSINES !MBASSADORS ENVOYS SPORTS TEAMS AND DELEGATIONS CARRY THEM AROUND TO REPRESENT THEIR NATIONS IN PEACE TALKS CONFER ENCES COMPETITIONS MEETINGS AND EVENTS AROUND THE GLOBE %VEN THE NATIONAL AIRLINE CARRIERS OF MANY COUNTRIES HAVE THEIR AIRCRAFTS ADORNED WITH THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF THEIR NATIONAL mAGS (OW BEAUTIFUL THEY LOOK &LAGS MAKE US PROUD 4HEY INSPIRE US TO ASPIRE TO HIGH OFlCE AND TO HIGH ACHIEVEMENT 4HEY MAKE US WANT TO BE AWARD WINNERS HONOREES CHAMPIONS

VICTORS &LAGS GIVE US THE DRIVE TO SCORE AN ! IN ALL OUR ENDEAVORS AND GO HIGHˆGO FAR 4HEY CHALLENGE US TO BE ON TOP OF THE TOP !S #HRISTIANS OUR mAG IS *ESUS #HRIST /UR COLORS ARE TOTAL FAITH AND BELIEF IN (IM THROUGH OUR LIVES AND DEEDS /UR CHALLENGE IS TO SO hSHINE BEFORE PEOPLE

SO THAT THEY WILL SEE THE GOOD THINGS WE DO AND PRAISE OUR &ATHER IN HEAVENv SEE -ATT 'OD LIGHTS UP OUR LIVES IN ORDER TO LIGHT UP THE LIVES OF OTHERS !T A TIME LIKE THIS WHEN THE CANDLES OF MANY ARE mICKERING WHEN MANY HAVE DROPPED THE BATON WE JUST CAN T AFFORD TO LET OUR CANDLES GROW DIM 7E JUST CAN T AFFORD TO DROP OURS 4ODAY IS OUR MOMENT ,OOK SKYWARD 4HE SUN IS SHINING 4HE BIRDS ARE SING ING 4HE SKY IS BLUE 4HE MOON AND STARS ARE OUT 4HE WAY AHEAD IS CLEAR *OHN 4HE WIND IS BLOWING 4HE FUTURE IS BRIGHT 7E MUST GO AHEAD AND FACE IT

UNAFRAID 7E MUST HOLD HIGH THE BANNER 7E MUST KEEP THE mAG mYING SKY HIGH 7E MUST KEEP THE mAME ALIVEˆWE MUST KEEP THE FAITH 4HIS IS YOUR HIGH CALLING

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