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ONlRMING AND COMPLETING A MOD ERN DAY VIEW OF "IBLE HISTORY A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST ARCHAEOLO GIST AND HISTORIAN HAS UNEARTHED IMPORTANT PIVOTAL RUINS AND ARTIFACTS FROM THE YEAR OLD )RON !GE AT A TEMPLE SITE IN !TARUZ *ORDAN h4HIS TEMPLE IS MUCH BIGGER THAN ANYONE EVER EXPECTED ) MAY NEED TO SPEND TWO OR THREE MORE SEASONS OF lELDWORK TO EXCAVATE THE COURTYARD TO SEE WHAT TOOK PLACE THERE v SAID #HANG (O *I PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF THE #OUNSELING AND 3CHOOL 0SYCHOLOGY $EPART MENT AND A COLLABORATING FACULTY MEMBER 3!#2%$ )-!'% ! IN THE (ISTORY $EPARTMENT OF ,A 3IERRA STATUE OF THE -OABITE 5NIVERSITY A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SCHOOL BULL SHAPED DEITY (ADAD IN 2IVERSIDE #ALIFORNIA AS DISCOVERED AT THE h4HIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FIND !TARUZ DIG BY #HANG (O *I AND ONE THAT HAS RELATIONSHIPS TO BIBLICAL OF ,A 3IERRA 5NIVERSITY IN HISTORY IT IS VERY EXCITING v SAID ,AWRENCE 2IVERSIDE #ALIFORNIA 'ERATY PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF THE SCHOOL AND AN ARCHAEOLOGY PROFESSOR THERE IN AN E MAIL TO !DVENTIST 2EVIEW 'ERATY PIONEERED THE COOPERATION AMONG SEVERAL !DVENTIST INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING !TLANTIC 5NION #OLLEGE #ANADIAN 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE !NDREWS 5NIVERSITY ,A 3IERRA 5NIVERSITY AND THE (ASHEMITE +INGDOM OF *ORDAN STARTING IN WITH A DIG AT 4ALL AL @5MAYRI #O N T I N U E D O N N E X T P A G E # ( ! . ' ( / * )
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S WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT lVE YEARS OF WITNESS AND EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITY FOR THE ,ORDˆAS WE CONFRONT THE CHALLENGES AND DIFlCUL TIES ALL AROUND USˆWE MUST KEEP UPPERMOST IN OUR MINDS THAT *ESUS IS COMING SOON 7HAT A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF 'OD S GREAT !DVENT MOVEMENT AT THE END OF EARTH S HISTORY *ESUS SOON RETURN IS THE WONDERFUL NEWS THAT SHOULD INSPIRE AND SHAPE ALL OUR PLANS AND ACTIONS )N WHATEVER ROLES 'OD HAS ASSIGNED US IT S TIME TO HUMBLY ACCEPT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES ENTRUSTED TO US REALIZING THAT IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THAT ANY OF OUR ACTIVITIES CAN BE EFFECTIVE /UR CALLING IS TO WORK AS GOOD SERVANTS DO -ATT CONFESSING THAT WE ARE DEPENDENT ON WISDOM FROM THE ,ORD *AMES ON INSTRUCTION FROM THE (OLY 3PIRIT
*OHN AND ON INSIGHT FROM A MULTITUDE OF COUNSELORS 0ROV 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT IS URGING US TO JOIN TOGETHER AS YOUNG AND OLD WOMEN AND MEN IN A UNITED CHURCH UNDER (IS LEADING HUMBLING OURSELVES BEFORE (IM AND PLEADING FOR REVIVAL AND REFORMATION IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES AND AS A CORPORATE CHURCH 7E READ IN
AND MOST URGENT OF ALL OUR NEEDS 4O SEEK THIS SHOULD BE OUR lRST WORK 4HERE MUST BE EARNEST EFFORT TO OBTAIN THE BLESSING OF THE ,ORD NOT BECAUSE 'OD IS NOT WILLING TO BESTOW (IS BLESSING UPON US BUT BECAUSE WE ARE UNPREPARED TO RECEIVE IT /UR HEAVENLY &ATHER IS MORE WILLING TO GIVE (IS (OLY 3PIRIT TO THEM THAT ASK (IM THAN ARE
WITH OTHER BELIEVERS IN CLAIMING 'OD S PROMISE THAT (E WILL WATER OUR DRY SOULS WITH NEW UNDERSTANDING AND NEW FERVOR !T EACH LEVEL OF CHURCH ORGANIZA TION THERE OUGHT TO BE A DELIBERATE PROGRAM OF PRAYING FOR REVIVAL AND A CONSCIOUS EFFORT TO FOSTER WHAT %LLEN 7HITE CALLS THE hPRIMITIVE GOD LINESSv OF LIVES SURRENDERED
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!CROSS THE FACE OF !DVENTISM WE MUST SEEK A RENEWING OF OUR MINDS AND HEARTS AS WE ANTICIPATE THE (OLY 3PIRIT S POWER #HRONICLES h)F -Y PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY -Y NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY AND SEEK -Y FACE AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS THEN ) WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND v 4HIS WONDERFUL PROMISE FROM THE ,ORD CALLS FOR A COMMITTED RESPONSE FROM (IS PEOPLE 7E OUGHT TO BE DAILY ASKING THE ,ORD TO FULlLL THE PROMISES OF *OEL AND !CTS SO THAT THE LATTER RAIN OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL BE POURED OUT UPON (IS CHURCH !CROSS THE FACE OF !DVENTISM WE MUST SEEK A RENEWING OF OUR MINDS AND HEARTS AS WE ANTICIPATE THE (OLY 3PIRIT S POWER IN THE FALLING OF THE LATTER RAIN FOR IT IS THROUGH THE POURING OUT OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT THAT 'OD S lNAL WORK OF PROCLAIMING THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED %LLEN 7HITE REMINDS US THAT hA REVIVAL OF TRUE GODLINESS AMONG US IS THE GREATEST
EARTHLY PARENTS TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO THEIR CHILDREN "UT IT IS OUR WORK BY CONFESSION HUMILIATION REPENTANCE AND EARNEST PRAYER TO FULlLL THE CONDI TIONS UPON WHICH 'OD HAS PROMISED TO GRANT US (IS BLESSING ! REVIVAL NEED BE EXPECTED ONLY IN ANSWER TO PRAYER v
) M INVITING 3EVENTH DAY !DVEN TISTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO JOIN ME IN PRAYING FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT AT THIS VITAL MOMENT IN SALVATION HISTORY ,ET S SPECIlCALLY PRAY THAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT WILL REMOVE FROM OUR HEARTS THE PRIDE AND SELF SEEKING THAT COULD IMPEDE THE WORK OF REVIVAL AND REFORMATION THAT *ESUS SO MUCH WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH AMONG (IS END TIME PEOPLE !ND LET S TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY WITH EACH OTHER IN THE DAYS AHEAD 7E OUGHT TO INITIATE PRAYER SESSIONS IN OUR CHURCHES INSTITUTIONS AND ORGA NIZATIONS SO THAT WE CAN LIFT OUR VOICES
TO THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE UNION CONFERENCE CONFER ENCE MISSION AND LOCAL CHURCH LEADERS ARE WORKING EVEN NOW TO ASSEMBLE AND PROVIDE SPECIAL MATERIALS THAT FOCUS OUR MINDS ON OUR GREAT NEED FOR hTHE TIMES OF REFRESHING v 4HIS MOVEMENT IS UNIQUE AMONG WORLD FAITHS FOR WE IDENTIFY OURSELVES AS 'OD S REMNANT PEOPLE THE PROPHETICALLY CALLED 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH 4HAT PLACES A SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON US TO LIFT UP #HRIST IN ALL OUR PREACHING AND MINISTRY POINTING PEOPLE TO *ESUS AS
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ECY DAILY ALONGSIDE YOUR "IBLE "ELIEVE IT 0ROMOTE IT 5SE IT 4EACH IT 3UPPORT ITˆAND YOU WILL DISCOVER A NEW POWER IN YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE THAT HELPS YOU TO RISE AND WALK IN NEWNESS OF LIFE ,ET S HOLD FAST AS WELL TO THE THREE ANGELS MESSAGES TO THE IMMINENT SECOND COMING OF #HRIST TO RIGH TEOUSNESS BY FAITH IN #HRIST TO THE OF 'ODv 2OM 4HE 0HILLIPS SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH TO THE 'ENESIS TRANSLATION PUTS THE IMAGE BOLDLY ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION OF THIS WORLD h$ON T LET THE WORLD AROUND YOU IN SIX LITERAL CONSECUTIVE HOUR SQUEEZE YOU INTO ITS OWN MOULD vo 4HIS IS A MOMENT WHEN WE MUST DAYS OF RECENT ORIGIN TO THE SANCTUARY RESIST THE DEVIL S BLANDISHMENTS AND MESSAGE AND TO THE "IBLE S TEACHING REFUSE TO ALLOW THE WORLD TO SQUEEZE ABOUT THE STATE OF THE DEAD US INTO ITS MOLD 4HIS IS ALSO A TIME FOR ,ET S REMIND OURSELVES THAT THE CLARITY AND COURAGE 2EMAIN lRMLY "IBLE AND THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY COMMITTED TO THE LANDMARK BELIEFS CALL US TO RIGHTEOUS LIVING THROUGH OF THIS CHURCH WHICH HAVE BEEN THE (OLY 3PIRIT S POWER TO A HEALTHY ESTABLISHED ON THE UNCHANGING 7ORD LIFESTYLE OUTLINED IN 3CRIPTURE AND THE OF 'OD 7E DARE NOT RISK INATTENTION OR 3PIRIT OF 0ROPHECY AND TO MUSIC AND LACK OF FOCUS FOR *ESUS IS SPEAKING TO US WORSHIP STYLES THAT UPLIFT #HRIST NOT IN THE SAME URGENT TONE WITH WHICH (E OURSELVES ,ET S PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION ADDRESSED THE CHURCH AT 0HILADELPHIA TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT ABOUT h"EHOLD ) AM COMING QUICKLY (OLD THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE (OLY FAST WHAT YOU HAVE THAT NO ONE MAY 3PIRIT WILL BE POURED OUT TO THOSE TAKE YOUR CROWNv 2EV EARNESTLY SEEKING REVIVAL AND COMMIT "ROTHERS AND SISTERS JOIN ME IN TED TO A MESSAGE OF REFORMATION HOLDING FAST TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD AS IT -Y INVITATION IS SIMPLE AND CLEAR READS 4HE POWER PROMISED IN ITS PAGES *OIN ME IN BOWING BEFORE OUR ,ORD WILL ONLY BE POURED OUT ON A PEOPLE TO HUMBLY ASK FOR NEW GRACE AND NEW WHO COVENANT TO READ IT LIVE IT TEACH POWER IN THE DAYS AHEAD 0RAY FOR THE IT AND PREACH IT WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR REVIVAL THAT *ESUS LONGS FOR (IS CHURCH AND WHO LET THEIR INDIVIDUAL LIVES AND TO EXPERIENCE AND PRAY FOR YOUR HEART S THEIR LIFE TOGETHER BE SHAPED BY ITS READINESS TO PRACTICE WHAT THE 3PIRIT WILL CLEAR AND COMPELLING TRUTHS BRING TO YOUR MIND AND CONSCIENCE ,ET S HOLD FAST TO THE "IBLE TRUTHS ! HUMBLED AND SURRENDERED BY WHICH 'OD RAISED UP THIS END TIME CHURCH WILL VERY SOON ALSO BE A REVIVED MOVEMENT INCLUDING THE BIBLICAL AND REFORMED CHURCH !ND A REVIVED TEACHING ABOUT THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND REFORMED CHURCH WILL VERY SOON BE /F 'OD S MANY GIFTS TO (IS REMNANT A CHURCH LOOKING UP INTO THE EASTERN THIS IS ONE OF (IS GREATEST 4HE 3PIRIT SKY WITH JOY AND EXPECTATION AS *ESUS OF 0ROPHECY OFFERS COUNSEL FOR ALMOST RETURNS TO CLAIM (IS OWN EVERY ASPECT OF #HRISTIAN LIFE AND IS AS RELEVANT TODAY AS WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN
%LLEN ' 7HITE 3ELECTED -ESSAGES BOOK P o "IBLE TEXTS CREDITED TO 0HILLIPS ARE FROM * " 0HILLIPS 4HE .EW DECADES AGO 4HESE ARE TRULY MESSAGES 4ESTAMENT IN -ODERN %NGLISH 2EVISED %DITION * " 0HILLIPS FROM HEAVEN 2EAD THE 3PIRIT OF 0ROPH 5SED BY PERMISSION OF -ACMILLAN 0UBLISHING #O
7E MUST REFUSE TO ALLOW THE WORLD TO SQUEEZE US INTO ITS MOLD OUR ALL IN ALL 4HE SAVING TRUTHS OF THE GOSPELˆTHAT WE ARE MADE RIGHT WITH 'OD THROUGH *ESUS LIFE FOR US (IS DEATH FOR US ON #ALVARY AND THROUGH (IS MINISTRY AS OUR (IGH 0RIEST IN THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARYˆPROVIDE OUR ASSURANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE )N 'OD S GRACE OUR REDEMPTION THROUGH *ESUS DOESN T DEPEND ON OUR ABILITY TO EITHER FULLY UNDERSTAND OR ARTICULATE EVERY ASPECT OF HOW (E SAVES US !S ONE OF OUR SENIOR CHURCH STATESMEN 'EORGE 7 "ROWN NOTED IN A DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE DURING THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE SESSION h7HEN WE GET TO HEAVEN THROUGH #HRIST S POWER WE WILL HAVE BEEN JUSTIlED SANCTIlED GLORI lEDˆAND WE WILL BE SATISlED v 3CRIPTURE ALSO REMINDS US THAT THE REVIVAL AND REFORMATION FOR WHICH WE ARE PLEADING WILL BE OPPOSED BY FORCES INTENT ON KEEPING THE CHURCH IN ITS ,AODICEAN STATE 4HE DEVIL IS CERTAINLY TRYING HIS BEST TO PERSUADE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS TO SETTLE FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN THE LIFE CHANGING POWER PROMISED IN THE GOSPEL AND HISTORICALLY TAUGHT BY THIS PEOPLE )N SUBTLE AND NOT SO SUBTLE WAYS HE IS SEEKING TO DISTANCE US FROM THE "IBLE AND A PLAIN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT 'OD HAS SAID IS TRUE 4HE APOSTLE 0AUL S WORDS ARE AS RELEVANT TODAY AS WHEN HE lRST WROTE TO THE BELIEVERS IN 2OME NEARLY YEARS AGO h$O NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL
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LONG SLENDER ANTENNAE 4HEY SEEK OUT WARMTH WHEN SEARCHING FOR FOOD AND ARE SPREAD BY HUMAN ACTIVITY 4HEY MAY GET INTO SUITCASES AND THEREFORE BE TRANSPORTED THOUSANDS OF MILES AND FROM ONE BEDROOM TO ANOTHER 7HEN A PERSON TRAVELS LONG DISTANCES AND STAYS IN MULTIPLE HOTEL ROOMSˆAS MANY BUSINESS EXECUTIVES DOˆTHE RISK OF GETTING BEDBUGS INCREASES /NLY TWO OF THE APPROXIMATELY VARIETIES OF THE BUG FEAST ON HUMANS
BEDDING WITH INSECTICIDE -OSQUITO NETS IMPREGNATED WITH PERMETHRIN HAVE BEEN NOTED TO REDUCE BEDBUG INFESTATIONS BUT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE 7ASHING BEDCLOTHES IN VERY HOT WATER IS RECOMMENDED -ATTRESSES CAN BE ENCASED IN IMPERMEABLE COVERS #RACKS AND CREVICES SHOULD BE SPRAYED WITH PERMETHRIN 3TEAM TREATMENT COULD POSSIBLY ACHIEVE STERILIZATION ALSO 7HEN TRAVELING DO NOT PLACE SUITCASES UNDER BEDS /NE OF US SPRAYS OUR OWN SUITCASES WITH PERMETHRIN BEFORE TRAVELING HOPING IT WILL DETER THESE TINY hHITCHHIKERS v
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4HE CAR GLIDES OUT AND GOES AROUND A TRACK RIMMING THE PERIMETER OF THE STAGE )T IS EXPERTLY PARKED ON A ROTATING DISK FOR ALL TO REGARD AS IT SLOWLY SPINS DEGREES CHROME AND PAINT GLITTERING IN THE LIGHTS 4HEN THE SMARTLY DRESSED ATTENDANT WEARING A DISCREET "-7 LOGO HEELS ON WOMEN AND TIES ON MEN PROVIDES A GUIDED TOUR TO THE WONDERS OF THIS NEW DRIV ING MACHINE !T LAST THE KEYS ARE HANDED OVER AND THE NEW OWNER IS DIRECTED TO TAKE A VICTORY LAP AROUND THE PERIMETER BEFORE DESCENDING THE STAGE DOWN AN ARCHED RAMP #ONCEALED DOORS AT THE END OF THE RAMP NOISELESSLY SLIDE OPEN AND BLINKING INTO THE SUNSHINE THE DRIVER EXITS 4HE ADMIRING AUDIENCE WHISTLES AND APPLAUDS AND THE DOORS SLIDE SHUT ON THE END OF ANOTHER HAPPY STORY )N %ZEKIEL .)6 WE SEE ANOTHER DRAMA UNFOLD !LTHOUGH IT IS ABOUT THE KING OF 4YRE IT ECHOES GRAND ARCHETYPAL THEMES AS GREAT STORIES OFTEN DO 4HIS THEME WAS PLAYED OUT IN THE &ALL OF !DAM IN %DEN BUT ORIGI
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7E ARE ALL ACTORS AND ACTRESSES EACH WITH A ROLE ON A STAGE THAT STRETCHES FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH EXPELLED YOU / GUARDIAN CHERUB FROM AMONG THE lERY STONES 9OUR HEART BECAME PROUD ON ACCOUNT OF YOUR BEAUTY AND YOU CORRUPTED YOUR WISDOM BECAUSE OF YOUR SPLENDOR 3O ) THREW YOU TO THE EARTH ) MADE A SPECTACLE OF YOU BEFORE KINGS v
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE TO ANGELS AS WELL AS TO MEN v 7E ARE ALL ACTORS AND ACTRESSES EACH WITH A ROLE ON A STAGE THAT STRETCHES FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH !T "-7 7ELT IT S NOT ABOUT A CAR OR A SINGLE CHOICE )T S THE SAME WITH US ! MISSED LINE OR mUBBED SCENE IS NOT THE WHOLE SHOW !#4 ))) )T S A PATTERN OF CHOICES AND A LIFESTYLE h"Y YOUR MANY SINS AND DISHONEST THAT DEMONSTRATES WHAT WE BELIEVE AND TRADE YOU HAVE DESECRATED YOUR WHOM WE LOVE AND WORSHIP SANCTUARIES 3O ) MADE A lRE COME OUT )N DOING SO SOME OF US HAVE HAD FROM YOU AND IT CONSUMED YOU AND DIFlCULT PARTS TO PLAY 7E VE HAD TO ) REDUCED YOU TO ASHES ON THE GROUND WEAR COSTUMES THAT WERE UNCOMFORT IN THE SIGHT OF ALL WHO WERE WATCHING ABLE /UR ROLES MIGHT HAVE BEEN !LL THE NATIONS WHO KNEW YOU ARE lLLED WITH TRIALS PAINFUL SETBACKS APPALLED AT YOU YOU HAVE COME TO A OR PHYSICAL DISABILITIES 0ERHAPS WE HORRIBLE END AND WILL BE NO MORE v HAVE HAD TO WATCH HELPLESSLY WHEN 7ITH HIS THUNDERING PRESENCE IN THOSE WE LOVE HAVE SUFFERED OR HAVE EARTHQUAKES DEATH AND RAGE THE ENIG MADE BAD CHOICES 7E HAVE TRIED TO MATIC GUARDIAN CHERUB HAS SEEMINGLY ACT INTELLIGENTLY AND WITH COURAGE AS DOMINATED THE COSMIC STAGE OF THE THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPT "UT THEATER OF THE UNIVERSE (IS COSTUMES SOMETIMES WE DESPAIR THAT THE SCENE NO LONGER SPARKLE WITH PRECIOUS JEWELS WILL NEVER CHANGE 4HEY ARE FRAYED AND TATTERED "EFORE )F THAT IS HOW YOU FEEL MY FRIEND THE ANGELIC AUDIENCE HE HAS BEEN JUST SIT TIGHT 4HE CURTAINS ARE ALREADY UNMASKED !T THE SCENE OF THE CROSS CLOSING 4HE SPECTACULAR lNALE IN THE IT BECAME CLEAR TO ALL WHO WONDERED THEATER OF THE UNIVERSE IS OPENING WHO AND WHAT HE IS (IS TRUE INTEN NEXT 3OON 'OD WILL BE VINDICATED TIONS WERE EXPOSED 4HERE HE FOREVER ALONG WITH ALL WHO PLACE THEIR REVEALED THAT WHEN GIVEN THE UPPER CONlDENCE IN (IM AND THE lNAL SCENES HAND HE WOULD KILL 'OD 7HEN OF ETERNAL JOY DEFY THE IMAGINATION DRESSED IN MORTALITY #HRIST HE KILLED 4HIS IS OUR HOPE AND OUR 4HIS DRAMA DOES NOT END IN THE CONFESSION PILE OF SMOKING ASHES ON THE GROUND
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TO A SECULAR WORLD PENETRATING QUESTIONS WITHOUT LOOKING FOR CONFRONTATION (ERE IS ONE (OW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE ALBATROSS THE BIRD WITH THE BIGGEST SPAN AND SEEMINGLY TOO HEAVY FOR REGULAR mIGHT IS ONE OF THE BEST LONG DISTANCE mIERS COVERING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MILES EVERY YEAR %VEN THOUGH HUGE AEROSPACE COMPANIES SUCH AS "OEING AND !IRBUS HAVE INVESTED BILLIONS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND AND HARNESS THESE DESIGN NUANCES HUMAN mIGHT MACHINES ARE NO MATCH FOR THE DESIGN OF THE ALBATROSS (OWEVER THE PRESENTERS DO NOT TALK TOO MUCH THEM SELVES 2ATHER THEY LEAD THE AUDIENCE WITH THEM *ETTING AROUND THE WORLD FROM 0ARIS TO /XFORD TO .EW :EALAND THEY ASK INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEW ATHEIST MOVEMENT REPRESENTED BY WELL KNOWN CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR 0ETER !TKINS FROM /XFORD AND THOSE SCIENTISTS WHO SEE AN INTELLIGENT DESIGN OPTION SUCH AS RENOWNED /XFORD PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS *OHN ,ENNOX "IG 1UESTIONS IS NOT ONLY THE TITLE OF A SERIES )T ALSO MARKS THE MIND SET OF ITS PRODUCERS AND BACKERS 4HEY ARE WILLING TO ASK BIG QUESTIONSˆAND ASK EVEN MORE QUESTIONS WHEN THINGS ARE NOT CLEAR -ANY OF THE ANSWERS LEAD THEM TO PUT THE OPTION OF INTELLIGENT DESIGN ON THE TABLE AS A BET TER EXPLANATION THAN NATURAL SELECTION AND MACROEVOLUTION )N CHURCHESE WE WOULD CALL THIS CREATION 0 ( / 4 / " 9 3 / 5 4 ( 0! # ) & ) # $ ) 6 ) 3 ) / .
h4HE !RTIlCIAL !LBATROSSv IS ONLY THE lRST OF A SERIES OF THIRTEEN MINUTE lLMS THAT ASK BIG QUESTIONS !FTER MUCH MARKET RESEARCH SOUL SEARCHING AND FEEDBACK FROM HUNDREDS OF CHURCH MEMBERS AND WORKERS THE !USTRALIAN 5NION #ONFERENCE VOTED IN -AY TO PUT SIGNIlCANT lNANCING BEHIND THE REST OF THE SERIES 4HAT VOTE SENT +ENT AND HIS TEAM SCRAMBLING TO GET A HEAD START ON THE NEXT TWO OR THREE YEARS OF WRITING SCRIPTS SHOOTING lLM AROUND THE WORLD ASKING PROFOUND QUESTIONS OF TOP SPECIALISTS AND EDITING THE RESULTING MATERIAL 4HEY WILL NOT STOP LISTENING TO THEIR AUDIENCE AND TAKING THE PULSE OF A SOCIETY AND CULTURE THAT IS ASKING MANY QUESTIONS 0ASTOR #HESTER 3TANLEY PRESIDENT OF !5# LOCATED IN -ELBOURNE !USTRALIA IS A GREAT BELIEVER IN REACHING NON CHURCHED PEOPLE AND THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS PROJECT 7ITHOUT HIS SUPPORT AND VISION "IG 1UESTIONS WOULD HAVE ALMOST CERTAINLY NOT MADE IT TO THE SCREEN (E IS ALL ABOUT RESOURCING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS FOR MISSIONˆWHETHER CONlRMING THE FAITH OF !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER WORLDVIEW ATTACK AT SECULAR UNIVERSITIES OR GIVING PASTORS AN EXCELLENT NEW ADDITION TO THE EXPANDING EVANGELISTIC TOOL BOX (E CAN SEE !DVENTIST FAMILIES WHO WANT TO USE THEIR LIVING ROOM AS A PLACE FOR REACHING OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY MAKING USE OF THE lLMS 4HE PROJECT DESIGN HOWEVER CALLS FOR MORE THAN A lLM SERIES 4HE COMPLETED PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A MAJOR APOLOGETICS VOLUME A DO IT YOURSELF SEMINAR PACK A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE AND AN APPEALING )NTERNET PRESENCE FOR A GENERATION THAT HAS EMBRACED SOCIAL NETWORKS AND LIVES ON &ACEBOOK OR 9OU4UBE (ISTORICALLY !DVENTIST SCHOLARS HAVE NOT BEEN MUCH INVOLVED IN BASIC #HRISTIAN APOLOGETICS 4RUE SOME EARLY !DVENTIST PIONEERS WERE GREAT DEBATERS AND LOVED TO CONTEND WITH THOSE WHO ARGUED FOR 3UNDAY OVER 3ABBATH OR OTHER CONTROVERTED DOCTRINAL ISSUES )N FACT THEY WERE SO SUCCESSFUL THAT NOBODY REALLY WANTED TO DEBATE THEM AND %LLEN 7HITE FELT COMPELLED TO ADMONISH THE BRETHREN TO TONE IT DOWN 7INNING AN ARGUMENT WAS NOT EQUAL TO WINNING A BROTHER OR SISTER FOR #HRIST
'ERALD ! +LINGBEIL IS AN ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD WHO ENJOYS ASKING GOOD QUESTIONS AND DISCOVERING DIVINE ANSWERS 9OU CAN VISIT THE PROJECT 7EB SITE AT WWW BIGQUESTIONS COM OR WATCH A THREE MINUTE TRAILER OF THE PILOT EPISODE AT WWW ADVENTISTWORLD ORG
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"OTH 3TANLEY AND +ENT CLEARLY SEE 'OD S HAND IN THIS PROJECT )F YOU HAVE EVER HAD THE CHANCE TO VISIT !USTRALIA YOU WOULD KNOW THAT 1ANTAS THE NATIONAL AIRLINE IS A
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)T S ALWAYS GOOD TO START WITH HISTORY 4ELL ME A LITTLE BIT HOW THIS PROJECT DEVELOPED #3 'RENVILLE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT REACHING POSTMODERN AND SECULAR PEOPLE HERE IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS SOCIETY 4HE IDEA MADE SENSE ) THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE NEEDED ! LOT OF OUR EVANGELISTIC STRATEGIES AND PRODUCTS ASSUME THE BASICS OF #HRISTIANITY BUT THIS ONE PRESENTED EVIDENCE ) FELT IT HAD REAL LEGITIMACY ESPECIALLY IN OUR CONTEXT HERE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF AN INCREASINGLY SECULAR SOCIETY 4HE MEDIA IS OFTEN VERY CRITICAL WITH SCATHING VIEWS OF #HRISTIANITY 3OME OF THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE #HRISTIAN FAITH ARE CHALLENGED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND SO TO A LOT OF !USTRALIANS THE "IBLE IS ESSENTIALLY A BOOK OF FOLKLORE AND FAIRY TALES 0RODUCING A lLM SERIES FOR SECULAR PEOPLE IS GREATˆBUT HOW
DO YOU INTEND TO USE THE lLMS '+ #HESTER WAS CLEAR FROM THE START 'IVE OUR PEOPLE ESPECIALLY OUR PASTORS A PROGRAM THEY D BE PROUD TO HAND TO FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS )F IT GOES ONTO 46 THAT S A BONUS AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE HAD INTEREST FROM A NATIONAL CHANNEL BUT HE EMPHASIZED GIVE OUR PEOPLE TOOLS FOR MISSION 7E RE PLANNING TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO HAND OUT HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF THESE BY CHARGING JUST THE COST OF A $6$ 7E ALSO WANT TO DEVELOP RESOURCES FOR THE 7EB AND A BOOK #3 )F ) WERE A LOCAL PASTOR AND ) HAD ACCESS TO A SERIES LIKE THIS ) WOULD ACTUALLY RUN THE SERIES AT THE TIME OF THE CHURCH SERVICE AND CHALLENGE PEOPLE TO BRING THEIR FRIENDS 'RENVILLE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT YOUR PRODUCTION TEAM INCLUDES AN ATHEIST FRIEND OF YOURS '+ )F YOU RE A lSHERMAN WOULDN T YOU LOVE TO HAVE A TROUT DESIGNING YOUR LURES FOR YOU ) MET -ARCUS AT UNIVERSITY )N A lLM CLASS HE LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON THE IDEA OF 'OD AND ) THOUGHT ) LIKE THIS GUY (E HAS BRAINS AND CHARISMA AND HE S ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS 7E CLICKED AND WE VE WORKED ON lLMS TOGETHER SOME FOR THE !DVENTIST #HURCH OVER A DECADE
ABLE TO SECURE THE SERVICES OF -C#RINDLE 2ESEARCH ONE OF THE LEADING !USTRALIAN MARKET RESEARCH COMPANIES WITH HUGE CORPORATE CLIENTS SUCH AS 0EPSI -C$ONALDS ETC FOR A SPECIAL PRICE AND RECEIVED IMMENSELY HELPFUL FEEDBACK )N THE lNAL REPORT -C#RINDLE STATED THAT ALMOST HALF OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATED THAT WATCHING "IG 1UESTIONS INmUENCED THEIR WORLDVIEW OR BELIEFS &URTHER RESEARCH REGARDING THE STATE OF !USTRALIAN SPIRITUALITY WAS DONE BY ANOTHER RESEARCH lRM 7INDSHIFT WHOSE RESULTS WILL NOT ONLY BENElT THIS PROJECT BUT IMPACT THE DESIGN OF FUTURE OUTREACH STRATEGIES OF THE !5# IN A MAJOR WAY 7HEN +ENT IS ASKED ABOUT THIS PROJECT HE HAS A HARD TIME CONTAINING HIMSELF BUBBLING OVER WITH MORE STORIES OF INTERVENTION BY THE h)NVISIBLE 0RODUCER v 7HAT DRIVES HIM IS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THROUGH BIG OR SMALL MIRACLES 'OD HAS MADE A WAY FOR THIS TO BECOME A REALITY
-ARCUS IS A GREAT ASSET TO THIS PROJECT (E IS A lRST CLASS PRODUCER 7E ENDLESSLY ARGUE ABOUT THE lLM AND THE IDEAS IN IT h4HIS IS A WEAK ARGUMENT 4HIS BIT IS UNCLEAR 2ECUT THIS v "ANG BANG BANG BUT A FRIEND CAN GET AWAY WITH THATˆ ESPECIALLY IF HE S SO OFTEN RIGHT (E ALWAYS PUSHES ME 9OU DID AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MARKET RESEARCH FOR THE PILOT PROJECT (OW DOES ALL THIS FEEDBACK mOW BACK INTO THE PROJECT DESIGN #3 )N THE PAST WE HAVEN T ALWAYS DONE THIS TYPE OF HOMEWORK "ECAUSE THIS IS A SIGNIlCANT SUM OF MONEY OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT IT WOULD HIT THE TARGET AND BE A WISE INVESTMENT 3O CONSEQUENTLY WE MADE THE DECISION TO GO AHEAD WITH A PILOT EPISODE AND DO CONTINUING AUDIENCE RESEARCH ON BOTH CONCEPT AND EXECUTION $ID THE MARKET RESEARCH DRIVE THE CONTENT 7AS THERE NOT THE DANGER OF PRESENTING WHAT PEOPLE hLIKEDv TO HEAR '+ 'OOD QUESTION .O THEY RE NOT TELLING US WHAT OUR MESSAGE IS BUT THEIR FEEDBACK HELPS US TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST PRESENT IT WHAT APPROACHES WORK AND WHAT WOULD GET PEOPLE S BACKS UP )T HAS
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PEOPLE WITH #HRISTIAN BACKGROUNDS BUT THIS PROJECT lSHES IN DEEPER WATERS BECAUSE RIGHT AROUND THE WORLD PEOPLE ARE DISPENSING WITH THE DIVINE )T S A UNIVERSAL PHENOMENON 7E NEED TO DO MORE TO REACH THAT GROUP WITH TOOLS TRAINING AND INTENTIONAL STRATEGIES '+ 7E VE MADE IT GLOBAL WITH THE IDEA THAT IT CAN TRAVEL AND BE TRANSLATED AND WE VE SOUGHT FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE ON ALL CONTINENTS /H EXCEPT !NTARCTICAˆBUT WE RE PLANNING TO SHOOT AN EPISODE THERE )F A LOCAL EVANGELIST WANTS TO KNOCK ME OFF THE FRONT END OF IT AND BE THE PRESENTER THEY CAN DO IT -ARCUS AND ) WOULD BECOME THEIR REPORTERS AND THEY WOULD BE THE ANCHOR %NGLISH IS FAIRLY UNIVERSAL BUT IF A DIVISION WANTS TO TRANSLATE IT IT CAN BE DONE EASILY
REALLY PUSHED MY THINKING 0LUS IT S BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING WHEN THEY SAY THEY GET IT OR SAY IT S ENTERTAINING AND CONVINCING 4HIS IS A PROJECT THAT COSTS MORE THAN MILLION !USTRALIAN DOLLARS $O YOU THINK THAT SUM IS JUSTIlED #3 7ELL ) THINK ANY MONEY WISELY SPENT ON MISSION IS MORE THAN JUSTIlED )T SHOULD ALWAYS BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY 3OMETIMES WE DON T BLINK AN EYE AT THE AMOUNTS WE THROW TO COMPUTER PEOPLE ETC ;LAUGHTER= "UT THIS IS MISSION STUFF YOU KNOW 3O IT S REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT 7E ALSO HAVE BACKING FROM OUR NINE CONFERENCES AND WE ARE ALSO PURSUING PRIVATE FUNDING FOR THIS 3O FAR THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVELY !USTRALIAN PROJECT ) KNOW THAT YOU TRY TO INCLUDE AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE IN YOUR SCRIPTS $O YOU SEE SOMETHING FOR THE WORLD CHURCH IN THIS #3 7ELL 'ERALD AS YOU KNOW SECULARISM IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FACING THE CHURCH AND ITS MISSION GLOBALLY WHETHER IN !MSTERDAM IN 3INGAPORE IN #APE 4OWN IN 2IOˆMOST WORLD lELDS HAVE INCREASINGLY LARGE SECULAR PEOPLE GROUPS SO YEAH ) THINK WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER (ISTORICALLY OUR EVANGELISM HAS TARGETED
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-ORE IMPORTANT THAN NATURAL BEAUTY HOWEVER -AXWELL PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ALLOWS ITS STUDENTS TO FEEL ACCEPTED THERE %RIK FOR EXAMPLEˆTHE !RGENTINE !MERI CAN REFERRED TO IN THE OPENING PARAGRAPHˆMOVED TO THE 0HILIPPINES WHEN HE WAS YEARS OLD AFTER SPLITTING HIS SHORT LIFE EQUALLY BETWEEN !RGENTINA AND THE 5NITED 3TATES &IVE YEARS LATER %RIK AND HIS FAMILY HAD A DECISION TO MAKE 7HERE SHOULD HE GO TO HIGH SCHOOL !MERICA THE COUNTRY OF HIS MOTHER BUT A PLACE HE HARDLY REMEMBERS !RGENTINA THE COUNTRY OF HIS FATHER BUT WHERE %RIK S LACK OF EDUCA TIONAL BACKGROUND IN 3PANISH WOULD BE A PROBLEM 4HE 0HILIPPINES HIS HOST COUNTRY BUT WHERE HE DOESN T lT IN AS A NATIVE &OR %RIK -AXWELL WAS THE RIGHT CHOICE (ERE HE CAN BE HIMSELF AND BE ACCEPTED h9OU RE NOT WEIRD FOR HAVING BEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD v %RIK SAYS h;4HERE IS= NO OTHER TRULY INTERNATIONAL !DVENTIST HIGH SCHOOL FOR ME TO GO TO v
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD )N ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL THE )'#3% )NTERNATIONAL 'ENERAL #ERTIlCATE OF 3ECONDARY %DUCATION CURRICULUM IS BEING OFFERED FOR THE lRST TWO YEARS OF THE SECONDARY PROGRAM )F A STUDENT SUCCESSFULLY PASSES THE )'#3% EXAMINATION THEY WILL BE EQUIPPED FOR FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE 5NITED +INGDOM OR IN %UROPE 7HEN THEY COMPLETE FOUR YEARS AT -AXWELL THEY RECEIVE AN ACCREDITED !MERICAN COLLEGE PREPARATORY DIPLOMA THAT IS ACCEPTED AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE 5NITED 3TATES AND MANY OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD 4HE PARENTS OF -AXWELL STUDENT 9E #HAN ARE MISSIONAR IES IN EASTERN #ONGO (IS FATHER IS A PASTOR THERE 4HEY FEEL THAT THE SCHOOLS IN THAT REGION OF #ONGO WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET 9E #HAN S EDUCATIONAL SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL NEEDS (IS PARENTS CONSIDERED SENDING HIM BACK HOME TO +OREA BUT WERE NOT COMFORTABLE mYING THEIR YEAR OLD SON HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD BY HIMSELF 3O THEY SETTLED ON -AXWELL AS THE PLACE WHERE 9E #HAN COULD GET A SOLID #ATERING TO $IVERSITY !DVENTIST EDUCATION AND YET BE CLOSER TO WHERE HIS PARENTS -AXWELL IS TRULY A UNIQUE PLACE )N AN ATTEMPT TO CATER ARE LIVING 9E #HAN HOWEVER DOESN T YET KNOW ANY %NGLISH TO THE DIVERSIFYING NEEDS OF THE STUDENT BODY IT HAS ADOPTED (IS lRST SEMESTER AT -AXWELL WILL BE SPENT LEARNING A NEW A CURRICULUM TO PREPARE ITS STUDENTS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION LANGUAGE SO HE CAN ENROLL AS A FRESHMAN AT THE BEGINNING
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! CROSS CULTURAL ATMOSPHERE AND SOLID ACADEMICS ARE ONLY PART OF THE PICTURE AT -AXWELL 4HE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE IS #HRIST CENTERED SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT $AILY "IBLE CLASSES FOR ALL STUDENTS A DEEPLY COMMITTED STAFF AND A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES HELP TO MAKE -AXWELL A PLACE WHERE #HRISTIAN VALUES ARE INGRAINED AS A WAY OF LIFE !ND LET S NOT FORGET THE "URUNDIAN DIPLOMAT S DAUGHTER 6IVACIOUS AND INTELLIGENT ,UCIE HAS FOLLOWED HER DIPLOMAT FATHER FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY COLLECTING LANGUAGES AS SOME PEOPLE COLLECT COINS AT LAST COUNT SHE SPEAKS SEVEN 3HE lNALLY ENDED UP AT -AXWELL AFTER HER FATHER WAS ASSIGNED TO WORK IN +ENYA !SKED WHAT SHE LIKES ABOUT THE SCHOOL ,UCIE SAID SHE APPRECIATES THE STRONG ACADEMICS AND SURPRISINGLY THE GOOD VEGETARIAN FOOD 7HILE SHE DOESN T YET UNDERSTAND SOME !DVENTIST BELIEFS ,UCIE SAID SHE LIKES THE REGULAR MORNING AND
4HE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN UNCERTAIN ONES FOR -AX WELL AS IT TRIED TO ESTABLISH ITS FUTURE GOALS .OW -AXWELL HAS STABILIZED )T WILL CONTINUE TO BE AN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN CURRICULUM STAFlNG AND STUDENT BODY MEETING THE NEEDS OF MISSIONARY CHILDREN CROSS CULTURAL YOUTH OF ALL STRIPES AND ITS NATIONAL +ENYAN STUDENTS -OST IMPORTANT HOWEVER -AXWELL WILL CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO RAISE UP A NEW GENERATION OF DEVOTED #HRISTIAN LEADERS
2ICHARD $OSS IS BOYS DEAN AND HISTORY TEACHER AT -AXWELL !DVENTIST !CADEMY
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ORNELIUS THE 2OMAN CENTU RION WAS NOT EVEN ACCOUNTED A DISCIPLE OF #HRIST BUT HE HAD FAITH IN 'OD ACCORDING TO THE LIGHT THAT HE HAD AND HE WAS REACHING OUT FOR MORE LIGHT 4HE ,ORD SAW THIS MAN WOULD DO HONOR TO THE CHURCH AND HE BROUGHT HIM INTO CONNECTION WITH THE APOSTLE 0ETER (E SENT A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM HEAVEN TO HIM AND BY ANOTHER MESSAGE DIRECTED 0ETER TO VISIT HIM AND GIVE HIM LIGHT 4HAT IS 'OD S WAY OF WORKING $AILY PRAYERS FOR LIGHT AND GUIDANCE WILL SURELY BE ANSWERED )N OUR WORLD THERE ARE MANY SUCH MEN AS #ORNELIUS AND FOR THEM THE
,ORD DESIRES HIS SERVANTS TO MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS 4HE ,ORD SHOWED 0ETER THE *EW THAT THERE WERE 'ENTILES WHO WERE SERVING 'OD AS ACCEPTABLY AS HE WAS 4HERE ARE TODAY MANY IN THE WORLD WHO ARE NEARER THE KINGDOM OF 'OD THAN WE SUPPOSE 4HEY ARE WALK ING IN ALL THE LIGHT THEY HAVE AND IN THE FUTURE THEY WILL BE LED INTO CLEARER AND STILL CLEARER LIGHT )N THIS DARK WORLD OF SIN THE ,ORD HAS MANY PRECIOUS JEWELS TO WHOM HE WILL GUIDE HIS MESSENGERS 'OD WILL USE HIS BELIEVING ONES AS HIS INSTRUMENTALI TIES THROUGH THEM MINISTERING TO SOULS FAINTING FOR THE BREAD OF LIFE 7ORDS OF
HOPE AND CHEER FALLING FROM LIPS THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY A LIVE COAL FROM 'OD S ALTAR WILL REVIVE AND COMFORT THOSE WHO ARE WEARY AND DISTRESSED 7HOM !RE 7E 4ALKING !BOUT
4HERE ARE MANY WHO ARE REPRE SENTED TO ME AS BEING LIKE #ORNELIUS MEN WHOM 'OD DESIRES TO CONNECT WITH HIS CHURCH 4HEIR SYMPATHIES ARE WITH THE ,ORD S PEOPLE "UT THE THREADS THAT BIND THEM TO THE WORLD HOLD THEM lRMLY 4HEY HAVE NOT THE MORAL COURAGE TO TAKE THEIR POSITION WITH THE LOWLY ONES 7E ARE TO MAKE SPECIAL EFFORTS FOR THESE SOULS WHO ARE
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IN NEED OF EARNEST LABOR BECAUSE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES AND TEMPTATIONS 7E TALK AND WRITE MUCH OF THE NEGLECTED POOR SHOULD NOT SOME ATTENTION BE GIVEN TO THE NEGLECTED RICH -ANY LOOK UPON THIS CLASS AS HOPELESS AND THEY DO LITTLE TO OPEN THE EYES OF THOSE WHO BLINDED AND DAZED BY THE POWER OF 3ATAN HAVE LOST ETERNITY OUT OF THEIR RECKONING 4HOUSANDS OF WEALTHY MEN HAVE GONE TO THEIR GRAVES UNWARNED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN JUDGED BY APPEARANCE AND PASSED BY AS HOPELESS SUBJECTS "UT INDIFFERENT AS THEY MAY APPEAR MOST OF THIS CLASS ARE SOUL BURDENED 4HERE ARE THOUSANDS OF RICH MEN WHO ARE STARV ING FOR SPIRITUAL FOOD -ANY IN OFlCIAL LIFE FEEL THEIR NEED OF SOMETHING WHICH THEY HAVE NOT &EW AMONG THEM GO TO CHURCH FOR THEY FEEL THAT THEY RECEIVE NO BENElT 4HE TEACHING THEY HEAR DOES NOT TOUCH THE SOUL 3HALL WE MAKE NO PERSONAL APPEAL IN THEIR BEHALF 'OD CALLS FOR EARNEST HUMBLE WORKERS WHO WILL CARRY THE TRUTH TO THE HIGHER CLASSES )T IS BY NO CASUAL ACCIDENTAL TOUCH THAT WEALTHY WORLD LOVING WORLD WORSHIPING SOULS CAN BE DRAWN TO #HRIST $ECIDED PERSONAL EFFORT MUST BE PUT FORTH BY MEN AND WOMEN IMBUED WITH THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT THOSE WHO WILL NOT FAIL NOR BECOME DISCOURAGED (OW #AN 7E 2EACH 4HEM
4HERE ARE SOME WHO ARE ESPECIALLY lTTED TO WORK FOR THE HIGHER CLASSES 4HESE SHOULD SEEK THE ,ORD DAILY MAKING IT A STUDY HOW TO REACH THESE PERSONS NOT TO MAKE MERELY A CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH THEM BUT TO LAY HOLD OF THEM BY PERSONAL EFFORT AND LIVING FAITH MANIFESTING A DEEP LOVE FOR THEIR SOULS A REAL CONCERN THAT THEY SHALL HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH AS IT IS IN *ESUS )N ORDER TO REACH THESE PEOPLE BELIEVERS THEMSELVES MUST BE LIVING EPISTLES hKNOWN AND READ OF ALL MEN v 7E DO NOT REPRESENT AS FULLY AS WE
3HOULD WE NOT LABOR MORE INTELLIGENTLY MORE EARNESTLY THAN WE HAVE LABORED IN THE PAST FOR THOSE WHO NEED HELP ,ET US REMEMBER THAT WE ARE 'OD S HELPING HAND
MIGHT THE ELEVATING ENNOBLING CHAR ACTER OF THE TRUTH 7E ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING NARROW AND SELlSH 7ITH FEAR AND TREMBLING LEST WE FAIL WE SHOULD EVER REMEMBER THIS ,ET THOSE WHO WORK FOR THE HIGHER CLASSES BEAR THEMSELVES WITH TRUE DIGNITY REMEMBERING THAT ANGELS ARE THEIR COMPANIONS ,ET THEM KEEP THE TREASURE HOUSE OF MIND AND HEART lLLED WITH h)T IS WRITTEN v (ANG IN MEMORY S HALL THE PRECIOUS WORDS OF #HRIST 4HEY ARE TO BE VALUED FAR ABOVE SILVER OR GOLD 4HERE ARE MIRACLES TO BE WROUGHT IN GENUINE CONVERSION ˆMIRACLES THAT ARE NOT NOW DISCERNED 4HE GREATEST MEN OF THE EARTH ARE NOT BEYOND THE POWER OF A WONDER WORKING 'OD )F THOSE WHO ARE WORKERS TOGETHER WITH HIM WILL BE MEN OF OPPORTUNITY DOING THEIR DUTY BRAVELY AND FAITHFULLY 'OD WILL CONVERT MEN WHO OCCUPY RESPONSIBLE POSI TIONS MEN OF INTELLECT AND INmUENCE 4HROUGH THE POWER OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT MANY WILL ACCEPT THE DIVINE PRINCIPLES #ONVERTED TO THE TRUTH THEY WILL BECOME AGENCIES IN THE HAND OF 'OD TO COMMUNICATE THE LIGHT 4HEY WILL HAVE A SPECIAL BURDEN FOR OTHER SOULS OF THIS NEGLECTED CLASS 4HEY WILL FEEL THAT A DISPENSATION OF THE GOSPEL IS COMMIT TED TO THEM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THIS WORLD THEIR ALL 4IME AND MONEY WILL BE CONSECRATED TO 'OD MEANS WILL
BE BROUGHT INTO HIS TREASURY TALENT AND INmUENCE WILL BE CONVERTED TO THE TRUTH AND NEW EFlCIENCY AND POWER WILL BE ADDED TO THE CHURCH %VERYWHERE THERE ARE THOSE WHO WILL TAKE THEIR STAND FOR PRESENT TRUTH "ESIDE ALL WATERS WE ARE TO SOW THE SEEDS OF TRUTH ,ET US NEVER ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE CONTROLLED BY FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS 'OD S WORK WILL BE DONE 4HE ,ORD KNOWS THOSE THAT ARE HIS )N HIS PROVIDENCE HE WILL DIRECT THEM AS HE DIRECTED #ORNELIUS (AVE WE NOT A WORK TO DO FOR THE ,ORD AND SHOULD WE NOT LABOR MORE INTELLIGENTLY MORE EARNESTLY THAN WE HAVE LABORED IN THE PAST FOR THOSE WHO NEED HELP ,ET US REMEMBER THAT WE ARE 'OD S HELPING HAND 7ITH THE "IBLE AS OUR GUIDE AND COUNSELOR LET US GO FORTH TO WORK FOR THE ,ORD SERVING HIM IN THE WAY HE HAS APPOINTED PRO CLAIMING THE MESSAGE OF PRESENT TRUTH IN A WAY THAT WILL MAKE IT IMPRESSIVE AND ACCEPTABLE 7E ARE WEAK BUT IF WE WILL BUT BELIEVE 'OD WILL GIVE US HIS ENDURING STRENGTH 4HIS ARTICLE WAS lRST PUBLISHED IN 4HE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3ABBATH (ERALD -AY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS BELIEVE THAT %LLEN ' 7HITE EXERCISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY
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0ORT AU 0RINCE GHETTO WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN TENTS BATHE IN STREAMS AND EAT WHAT THEY CAN lND IS A PLACE YOU D EXPECT TO BE OVERRIDDEN WITH THE BURDENS OF LIFE S STRUGGLES )N MANY WAYS IT IS 9ET DESPITE THE ABSENCE OF (OT 7HEELS "ARBIES AND VIDEO GAMES THE CHILDREN LIVING IN THE RELIEF CAMP PROVIDE A REFRESHING SPLASH OF JOY !S ) SNAPPED PICTURES OF THEIR GLOWING EYES THEY D POINT EXCITEDLY AND SHAKE WITH LAUGHTER AS ) TURNED THE CAMERA TO LET THEM VIEW THE DIGITAL IMAGE 4HEY DON T YET UNDERSTAND THE HARSH CHALLENGES LIFE WILL PRESENT THEM THEY RE TOO BUSY SINGING SMILING AND PLAYING WITH TOYS MADE FROM PLASTIC BOTTLES STICKS AND CARDBOARD !FTER A DEVASTATING EARTHQUAKE SHOOK (AITI IN *ANUARY COUNTLESS INDIVIDUALS BUSINESSES AND RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS STEPPED IN TO SUSTAIN A COUNTRY THAT SIMPLY COULD NOT SUPPORT ITSELF -Y EMPLOYERˆ3AN *OAQUIN #OMMUNITY (OSPITAL AN !DVENTIST (EALTH FACILITY LOCATED IN "AKERSlELD #ALIFORNIA 5NITED 3TATESˆWAS QUICK TO ACT 4HE HOSPITAL REGULARLY SUPPORTS MISSION WORK AROUND THE WORLD BY MATCHING EMPLOYEES HOURS USED FOR MISSION TRIPS AS WELL AS SENDING MEDICAL TEAMS AND SUPPLIES TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 4HROUGH AN INITIAL CORPORATE GIFT AND EMPLOYEE MATCHING FUND IT DONATED MORE THAN 53 TO AID THE EFFORTS IN (AITI !S A THANK YOU THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2! GRACIOUSLY OFFERED TO HOST US FOR A SHORT VISIT )N lVE DAYS OF HIKING THROUGH RELIEF CAMPS AND INTERACTING WITH THE BEAUTIFUL (AITIAN PEOPLE THE FOUR OF US WHO WENT WITNESSED A PARADOXICAL DEGREE OF GRIEF AND RESOLVE THAT FOR EVER CHANGED EACH OF OUR LIVES 7E ALSO LEFT WITH A PROFOUND RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE MISSION OF !$2!
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ONLY lVE .'/S CHOSEN TO PARTNER WITH THE 7ORLD &OOD 0ROGRAM !$2! HELPED IN A MASSIVE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM THAT DELIVERED METRIC TONS OF FOOD AND REACHED MORE THAN PEOPLE !CROSS THE COUNTRY !$2! CONTINUES TO SUPPLY CLEAN WATER TO (AITIANS WHO HAVE NO ACCESS TO SAFE HYDRATION )N ADDITION THE AGENCY OPERATES PRIMARY HEALTH CLINICS PROVIDES LITERACY CLASSES AND RUNS CAMPS FOR DISPLACED PERSONS 0ERHAPS NO OPERATION IS AS IMPORTANT OR IMPACTFUL AS !$2! S SHELTER PROJECT )MMEDIATELY AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE A DATABASE WAS COMPILED OF MORE THAN DISPLACED FAMILIES %ACH OF THESE FAMILIES WAS ISSUED A CARD STAMPED WITH A SERIAL NUMBER AND mUORESCENT INK 4HESE CARDS ARE THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOME !CCORDING TO !NTON $E 6RIES MANAGER FOR THE !$2! SHELTER PROJECT TO lNISHED SHELTERS ARE DELIVERED TO FAMILIES EACH WEEK 4HAT S QUITE THE FEAT CONSIDERING BECAUSE OF UNMANAGEABLE OR ABSENT ROADS WORKERS MUST DELIVER BUILDING MATERIALS FOR THE SQUARE METER SHELTERS BY HAND 4HIS OFTEN MEANS LUGGING PLYWOOD AND BAGS OF CEMENT UP A MOUNTAINSIDE !FTER A DAY OF TRANSPORTING THE BUILDING BEGINS 4HE FAMILY WHO OWNS THE LAND WORKS TO PREPARE THE PLOT WITH GUIDANCE AND TOOLS GIVEN BY !$2! &ROM THERE THE SHEL TERS GO UP IN TWO DAYS ONE DAY FOR BUILDING THE FRAME AND ANOTHER FOR PAINTING AND POURING THE CEMENT mOOR $ESPITE THE QUICK TURNAROUND !$2! REFUSES TO SACRIlCE QUALITY )NITIALLY DESIGNED BY ENGINEERS THE WOODEN SHELTERS EVEN FEATURE SAFEGUARDS TO PROTECT AGAINST HURRICANES h7E DESIGNED THESE SHELTERS TO LAST FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS v $E 6RIES SAID h4HIS IS WHERE THESE PEOPLE WILL LIVE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE AND FOR MANY OF THEM IT S A BET TER HOME THAN THEY HAD BEFORE THE EARTHQUAKE 7E RE VERY PROUD OF THE QUALITY WE PROVIDE v 7HEN THE SHELTER IS COMPLETE THE BUILDING TEAM GATHERS THE FAMILY FOR A DEDICATION PRAYER TO THANK 'OD FOR THE NEW HOME "UT THE RELATIONSHIP DOESN T END THERE !$2! MAKES A POINT OF STAYING IN CONTACT WITH EACH FAMILY MANY OF WHOM ARE NOW ACTIVE IN LOCAL !DVENTIST CHURCHES $ESPITE THE ENORMOUS WORKLOAD AND SEEMINGLY HOPELESS CIRCUM STANCES FOR $E 6RIES AND THE !$2! TEAM PROVIDING A NEW HOME TO A NEEDY FAMILY MAKES THE ENTIRE EFFORT WORTHWHILE h4HESE SHELTERS SAVE LIVES NOT ONLY IN HUMAN mESH BUT
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7ALKING THROUGH ONE OF (AITI S RELIEF CAMPS ) FELT A TUG ON MY RIGHT HAND .EARLY TWO FEET BELOW ME WAS A YOUNG BOY HOLDING A YELLOW TOY CAMERA WEARING A SHY SMILE AND A &LORIDA 0ANTHERS HOCKEY JERSEY &OR THE NEXT HOUR MY LITTLE PHOTOGRAPHER FRIEND HELD MY HAND AS WE TOURED THE CAMP 7HEN ) D LET GO TO SNAP A SHOT HE D WAIT BY MY SIDE AND RESUME HIS GRASP THE MOMENT ) lNISHED 4HOUGH HE NEVER SPOKE A WORD WHEN ) D TAKE A PICTURE HE D MIMIC THE ACTION WITH HIS OWN CAMERA $URING THAT HOUR ) SAW (AITI IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT ) CANNOT SAVE AN ENTIRE COUNTRY .EITHER CAN YOU .EITHER CAN !$2! 4HAT S EXACTLY THE TEMPTATION TO VIEW (AITIˆAND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY DISASTER AND POVERTYˆAS A HOPELESS COLLECTIVE ALREADY RELEGATED TO ITS DESTINY "UT THAT S NOT (AITI (AITI IS THE PHYSICIAN LIVING IN A TENT OUTSIDE THE !DVENTIST HOSPITAL (AITI IS OUR DRIVER &RED WHO CRIED EVERY TIME HE POINTED TO A BUILDING WITH EARTH QUAKE VICTIMS STILL TRAPPED INSIDE (AITI IS MY YOUNG FRIEND WITH THE YELLOW CAMERA WHOSE LIFE ) CAN CHANGE BY HOLDING HIS HAND GIVING HIM A PIECE OF GUM OR HELPING FUND A NEW HOME FOR HIS FAMILY (AITI IS NOT A HOPELESS COLLECTIVE IT S A COLLECTION OF INDIVIDUALS 4HOUGH IT MAY COST NEARLY 53 MILLION TO BUILD SHELTERS IT COSTS ONLY 53 TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF LIFE FOR ONE FAMILY 4HAT S THE HOPE FOR (AITI
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HIM THE LAND ON WHICH HE WAS SLEEPING TO MULTIPLY HIS DESCENDANTS TO BLESS ALL PEOPLE THROUGH HIM TO BE WITH HIM AND TO PROTECT HIM 'EN )N HIS VOW *ACOB ASKED FOR THE DIVINE PRESENCE FOR PROTECTION AND FOR A SAFE RETURN )F THESE WERE GRANTED TO HIM 'OD WOULD BE HIS 'OD AND HE WOULD GIVE (IM THE TITHE 7HY DIDN T *ACOB TAKE 'OD S PROMISES AT FACE VALUE -Y ANSWER *ACOB WAS SPIRITUALLY IMPAIRED *ACOB S #OMMITMENT TO 'OD 7HEN HE MADE HIS VOW *ACOB HAD NOT YET COMMITTED HIMSELF TO THE ,ORD )N HIS VOW HE SAID hTHEN THE ,ORD WILL BE MY 'ODv .)6 +NOWING THAT THE ,ORD INTRODUCED (IMSELF TO *ACOB AS hTHE 'OD OF YOUR FATHER !BRAHAM AND THE 'OD OF )SAACv .)6 (E WAS NOT YET THE 'OD OF *ACOB (IS PROVIDENTIAL CARE RESULTED IN THE CONVERSION OF *ACOB 'OD BLESSED *ACOB SO MUCH DURING HIS TIME WITH ,ABAN THAT *ACOB SAID h'OD HAS TAKEN AWAY YOUR FATHER S ;,ABAN S= LIVESTOCK AND HAS GIVEN THEM TO MEv .)6 4HE ,ORD ALSO PROTECTED *ACOB IN HIS DEAL INGS WITH ,ABAN AND DURING HIS ENCOUNTER WITH %SAU &INALLY THE ,ORD SENT *ACOB BACK TO THE LAND OF #ANAAN WITH THE PROMISE OF (IS PRESENCE !T THAT POINT IN THE NAR RATIVE *ACOB CHOSE THE ,ORD AS (IS 'OD THE ,ORD WAS NOW THE 'OD OF !BRAHAM )SAAC AND *ACOB (E WAS NO LONGER *ACOB BUT )SRAEL )N #ANAAN HE BUILT AN ALTAR AND WORSHIPPED THE ,ORD *ACOB S VOW WAS AN INTERIM EXPERIENCE THAT LED TO HIS PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DIVINE PLAN FOR HIM AND HIS DESCENDANTS 'OD DEALS WITH US ACCORDING TO OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION AND PATIENTLY LEADS US IF WE ARE WILLING TO A DEEPER PERSONAL DEVOTION TO (IM AS OUR 2EDEEMER 7E SHOULD TRY 'OD AS *ACOB DID BECAUSE (E STILL ACCEPTS OUR VOWS (E DOES NOT REJECT THE SPIRITUALLY IMPAIRED AND NEITHER SHOULD WE
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7HEN THERE WAS CONmICT BETWEEN !BRAHAM S HERDSMEN AND ,OT S HERDSMEN WHAT GENEROUS SUGGESTION DID !BRAHAM MAKE h3O !BRAM SAID TO ,OT @0LEASE LET THERE BE NO STRIFE BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND BETWEEN MY HERDSMEN AND YOUR HERDSMEN FOR WE ARE BRETHREN )S NOT THE WHOLE LAND BEFORE YOU 0LEASE SEPARATE FROM ME )F YOU TAKE THE LEFT THEN ) WILL GO TO THE RIGHT OR IF YOU GO TO THE RIGHT THEN ) WILL GO TO THE LEFT v 'EN !BRAHAM ALLOWED ,OT TO CHOOSE
!BRAHAM WOULD CHOOSE SECOND
7HAT POOR CHOICE DID ,OT MAKE 7HAT WORDS DESCRIBED THE INHABITANTS OF 3ODOM h4HEN ,OT CHOSE FOR HIMSELF ALL THE PLAIN OF *ORDANx !ND ,OT DWELT IN THE CITIES OF THE PLAIN AND PITCHED HIS TENT EVEN AS FAR AS 3ODOM "UT THE MEN OF 3ODOM WERE EXCEEDINGLY WICKED AND SINFUL AGAINST THE ,ORDv 'EN 4HOSE WHO LIVED IN 3ODOM WERE h
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,OT MADE A CHOICE BASED ON PERSONAL PROSPERITY NOT ON THE WILL OF 'OD %VENTUALLY ,OT MOVED INTO 3ODOM AND HIS FAMILY WAS TAINTED WITH ITS CORRUPTION
7HAT THREE THINGS DID OUR ,ORD SAY ABOUT !BRAHAM h&OR ) HAVE KNOWN HIM IN ORDER THAT HE MAY COMMAND HIS CHILDREN AND HIS HOUSEHOLD AFTER HIM THAT THEY KEEP THE WAY OF THE ,ORD TO DO RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICEv 'EN ! &OR ) HAVE
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7HEN !BRAHAM HEARD THAT 'OD WAS GOING TO DESTROY 3ODOM BECAUSE OF ITS WICKEDNESS WHAT QUESTION DID HE BOLDLY ASK 'OD h!ND !BRAHAM CAME NEAR AND SAID @7OULD 9OU ALSO DESTROY THE RIGHTEOUS WITH THE WICKED v h@)NDEED NOW ) WHO AM BUT DUST AND ASHES HAVE TAKEN IT UPON MYSELF TO SPEAK TO THE ,ORD v 'EN !BRAHAM ASKED 'OD h7OULD 9OU ALSO DESTROY THE
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!BRAHAM PRAYED FOR 'OD TO SPARE THE CITY PLEADING WITH (IM TO SAVE THE CITY FOR AS FEW AS RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE "UT THERE WEREN T EVEN PEOPLE WHO COULD BE CALLED hRIGHTEOUS v .OVEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
7HEN DESTROYING ANGELS ENTERED THE CITY AND THE EVIL INHABITANTS OF 3ODOM DESIRED TO ABUSE THEM WHAT COMPROMISE WAS ,OT WILLING TO MAKE h3EE NOW ) HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS WHO HAVE NOT KNOWN A MAN PLEASE LET ME BRING THEM OUT TO YOU AND YOU MAY DO TO THEM AS YOU WISH ONLY DO NOTHING TO THESE MEN SINCE THIS IS THE REASON THEY HAVE COME UNDER THE SHADOW OF MY ROOF v 'EN 2ATHER THAN TRUST 'OD ,OT WAS WILLING TO OFFER HIS
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7HAT WAS THE RESPONSE OF ,OT S SONS IN LAW TO HIS APPEAL TO LEAVE 3ODOM h3O ,OT WENT OUT AND SPOKE TO HIS SONS IN LAW WHO HAD MARRIED HIS DAUGHTERS AND SAID @'ET UP GET OUT OF THIS PLACE FOR THE ,ORD WILL DESTROY THIS CITY "UT TO HIS SONS IN LAW HE SEEMED TO BE JOKINGv 'EN (IS SONS IN LAW THOUGHT ,OT WAS
,OT S COMPROMISE AND FAILURE TO STAND FOR RIGHT INmUENCED HIS ENTIRE FAMILY %VEN HIS SONS IN LAW DID NOT TAKE HIM SERIOUSLY 4HE ANGELS HAD TO TAKE ,OT BY THE HAND AND LEAD HIM HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS OUT OF THE CITY
7HAT WAS THE ULTIMATE FATE OF ,OT S OWN WIFE h4HEN THE ,ORD RAINED BRIMSTONE AND lRE ON 3ODOM AND 'OMORRAHx "UT ;,OT S= WIFE LOOKED BACK BEHIND HIM AND SHE BECAME A PILLAR OF SALTv 'EN ,OT S WIFE BECAME A
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4HE RESULTS OF ,OT S LIFE OF COMPROMISE WERE TRAGIC 4HEY INmUENCED HIS OWN FAMILY AND GENERATIONS TO COME %VEN AFTER LEAVING THE CITY 3ODOM S INmUENCE STILL AFFECTED ,OT S DAUGHTERS 4HEY GOT THEIR FATHER DRUNK BECAME PREGNANT BY HIM AND BORE TWO SONS -OAB AND "EN !MMI 4HE -OABITES AND !MMONITES FOUGHT AGAINST )SRAEL FOR YEARS
7HAT PROMISE DID 'OD MAKE TO FAITHFUL !BRAHAM h!BRAHAM SHALL SURELY BECOME A GREAT AND MIGHTY NATION AND ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED IN HIMv 'EN 'OD SAID ABOUT !BRAHAM h!LL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE
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7HAT A CONTRAST BETWEEN !BRAHAM AND HIS NEPHEW ,OT !BRAHAM S FAITHFULNESS TRUST IN 'OD AND OBEDIENCE BLESSED HIS FAMILY AND SUCCEEDING GENERATIONS 'OD HONORED HIS FAITH ,OT S LIFE OF COMPROMISE LED TO ONE DISASTER AFTER ANOTHER 7E HAVE THE SAME CHOICES TODAY ! LIFE OF COMPROMISE WITH SIN EVENTUALLY INmUENCES OUR FAMILIES OUR FRIENDS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS ! LIFE OF FAITHFULNESS TO 'OD ALSO IMPACTS THOSE AROUND US 'OD S PROMISE IS STILL TRUE h4HOSE WHO HONOR -E ) WILL HONORv 3AM 7HY NOT CLAIM (IS PROMISE RIGHT NOW AND DETERMINE TO MAKE EACH CHOICE IN HARMONY WITH (IS WILL
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) ALWAYS START READING !DVENTIST 7ORLD BY READING THE EDITORIAL BY "ILL +NOTT AND THEN READING PAGE BY PAGE "UT THIS TIME ) WENT FROM THE EDITORIAL TO THE ARTICLE BY +IMBERLY ,USTE -ARAN h#ONVICTED BY A 3CRAP OF 0APERv *UNE -Y HUS BAND READ IT LINE BY LINE ) WAS VER Y EX CITED TO SEE MY SHORT NOTE IN CLUDED NOT BE
CAUSE MY NAME APPEARED BUT KNOWING THAT ) HAVE A PART IN THE WORK OF 'OD ;GIVING THE MAGAZINE TO PEOPLE IN BUSES MALLS BANKS ETC = !DA &RECH 3UAZO .ICARAGUA -AKEOVER
) CONGRATULATE THE EDITORS AND WRITERS FOR THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD ) HAVE FOUND INVALU ABLE MATERIAL TO STRENGTHEN OUR SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AND STRENGTHEN OUR MISSION CONCEPTS ) FOUND h'ETTING $OWN TO "USI NESS v BY %LLA 3IMMONS *UNE TO BE A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE )T PROPOSES A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO THE !DVENTIST EDUCATIONAL WORK )NDEED OUR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES SHOULD FOCUS THEIR EFFORTS APPROPRIATELY TO ENSURE QUALITY #HRIS TIAN EDUCATION UNDER OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL ORIENTATIONS 7E MUST RESCUE THE VALUABLE ESSENTIALS OF THE BIBLICAL AND INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES OF %LLEN ' 7HITE 0ABLO 2UBINA #ALAMA #HILE
TO @ENDITNOW v -AY AND RECENTLY ANOTHER STORY REGARDING A SHELTER IN 4HAILAND h+EEP 'IRLS 3AFE v ,ILYA 7AGNER *ULY ) ASKED FOR A "IBLE FOR HER AND SHE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ,AST WEEK SHE TOLD ME h7HEN ) LEAVE THE SHELTER ) WANT TO BE BAPTIZED v ) WISH TO SEE HER BAPTIZED SOON 3HE IS AND WILL BE A VERY GOOD DISCIPLE OF *ESUS 6IMALA ,ALLMOHAMUD 0ORT ,OUIS -AURITIUS 'OSPEL .OTE
) COULD NOT HELP SHEDDING TEARS WHEN ) READ THE SECTION h&INAL &LIGHTv IN h,IVING 'OD S ,OVE v BY "ARBARA !NN .ORTON +AY *ANUARY )N THE SAME MAGAZINE A LET TER WAS POSTED ABOUT YOUNG !DVENTISTS WHO ARE MUSICALLY INCLINED LEAV ING THE CHURCH ) PRAY 'OD WILL HELP ME FURTHER THE GOSPEL REACHING PEOPLE THROUGH MUSIC 0LEASE PRAY FOR ME +ENNETH 5FUOMA ,AGOS .IGERIA &AN -AIL
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)N MY WORK AS A SOCIAL WORKER ) START THE DAY WITH PRAYER ALLOWING EVERYONE TO PRAY THE WAY THEY VE BEEN TAUGHT AT HOME AND READ THE DAILY MORNING PRAYER BOOK AND A VERSE FROM THE "IBLE ! YEAR OLD GIRL HAS BEEN EAGER TO COME CLOSE TO THE ,ORD AND LOOKED FOR THE BOOK FROM WHICH ) READ DAILY 'RADUALLY ) INTRODUCED HER TO THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE 3HE WAS HAPPY WITH THE ONE TITLED h"EGINNING
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) BELIEVE 'OD IS LEADING OUR CHURCH IN TRYING TO REACH THESE PLACES SO DIFlCULT FOR THE GOSPELˆ(E PROMISES TO JOIN US IN THIS WORK UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD
) AM A YEAR OLD !DVENTIST AND A READER OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD ) AM THE KIND OF PERSON WHO READS ANYTHING THAT COMES MY WAY AND ) ALWAYS LOVE READING THE !DVENTIST BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ESPECIALLY !DVENTIST 7ORLD AND THE SECTION 7ORLD 2EPORT ) SEE A LOT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH THEIR STORIES IN THESE MAGAZINES AND WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM BOTH MORALLY AND SOCIALLY $ANIEL 9EBOAH 3UNYANI 'HANA
4HIS IS THE lRST TIME FOR ME TO WRITE YOU A LETTER AS WELL AS THE lRST TIME TO READ THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD WHICH ) GOT FROM MY FRIEND WHO IS AN !DVENTIST 4HE MAGAZINE IS FEEDING MY SOUL WITH EVERLASTING TRUTH 0LEASE SEND THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE TO MEˆNOT JUST FOR ME BUT IN RECEIVING IT SEVERAL FRIENDS WHO ARE #HRISTIANS NOT !DVENTISTS CAN READ
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