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$ID YOU EVER WONDER WHERE 3ABBATH SCHOOL JOURNALS EVER CAME FROM !DVENTIST #HURCHS (OPE FOR (UMAN
ITY GREATLY ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE
AS WELL AS RAISE COMMUNITY RESPECT
FOR WOMEN IN )NDIA -ORE THAN
LITERACY CLASSES ARE CURRENTLY BEING
0UBLISHED BY THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE OF 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTISTS AND PRINTED AT ,ANE 0RESS "URLINGTON 6ERMONT FOR FREE
DISTRIBUTION BY THE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN !FRICA TAUGHT IN lVE SOUTH )NDIA PROVINCES
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
&ROM THE WHILE WE JUSTLY CELEBRATE THE ADVANCING LITERACY RATE IN
%DITORS 0EN NATIONS ALL AROUND THE GLOBE WE DARE NOT MISS THE FACT THAT
FULLY ONE IN lVE ADULTS IN OUR WORLD IS STILL UNABLE TO READ
)N SOME REGIONS ONLY ONE IN lVE CAN READ
!CCESS TO THE 7ORD OF 'OD IS PROBLEMATIC EVEN IN
MANY AREAS WHERE LITERACY RATES ARE CLIMBING "IBLE
! -ORAL 2ESPONSIBILITY TRANSLATIONS CURRENTLY REACH ONLY A MODEST FRACTION OF THE
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CARD WHEN ) lRST SPIED ITA BRIGHT ORANGE "IBLE 3OCIETY TO REMEMBER THAT THE "IBLE STUDY WE RIGHTLY URGE AS THE
BROCHURE EMBLAZONED WITH A MEMORABLE SLOGAN h)F DUTY OF EVERY BELIEVER IS CONDITIONED BY THE ABILITY TO
THEY CANT READ THE WORDS THEY CANT READ THE 7ORDv &OR READ THE 7ORD IN A FAMILIAR LANGUAGE 4HERE IS A SKILL EVEN
A MOMENT AND THEN LONGER ) FORGOT ABOUT THE HIGH COST OF MORE BASIC THAN COMPARING TEXT WITH TEXT AND WE MORALLY
OPERATING A REFRIGERATOR AND THE FRIENDS TO WHOM ) OWED A OBLIGATE OURSELVES TO SUPPORT LITERACY EFFORTS EACH TIME WE
HOLIDAY GREETING &OR A MOMENT ) GLIMPSED A WORLD ) FOUND URGE MEN AND WOMEN TO TURN TO 'ODS 7ORD
HARD TO IMAGINEA WORLD WHERE WRITTEN LANGUAGE HAS LITTLE 4WO ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD BRING HOME
MEANING WHERE THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL DEPENDS ON THIS POINTh%MPOWERING 7OMEN IN )NDIAv COVER STORY
TONGUES AND EARS FAR MORE THAN EYES AND h-EETING THE .EEDS OF #HILDRENv !S YOU ENJOY THESE
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)M ACCUSTOMED TO VISUALLY DEVOURING WHATEVER PRINT LIES MONTH TO SHARING YOUR READING SKILLS WITH SOMEONE ELSE
NEAREST 4HE ORDERLY PROGRESSION OF LETTERS ON A PAGE BY
WHICH MOST OF MY WORLD IS MADE ACCESSIBLE TO ME MYSTIlES "ILL +NOTT
AND CONFUSES THE ONE WHO HAS NOT HAD MY PRIVILEGES !ND
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*!-!)#! !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH
PRESIDENT STRESSES PERSONAL
EMPOWERMENT IN YOUTH DIALOGUE
N 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT 0ASTOR
*AN 0AULSEN GAVE A RESOUNDING ENDORSEMENT OF !DVENTIST
YOUNG PEOPLE /CTOBER EVEN OFFERING A hYEAH MONv
IN *AMAICAN DIALECTDURING ,ETS 4ALK #ARIBBEAN THE
SEVENTEENTH SUCH PROGRAM IN A SERIES OF UNSCRIPTED
,%43 4!,+ 0AULSEN EM
UNEDITED CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CHURCH PRESIDENT AND
ITS UNDER
CONSTITUENCY PHASIZED EMPOWERMENT
h9OU DONT HAVE TO BE ELECTED TO AN OFlCE TO OWN THE AND CHURCH OWNERSHIP
CHURCH 9OU DONT HAVE TO BE A LOCAL ELDER TO OWN THE DURING THE DIALOGUE
CHURCH 4HE CHURCH IS A PLACE OF MUTUAL OWNERSHIPWERE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AT
IN THIS TOGETHER v 0AULSEN TOLD NEARLY EAGER YOUNG !DVENTIST
OWNED .ORTH
PEOPLE DURING THE CONVERSATION BASED AT !DVENTIST
OWNED ERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY IN -ANDEVILLE *AMAICA (E ALSO
.ORTHERN #ARIBBEAN 5NIVERSITY IN -ANDEVILLE *AMAICA APPEALED TO !DVENTISTS OF OLDER GENERATIONS WATCHING THE
AND BROADCAST ON THE CHURCHS (OPE #HANNEL SATELLITE AND BROADCAST TO INCLUDE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE LIFE OF THEIR CHURCH
CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK
0AULSEN CENTERED HIS REMARKS DURING THE HOUR
LONG 2 ! * - 5 . $ $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + ) ! . .
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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BROADCASTAS HE OFTEN DOES DURING ,ETS
4ALK PROGRAMSON EMPOWERMENT AND CHURCH
OWNERSHIP 7HILE ITS A KEY MESSAGE WORLDWIDE HE
SAID ITS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THE CHURCHS 7EST
)NDIES REGION WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE MAKE UP SOME
TWO THIRDS OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCHS MEMBERSHIP
%ARLY ON IN THE BROADCAST 0AULSEN TURNED BRIEmY
TO THE CAMERA FOR REMARKS MEANT LARGELY TO AMEND @9%!( -/. ,ETS 4ALK #ARIBBEAN HOST $ENEIL #LARKE CENTER
SOME OF THE CHURCHS OLDER GENERATIONS OPINIONS WITH !DVENTIST WORLD CHURCH PRESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN RIGHT IN A
OF YOUNG PEOPLE h)M MORE PREACHINGAND ) AM BROADCASTED CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN *AMAICA /CTOBER
PREACHINGTO THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING 9OU NEED TO h(ELLO v 0AULSEN TOLD THE GROUP h.O NO v #LARK SAID h)F
MAKE SURE THAT YOU TRUST THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG WITH YOURE DOING /+ YOULL RESPOND BY SAYING @YEAH MONv 0AULSEN
RESPONSIBILITY )T IS AN INDISPUTABLE FACT THAT IF YOU
TRIED AGAIN THIS TIME GREETING THE GROUP IN THE *AMAICAN DIALECT
DO NOT ENGAGE THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG THEY WILL WALK 2 ! * - 5 . $ $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + ) ! . .
AWAY FROM THE CHURCHv
&OLLOWING A QUESTION ON CIVIL ENGAGEMENT 0AULSEN SAID THE DISEASES RAMPANT GROWTH h3HOULD WE BE PREACHING
#HRISTIANS SHOULD NOT ONLY ASK WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE SOMETHING ELSE v ONE DELEGATE ASKED
CHURCH BUT ALSO WHAT THEY CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES h,OOK LETS BE PERFECTLY FRANK v 0AULSEN SAID h3EX
IN WHICH THEY LIVE /NE WAY TO IMPACT SOCIETY IS TO HOLD BELONGS IN MARRIAGE 0ROMISCUITY IS NEVER CONDONED IN THE
POLITICAL OFlCE 0AULSEN SAID "UT HE CAUTIONED SOMEONE "IBLE AS A LIFESTYLE ,ETS NOT LOOK FOR WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE
CONSIDERING CANDIDACY MUST ASK h)S THIS SOMETHING ) CAN DO IT OR MAKE IT SAFER 3AVE THE GOOD THINGS FOR THE RIGHT TIMEv
WITHOUT COMPROMISING WHO ) AM AND MY LOYALTY TO 'OD v &OLLOWING THE BROADCAST 0AULSEN SAID HE WAS PLEASED BY
,ETS 4ALK #ARIBBEAN AGAIN TOUCHED ON PROTECTING THE YOUNG DELEGATES POINTED QUESTIONS
PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY WHEN ONE YOUNG DELEGATE ASKED WHAT /THER QUESTIONS ADDRESSED THE CHURCHS METHODS
THE CHURCH WAS DOING TO SHIELD YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE OF MINISTRY 7HEN ONE STUDENT ASKED WHETHER 0AULSEN
hILL EFFECTSv OF THE MEDIA 0AULSEN REMINDED THE GROUP OF THOUGHT SO CALLED hTENTv EVANGELISM WAS hOUTMODED v HE
BOTH THE hCOLOSSALv GOOD MEDIA CAN DO AND ITS POTENTIAL SAID TRADITIONAL EVANGELISM STILL WORKS hAMAZINGLY WELLv
TO PROPAGATE VICE h4HE CHURCH IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD "UT CHURCH LEADERS HE SAID
CHOICE YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE v SAID 0AULSEN WHO OFTEN SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON THE INITIAL EFFECTS OF AN OUTREACH
ADVOCATES PRIVATE RATHER THAN CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY WHILE EFFORT TO PRODUCE hENDURING IN DEPTH DECISIONSv FOR
ANSWERING ,ETS 4ALK QUESTIONS %NTERTAINMENT CHOICES HE #HRIST SOMETHING HE SAID LONG TERM SMALL GROUPS ARE
SAID ARE INHERENTLY A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE h7HEN YOU BETTER AT h&OR A PERSON TO STAY IN THE CHURCH YOUVE GOT
SWITCH ON THE SET ITS NOT @7HAT DOES THE CHURCH SAY ON THIS TO HAVE FRIENDS IN THE CHURCHv (E SAID LARGE SCALE EVENTS
ONE )TS @)S THIS GOING TO MAKE ;ME= A BETTER PERSON v MIGHT BE BETTER IF THEY FOCUSED ON CELEBRATION RATHER THAN
$URING THE SECOND HALF OF ,ETS 4ALK #ARIBBEAN MANY CONVERSION
OF THE YOUNG DELEGATES ADDRESSED ISSUES OF SEXUALITY IN THEIR 4HE CHURCH MAY SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON OUTREACH
QUESTIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF hINREACH v ONE DELEGATE SAID &OR A NEW
/NE STUDENT ASKED A QUESTION REGARDING YOUNG WOMEN #HRISTIAN STILL STRUGGLING WITH DRUG ADDICTIONS THE COUNSEL
WHO ARE PREGNANT OUTSIDE OF MARRIAGE SPECIlCALLY WHEN A TO hTRUST *ESUSv MAY NOT BE ENOUGH HE SAID SUGGESTING
PASTOR OR OTHER CHURCH OFlCIAL IS ACCUSED OF MOLESTATION OR THAT THE CHURCH OVERSEE MORE ADDICTION AND SKILLS TRAINING
RAPE AND THE VICTIM IS TOO AFRAID TO COME FORWARD 0AULSEN PROGRAMS 0AULSEN AGREED MORE INREACH SHOULD BE DONE SO
ANSWERED ADAMANTLY h,OOK IF YOUVE COMMITTED A CRIME LONG AS FUNDS ARENT DIVERTED FROM OUTREACH
YOU GO TO JAIL 4HE CHURCH WILL NOT PROVIDE SHELTER TO PEOPLE ,ETS 4ALK TAPERED OFF WITH A LIGHTER QUESTION WHETHER OR
WHO ARE ABUSING THEIR ROLE OR ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES NOT !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD PLAY COMPETITIVE SPORTS
CONDEMNED BY SOCIETYv (E ADDED THAT THE CHURCH SHOULD 0AULSEN SAID IF SPORTS CONSUME PLAYERS AND FANS TO THE
hPROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN AND HEALING FOR THOSE WHO CARRY POINT OF OUSTING 'OD AND RELIGION AS THEIR PRIORITIES THEY
WOUNDS AND SCARSv WERE CERTAINLY NOT HEALTHY "UT GENERALLY HE SAID SPORTS
4HE CONVERSATION THEN TURNED TO !)$3 AND WHETHER ENCOURAGE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS "Y %LIZABETH ,ECHLEITNER
THE CHURCHS MESSAGE OF ABSTINENCE WAS ENOUGH TO COMBAT !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK WITH !7 3TAFF
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
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3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTISTS !RE
'ROWING #HURCHES 'AINING -EMBERS
-ORE THAN ONE MILLION JOINED IN
PAST YEAR MEMBER RETENTION IS UP
"Y -ARK ! +ELLNER !DVENTIST 7ORLD
.EWS %DITOR WITH REPORTING FROM 4AASHI 2OWE
AND !NSEL /LIVER !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK
2 ! * - 5 . $ $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + ) ! . .
- ORE THAN MILLION PEOPLE JOINED THE 3EVENTH
DAY
!DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE MONTHS ENDING *UNE
WORLD CHURCH EXECUTIVE SECRETARY -ATTHEW ! "EDIAKO TOLD
LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT DURING THE NINETY
lFTH !NNUAL -%-"%23()0 '!).3 $URING HIS ANNUAL REPORT !DVENTIST
#OUNCIL OF THE WORLD CHURCH WORLD CHURCH SECRETARY -ATTHEW ! "EDIAKO SAID POSITIVE
7ORLD CHURCH MEMBERSHIP STOOD AT AS OF CHURCH GROWTH STATISTICS SHOULD NOT LULL CHURCH MEMBERS
*UNE "EDIAKO SAID WITH THE CHURCH HAVING ADDED INTO COMPLACENCY h4HIS IS THE TIME TO BE MORE ALERT AND
PEOPLE DAILY DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD ACTIVE THAN EVER v HE TOLD !NNUAL #OUNCIL DELEGATES
"EDIAKO REPORTED THERE IS NOW ONE 3EVENTH
DAY
!DVENTIST FOR EVERY PEOPLE ON %ARTH SHOW A HEALTHY lGURE OF PERCENT 4HIS IS A REMARKABLE
4HE !DVENTIST #HURCH "EDIAKO NOTED HAS hNEVER BEEN CHANGE AND WE PRAISE 'OD FOR THATv
IN SUCH A FAVORABLE POSITION TO WITNESS FOR THE TRUTHv "UT "EDIAKO SAID THAT WHILE hWE ARE HAPPY TO SEE A NEW
HE ADDED h4HIS SHOULD NOT LEAD US INTO AN ATTITUDE OF TREND x WE CANNOT SING THE DOXOLOGY UNTIL WE ELIMINATE
COMPLACENCY AND CONTENTMENT 4HIS IS THE TIME TO BE MORE FROM OUR CHART THE LOS;T= AND MISSING COLUMN 4O
ALERT AND ACTIVE THAN EVERv ACHIEVE THIS GOAL WE NEED TO EXHIBIT IN EVERY CHURCH
h&OR THE PAST lVE CONSECUTIVE YEARS OVER MILLION INSTITUTION AND ON ALL LEVELS OF CHURCH ADMINISTRATION AN
INDIVIDUALS HAVE JOINED THE ;3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST= #HURCH UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER ,ET EVERY INDIVIDUAL
EVERY YEAR v "EDIAKO TOLD THE GATHERING h$URING THE PERIOD WHO ENTERS OUR CHURCH AND INSTITUTION FEEL WELCOME 7E
UNDER REVIEW *ULY TO *UNE NEED TO RESPECT AND ACCEPT ONE ANOTHERv
;PEOPLE= WERE ADDED TO THE CHURCH THROUGH BAPTISM AND !ND "ERT (ALOVIAK DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCHS /FlCE OF
PROFESSION OF FAITH !LTHOUGH THIS IS ;A= DECREASE !RCHIVES AND 3TATISTICS SAID THIS YEARS MEMBERSHIP GROWTH
FROM LAST YEAR WE PRAISE 'OD FOR THESE PRECIOUS SOULSv RATE PERCENTIS THE HIGHEST SINCE THE
4HE MEMBERSHIP lGURES SHOWED A NET INCREASE OF YEAR WHEN THE RESULTS OF MEMBERSHIP AUDITS lRST SHOWED
PEOPLE AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR WHOSE NAMES UP IN THE CHURCHS BOOKS
WERE REMOVED FROM CHURCH MEMBERSHIP ROLLS )N /N THE MISSIONARY FRONT "EDIAKO REPORTED THAT NEW
CHURCH LEADERS SAID SOME OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS RESULTED MISSIONARIES WERE SENT OUT ON FULL
TERM APPOINTMENTS IN
FROM AUDITS OF LOCAL CHURCH MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS FROM AND OTHERS RETURNED TO THEIR ASSIGNMENTS AFTER
REPORTS OF MEMBERS WHO HAVE DIED )N THE lVE
YEAR PERIOD FURLOUGHS AND ANNUAL LEAVES ! TOTAL OF MISSIONARIES
ENDING IN ACCORDING TO A REVIEW OF STATISTICS PROVIDED hCOMING FROM EVERYWHERE AND GOING TO EVERYWHERE v ARE IN
BY THE CHURCH AND REPORTED BY !DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK THE lELD TODAY AUGMENTED BY MORE THAN !DVENTIST
LAST YEAR DEATHS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY VOLUNTEERS ON
AND
MONTH COMMITMENTS
PERCENT TO PERCENT OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP LOSSES 2EPORTS FROM "EDIAKO AND 6ERNON 0ARMENTER DIRECTOR
!T THE SAME TIME THE ATTRITION RATE SEEMS TO BE TURNING OF !DVENTIST 6OLUNTEER #ENTER ALSO EMPHASIZED THE
AROUND "EDIAKO SAID IMPACT OF LAY MEMBER AND PASTORAL OUTREACH IN MANY
h7HILE WE WERE REPORTING A RATIO OF ACCESSIONS TO LOSSES AREAS %VANGELISTIC CAMPAIGNS IN !FRICA THE 5KRAINE
;OF= AROUND PERCENT v HE SAID hOUR RECORDS THIS YEAR 4ARTARSTAN )NDONESIA THE )NTER
!MERICA CHURCH REGION
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
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AND 3OUTH !MERICA ARE ALL CREDITED WITH ADDING TO CHURCH MISSION OFFERINGS HAVE INCREASED FROM MILLION IN
MEMBERSHIP ROLLS TO MILLION IN
h) FULLY BELIEVE THAT THE GREATEST DAYS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ,EMON ALSO PRESENTED A SPECIAL REPORT ON AN
ARE STILL BEFORE US v "EDIAKO SAID h3OON WE SHALL SEE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TITHE THE CHURCHS WORLD
INCREASING ACCELERATION OF THE WORK ON ALL FRONTS IN THE DAYS HEADQUARTERS RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR #OUNCIL DELEGATES
TO COME !S A PEOPLE WE HAVE NEVER BEEN IN SUCH A FAVORABLE VOTED TO RECEIVE IT AND HAVE IT USED FOR THE CHURCHS
POSITION TO WITNESS FOR THE TRUTHv WORLDWIDE WORK
(E ADDED h/UR CHURCH HAS GAINED A LARGER MEASURE OF ,EMON REFERRED TO THE CONTRIBUTION AS AN
RESPECT THAN EVER BEFORE 4HE PUBLICITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN hEXTRAORDINARYv BLESSING AND ALSO AS A hUNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
TO THE CHURCHS WORLDWIDE ACTIVITIES HAS LED MANY TO ASK WHAT FOR ADVANCEMENT OF (IS WORKv
!DVENTISTS STAND FOR -ANY ORGANIZATIONS OTHER RELIGIOUS h4HE REALITY IS THE WAY WE INTEND TO USE THESE FUNDS WE
DENOMINATIONS AND PEOPLE IN BOTH HIGH AND LOW PLACES WILL HAVE A GREATER NEED THAN WEVE EVER HAD v ,EMON SAID h)
OF RESPONSIBILITY ARE READY TO LISTEN TO OUR TEACHINGS AND TO THINK TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE A HALF A GENERATION
FOLLOW THE TRUTH )T IS FOR ALL OF US A DAY OF OPPORTUNITYv AHEAD OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS SOMETHING
3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTISTS ARE ACTIVE IN OF THE WORLDS THE ,ORD WILL HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR IF WE DONT DO IT
NATIONS AND TERRITORIES "ETWEEN AND MILLION h4ITHE IS FOR SUPPORT OF THE MINISTRY AND EVANGELISM
PEOPLE ATTEND !DVENTIST WORSHIP SERVICES WEEKLY A NUMBER ITS NOT FOR ENDOWING AND THEN JUST USING THE INTEREST v
LARGER THAN BAPTIZED MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE AS IN MANY ,EMON SAID IN ANSWER TO A QUESTION FROM THE mOOR h4HE
0ROTESTANT CHURCHES THE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH ,ORD WHEN (E REWARDED THE WIDOW FOR HAVING FED THE
DOES NOT BAPTIZE INFANTS PROPHET (E DIDNT lLL UP HER mOUR BARREL AND OIL EVERY TIME
SHE USED IT BUT ONLY REPLACED WHAT SHE HAD USED
#HURCH INCOME MISSION OFFERINGS UP h7E HAVE CONSULTED WITH MANY ON THIS ISSUE AND
!N INCREASE IN ORDINARY TITHES AND OFFERINGS LIFTED THE WE WANT IT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE IS NO CHANGE IN
!DVENTIST #HURCHS lNANCIAL BOTTOM LINE BY MILLION AS OUR POSITION THAT TITHE SHOULD BE TURNED INTO THE LOCAL
OF 3EPTEMBER COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR CONFERENCE THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH v ,EMON SAID
*UAN 2 0RESTOL UNDERTREASURER FOR THE WORLD CHURCH TOLD h)T WOULD HAVE TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT FOR US TO
DELEGATES THAT AS OF 3EPTEMBER THE CHURCHS lNANCIAL CONSIDER THIS AGAINv
STATEMENT REmECTS hA SIGNIlCANT INmOW OF TITHE RECEIVED DURING 4HE COUNCIL DECIDED THAT PROPOSALS ON HOW TO ADMINISTER
THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND AN INCREASE IN NET ASSETSv 4ITHE FOR THE TITHE WOULD BE SUBMITTED BY REGIONAL WORLD LEADERS AND
THE CALENDAR YEAR TOTALED MORE THAN 53 BILLION ADMINISTRATORS AT THE CHURCHS HEADQUARTERS BEFORE BEING
h!NNUALLY 'ODS FAITHFUL SERVANTS IN SMALL AND LARGE REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENTS COUNCIL IN *ANUARY
AMOUNTS RETURN TO BILLION A YEAR AND EVERY DOLLAR #HURCH LEADERS ENVISION PROPOSALS WILL INCLUDE FUNDING
OF THAT IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE MILLIONS THAT COME IN v SAID FOR )NTERNET AND OTHER MASS MEDIA COMMUNICATION
2OBERT % ,EMON WORLD CHURCH TREASURER OUTREACH INITIATIVES IN LARGE CITIES AND THE CHURCHS WORK
#ONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES OF REVENUE THROUGH THE END OF IN THE 7INDOWA SECTION OF THE GLOBE IN THE EASTERN
WILL GIVE THE CHURCH ENOUGH RESOURCES TO RECOMMEND HEMISPHERE BETWEEN THE AND NORTHERN LINES OF
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AROUND THE LATITUDE THAT IS LARGELY UNREACHED BY THE GOSPEL
WORLD THROUGH A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET NORMALLY VOTED AT #HURCH 0RESIDENT *AN 0AULSEN URGED LEADERS TO USE THE
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES 3PRING -EETING FUNDS FOR LONG
TERM PROJECTS h4HESE ARE NOT PROJECTS THAT
2ETURNING TITHE IS A hSERMON v ,EMON SAID h9OU DONT SHOULD HAVE A SHORT
TERM LIFE v 0AULSEN SAID h4HEY MAY IN
GIVE UNLESS YOU BELIEVE 'OD IS THE #REATORv YOUR PLANNING AND THINKING HAVE NO END EXCEPT THE SECOND
4ITHE IS NOT THE ONLY PLACE IN WHICH THE CHURCH IS SEEING COMING OF #HRISTv
INCREASES ,EMON REPORTED THAT LOCAL OFFERINGS INCREASED FROM ,EMON PRAISED CHURCH MEMBERS FOR THEIR FAITHFULNESS IN
PERCENT OF TITHE IN TO PERCENT OF TITHE IN RETURNING TITHE AND URGED CONTINUED COMMITMENT
/NE OF THE CHURCHS BIGGEST SUCCESS STORIES IS THE $ELEGATES ALSO UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE WORLD
TURNAROUND IN MISSION OFFERINGS WHICH UNTIL RECENTLY HAD CHURCHS BUDGET OF MORE THAN MILLION INCLUDING
DECLINED BY PERCENT SINCE "UT FOR THE PAST TWO A PERCENT INCREASE IN ACROSS
THE
BOARD APPROPRIATIONS FOR
YEARS MISSION OFFERINGS IN .ORTH !MERICA HAVE INCREASED ITS WORLD DIVISIONS AND 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE INSTITUTIONS
AT A RATE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN AN INCREASE IN TITHE 4OTAL 4HE BUDGET INCLUDES THE MORE THAN MILLION COST OF
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
,EFT -ORE THAN 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST
#HURCH LEADERS HEARD 0RESIDENT *AN 0AULSENS
3ABBATH SERMON /CTOBER AT THE CHURCHS
WORLD HEADQUARTERS NEAR 7ASHINGTON $# 53!
0AULSEN ADDRESSED LEADERS AS PART OF !NNUAL
#OUNCIL THE WORLD CHURCHS BUSINESS MEETING
"ELOW 42534 $URING HIS 3ABBATH SERMON *AN
0AULSEN PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST
WORLD CHURCH ENCOURAGED LEADERS TO TRUST EACH OTHERS ABILITIES
2 ! * - 5 . $ $ ! " 2 / 7 3 + ) ! . .
TO DO IT ) HAVE TO TRUST OTHERS TO DO IT AS MUST YOU ) TRUST
YOU v HE SAID TO CHURCH LEADERS
h-AVERICKS WHO ACT INDEPENDENTLY AND BY THEIR OWN
WISDOM DO NOT MAKE GOOD ADMINISTRATORS IN THIS CHURCH v
0AULSEN DECLARED
0AULSEN SAID THE CONSISTENT MESSAGE OF 3CRIPTURE THE
OPERATING THE !DVENTIST #HURCHS WORLD HEADQUARTERS lXED WRITINGS OF %LLEN ' 7HITE AND FROM !DVENTIST HISTORY IS
AT PERCENT OF WORLD TITHE hTHAT 'OD WANTS THIS CHURCH TO STAY UNITED ,ET US MAKE NO
MISTAKE ABOUT THISv (E ADMITTED hFROM TIME TO TIME ISSUES
0AULSEN 3OUNDS 5NITY 4HEME COME UP WHICH TEST OUR COMMITMENT TO UNITYv
h7HAT YOU DO AS A LEADER IN THE CHURCH DO IT WITH 4HE WORLD CHURCH LEADER ALSO ADDRESSED SEVERAL
LOVE FOR THE ,ORD AND WITH LOVE FOR (IS PEOPLE DO IT WITH CONTINUING ISSUES THAT HAVE SOMETIMES SEEMED TO CHALLENGE
INTEGRITY AND KEEP YOUR HEART CLEAN v 0ASTOR *AN 0AULSEN THE GLOBAL CHURCHS UNITY
WORLD PRESIDENT OF THE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH SAID IN /N THE CONTINUING QUESTION OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN
HIS /CTOBER 3ABBATH MORNING MESSAGE TO CHURCH LEADERS MINISTRY 0AULSEN COUNSELED WHAT MAY BE SEEN AS A MIDDLE
0AULSEN SERVING HIS SECOND FULL TERM ISSUED A CALL FOR PATH h) ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE MEN AND WOMEN TO
DENOMINATIONAL UNITY A UNITED MOVEMENT IS A hSHARED TRUST FOLLOW THE CALLING 'OD HAS PLACED WITHIN THEM 4O DENY
FOR THE SAKE OF #HRIST AND THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH v HE DECLARED THE CALLING 'OD MAY HAVE GIVEN THEM IS OFTEN AT THE RISK OF
h)F THE EXERCISE OF MY FREEDOM CAUSES DAMAGE TO YOU THEIR OWN SPIRITUAL LIFE )F THIS IS AN EMPLOYMENT ISSUE WHICH
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4HIS LOOKING FORWARD IS AN FORGIVE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO US PARTICIPATE IN THE 3UPPER FORGIVENESS
IMPORTANT PART OF #HRISTIAN THEOLOGY !CTUALLY THESE ARE NOT THE THINGS BECOMES A REALITY NEW MEMORIES OF
AND LIFESTYLE )T REMINDS US THAT LIFE THAT MAKE US UNWORTHY 4HE ONLY VICTORIES ARE ADDED NEW SONGS ARE
IS NOT JUST OR OR YEARS WITH TIME WE PARTAKE OF THE 3UPPER IN AN WRITTEN AND LIVES ARE CHANGED
THE GRAVE AWAITING US AT THE END BUT UNWORTHY MANNER IS WHEN WE NO ) LOVE TO COME TO THE TABLE
THAT THERE IS HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE LONGER HEAR THE VOICE OF THE (OLY $ONT YOU
7E WILL BE UNITED WITH LOVED ONES AND 3PIRITTHE 3PIRIT WHO LOVINGLY SPEAKS
WITH OUR RISEN 3AVIOR ON THAT GREAT TO US WHO UNMISTAKABLY CONVICTS US
4HE THREE 'OSPELS THAT RECOUNT THE STORY OF THE ,AST 3UPPER ALL
DAY WHEN (E WILL hWIPE AWAY EVERY AND WHO WANTS TO TRANSFORM US 4HOSE INCLUDE THE TERM hCUPv -ATT -ARK ,UKE
ALSO #OR
WHICH DOES NOT ACTUALLY SPECIFY WHAT KIND
TEARv 2EV CF )SA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT lRST 3UPPER OF DRINK WAS IN THE CUP 4HE INDICATION OF THE CUPS CONTENTS
COMES ONLY IN *ESUS LATER STATEMENT THAT (E WOULD NOT PARTAKE
WERE NOT mAWLESS OR PERFECT )NDEED ALL hOF THIS FRUIT OF THE VINEv UNTIL THE lNAL ESCHATOLOGICAL BANQUET
! &ACTOR /FTEN -ISUNDERSTOOD THE PARTICIPANTS THAT NIGHT DENOUNCED -ATT &OR A MORE IN
DEPTH DISCUSSION SEE 'ERALD !
+LINGBEIL "RIDGING THE 'AP 2ITUAL AND 2ITUAL 4EXTS IN THE "IBLE
4HE BOOK OF 2EVELATION DESCRIBES THEIR FAITH BETRAYED THEIR -ASTER OR "ULLETIN FOR "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH 3UPPLEMENTS 7INONA ,AKE
)NDIANA %ISENBRAUNS PP
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&OR MORE DETAILS SEE 'ERALD ! +LINGBEIL h@%ATING AND
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4HOUGHT AND 4HEOLOGY v *OURNAL OF THE !DVENTIST 4HEOLOGICAL
AGAIN IS A REMINDER OF THE ,ORDS 'OD HAS PROVIDED US WITH A WONDERFUL 3OCIETY
PP n
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)N FACT EATING AND DRINKING IMAGERY IS
USED OFTEN IN THE BOOK OF 2EVELATION
AND IS CONNECTED TO lNAL VICTORY AND
ORDS
CELEBRATIONS 2EV
AND 4HE IMAGERY
ALSO INTRODUCES THE IDEA OF lNAL
JUDGMENT 2EV
AND
4HIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF JUDGMENT
4HE , 3UPPER
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IN THE EMBLEMS OF THE BODY AND BLOOD
OF *ESUS AS AN EXPRESSION OF FAITH
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EXPERIENCE OF #OMMUNION #HRIST IS
AND EATING AND DRINKING IS ALSO PRESENT TO MEET AND STRENGTHEN (IS PEOPLE !S WE PARTAKE WE JOYFULLY PROCLAIM THE
PRESENT IN THE ,ORDS 3UPPER 0AUL ,ORDS DEATH UNTIL (E COMES AGAIN 0REPARATION FOR THE 3UPPER INCLUDES SELF
EXAMINATION
REMINDS THE CHURCH AT #ORINTH THAT REPENTANCE AND CONFESSION 4HE -ASTER ORDAINED THE SERVICE OF FOOT WASHING TO SIGNIFY
AN INDIVIDUAL WHO PARTICIPATES IN RENEWED CLEANSING TO EXPRESS A WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN #HRISTLIKE HUMILITY
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h7E LIVE IN A WORLD OF CRUMBLING SPIRITUALITY
AND COLLAPSING MORALS A DEVELOPMENT THAT
UNFORTUNATELY INlLTRATES THE CHURCH MORE
%RIC 'UDMUNDSSON h! CONCERTED EFFORT IN RESISTING
THIS DEVELOPMENT BY PROMOTING SPIRITUAL REVIVAL AND
#HRISTLIKENESS AMONG MEMBERSYOUNG AND OLDIS THUS
"Y 'AVIN !NTHONY
FUNDAMENTAL TO 'ODS PLANS FOR WE HAVE BEEN hPREDESTINED
THAN WE WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT v SAYS CONFERENCE PRESIDENT
TO BE CONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF HIS 3ONv VS
3ECOND 0AUL IDENTIlES THE MAGNIlCENT CONSEQUENCES OF
SPIRITUAL FORMATION THAT WE hARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HIS
OF UTMOST URGENCY 4HUS THE CREATION OF THIS DEPARTMENTv LIKENESS WITH EVER
INCREASING GLORYv #OR
4HIRD 0AUL IDENTIlES HIS OWN PASSION FOR THIS WORK
/UR -ODEL BEING hAGAIN IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH UNTIL #HRIST IS
4HE )CELAND #ONFERENCE IS BUILDING ITS DISCIPLESHIP FORMED IN YOUv 'AL
MODEL AROUND SPIRITUAL FORMATION A TERM THAT IDENTIlES THE 7HILE SPIRITUAL FORMATION EXPLAINS THE hWHATv OF
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'AVIN !NTHONY IS DIRECTOR OF 9OUTH AND #HRISTIAN LIFE BUT ALSO IS AT THE HEART OF THE CHURCHS
$ISCIPLESHIP FOR THE )CELAND #ONFERENCE
PROPHETIC CALLING ,ET ME EXPLAIN
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#HRISTIAN COUNTERCULTURE
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
4HROUGHOUT HISTORY PEOPLE SUCH AS .OAH %LIJAH AND WIDEST CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN )CELAND )N THE SAME
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4HE lNAL CALL TO hCOME OUTv FROM A CULTURE THAT IS /UR MISSION DEMANDS THAT WE BE ACCOUNTABLE NOT JUST
DECADENT AND PERVERSE UNDER THE POWER OF THE LATTER RAIN TO OUR CHURCHES BUT TO OUR NATION
COMES IN 2EVELATION 7HILE FOCUSING ON IMPORTANT
DOCTRINAL ISSUES BECAUSE THIS CALL IS BUILT ON EARLIER CALLS IT 4HE %VANGELISTIC 2ESULT
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'ODS CHARACTER IS BEING REmECTED IN REAL LIFE )N 7ESTERN ABOUT INTENTIONALLY REACHING OUT TO OUR NEIGHBORS WITH AN
%UROPE TODAY WE LIVE INSIDE A POST
#HRISTIAN CULTURE IN INVITATION TO EXPERIENCE A QUALITY OF LIFE THAT CAN BE FOUND
WHICH PEOPLE ARE HURTING WITHOUT 'OD 3O TO FOSTER A NOWHERE ELSE 7E WANT TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF
COUNTERCULTURE IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE BEING AUTHENTICALLY LIFE WITHIN OUR CHURCHES BUT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BE A
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FORMED INTO THE IMAGE OF #HRIST IS BOTH EVANGELISTICALLY LIGHT WITHIN OUR NATION 7E ARE WORKING ON PLANS TO PROVIDE
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mUNG AREAS 7E ARE ALSO WORKING TO
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3PIRITUAL FORMATION ISNT INTENDED TO BE DONE ALONE MAGAZINE AND $6$ THAT WILL HELP US BEGIN TO BUILD CONTACT
"ECAUSE OF THE FRACTURING OF OUR SOCIETY HOWEVER IT OFTEN IN AREAS WHERE NO !DVENTIST MEMBERS CURRENTLY LIVE )NDEED
IS 4HATS WHY 0AUL EMPHASIZES THAT IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH A CURRICULUM WRITTEN SPECIlCALLY FOR )CELAND WE ARE
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MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF #HRISTv %PH OTHER #HRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS AS WELL
"ECAUSE OUR CULTURE ACHES FOR WHOLENESS RESTORING THE
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NEED 3PIRITUAL FORMATION WITHIN THE FAMILY ENABLES IT TO %LLEN ' 7HITE SUMMARIZES OUR VISION h4HE GREATEST
BECOME A BEACON OF SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY THAT PREPARES THE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE IN OUR WORLD IS TO GLORIFY 'OD BY
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3PIRITUAL FORMATION IS OF NATIONAL SIGNIlCANCE VOL P !S WE CONTINUE THE GREATEST JOURNEY HUMAN
/UR !DVENTIST COMBINATION OF THEOLOGY MORALITY AND BEINGS CAN TAKEOF BEING hCONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF HIS
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WHO WILL CALL THE PEOPLE IN THE REMOTE VILLAGES AND FJORDS OF 4O LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL FORMATION WORK IN THE
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$AVID /ESTLUND AS THE lRST !DVENTIST BAPTISM /ESTLUND ASKED THE MAN AFTERWARD !MERICA TO TRAVEL ACROSS AND HELP HIMv
MISSIONARY TO )CELAND AN ISLAND LOCATED IF HE WAS A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST &ROM THIS WORKING OF 'ODS PROVIDENCE
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!TLANTIC /CEAN WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 'REAT #ONTROVERSY AND BEGAN TO KEEP THE OUT OF )CELANDS POPULATION OF JUST
SQUARE KILOMETERS SQUARE ,ORDS 3ABBATH HOLY WITHOUT HAVING SEEN APPROXIMATELY !DVENTIST MEMBERS
MILES /N THE VOYAGE FROM #OPENHAGEN OR TALKED TO ANY !DVENTISTSx ;7HEN= WORSHIP THERE AND HAVE ESTABLISHED ONE
RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIONS BEGAN !S THE DEBATE WE SAW x THAT A MISSIONARY WOULD BE CHURCH SCHOOL
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"JÚRGVIN 3NORRASON h0ASTOR $AVID /ESTLUND AND THE "EGINNING
AND BEGAN SUPPORTING /ESTLUND AS HE WOULD BE HARD FOR HIM TO WORK ALONE WE OF THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )CELANDv
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
4HOUSANDS
LEARN TO READ THROUGH
LITERACY PROGRAM
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! , , 0 ( / 4 / 3 4 ! + % . " 9 + 5 2 4 & ! 4 4 ) # ( / 0 % & / 2 ( 5 - ! . ) 4 9
-INISTRIES DIRECTOR OF THE 3OUTHERN !SIA $IVISION AND THE LITERACY
PROGRAM ORGANIZER ASKS THE ,ORD TO BLESS THE LITERACY PROGRAM 4HE
CLASSES HAVE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR TELLING )NDIAN PEOPLE ABOUT *ESUS
AND AS A RESULT MANY HAVE ALSO BEEN BAPTIZED ,%!2.).' #)2#,% ,ITERACY
)
CLASSES SPONSORED BY THE !DVENTIST #HURCHS (OPE FOR (UMANITY GREATLY AM A PASSENGER IN A TAXI
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IN )NDIA -ORE THAN LITERACY CLASSES ARE CURRENTLY BEING TAUGHT IN lVE THE FRENZY OUTSIDE BUSES TRUCKS
SOUTH )NDIA PROVINCES "ELOW %-0/7%2).' ,)6%3 ,EARNING TO READ BULLOCK CARTS PEDESTRIANS PEDAL
EMPOWERS WOMEN TO EARN A LIVING HELP THEIR CHILDREN WITH THEIR RICKSHAWS SCOOTERS THREE
WHEEL
MINICABSALL MIXING AND DODGING
HOMEWORK TAKE CARE OF FAMILY lNANCES AND GAIN RESPECT FROM THEIR
APPEARING AT EVERY INSTANT ON THE
FAMILIES AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY
VERGE OF A COLLISION BARELY AVOIDED
R NG
.EXT TO MY WINDOW TRAVELING AT OUR
SAME PACE IS A SMALL PUTT
PUTTING
MOTORCYCLE 3IDESADDLE BEHIND THE
DRIVER SITS A YOUNG WOMAN (ER
SHINY BLACK HAIR IS TIED BACK WITH
AN INTERLACING OF WHITE TUBEROSE
BLOSSOMS ! PURPLE SARI WITH GOLD
DA
THREAD TRIMMING WRAPS ABOUT HER IN
THAT mOWING ETHEREAL WAY THAT ONLY
)NDIAN WOMEN CAN MANAGE !S THE
CYCLE SWERVES AND BUMPS AS BLACK
EXHAUST BILLOWS AROUND HER SHE SITS
CALMLY UNALARMED HER HANDS IN HER
LAP ) AM ASTONISHED AT SUCH POISE IN
THAT MAELSTROM OF VEHICLES NOISE AND
POLLUTION
4HIS SNAPSHOT OF )NDIA HELPS TO
"ELOW ,/.').' 4/ ,%!2.
" EXPLAIN WHY WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME
WHAT ) FOUND MOST IMPRESSIVE MOST
%AGER ADULTSMOSTLY WOMEN
MEMORABLE ABOUT )NDIA ) ALWAYS SAY
SIT FOR MANY HOURS CROSS
LEGGED ON
h4HE )NDIAN WOMENv 4HEY ARE STRONG
THE mOOR OF THE !DVENTIST CHURCH PURPOSEFUL BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL
IN 2EDDIPALEM SO THEY CAN IN THE MIDST OF POVERTY CORRUPTION
LEARN TO READ INEQUALITY AND A SUFFOCATING CRUSH OF
HUMANITY
&IRST ,ESSONS
! FEW DAYS LATER ) WAS CROSS
LEGGED
OR AS CLOSE TO IT AS MY !MERICAN LEGS
COULD MANAGE ON A CONCRETE mOOR
KNEE
TO
KNEE WITH ABOUT WOMEN
IN AN ORANGE
TRIMMED ROOM IN A
SMALL CROWDED ALWAYS EVERYWHERE IN
)NDIA CROWDED VILLAGE NEAR THE CITY
,OREN 3EIBOLD IS
THE SENIOR PASTOR
OF THE 7ORTHINGTON
/HIO !DVENTIST CHURCH IN
THE 5NITED 3TATES
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
4OP TO BOTTOM #/.'%34%$ #)4)%3 /VERCROWDED ROADS AND STREETS
ARE COMMON THROUGHOUT )NDIA AS DEPICTED IN THIS .EW $ELHI SCENE
-%%4).' 4(% -!9/2 (OPE FOR (UMANITY DIRECTOR -AITLAND $I0INTO
MIDDLE AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VISITING GROUP TALK WITH A VILLAGE
OF 4HIRUVANANTHAPURAM )D BEEN MAYOR LEFT '%44).' 4/ +./7 4(%- ,OREN 3EIBOLD PASTOR OF THE
INVITED TO WATCH THEM LEARN TO READ 7ORTHINGTON /HIO CHURCH IN THE 5NITED 3TATES TALKS TO THE WOMEN
3URPRISINGLY FOR A COU
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE
NTRY FOR TWO CENTURIES UNDER LEARNING TO READ MAKES
'REAT "RITAINS EDUCATIONAL IN THEIR LIVES
SYSTEM PERCENT OF )NDIAS
WOMEN ARE ILLITERATE )N THE
POORER CLASSES WOMEN ARE
BARELY MORE THAN SERVANTS
)N SOME PARTS OF RURAL )NDIA
A POOR FAMILYS SECOND OR
THIRD FEMALE BABY MAY
QUIETLY DIE ITS FIRST NIGHT
FROM AN EXTRACT OF POISONOUS
OLEANDER MIXED INTO ITS MILK
4HE PARENTS SIMPLY SAY
h3HE DIDNT LIVE v THOUGH
NEIGHBORS KNOW THE TRUTH
THE FAMILY COULDNT AFFORD ANOTHER
DOWRY THAT HEAVY PAYMENT TO A GROOMS
FAMILY THAT MUST ACCOMPANY A GIRL IF SHE
WOULD HAVE ANY HOPE OF MARRIAGE
)NDIAN PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED
TO BEING PACKED CLOSELY TOGETHER )N
A COUNTRY WITH A POPULATION DENSITY
NEARLY A DOZEN TIMES THAT OF THE 5NITED
3TATES LITTLE CHOICE EXISTS ) USED TO
MY 7ESTERN COMFORT ZONE FOUND THE
CLASSROOM A BIT CLOSE !ROUND ME
THOUGH WAS AN EXUBERANCE TO OFFSET
MY CLAUSTROPHOBIA 7ITH STUBS OF
CHALK AND HANDHELD SLATES THE WOMEN
PRACTICED THE SWIRLY 4AMIL ALPHABET 4HE 0EOPLE CCANT RREAD TTHE ""IBLE
hh0EOPLE CANT READ THE "IBLE
INSTRUCTOR WROTE SHORT SENTENCES ON A
LARGE BLACKBOARD AS THE CLASS REPEATED UNTIL TTHEY CCAN RREAD v +
UNTIL THEY CAN READ v +ORE +ORE
CHORALLY AFTER HER AGAIN AND AGAIN 4HEN
EACH PRACTICED WRITING THE WORDS ON HER
OWN SLATE 4HOUGH THE STUDENTS WERE
AYS hh4HESE CCLASSES GGIVE TTHEM
SSAYS h4HESE CLASSES GIVE THEM
MOSTLY NON
#HRISTIAN THEIR 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST TEACHERS ILLUSTRATED THE ONlDENCE AAND TTHEY BBEGIN TTO SSEEK
CCONlDENCE AND THEY BEGIN TO SEEK
LESSONS WITH #HRISTIAN SONGS AND "IBLE
TEXTS %VERY FACE WORE A SMILE NEW MEANINGS FFOR TTHEIR LIVESv
NEW MEANINGS FOR THEIR LIVESv
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER ! , , 0 ( / 4 / 3 4 ! + % . " 9 + 5 2 4 & ! 4 4 ) # ( / 0 % & / 2 ( 5 - ! . ) 4 9
) SAT NEXT TO A YOUNG WOMAN 4HE CORNERSTONE OF THE OLD THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT TOLD US
WEARING A DEEP RED SARI 4HE CRIMSON )NGATHERING WAS DOOR
TO
DOOR )NSIDE THE CHURCH ) MARVELED AGAIN
BINDI BETWEEN HER EYEBROWS A SOLICITATION "UT GOING TO PEOPLES AT )NDIANS ABILITY TO GET COMFORTABLE
TRADITIONAL SYMBOL OF INSIGHT HAD DOORS HAS BECOME UNWELCOME IN ON HARD mOORS IN CLOSE QUARTERS
BEEN SMUDGED BY THE SQUIRMING LITTLE SUBURBS AND UNSAFE IN CITIES AND SINCE !CROSS FROM ME A YOUNG WOMAN IN
ONE IN HER ARMS THE S THE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AN ORANGE SARI WROTE 4ELUGU LETTERS ON
h4HIS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAS DOOR
TO
DOOR SOLICITATION HAVE SHRUNK HER SLATE 3HE LINED THE WORDS WITH A
EVER HAPPENED TO ME v SHE SAID WITH A DRAMATICALLY )T IS NOT A COINCIDENCE lNGER SUGGESTING ) REPEAT THEM AFTER
BROAD BRIGHT SMILE h) AM BEGINNING TO INSISTS (OPE FOR (UMANITY DIRECTOR HER )D NO IDEA WHAT ) WAS SAYING
READ NEWSPAPERS AND BOOKS ) CAN HELP -AITLAND $I0INTO THAT !DVENTIST THOUGH GENERAL LAUGHTER SHOWED MY
MY CHILDREN WITH THEIR HOMEWORK -Y NAME RECOGNITION IN .ORTH !MERICA ATTEMPTS WERE ENTERTAINING
HUSBAND IS PROUD OF MEv FOLLOWED THAT SAME DOWNWARD TRACK /NE IN MY GROUP WAS ELDERLY
&OR HER GRADUATION FROM THE 4HATS WHY (OPE FOR (UMANITY IS THIN IN HAIR TEETH AND BODY (ER BROW
PROGRAM SHE RECEIVED THE lRST BOOK TRYING TO OPEN SOME NEW DOORS FURROWED AND HER HAND TREMBLED AS
SHE HAD EVER BEEN ABLE TO CALL HER OWN h7ERE CREATING NEW WAYS TO GET SHE FORMED A FEW LETTERS ON THE SLATE
A COPY OF THE "IBLE IN 4AMIL OUR COMMUNITIES INVOLVED IN THE h7HAT KEPT YOU FROM LEARNING TO
HUMANITARIAN WORK WE DO v $I0INTO READ WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG v ) ASKED HER
(OPE SAYS h7E DONT WANT JUST TO GET THROUGH A TRANSLATOR h-Y FAMILY WAS
4HE HUMAN ANGEL BEHIND THIS CONTRIBUTIONS 7E WANT TO FORM POOR v SHE SAID h) MARRIED AT .O ONE
MINISTRY IS (EPZIBAH +ORE 7OMENS PARTNERSHIPSv THOUGHT A GIRL NEEDED EDUCATIONv
-INISTRIES DIRECTOR OF THE 3OUTHERN !LL OVER .ORTH !MERICA CHURCHES h(OW HAS THIS CLASS HELPED YOU v
!SIA $IVISION WHO HAS DEDICATED HER AND SCHOOLS AND IN SOME CASES ENTIRE ) CONTINUED (ER FACE BRIGHTENED h)T
LIFE TO TEACHING )NDIAS WOMEN TO READ CONFERENCES HAVE SIGNED UP TO BECOME HAS CHANGED MY LIFE v SHE SAID
&ROM THE HUMBLEST FARMING VILLAGES PARTNERS IN ONE OF (OPE FOR (UMANITYS )NDEED ) THOUGHT LEARNING TO READ
TO PROSTITUTES IN THE +OLKATA FORMERLY SEVERAL PROJECTS )N THE 2EPUBLIC OF WOULD DO THAT "UT HER AWKWARDNESS
CALLED #ALCUTTA SLUMS +ORE BELIEVES 3OUTH !FRICA AND THE +INGDOM OF WITH THE CHALK MADE ME WONDER
THAT WHEN WOMEN ARE ABLE TO READ ,ESOTHOIN WHICH HALF OF ALL THE !)$3 h7HAT HAVE YOU LEARNED v ) ASKED h4O
THEIR LIVES WILL BE TRANSFORMED 3HE CASES IN THE WORLD EXISTMAJOR (OPE READ THE SIGN ON THE FRONT OF THE BUSv
TRAVELS THOUSANDS OF KILOMETERS EVERY FOR (UMANITY INITIATIVES ARE TACKLING SHE SAID PLEASED WITH HERSELF h) CAN GO
YEAR TO VISIT HER MORE THAN LITERACY THE PROBLEM OF ()6 AND !)$3 3EE PLACES ALONE AND NOT GET LOSTv
CLASSES AT lVE SITES 4AMIL .ADU !NDHRA COVER ARTICLE TITLED h! 0LACE OF (OPEv 4OO OLD TO BECOME A mUENT READER
0RADESH /RISSA 7EST "ENGAL AND IN THE .OVEMBER !DVENTIST SHED LEARNED ENOUGH TO READ THE PUBLIC
'ARO (ILLS !T EACH SITE +ORE lRST TRAINS 7ORLD !ND IN BOTH )NDIA AND #ENTRAL TRANSPORT MARQUEE TO SIGN HER OWN
TEACHERS PROVIDES TEACHING MATERIALS !MERICA (OPE FOR (UMANITY IS HELPING NAME AND TO COUNT HER MONEY SO SHES
THEN HELPS THE CLASSES TAKE SHAPE 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTIST TEACHERS TEACH NOT SHORTCHANGED IN THE MARKET 4HOSE
h0EOPLE CANT READ THE "IBLE UNTIL WOMEN TO READ FEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS TRANSFORMED HER
THEY CAN READ v +ORE SAYS h4HESE LIFE 3O LATE IN HER LIFE HAS COME THIS
CLASSES GIVE THEM CONlDENCE AND #HANGED ,IVES BOOST TO HER SELF
ESTEEM
THEY BEGIN TO SEEK NEW MEANINGS !S WE STEPPED FROM OUR AIR
h-Y HUSBAND AND CHILDREN RESPECT
FOR THEIR LIVESv CONDITIONED COACH IN THE VILLAGE OF ME NOW v SHE SAID h) AM A MORE
4HATS WHY THE READING CLASSES 2EDDIPALEM IN !NDHRA 0RADESH )NDIA VALUABLE WIFE AND MOTHERv
ARENT THE END OF THE STORY THE ) FELT )D STEPPED BACK IN TIME 0EOPLE ) NOTICED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A
GRADUATES ARE INVITED TO PRACTICE THEIR HERE LIVE IN TRADITIONAL PALM
THATCHED "IBLE UNDER HER SLATE h$O YOU READ
READING IN FOLLOW
UP "IBLE STUDY HUTS .EXT TO THE DIMINUTIVE CONCRETE THIS BOOK v ) ASKED h)T IS HARD v SHE
CLASSES CHURCH A MAN WEARING ONLY A LUNGI ANSWERED hBUT ) WANT TO LEARNv
,ITERACY FOR )NDIAS WOMEN IS ONE TUCKED UP FOR WORK RELAXED WITH HIS 7ITH 'ODS HELP AND OURS )
OF THE NEW FACES OF THE PROGRAM MANY DOCILE STILL
DRIPPING WATER BUFFALO BELIEVE SHE WILL
OF US USED TO KNOW AS )NGATHERING 4HIS TINY RURAL VILLAGE IS LOCATED ONLY A
4ODAY THE PROGRAM IS CALLED (OPE FOR FEW KILOMETERS FROM THE )NDIAN /CEAN &OR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT (OPE FOR
(UMANITY THOUGH THE NEW NAME IS NOT h4HE WATER FROM THE (UMANITY AND ITS PROGRAMS GO TO WWW
YET FAMILIAR EVEN TO MANY !DVENTISTS TSUNAMI ALMOST REACHED OUR VILLAGE v HOPECOM
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
-ORE
$ % 6 / 4 ) / . ! ,
-
"ETTER
ORE BETTER HIGHER FASTERTHATS THE MOTTO OF
OUR TIMES -ORE MONEY MORE VACATION MORE
LUXURY (AVE YOU SEEN HOW IN SOME FRONT YARDS
THE #HRISTMAS DECORATIONS GROW MORE ELABORATE FROM YEAR
TO YEAR 7E NEED MORE GIFTS BETTER GIFTS FASTER TOOLS
h-ORE BETTER FASTERv MAY SOMETIMES BE NECESSARY
TO KEEP US GOAL
ORIENTED /N THE OTHER HAND HOWEVER
IT CAN AMOUNT TO A RAT RACE !ND THERES ANOTHER DANGER
!T ONE POINT OR ANOTHERIF WERE SUCCESSFULWE MAY
2EmECTIONS ON THE SUPERIORITY OF *ESUS
FEEL SUPERIOR TO OTHERS BECOMING ARROGANT AND PROUD )T
REMINDS ME OF THE CLEVER SALESMAN WHO WOULD CLOSE HIS
SALES PITCH WITH THIS LINE h,ET ME SHOW YOU SOMETHING
SEVERAL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS SAID YOU COULDNT AFFORDv ENCOUNTERS WITH 'OD )N (EBREWS *ESUS SURPASSES *OSHUA
!ND IN CHAPTER (E STANDS ABOVE !ARON
*UST ,IKE 5S )N (EBREWS -ELCHIZEDEK KING OF 3ALEM AND PRIEST
) HEARD THE STORY ABOUT TWO DUCKS AND A FROG LIVING OF 'OD -OST (IGH AND A SYMBOL OF *ESUS IS SHOWN TO
HAPPILY TOGETHER IN A FARM POND 4HE BEST OF FRIENDS THE BE GREATER THAN !BRAHAM 7HICH PUTS THE PRIESTHOOD
THREE WOULD AMUSE THEMSELVES AND PLAY TOGETHER IN THEIR ACCORDING TO HIS ORDER #HRISTS PRIESTHOOD ABOVE THE
WATERHOLE 7HEN THE HOT SUMMER DAYS CAME HOWEVER ,EVITICAL *ESUS IS THE TRUE HIGH PRIESThHOLY INNOCENT
THE POND BEGAN TO DRY UP AND SOON IT WAS EVIDENT THEY UNDElLED SEPARATED FROM SINNERS EXALTED ABOVE THE
WOULD HAVE TO MOVE 4HIS WAS NO PROBLEM FOR THE DUCKS HEAVENSv .!3"
BUT THE FROG WAS STUCK 4O HELP HIM THEY CAME UP WITH AN *ESUSMORE EXALTED BETTER HIGHER
INGENIOUS SCHEME 4HEY WOULD GRAB HOLD OF THE TWO ENDS !CCORDING TO (EBREWS THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY
OF A STICK WITH THEIR BILLS AND THE FROG COULD HANG ON IN THE REQUIRES FOR ITS PURIlCATION hBETTER SACRIlCESv THAN THE
MIDDLE BY THE MOUTH AS THEY mEW AWAY TO ANOTHER POND BLOOD OF CALVES AND GOATS )T CALLED FOR THE 3ONS UNIQUE
4HE PLAN WORKED BUT AS THEY mEW ALONG A FARMER LOOKED ONCE FOR ALL SACRIlCE (IS hSPRINKLED BLOOD x
UP IN ADMIRATION AND MUSED h7ELL ISNT THAT A CLEVER IDEA SPEAKS MORE ELOQUENTLY THAN THAT OF !BELv (IS
) WONDER WHO THOUGHT OF IT v SACRIlCE THE ONLY EFlCACIOUS OFFERING SURPASSES ALL OTHERS
4HE FROG OPENED HIS MOUTH AND SAID h) DIDxv !ND THE (E IS THE !UTHOR OF OUR SALVATION
TRAGIC RESULT FOLLOWED
7ERE ALL INTO EGO TRIPS AND SELlSH EXALTATION BUT THERES 7HY (E )S 3UPERIOR
ONLY /NE WHO IS SUPERIOR !ND THATS THE ISSUE ADDRESSED BY 4HE AUTHOR OF (EBREWS PRESENTS *ESUS AS SUPERIOR FOR
THE BOOK OF (EBREWS THE ISSUE OF SUPERIORITY (ERE WE lND THREE BASIC REASONS
THAT THE GOOD HAS BEEN SURPASSED BY THE BETTER !ND THE "ECAUSE OF (IS STATUS *ESUS IS BETTER HIGHER MORE
BETTER HAS A NAME *ESUS OUR ,ORD EXALTED BECAUSE (E IS THE 3ON THE #REATOR THE 3USTAINER
THE ONLY LEGITIMATE 0RIEST +ING
4HE 3UPERIORITY OF *ESUS "ECAUSE OF (IS MINISTRY IN THE PAST )N OTHER WORDS
)N (EBREWS *ESUS IS PORTRAYED AS FAR SUPERIOR TO THE (E IS SUPERIOR BECAUSE (E HUMBLED (IMSELF BECAME
ANGELS (EBREWS PRESENTS *ESUS AS SUPERIOR TO -OSES HUMAN LIVED AMONG US SUFFERED AND DIED FOR USAND ALL
ONE OF THE GREATEST LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF ALL TIMES WITHOUT SIN
AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PROPHETS WHO ENJOYED (EBREWS SPENDS ALMOST AN ENTIRE CHAPTER ON (IS
PRIVILEGES NO OTHER HUMAN HAS EVER KNOWNFACE TO FACE INCARNATION ON (IS HUMILIATION )TS A TRUTH WE NEED TO
KEEP IN MIND AT ALL TIMES ALLOWING OUR ,ORD TO DEEPEN OUR
LOVE FOR (IM
"ECAUSE OF WHAT (E IS DOING FOR US TODAY AND WILL BE
%KKEHARDT -UELLER IS AN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR DOING IN THE FUTURE (E REDEEMED US AND THROUGH (IM WE
OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH )NSTITUTE OF THE 'EN HAVE ACCESS TO 'ODS THRONE WITH FULL CONlDENCE
ERAL #ONFERENCE IN 3ILVER 3PRING -ARYLAND .OBODY ELSE AND NOTHING ELSE CAN SAVE US /NLY *ESUS
53! #HRIST CAN (E IS UNIQUE AND WE AS (IS FOLLOWERS MUST
PROCLAIM THAT UNIQUENESS NOT KEEPING IT HIDDEN FOR THE
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
BETTER HOPE BETTER PROMISES A BETTER CLEANSING
"Y %KKEHARDT -UELLER A BETTER POSSESSION A BETTER HOMELAND
AND lNALLY A BETTER RESURRECTION (E HAS
( GHER
PREPARED hSOMETHING BETTER FOR USv .!3"
)TS INTERESTING TO NOTICE THAT MOST OF THE RESULTS OF *ESUS
SUPERIORITY SEEM TO BE ORIENTED TOWARD THE FUTURE /UR LIFE
HERE IS THE PRELUDE TO THE LIFE TO COME 9ET THIS PRELUDE IS
IMPORTANT FOR IT PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ETERNAL
LIFE THROUGH *ESUS #HRIST "UT (IS hBETTER PROMISESv AND
hBETTER COVENANTv AFFECT US ALREADY HERE AND NOW )TS IN THIS
LIFE THAT WE MAY HAVE THE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION )TS NOW
THAT THE ,ORD PUTS (IS LAW INTO OUR MINDS )TS NOW THAT (E
. ) . ! " 2 ) 3 + )
GIVES US THE DESIRE TO KEEP IT AND TO OBEY AND LOVE (IM
*ESUS GIVES MEANING TO OUR LIFE TODAY AND (E PROVIDES A
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR US
#HRISTS 3UPERIORITY AND 5S
(OW ARE WE AFFECTED BY *ESUS SUPERIORITY
)T CALLS UPON US TO HONOR *ESUS AS THE /NE TO WHOM
SUPREME GLORY AND HONOR BELONGS NOT JUST DURING THE
#HRISTMAS SEASON BUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR $AILY
WE MEDITATE UPON AND READ ABOUT (IM OPENING OUR
HEARTS IN PRAYER TO (IM RELYING ON (IM 7E OBEY (IS
COMMANDMENTS AND BY (IS GRACE LIVE BY THE PRINCIPLES THAT
GOVERNED (IS LIFE HERE ON EARTH 7E JOIN THE HEAVENLY HOST
WORSHIPPING (IM AND BOWING DOWN BEFORE (IM
)T CALLS US TO GIVE UP ALL PRIDE AND SELF
RELIANCE )N
HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY "ENJAMIN &RANKLIN CORRECTLY DECLARED
h4HERE IS PERHAPS NOT ONE OF OUR NATURAL PASSIONS SO HARD
TO SUBDUE AS PRIDEx "EAT IT DOWN STImE IT MORTIFY IT
*ESUS IS UNIQUE AND WE AS (IS AS MUCH AS ONE PLEASES IT IS STILL ALIVEx %VEN IF ) COULD
CONCEIVE THAT ) HAD COMPLETELY OVERCOME IT ) SHOULD
FOLLOWERS MUST PROCLAIM THAT PROBABLY BE PROUD OF MY HUMILITYv
UNIQUENESS NOT KEEPING IT HIDDEN 0RIDE WAS NOT FOUND IN *ESUS .EITHER SHOULD IT BE IN
(IS FOLLOWERS !FTER ALL WHATEVER WE ARE AND HAVE IS 'ODS
FOR THE SAKE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GIFT AND NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF )F WE WANT TO BOAST THEN
LET US BOAST IN OUR ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST
SAKE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS 4HERE IS NO QUESTION OF )T CALLS US TO RENEW OUR DECISION FOR THIS WONDERFUL
COURSE THAT WE SHOULD BE COURTEOUS POLITE AND LOVING ,ORD AND EXPECT EVERYTHING FROM (IM 4HE HEROES OF FAITH
TO ADHERENTS OF OTHER WORLD RELIGIONS "UT WITH 0AUL hWE IN (EBREWS ALL TELL US TO CHOOSE #HRIST AND TO NEVER GIVE
;MUST= PREACH #HRIST CRUCIlED TO *EWS A STUMBLING BLOCK UP ON (IM
AND TO 'ENTILES FOOLISHNESSv #OR .!3" -ORE BETTER HIGHER 9ES AS FOUND IN *ESUS #HRIST
*ESUS IS GREATER AND WORTHY OF MORE GLORY BECAUSE !ND YES AS FOUND IN THOSE WHO AFTER HAVING BEEN SAVED
(E BECAME ONE WITH US SYMPATHIZES WITH US HELPS US FOLLOW (IM MORE CLOSELY SERVE (IM AND OTHERS BETTER AND
INTERVENES FOR US AND BECAUSE OF (IS PROMISE TO BRING BETTER AND WHO ARE DRAWN HIGHER AND HIGHER FORGETTING
ABOUT THE END OF THE AGE WITH (IS KINGDOM OF GLORY THEMSELVES AND FOCUSING ON THEIR MOST EXCELLENT ,ORD
DURING ALL TIMES AND SEASONS
2ESULTS OF *ESUS 3UPERIOR -INISTRY
3CRIPTURE QUOTATIONS MARKED .!3" ARE FROM THE .EW !MERICAN 3TANDARD "IBLE COPYRIGHT Ú
)N THE WORDS OF (EBREWS THE RESULTS OF *ESUS SUPERIOR BY 4HE ,OCKMAN &OUNDATION 5SED BY
MINISTRY FOR US INCLUDE A BETTER COVENANT A PERMISSION
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3 0 ) 2 ) 4 / & 0 2 / 0 ( % # 9
"Y %LLEN ' 7HITE
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/
UR lDELITY TO #HRISTIAN
PRINCIPLES CALLS US TO
ACTIVE SERVICE FOR 'OD
4HOSE WHO DO NOT USE
THEIR TALENTS IN THE CAUSE AND WORK OF
'OD WILL HAVE NO PART WITH *ESUS IN
(IS GLORY ,IGHT IS TO SHINE FORTH FROM
EVERY SOUL THAT IS A RECIPIENT OF THE
GRACE OF 'OD 4HERE ARE MANY SOULS IN
DARKNESS BUT WHAT REST AND EASE AND
QUIETUDE MANY FEEL IN THIS MATTER x
;)=T IS ENJOINED UPON ALL TRUE
FOLLOWERS OF #HRIST TO BE A LIGHT TO
THE WORLD 'OD HAS DONE HIS PART IN
THE GREAT WORK AND IS WAITING FOR THE
CO
OPERATION OF HIS FOLLOWERS 4HE
PLAN OF SALVATION IS FULLY DEVELOPED
4HE BLOOD OF *ESUS #HRIST IS OFFERED
FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD THE WORD OF
'OD IS SPEAKING TO MAN IN COUNSELS
IN REPROOFS IN WARNINGS IN PROMISES
AND IN ENCOURAGEMENT AND THE
EFlCACY OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IS EXTENDED
TO HELP HIM IN ALL HIS EFFORTS "UT WITH
ALL THIS LIGHT THE WORLD IS STILL PERISHING
IN DARKNESS BURIED IN ERROR AND SIN
7HO WILL BE LABORERS TOGETHER
WITH 'OD TO WIN THESE SOULS TO THE + 5 2 4 & !4 4 ) # ( / 0 % & / 2 ( 5 - ! . ) 4 9
TRUTH 7HO WILL BEAR TO THEM THE GOOD
TIDINGS OF SALVATION
4HE PEOPLE WHOM 'OD HAS BLESSED 'OD HAS DONE HIS PART AND #HRISTIAN )F YOU ARE ONLY HUMBLE PURE IN
WITH LIGHT AND TRUTH ARE TO BE THE ACTIVITY IS NEEDED NOW 'OD x EXPECTS HEART SINGLE IN PURPOSE YOU WILL SEE
MESSENGERS OF MERCY 4HEIR MEANS HIS PEOPLE TO BEAR A PART IN PRESENTING THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF 'ODS CAUSEx
ARE TO mOW INTO THE DIVINE CHANNEL THE LIGHT OF TRUTH TO ALL NATIONS 7HERE THERE IS ONE LABORER THERE OUGHT
4HEIR EARNEST EFFORTS ARE TO BE PUT 7HO WILL ENTER INTO THIS PARTNERSHIP TO BE HUNDREDS RECEIVING EVERY WORD
FORTH 4HEY ARE TO BECOME LABORERS WITH THE ,ORD *ESUS #HRIST (E WILL THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF 'OD
TOGETHER WITH 'OD SELF DENYING SELF
PRESCRIBE THE TERMS HE WILL MAKE ALL AND GIVING IT TO THE PEOPLE AS THEY CAN
SACRIlCING LIKE *ESUS WHO FOR OUR THE CONDITIONS (AS 'OD ENLIGHTENED BEAR IT ! HUNDRED
FOLD MORE MIGHT
SAKES BECAME POOR THAT WE THROUGH YOU WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF (IMSELF HAVE BEEN DONE THAN HAS BEEN DONE
HIS POVERTY MIGHT BE MADE RICH (AVE THE TREASURES OF (IS 7ORD BEEN ! WORLDLY SPIRIT HAS PREVAILED
OPENED TO YOUR UNDERSTANDING SO THAT AMONG THE PROFESSED SERVANTS OF 'OD
0ARTNERS 7ITH (EAVEN YOU HAVE BECOME INTELLIGENT IN REGARD AND THE SOULS OF MEN HAVE NOT BEEN
$IVINE AND HUMAN AGENCIES ARE TO THE TRUTHS THEREIN 4HEN GO TO WORK COUNTED OF HALF AS MUCH VALUE AS THEIR
COMBINED IN THE WORK OF SAVING SOULS WITH YOUR ABILITY CATTLE THEIR FARMS AND THEIR BUSINESS
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
7 ORD $ILIGENCE IN
SPREADING THE GOSPEL
IS OUR HIGHEST CALLING
AND EED
$
'OD WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THIS TERRIBLE NEGLECT IN THE PAST
BUT WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO IN
THE FUTURE 7ILL THEY COME INTO CO
OPERATION WITH OUR GREAT "ENEFACTOR
'ODS 7ORD MUST BE OUR GUIDE AS
TO THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE SPECIlED
BY WHICH WE MAY BECOME LABORERS
TOGETHER WITH #HRIST 4HE DESIRE TO
ACCUMULATE WEALTH IS AN ORIGINAL
!LL THIS ENERGY THIS PERSEVERANCE
THIS DETERMINATION THIS INDUSTRY
AFTER EARTHLY POWER IS THE RESULT OF THE
PERVERSION OF HIS POWERS TO A WRONG
OBJECT %VERY FACULTY MIGHT HAVE BEEN
7ILL THEY AS MEN WHO HAVE HAD THE AFFECTION OF OUR NATURE IMPLANTED CULTIVATED TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE
LIGHT OF TRUTH LET THAT LIGHT SHINE FORTH THERE BY OUR (EAVENLY &ATHER FOR ELEVATION BY EXERCISE FOR THE HEAVENLY
TO THOSE IN DARKNESS NOBLE ENDS IMMORTAL LIFE AND FOR THE FAR MORE
'OD HAS HONORED THEM WITH EXCEEDING AND ETERNAL WEIGHT OF GLORY
THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING CO
LABORERS 7HERE THE (EART )S 4HE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES OF THE
WITH #HRIST IN THE GREAT HARVEST )F YOU ASK THE CAPITALIST WHO HAS WORLDLY MAN IN HIS PERSEVERANCE AND
lELD 7ILL THEY THANKFULLY HEARTILY DIRECTED ALL HIS ENERGIES TO THE ONE HIS ENERGIES AND IN AVAILING HIMSELF
RECEIVE ALL THE ADVANTAGES 'OD HAS OBJECT OF SECURING WEALTH AND WHO IS OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO HIS
PROVIDED AND DILIGENTLY IMPROVE PERSEVERING AND INDUSTRIOUS TO ADD STORE SHOULD BE A LESSON TO THOSE WHO
THEM BY EXERCISE USING EVERY TO HIS PROPERTY WITH WHAT DESIGN HE CLAIM TO BE CHILDREN OF 'OD SEEKING
ABILITY AND EVERY SACRED TRUST IN THE THUS LABORS HE COULD NOT GIVE YOU A FOR GLORY HONOR AND IMMORTALITY
SERVICE OF THE -ASTER 4HEIR SUCCESS REASON FOR THIS A DElNITE PURPOSE FOR 4HE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD ARE WISER
IN ADVANCEMENT IN THE DIVINE LIFE WHICH HE IS GAINING EARTHLY TREASURES IN THEIR GENERATION THAN THE CHILDREN
DEPENDS UPON THE IMPROVEMENT OF AND HEAPING UP RICHES (E CANNOT OF THE LIGHT AND HEREIN IS SEEN THEIR
THE TALENTS LENT THEM 4HEIR FUTURE DElNE ANY GREAT AIM OR PURPOSE HE WISDOM 4HEIR OBJECT IS FOR EARTHLY
REWARD WILL BE PROPORTIONED TO THE HAS IN VIEW OR ANY NEW SOURCE OF GAIN AND TO THIS END THEY DIRECT
INTEGRITY AND EARNESTNESS WITH WHICH HAPPINESS HE EXPECTS TO ATTAIN (E ALL THEIR ENERGIES /H THAT THIS ZEAL
THEY SERVE THE -ASTER GOES ON ACCUMULATING BECAUSE HE WOULD CHARACTERIZE THE TOILER FOR
!LL THE ENTERPRISES IN TEMPORAL HAS TURNED ALL HIS ABILITIES AND ALL HIS HEAVENLY RICHES
EARTHLY THINGS PROSPER IN PROPORTION POWERS IN THIS DIRECTION
TO THE WISDOM TACT AND CONCENTRATION 4HERE IS WITHIN THE WORLDLY MAN
OF POWERS EXERCISED IN ACQUIRING THE A CRAVING FOR SOMETHING THAT HE DOES 4HIS EXCERPT IS FROM AN ARTICLE WRITTEN FROM
DESIRED OBJECT *UST SO MUST IT BE IN NOT HAVE (E HAS FROM FORCE OF HABIT "ASEL 3WITZERLAND THAT lRST APPEARED
YEARS AGO IN THE !DVENT 2EVIEW AND 3AB
OUR #HRISTIAN ENTERPRISES 7E MUST BENT EVERY THOUGHT EVERY PURPOSE
BATH (ERALD NOW THE !DVENTIST 2EVIEW
WORK ACCORDING TO 'ODS 7ORD 4HERE IN THE DIRECTION OF MAKING PROVISION WWWADVENTISTREVIEWORG 3EVENTH
DAY
MUST BE WISE PLANNING 4HERE MUST BE FOR THE FUTURE AND AS HE GROWS OLDER !DVENTISTS BELIEVE %LLEN ' 7HITE EXER
SELECTION OF MEN AND GIFTS APPROPRIATE HE BECOMES MORE EAGER THAN EVER TO CISED THE BIBLICAL GIFT OF PROPHECY DURING
FOR THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF THE WORK ACQUIRE ALL THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GAINx MORE THAN YEARS OF PUBLIC MINISTRY
$ECEMBER \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD
( % 2 ) 4 ! ' %
4HE GLOBAL FAITH COMMUNITY OF 3EVENTH
DAY !DVENTISTS NOW
EMBRACES LITERALLY MILLIONS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN MORE THAN
COUNTRIES ALMOST ALL OF THEM SERVED BY THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL
-EETING
#H
MINISTRY AND AN ARRAY OF AGE
APPROPRIATE JOURNALS (ERE FROM
THE PEN OF ONE OF THE CHURCHS BEST
KNOWN HISTORIANS IS THE
STORY OF HOW THAT MINISTRY BEGAN%DITORS
OF
)
T WAS THE SUMMER OF SIX YEARS AFTER THE BEGINNING
OF THE THIRD ANGELS MESSAGE 4HE HEADQUARTERS IF
HEADQUARTERS THEY COULD BE CALLED WERE IN A HIRED HOUSE
IN 2OCHESTER .EW 9ORK ;53!= THE NUMBER OF lELD WORKERS
WAS THREE #HOLERA WAS RAGING IN THE CITY AND THROUGH THE
NIGHT THE RUMBLING OF THE DEATH CARRIAGES OMINOUSLY SPOKE
THE DOOM OF THE LIVING &EAR SAT UPON THE PEOPLE ANGEL *ESUS END OF THE WORLD 4IME WAS SHORT THE ,ORD
*AMES AND %LLEN 7HITE HAD APPOINTMENTS OUT FROM WOULD COME BEFORE THE CHILD WOULD BE GROWN WHY BOTHER
2OCHESTER TO "ANGOR -AINE TRAVELING BY HORSE AND BUGGY TO EDUCATE HIM *AMES 7HITE WROTE h3OME HAVE THOUGHT
"UT THEIR YOUNGER CHILD %DSON THREE YEARS OLD WAS STRICKEN THAT BECAUSE #HRIST WAS SO SOON COMING THEY NEED NOT
WITH THE CHOLERA (OW COULD THEY LEAVE 7ITH BRETHREN AND BESTOW MUCH LABOR ON THEIR CHILDREN 4HIS IS A GRIEVOUS
SISTERS THEY TOOK HIM TO THE ,ORD AND THE DISEASE WAS STAYED ERROR SUFlCIENT TO CALL DOWN THE FROWN OF (EAVENv
BUT HE REMAINED WEAK AND UNRESPONSIVE 4HEY COULD NOT 4HIS MAN WHO LOVED CHILDREN WHO HAD BEEN A TEACHER
ABANDON HIM YET THUS MUST GO 0LACING HIM UPON A PILLOW OF CHILDREN WHO EARLY IN HIS MINISTRY HAD TAKEN PLEASURE IN
ONE AFTERNOON AT FOUR OCLOCK HIS MOTHER RODE FOR TWENTY CONFUTING ADULTS WHO OPPOSED THE CONVERSION AND BAPTISM
MILES HIS FATHER DRIVING BEFORE THEY HALTED FOR THE NIGHT OF CHILDREN WAS NOW IN THE MIDST OF HIS CARES AND BURDENS
h)F YOU GO ON v SAID THEIR HOSTS hYOULL BURY THAT CHILD IN STARTING THIS lNAL GOSPEL MESSAGE STIRRED TO THE DEPTHS
BY THE ROADSIDEv 9ET THEY WENT ON A HUNDRED MILES IN TWO OF HIS SOUL BY THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AND HE WAS MADE
DAYS THE MOTHER EXHAUSTED AND SLEEPING MUCH OF THE WAY THE INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF 'OD TO PLANT THE SEED OF
WITH HER CHILD TIED TO HER WAIST BY A CORD LEST HE FALL ,ITTLE A MIGHTY MOVEMENT IN THE CHURCH FOR THE EDUCATION OF
%DSON REVIVED AND CONTINUALLY IMPROVED AS THE PARENTS CHILDREN AND YOUTH
lLLED THEIR APPOINTMENTS BEGINNING IN 6ERMONT 4HIS PURPOSE WAS IMMEDIATELY ANNOUNCED IN THEIR ONLY
7AS IT THE SIGHT OF HIS SICK CHILD THAT STIRRED *AMES EXISTING PAPER THE 2EVIEW AND (ERALD ;NOW THE !DVENTIST
7HITES MIND TO A NEED IN THE INFANT CAUSE 7AS IT THE 2EVIEW= h7E DESIGN PUBLISHING A SMALL MONTHLY PAPER
VOICE OF THE -ASTER THAT CALLED TO HIM AS HE DROVE SILENTLY CONTAINING MATTER FOR THE BENElT OF THE YOUTH !ND WE
PRAYING WHILE HE LOOKED UPON HIS SLEEPING WIFE AND BABE ARE SATISlED THAT OUR BRETHREN AND SISTERS WILL AGREE WITH
h3UFFER LITTLE CHILDREN AND FORBID THEM NOT TO COME US THAT SOMETHING OF THE KIND IS VERY MUCH NEEDED 4HE
UNTO ME FOR OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVENv 4HERE CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE A PAPER OF THEIR OWN ONE THAT WILL
WERE OTHER BABES AND OTHER CHILDREN OF THE BELIEVERS FEW INTEREST AND INSTRUCT THEM
HUNDREDS THOUGH THEY WERE WHO WERE LANGUISHING NOT h'OD IS AT WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BELIEVING
FROM DISEASE BUT FROM SPIRITUAL NEGLECT 4HE CHILDWHAT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AND MANY OF THEM ARE BEING CONVERTED
WAS HE 3IMPLY A LITTLE MAN AND AS A LITTLE MAN HE SHOULD AND THEY NEED TO BE INSTRUCTED IN THE PRESENT TRUTH !ND
TAKE A LITTLE OF WHAT GREATER MEN TOOK (E SHOULD LISTEN TO THERE IS A PORTION OF THE CHILDREN WHO HAVE BELIEVING PARENTS
THE SERMON DANGLING HIS FEET FROM THE HIGH BENCH AND OR GUARDIANS WHO ARE NEGLECTED AND DO NOT HAVE RIGHT
WAGGING HIS WEARY BODY AGAINST HIS MOTHER IF HE DID NOT INSTRUCTION CONSEQUENTLY THEY DO NOT MANIFEST MUCH INTEREST
KNOW ALL THE BIG WORDS HE KNEW THE LITTLE ONES SIN FALL FOR THEIR OWN SALVATION 7E TRUST THAT SUCH A PAPER AS WE
DESIGN PUBLISHING WILL INTEREST SUCH CHILDREN AND ALSO BE THE
MEANS OF WAKING UP THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS TO A SENSE OF
THEIR IMPORTANT DUTY /N THEM RESTS THE AWFUL RESPONSIBILITY
OF TRAINING SOULS FOR THE KINGDOM OF 'OD "UT IT IS A
!RTHUR 7 3PALDING
WAS A LAMENTABLE FACT THAT MANY OF THEIR CHILDREN ARE LEFT WITHOUT
MUCH
ADMIRED !DVENTIST EDUCATOR AUTHOR
AND EDITOR (IS FOUR
VOLUME HISTORY OF THE SUITABLE INSTRUCTION 7E FEEL MORE ON THIS SUBJECT THAN WE CAN
CHURCH /RIGIN AND (ISTORY OF 3EVENTH
DAY EXPRESS -AY 'OD WAKE UP (IS PEOPLE TO A SENSE OF THEIR DUTY
!DVENTISTS FROM WHICH THIS SELECTION IS TO THOSE YOUNG MINDS ENTRUSTED TO THEIR CARE TO GUIDE IN THE
DRAWN VOL PP
WAS PUBLISHED IN CHANNEL OF VIRTUE AND HOLINESS
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
THE .EEDS
ILDREN
"Y !RTHUR 7 3PALDING
h7E INTEND TO GIVE FOUR OR lVE LESSONS IN THE FORM
OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IN EACH NUMBER ONE FOR EACH
WEEK FOR 3ABBATH SCHOOL LESSONS 4HESE SCHOOLS CAN BE HELD
WHERE THERE ARE BUT TWO OR THREE CHILDREN AS WELL AS WHERE
THERE ARE MOREv
4HE lRST NUMBER OF THE 9OUTHS )NSTRUCTOR WAS PUBLISHED
AT 2OCHESTER .EW 9ORK IN !UGUST A MONTHLY WITH
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWENTY
lVE CENTS A YEAR BUT FREE TO
CHILDREN WHO THEMSELVES OR WHOSE SPONSORS COULD NOT PAY
4HE EDITORSHIP WAS NOT DECLARED BUT IT WAS UNDER THE CARE
OF *AMES 7HITE WHO WAS GREATLY ASSISTED AT THIS TIME BY
!NNIE 3MITH ! YEAR LATER THE EDITOR WAS !NNA 7HITE THE
SISTER OF *AMES 7HITE WHO WITH HER BROTHER .ATHANAEL HAD
COME TO LIVE WITH THEM IN THE AUTUMN OF x
*AMES 7HITE HAD PREPARED AN INITIAL SERIES OF NINETEEN
"IBLE LESSONS ON THE MAIN POINTS OF THE FAITH 7HILE THEY
WERE DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTHAN OMNIBUS
ASSIGNMENTTHEY SERVED ALSO IN THE ABSENCE OF OTHER
3ABBATH SCHOOL MATERIAL AS THE LESSON STUDIES FOR ADULTS
4HESE lRST LESSONS WERE FOLLOWED BY SEVENTEEN OTHERS
SELECTED FROM A NON
!DVENTIST PAPER %IGHT LESSONS ON
THE SANCTUARY FOLLOWED AND THEN THE MOMENTUM WAS
EXHAUSTED 7HILE THE MOTHER OF THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL THE
9OUTHS )NSTRUCTOR CONTINUED TO BE PUBLISHED AS A MONTHLY
ITS CHILD WAS LEFT FORLORNLY CRYING FOR ATTENTION "OWED UNDER
MANY CARES AND ILL *AMES 7HITE COULD BARELY KEEP THE !$6%.4)34 /2)').!,3 !N
!DVENT SHIP POINTED ON HER TRUE COURSE AND THE INTERESTS OF EARLY HYMNAL FOR !DVENTIST YOUTH
THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL LANGUISHED FOR EIGHT MONTHS UPPER LEFT WAS COMPILED BY
! , , 0 ( / 4 / 3 ! . $ ! 2 4 ) & ! # 4 3 # / 5 2 4 % 3 9
4HEN THE SOUL OF 2OSWELL & #OTTRELL WAS ROUSED TO ACTION
!NNA 7HITE *AMES 7HITES
AND HE PREPARED A YEARS COURSE OF WEEKLY LESSONS WHICH IN
SISTER 3HE ALSO EDITED THE
APPEARED IN THE 9OUTHS )NSTRUCTOR AND THE NEXT YEAR
WERE PUBLISHED IN BOOK FORM 4HE "IBLE #LASS 4HIS LITTLE 9OUTHS )NSTRUCTOR !FTER HER
BOOK SERVED AS THE 3ABBATH SCHOOL GUIDE FOR TWO OR THREE DEATH 2OSWELL & #OTTRELL UPPER
/ & % , , % . ' 7 ( ) 4 % % 3 4 ! 4 %
YEARS UNTIL THE EDITION OF TWO THOUSAND WAS EXHAUSTED ,IKE RIGHT BECAME EDITOR
THE lRST LESSONS THEY WERE DESIGNED AS FOOD FOR CHILDREN
AND YOUTH AND AGAIN LIKE THEM THEY BECAME MEAT AS WELL
FOR THE OLD "UT IF THE SCIENCE OF FEEDING THE CHILD WAS NOT
GREATLY DEVELOPED IN THAT DAY AT LEAST THE WILL TO NOURISH WAS
THERE AND THE CHILDRENS TEETH WERE STRONG
")",% 15%34)/.3
1 5 % 3 4 ) / . (OW ARE WE SAVED 7HAT IS THE SIN IS LOCATED IN MISINFORMATION ABOUT 'OD 7E DO NOT NEED
MORAL INmUENCE VIEW OF THE CROSS DELIVERANCE FROM THE POWER OF SIN BUT FROM OUR IGNORANCE
ABOUT (IS LOVING CHARACTER (UMANS IT IS ARGUED VIEW
'OD AS A TYRANT WHO IMPOSES ON THEM ARBITRARY DEMANDS
&
OR CENTURIES #HRISTIANS HAVE ATTEMPTED TO EXPLAIN AND DISCIPLINES THEM 4HE CROSS SAVES BY CHANGING THEIR
HOW *ESUS DEATH ON THE CROSS SAVES US 7E CALL THESE UNDERSTANDING OF 'OD 3UCH OPINION DOES NOT SQUARE WITH
EXPLANATIONS hTHEORIES OF THE ATONEMENTv /NE OF THE BIBLICAL VIEW OF SIN AND ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS 3IN IS
THEM IS KNOWN AS THE hMORAL INmUENCE THEORYv OF THE INTENTIONAL REBELLION AGAINST 'OD WHICH HAS SEPARATED US FROM
ATONEMENT ) WILL SUMMARIZE ITS CONTENT ITS STRENGTHS AND (IM )T IS NOT SIMPLY SOLVED BY A CHANGE IN US A SUBJECTIVE
lNALLY OFFER AN EVALUATION OF IT ATONEMENT BUT BY A DIVINE INTERVENTION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS
3UMMARY OF )TS 4EACHING 4HERE ARE SLIGHT VARIATIONS AND BRINGS RECONCILIATION OBJECTIVE ATONEMENT
OF THE MORAL INmUENCE THEORY BUT AMONG ITS CENTRAL ASPECTS 3EPARATION OF *UDGMENT &ROM ,OVE 7HEN THE
WE lND THE FOLLOWING IDEAS ATONEMENT IS CIRCUMSCRIBED
&IRST THE CROSS IS UNDERSTOOD TO 'ODS WORK IN US (IS
TO BE THE SUPREME REVELATION JUDGMENT AGAINST SIN IS
OF 'ODS LOVE 4HERE 'OD CONSIDERED INCOMPATIBLE
IDENTIFIED (IMSELF WITH WITH (IS LOVE 4HIS AS
US TO THE POINT OF GOING WE HAVE ARGUED ON OTHER
THROUGH WHAT WE ALL "Y OCCASIONS MAKES LOVE
EXPERIENCE NAMELY DEATH !NGEL -ANUEL A SYNONYM FOR DIVINE
3ECOND THE MANIFESTATION OF 2ODR¤GUEZ INDIFFERENCE *UDGMENT
'ODS LOVE WAS SO FULL THAT AS AGAINST SIN MEANS THAT 'OD
A RESULT WE ARE TRANSFORMED TAKES OUR ACTIONS SERIOUSLY
2EVELATION
BY IT 4HAT IS CALLED hTHE MORAL BECAUSE (E CARES ABOUT
INmUENCE OF THE CROSSv 4HE 4HE US "UT MORE THAN THAT IT
3ALVAT ON
VOLUNTARY DEATH OF #HRIST ON MEANS THAT (E WAS WILLING
THE CROSS AWAKENS IN US LOVE AND ABLE TO ASSUME THAT
TOWARD 'OD IT CHANGES OUR
ATTITUDE TOWARD (IM AND
OF JUDGMENT AGAINST US ON THE
CROSS 'ODS WRATH IS AN
MOVES US TO EXEMPLIFY (IS EXPRESSION OF DIVINE LOVE IT
LOVE IN OUR LIVES REVEALS A 'OD WHO CARES FOR
/BVIOUSLY THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS US TO THE POINT OF SHOWING US HOW PAINFUL SIN IS FOR (IM
UNDERSTANDING OF THE SAVING EFlCACY OF THE CROSS 3CRIPTURE ,OVE AND THE #ROSS 0ERHAPS THE FUNDAMENTAL
ATTESTS THAT THE CROSS IS THE MOST GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION QUESTION IS HOW THE CROSS REVEALS LOVE 4HE MORAL INmUENCE
OF THE SACRIlCIAL LOVE OF #HRIST TOWARD SINNERS EG *OHN THEORY ARGUES THAT IT SHOWS LOVE IN THAT #HRIST THE
AND (IS DEATH SHOULD MOVE US TO MANIFEST THE SAME )NNOCENT DIED THERE IDENTIFYING (IMSELF WITH US BUT NOT
QUALITY OF LOVE IN OUR LIVES "UT SOME SIGNIlCANT WEAKNESSES DYING IN OUR PLACE "UT MANY OTHER PERSONS DIED ON CROSSES
IN THIS THEORY LIMIT ITS USEFULNESS 7HY IS THE CROSS OF #HRIST A REVELATION OF THE LOVE OF 'OD
)T $ENIES A #ENTRAL !SPECT OF THE !TONEMENT /NE OF BUT NOT THE OTHERS 9ES THE 3INLESS /NE DIED THERE BUT
THE FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF THE MORAL INmUENCE VIEW IS THERE IS MORE (E DIED FOR SINNERS TO SAVE THEM THROUGH (IS
THAT IT REJECTS THE SUBSTITUTIONARY NATURE OF #HRISTS DEATH ATONING SACRIlCE 2OM *OHN
4HE IDEA THAT 'OD HAD TO KILL THE INNOCENT INSTEAD OF #HRISTS DEATH IS INDEED THE GREATEST REVELATION OF
THE GUILTY IN ORDER TO SAVE US IS CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF 'ODS LOVE BECAUSE ON IT h'OD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD
JUSTICE 9ET THE WITNESS OF 3CRIPTURE IS THAT #HRIST DIED AS TO (IMSELF x NOT COUNTING MENS SINS AGAINST THEM v BUT
OUR SUBSTITUTE EG )SA -ARK #OR )N THE RATHER MAKING hHIM WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR USv
ATONEMENT 'OD (IMSELF VOLUNTARILY ASSUMED RESPONSIBILITY #OR
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FOR OUR SIN 4HIS IS A GLORIOUS MANIFESTATION OF DIVINE GRACE
NOT AN INJUSTICE !TONEMENT IS 'ODS WORK FOR US IT IS A
MATTER BETWEEN (IM AND US .O THIRD PARTY IS INVOLVED
.ARROW 6IEW OF THE (UMAN 0REDICAMENT 4HE !NGEL -ANUEL 2ODRÓGUEZ IS DIRECTOR OF THE "IBLICAL 2ESEARCH
MORAL INmUENCE VIEW PRESUPPOSES THAT THE HUMAN TRAGEDY OF )NSTITUTE OF THE 'ENERAL #ONFERENCE
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4HE $AY
!NGELS 3ANG
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4HERE ARE DAYS WHEN ANGELS SING WHEN ALL OF HEAVEN REJOICES !T #HRISTS BIRTH THE HEAVENLY
HOSTS PRAISED 'OD AND SANG h'LORY TO 'OD IN THE HIGHEST AND ON EARTH PEACE GOOD WILL
TOWARD MENv ,UKE 7HAT THRILLED THE HEARTS OF THESE ANGELS SO MUCH 7HY DID ANGELS
SING AT *ESUS BIRTH )N TODAYS LESSON WE SHALL DISCOVER ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND
LEARN HOW THE BIRTH OF THE "ABY IN "ETHLEHEMS MANGER MAKES US REJOICE AS WELL
7HAT DID THE ANGEL VISITOR TELL *OSEPH ABOUT HIS WIFE -ARYS CHILD
2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND WRITE YOUR ANSWER ON THE LINE PROVIDED
h@!ND SHE WILL BRING FORTH A 3ON AND YOU SHALL CALL (IS NAME *ESUS FOR (E WILL SAVE (IS PEOPLE FROM
THEIR SINSv -ATT
4HE PURPOSE OF *ESUS LIFE DEATH AND RESURRECTION WAS TO
4HE ANGELS SANG BECAUSE THE 3AVIOR OF THE WORLD WAS BORN 4HEY SANG BECAUSE SIN WOULD
lNALLY BE DEFEATED
#IRCLE THE SPECIlC NAME THE ANGEL INSTRUCTED -ARY AND *OSEPH TO NAME THEIR CHILD
2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND lLL IN THE BLANK
h@"EHOLD A VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND BEAR A 3ON AND THEY SHALL CALL (IS NAME )MMANUEL WHICH IS
TRANSLATED @'OD WITH USv -ATT
h)MMANUELv MEANS
2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND LIST ALL THE DIFFERENT NAMES THE PROPHET )SAIAH USED FOR *ESUS
h&OR UNTO US A #HILD IS BORN UNTO US A 3ON IS GIVEN AND THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE UPON (IS SHOULDER
!ND (IS NAME WILL BE CALLED 7ONDERFUL #OUNSELOR -IGHTY 'OD %VERLASTING &ATHER 0RINCE OF 0EACEv
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#HOOSE ONE OF THE ABOVE NAMES AND TELL IN YOUR OWN WORDS WHY THIS PARTICULAR NAME
FOR *ESUS IS SO PRECIOUS TO YOU
!FTER *ESUS CONVERSATION WITH THE WOMAN AT *ACOBS WELL WHEN THE 3AMARITANS
LISTENED TO THE WORDS OF *ESUS WHO DID THEY DECLARE (E WAS 2EAD THE TEXT AND lLL IN THE
BLANKS BELOW
h4HEN THEY SAID TO THE WOMAN @.OW WE BELIEVE NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID FOR WE HAVE HEARD FOR
OURSELVES AND KNOW THAT THIS IS INDEED THE #HRIST THE 3AVIOR OF THE WORLDv *OHN
4HE 3AMARITANS CALLED *ESUS THE THE OF THE
(OW DID *ESUS IDENTIFY (IMSELF DURING (IS WILDERNESS TEMPTATION WITH 3ATAN
2EAD THE TEXT AND lLL IN THE BLANK BELOW
h*ESUS SAID TO HIM @)T IS WRITTEN AGAIN h9OU SHALL NOT TEMPT THE ,ORD YOUR 'ODvv -ATT
*ESUS USED THE TITLE
#HRIST THE CHILD BORN OF A VIRGIN IS BOTH 3AVIOR AND ,ORD (E MET THE TEMPTATIONS OF 3ATAN
HEAD
ON AND OVERCAME THEM ON OUR BEHALF
(E REVEALED THE LOVING CHARACTER OF (IS &ATHER TO THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE (IS DEATH ON THE CROSS
PROVIDES HEAVENS RANSOM FROM THE BONDAGE OF SIN *ESUS IS OUR 3AVIOR AND ALSO OUR ,ORD
4HE LIVING #HRIST DWELLS IN OUR HEARTS THROUGH (IS 3PIRIT (E GIVES US POWER OVER THE EVIL ONE
(OW DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL DESCRIBE #HRISTS MISSION 7HAT TWO THINGS WILL THE 3AVIOR
DO FOR US 2EAD THE TEXT AND lLL IN THE BLANKS
h/UR GREAT 'OD AND 3AVIOR *ESUS #HRIST x GAVE (IMSELF FOR US THAT (E MIGHT REDEEM US FROM EVERY
LAWLESS DEED AND PURIFY FOR (IMSELF (IS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLEv 4ITUS
*ESUS WILL
A
B
4HE GRACE OF 'OD WHICH APPEARS TO ALL BRINGS SALVATION TO ALL WHO ACCEPT IT SEE 4ITUS
*ESUS OUR 3AVIOR AND ,ORD DELIVERS US FROM BOTH THE PENALTY OF SIN AND THE POWER OF SIN
!S THE OLD HYMN h2OCK OF !GES v PUTS IT SO BEAUTIFULLY
h"E OF SIN THE DOUBLE CURE
#LEANSE ME FROM ITS GUILT AND POWERv
7HAT A WONDERFUL 3AVIOR IS *ESUS (E SAVES US FROM BOTH SINS CONDEMNATION
AND ITS CONTROL )N *ESUS WE lND DELIVERANCE FULL AND COMPLETE
,OOK FOR NEXT MONTHS LESSON FOR HELP ABOUT
HOW TO LIVE THE #HRISTIAN LIFE
!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ $ECEMBER
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!DVENTIST #ULTURE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT RESIST THE THE MANY MARVELOUS WONDERS 'OD HAS
4HANK YOU FOR PRINTING $AVID ACCLAMATIONS THEY RECEIVE FROM LARGE IN STORE FOR THE REDEEMED 7ITH THE
-ARSHALLS ARTICLE h#ELEBRITY #ULTUREv AUDIENCES SIN FACTOR REMOVED WE WILL HAVE MINDS
/CTOBER !ND THANKS TO 3EVERAL OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE CAPABLE OF AND EAGER TO COMPREHEND
-ARSHALL FOR POINTING TO THE ELEPHANT EXCELLENT SINGERS HAVE DRIFTED AWAY BEYOND WHAT WE NOW SCARCELY IMAGINE
IN THE LIVING ROOM OF CONSERVATIVE FROM THE CHURCH CONGREGATIONS TO THE !S WE PURSUE OUR SPECIAL INTERESTS IN
!DVENTISM ) WAS REBUKED WORLDLY AUDIENCES HEAVEN WE WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING
7ERE GREAT AT DENOUNCING THE )T IS NOT NECESSARILY TRUE THAT A EVERY CHALLENGE 'OD WILL BE ABLE TO
ENCROACHMENTS OF POPULAR CULTURE hGREATv PREACHER IS A GREAT #HRISTIAN ANSWER ALL OF OUR TROUBLING QUESTIONS
IN SOME AREAS BUT WE DONT SEEM TO 4HE SAME MAY BE SAID OF SINGERS 4HE MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE AND WE WILL
MIND CULTURING OUR VERY OWN LITTLE ATTENTION HAS TO BE DRAWN TO *ESUS BUT REALIZE THAT (IS WISDOM WILL ALWAYS
(OLLYWOOD REPLETE WITH OUR VERY OWN TOO MANY TIMES THE hPERFORMANCES BE FAR BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING
PANTHEON OF hSTARSv "UT HOW WORLDLY AND SHOWSv OF PREACHERS AND SINGERS THROUGHOUT ETERNITY
IS THAT 4HE AUTHOR OF THIS LONG ALIKE DRAW ALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES ,ONETA 0AULY
OVERDUE ARTICLE SKILLFULLY EXTRAPOLATED 4HE HUMAN mESH IS WEAK INDEED 4EXAS 5NITED 3TATES
THIS CELEBRITY CULTURE TO ITS lNAL END AND TOO MUCH ATTENTION MAKES BEING
WHICH IS THAT hSTARSv OFTEN BECOME A #HRISTIAN EVEN MORE DIFlCULT 7E 7HY ,UCIFER
FALLEN STARS (EAVEN HELP US IF THE ONUS SHOULD LIFT UP THE 4ALENT GIVER IN PLACE )M ALWAYS INTERESTED IN !NGEL
FOR THEIR APOSTASY HANGS OVER OUR OF THE TALENT PRESENTER -ANUEL 2ODR¤GUEZS SECTION ON "IBLE
IDOLATROUS LITTLE HEADS "UT WE SHOULDNT TOO HARSH ON QUESTIONS ) WAS RECENTLY READING HIS
(E IDENTIlED A RELATED PROBLEM OF THESE PEOPLE THEY ARE HUMAN JUST LIKE ARTICLE IN THE *ULY !DVENTIST 7ORLD
hCAMPSv -Y PRAYER IS THAT THOSE OF US 7E ARE PROBABLY NO BETTER SHOULD ISSUE ) REALLY LIKE THE WAY HE PRESENTED
US WHO VALUE STANDARDS BUT WHO ARE WE STAND IN THEIR SHOES THE THREE POINTS THEY ARE VERY CLEAR
INCLINED TO MAKE THEM AN EXCUSE FOR .ORMAN 2 "OEKHOUDT AND INTERESTING (OWEVER QUESTIONS
SEPARATISM WILL REMEMBER THAT UNITY 6IA % MAIL WILL CONTINUE TO EMANATE EVEN
IS ALSO A STANDARD 2OM #OR AFTER SUCH A DETAILED PRESENTATION
0HIL #OR AND 7ITH !LL 9OUR -IND 4HEREFORE ) SUGGEST THAT IN ANY OF THE
0ET ) CONSIDER THE ARTICLE h7ITH !LL 9OUR SITUATIONS THAT PREACHERS AND TEACHERS
*ENNIFER 3CHWIRZER -IND v BY 2EINDER "RUINSMA !UGUST FACE SUCH QUESTIONS THEY SHOULD ONLY
0ENNSYLVANIA 5NITED 3TATES VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING AND READ THE "IBLE AND EMPHASIZE THE
CHALLENGING ) HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED ORIGIN OF SIN IN THE PERFECT HEAVEN AS
)N REGARD TO h#ELEBRITY #ULTURE v WE THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MYSTERIOUS
CANNOT DENY THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN STAGNANT #HRISTIAN ) AM EAGER TO LEARN .OEL -HOSVA
OUR CHURCHES NOT ONLY IN THE 5NITED NEW THINGS BUT THE MORE ) LEARN THE 3OLUSI 5NIVERSITY :IMBABWE
3TATES BUT ALSO HERE IN THE #ARIBBEAN MORE ) REALIZE HOW LITTLE ) KNOW ) FULLY
!ND IT IS NOT ONLY WITH PREACHERS BUT AGREE THAT THERE MUST ALWAYS BE A CLOSE
ALSO WITH SINGERSMUSICIANS )T SEEMS RELATIONSHIP WITH KNOWING AND DOING
BELIEVING OBEYING AND SHARING
/NE OF MY GREATEST ANTICIPATIONS
OF HEAVEN IS TO HAVE A MIND CAPABLE OF
LEARNING UNDERSTANDING AND ENJOYING
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!DVENTIST 7ORLD ON THE )NTERNET *ESUS )S 3TILL #OMING 7HILE WE PRINT A "IBLE STUDY BY
(ELLO ) AM SO GLAD THAT WE CAN NOW ) AM VERY HAPPY TO HAVE READ ONE -ARK &INLEY IN EACH MONTHLY EDITION OF
ACCESS !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE ONLINE OF YOUR ARTICLES IN THE *UNE !DVENTIST 7ORLD THESE ARE SOLELY FOR THE
)M IN 5GANDA AND IT TAKES A LONG TIME !DVENTIST 7ORLD h4HE 2ETURN OF *ESUS USE OF READERSWE ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO
TO GET COPIES OF THIS VERY GOOD MAGAZINE )S )T 3TILL /N v BY $AVID -ARSHALL RUN A PROGRAM WITH STUDENTSTEACHERS
-AY 'OD BLESS YOU ALL AT !DVENTIST 4HIS SUBJECT OPINION REALLY /UR ADVICE TO THIS READER AND OTHERS
7ORLD MADE ME VERY HAPPY BECAUSE ) AM WITH SIMILAR CONCERNS IS TO CONTACT
(ENRY .AMAZIMA ONE OF THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT *ESUS THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH
5GANDA IS COMING AND ) CONCUR WITH -R UNION CONFERENCE OR DIVISION OFlCE
2OSARIO !LBURO #HOI OF 5LSAN 3OUTH IN YOUR REGION OF THE WORLD 7E ARE
4HANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO VIEW THE +OREA HIS LETTER IS PUBLISHED IN THAT GRATIlED THAT THE MAGAZINE IS lLLING THIS
MAGAZINE ON THE )NTERNET 7HENEVER ISSUE ON P IMPORTANT NEED )N ADDITION THOSE WITH
YOU FEEL DISCOURAGED JUST THINK HOW 4HANK YOU ALSO FOR YOUR EFFORTS ACCESS TO THE )NTERNET MAY VISIT WWW
MANY PEOPLE ARE DEPENDING ON YOUR TO PUBLISH THIS WONDERFUL MAGAZINE ADVENTISTWORLDORG%DITORS
EFFORT 7E DONT ALWAYS WRITE BUT WE 0LEASE DO SEND ME SOME OF YOUR
WILL BE HERE READING AND WAITING FOR THE ARTICLES AND IF YOU OFFER "IBLE STUDIES ,ETTERS 0OLICY 0LEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO
NEXT ISSUE TO COME 7E DONT ALWAYS SEE PLEASE ENROLL ME AS ONE OF YOUR "IBLE LETTERS ADVENTISTWORLDORG ,ETTERS MUST BE CLEARLY WRITTEN AND
TO THE POINT WORD MAXIMUM "E SURE TO INCLUDE THE NAME OF
A PRINTED VERSION NOW WE HAVE ACCESS STUDY STUDENTS THE ARTICLE THE DATE OF PUBLICATION AND PAGE NUMBER WITH YOUR
LETTER !LSO INCLUDE YOUR NAME THE TOWNCITY STATE AND COUNTRY
!NDRE VAN DER 3CHYFF !LEX 3TANSLAUS -OSSECH FROM WHICH YOU ARE WRITING ,ETTERS WILL BE EDITED FOR SPACE AND
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0LEASE PRAY FOR A FRIEND WHO IS VERY SICK 3HE IS ALSO
) HAVE SEVERAL PRAYER REQUESTS AMONG WHICH ARE BELIEVERS DEPRESSED AND HAS TRIED TO TAKE HER LIFE TWO TIMES -Y
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NEEDS HEALING ) AM HAVING HOUSING PROBLEMS 'OD IS ABLE ANOTHER PERSON A CHURCH MEMBER WHO HAS CANCER AND
AND ) BELIEVE (E CAN ANSWER THESE PRAYERS WHILE SHE SURVIVED HER RECENT BIRTHDAY IS STILL VERY SICK
'IRMA .AZARETH %THIOPIA %INAR .ORWAY
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