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Talking
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Protecting
FREEDOM
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Our Greatest
Strength
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Obedience
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C O V E R
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Talking
FAITH,
FREEDOM
Our Greatest
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Strength
F U N D A M E N T A L
The
Zika Virus:
Looking for Answers
Obedience
V I S T A
By Jordan Stephan
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N A D
By Scott Christiansen
F E AT U R E
Along with questions about origin and transmission are the theological ones.
B E L I E F S
Talking Faith,
Protecting
Freedom
By Ganoune Diop
Protecting
22
S T O R Y
38
A D V E N T I S T
By Ted N. C. Wilson
L I F E
20 A Story to Tell
By Ty Gibson
D E V O T I O N A L
H E R I T A G E
D E PA RT M E N T S
3 W O R
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R E P O R T
News Feature
A One-Day Church
NAD News
NAD Update
NAD Perspective
NAD Letters
19 W O R L D H E A
The Zika Virus
L T H
B I
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B L E
Q U E S T I O N S
A N S W E R E D
43 B I B L E S T U D Y
Daniel: The Blessings of
Obedience
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I D E A
E X C H A N G E
A Question of Slavery
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Moreover, Ressurreios future is
up in the air because a number of
Serie B matches are held on Friday
nights and Saturdays. His team has
announced that it will not renew his
contract when it ends in May.
But Ressurreio is clinging to his
convictions, telling the news conference
on January 20 that he wouldnt even
be playing soccer if it werent for God.
A year before his baptism, he said,
he spent four long months at home in
Salvador, in the state of Bahia, without
a signed contract with any team. During that time his wife, Gabriela, was
approached by a friend at a hair salon
and offered a partnership in producing handbags. The two women subsequently created their own label and
formed a business that grew quickly,
Ressurreio said.
In a short amount of time the
profit grew larger than my salary had
been in the soccer club, he said. That
was the moment I understood that
Die
Faith
By Andrew
McChesney
Willing to
for Their
A R
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M C C H E S N E Y
A N D R E W
Juanita and her daughter hold hands and together hold the daughters doll.
WORLD REPORT
10,000-Mile Trip
An Austria-to-Indonesia flight carries
on his fathers work.
P H O T O S :
C O U R T E S Y
O F
G A R Y
R O B E R T S
W O R L D
V I S T A
Being Like
A Beautiful Diamond
Jesus
By Ted N. C. Wilson
L D S
M E D I A
V I S T A
1
2
One-DayChurch
By Carrie Purkeypile,
M A R A N AT H A VO L U NT E E R S
W O R L D
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Church members
arrive to watch
the construction
of their One-Day
Church frame, and
cook lunch for the
workers (inset).
Within months
walls for the
building had been
completed.
NAD NEWS
Adventist Health Roseville employees join with facilities employees to participate in the California International
Marathon each December.
A D V E N T I S T
Adventist Health-Roseville
Receives
dventist Health-Roseville is
one of only 28 companies
nationwideand the only
one in Californiato receive goldlevel recognition in 2015 for its
commitment to worksite wellness.
The Wellness Council of America
(WELCOA) uses a rigorous set of
criteria when evaluating organizations
that compete to be recognized
as among Americas healthiest
companies.
System-wide, Adventist Healths
worksite wellness initiative is known
as LivingWell, a whole-person health
and wellness program that encourages
employees to take an active role in
their well-being. LivingWell offers
classes, activities, and challenges to
H E A LT H
V O L U N T E E R
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NAD NEWS
B R E A N A
S O L I D AY
The Creation Wall, in the main entrance of Kettering College, has bronze
reliefs for each day of creation.
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U N I V E R S I T Y
A D V E N T I S T
S O U T H W E S T
Emmy Award-winning
Composer to Judge Brain
Games
C O U R T E S Y
Kettering Colleges
Creation Connection
Hundreds Compete at
Texas Conference Bible
Adventure
Adventurers from all over Texas
came together in Houston on January
16, 2016, for the Texas Conference
Bible Adventure. They had to reach
first place in their respective areas of
the state to compete at the conference
level. This year 509 Adventurers,
grades one through four, participated
at the area level forming 93 total
teams. One hundred eighty-two
of those Adventurers qualified to
participate at the conference level.
Their challenge consisted of learning
the first 20 chapters of the book of
Exodus, the same as their older fellow
Pathfinders.
Young Bible scholars, aged 6 to 10,
answered questions taken from the
Bible correctly and enthusiastically.
They were eager to put their Bible
knowledge to the test with other Adventurers throughout North America.
This is the second year the Bible
Adventure has taken place in the
Texas Conference. At the end of the
meeting, Paulo Tenorio, associate
Oregon Conference to
Offer Spanish and English
TV Programming
In early 2016 the Oregon
Conference began airing 24-hour
television programming in English
and Spanish.
The channels, 36.3 (English) and
36.4 (Spanish), broadcast Hope Channel and Esperanza TV, and plan to
film more local programming to create channels that speak to non-Christian Portlanders in a more localfriendly style.
Bringing Hope Channel to Portland
was only a dream for Oregon Conference president Al Reimche when channel 36 came up for sale five years ago.
At the time, 36 was an out-of-use
analog channel. The seller offered a low
price to 3ABNs affiliate network, Better Life TV. Better Life was eager to
move into the Portland area, but purchasing another channel proved too
expensive.
Thats when Reimche stepped in.
With support from the North American Division (NAD), the Oregon Conference purchased channel 36. The
seller even helped license the channel
for digital TV, meaning that, among
other things, the conference could
now have several channels: 36.1, 36.2,
36.3, and 36.4.
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N O R T H
A M E R I C A N
D I V I S I O N
C O M M U N I C AT I O N
N A D U P D AT E
Dan Jackson, president of the North American Division, prays for those who stood to dedicate themselves to sharing
Christ with their communities at this years Just Claim It Conference.
undreds of Seventh-day
Adventist young people
pledged to share the gospel
with the world after Daniel R. Jackson,
president of the Adventist Church
in North America, urged them to be
involved in completing the churchs
mission.
God did not choose my generation to finish the work on this planet.
He has called your generation, Jackson told an audience of 1,000 young
people at the conclusion of the threeday Just Claim It prayer conference in
Ontario, California.
You will finish the work reaching
the lost, he said on Sabbath, February
20. Jesus is coming soon, and He is
calling you. Your church needs you.
The church wants you. This work will
be finished by your generation.
Jackson thanked the more than 80
teens who volunteered to lead small
study groups each day of the confer-
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People
to
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every two years, was the fifth sponsored by the North American Division. The next conference will be held
in Toronto, Canada, in early 2018.
Sabbaths prayer of dedication followed a special time of prayer Friday
evening. At the end of the evening
program, Armando Miranda, Jr., associate youth director for the North
American Division, invited attending
pastors and youth leaders onto the
stage for a prayer of dedication for
their service to young people in their
churches. Hundreds of attendees then
followed the pastors to the conferences Gethsemane prayer room,
where each pastor spent several minutes with each young person, praying
for their personal requests and
anointing them if requested.
A M E R I C A N
D I V I S I O N
C O M M U N I C AT I O N
Youth and young adults come to the Gethsemane Prayer Room for prayer,
counseling, and annointing the Friday evening of the conference.
Jackson, in his remarks on Sabbath, told the story of the first time he
built a house, and the tensions that
arose when the building inspector
advised him that he might have built
it on the wrong property. The potential conflict ended when Jackson told
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Its not a high hill, but it is symbolically the highest hill in the world.
There humanitys sin intersected with
Gods love. Jesus was the key to unlock
the door of salvation. If Jesus hadnt
gone to Golgotha, who would have
fulfilled the prophecy of salvation?
God had a plan of salvation in
place before the world was formed.
What kept Jesus on the cross? Love!
Gods power didnt stop at the resurrection. It continued at His ascension. Before Jesus left the earth, He
said, Im coming back.
This same Jesus who was taken up
into heaven will return again! He
came as a babe to save His people. At
His second coming He is coming with
the voice of the archangel to rescue
His people.
This is good news, life-changing
news. We must not keep it secret. n
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whether the Bible is inspired or reliable, then we are in grave danger. All
four conflicts are clearly answered in
the Bible and Spirit of Prophecy.
Fran Wilson
West Carrollton, Ohio
Fond Memories
In the article Fiber Up, in the January 2016 edition of Adventist World, I
was surprised to find eggs and yogurt
listed as recommended. When were
those items approved as healthy
choices according to our beliefs?
Therese Young
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
W O R L D
H E A L T H
P I X A B AY
ZikaVirus
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D E V O T I O N A L
to Tell
By Ty Gibson
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I will absorb your sin into My love and overcome its power to
destroy you.
In the New Testament we hear God saying, See, I am
here, and I will fulfill every aspect of My promise to you. I will
love you to the utter end of Myself. All the rage and hatred
you can heap upon Me will not conquer, nor even weaken, My
love for you. And when I am lifted up on the cross in self-sacrificing love for you, I will draw you back to Me.
Summing up the relation of the two testaments, Paul
brilliantly observed, For all the promises of God in Him
are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us
(2 Cor. 1:20). In Christ, God has shown His love to be
faithful and true by fulfilling every promise He made
through the prophets.
The story unfolds in seven epic acts:
Pre-Creation: Once upon an eternity, God was all there
was. Before all of creation, for eternal ages past, God
existed as an expression of other-centered love: Father, Son,
and Spirit, the eternal Three as One. The God of the biblical story is not a solitary self, but rather a self-giving
loving
friendship, a social unit of nonstop outgoingness. Selflessness defines God and is the foundation of reality.
Creation: The physical universe, with all of its rational,
thinking, choosing beings, was born from divine love
as an expression of Gods character. Creation is simply the
demonstration of Gods love in material form. We exist
because God is love, and in order to love as God does.
Physically, emotionally, and spiritually human beings were
engineered to reflect Gods self-giving love back to Him
and to one another.
Fall: Sin entered the picture as the desire to live for self
above and before others, thus generating mistrust,
which led to isolation, which led to death. The fall of
humankind was basically a falling out of love with God
and one another. Sin is not the breaking of arbitrary rules
imposed by a controlling God, but rather is anti-love,
resulting in breakdown of relationships.
Covenant: In response to the Fall, God remained true
to His character. The key concept of the biblical story
is Gods faithfulness. The story in Genesis reveals how
Gods relationship with His people is summed up in the
word covenant. In its various forms, the covenant is Gods
pledge to continue loving fallen humanity in spite of our
rebellion. He will follow through with His plan to save us
at any cost to Himself. To accomplish the covenant plan,
God establishes in Israel the biological and theological
lineage through which His plan will be fulfilled. The
prophets of Israel become the channel through which a
series of covenant promises and prophecies are proclaimed, all of them pointing to Jesus.
Messiah: The Christ eventHis birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascensionconstitute the complete fulfillment of Gods covenant promise. Jesus is Gods love
embodied in human form. In Him, covenant is kept
from both the divine side of the relationship and from
the human side. As God, Jesus was faithful to humanity. As
human, He was faithful to God. Salvation is historically,
objectively accomplished in Christ as the complete fulfillment of the covenant.
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Church: The body of Christ is His covenant community. Its mission is to bear witness, through words and
actions, to the transforming reality of Gods love. As the
good news of Gods faithfulness is communicated to the
world, salvation, liberation, and healing happen for every
person who says yes to the message. Saying yes is what
the Bible calls faith, which is exercised when individuals
identify with Christ and live for Him. This is the subjective
experience of redemption in Christ Jesus.
Re-Creation: As the Bible story reaches its climax,
everything contrary to Gods love will be eradicated.
Only that which is good and beautiful will remain for all
eternity. The story promises the final removal of evil
and the restoration of all things to Gods ideal.
Redeemed humanity will finally enter into the eternal
bliss of other-centered, social integration God had
planned from the beginning. Gods love will reign
supreme in every heart as the only motive behind every
thought, feeling, and deed.
This is the whole Bible at a glance, and this is the message God raised up the Advent movement to proclaim to
the world. Our understanding of the Bible serves its true
purpose only when we tell this story. It is the most
enchanting and moving and mind-blowing story that can
be told, because it tells of a God who loves each of us
more than His own existence; one who would rather die
forever than live without us.
If we tell this story, our own people, as well as those
we try to reach, will spontaneously jump into the narrative to play their part. n
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F U N D A M E N T A L
B E L I E F S
Our
Greatest
By Jordan Stephan
NUMBER 14
Strength
An African Illustration
Few people travel to Africa without taking an opportunity to see the incredible wildlife unique to this part of the
world. Ive had the chance to see many animals while living
in Kenya, from regal lions to lumbering rhinos.
Two African animals help make an important point:
zebras and ostriches. Undoubtedly, these two animals are
not the superstars of African safaris. Theyre the animals
you delete from your full memory card to make space for
more elephant and lion photos. Zebras are little more than
pretty donkeys, and it is a proven scientific fact that
ostriches arent terrifying. But the way these two species
interact is remarkable.
Zebras have poor eyesight, but they make up for it with
an incredible sense of smell and hearing. Ostriches, on the
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other hand, have limited hearing and smell, but with their
big eyes they have sharp vision. The two animals will often
graze in similar areas to help protect each other from predators, relying on the other species for what they lack.
Just as these animals work together using each others
strengths, so too should we look for strengths in others to
strengthen our church as a whole. But does that happen?
If there were a career to be had pointing out flaws in
others, many people would bring home a hefty paycheck.
(And if you read that and thought of someone in your life,
then maybe you would bring home a nice check as well.) In
our churches, do we see a certain woman as the one who is
best at organizing service projects, or do we see her as the
one who leads the worst praise team each month? Does the
teenager get encouraged for bringing his friends to church,
or do we call him out because those friends have tattoos
and earrings? Like film critics and art collectors looking for
originals, we are experts at finding imperfections.
What Unifies Us Most
UNITY
in the Body
of Christ
The church is one body with many members, called from every nation, kindred, tongue, and people. In Christ we are a new
creation; distinctions of race, culture, learning, and nationality, and differences between high and low, rich and poor, male and
female, must not be divisive among us. We are all equal in Christ, who by one Spirit has bonded us into one fellowship with Him
and with one another; we are to serve and be served without partiality or reservation. Through the revelation of Jesus Christ in
the Scriptures we share the same faith and hope, and reach out in one witness to all. This unity has its source in the oneness of
the triune God, who has adopted us as His children. (Ps. 133:1; Matt. 28:19, 20; John 17:20-23; Acts17:26,27; Rom. 12:4, 5; 1 Cor.
12:12-14; 2 Cor. 5:16, 17; Gal. 3:27-29; Eph. 2:13-16; 4:36, 11-16; Col. 3:10-15.)
eyes, blessed with the ability to see people in need. Some are
the ears, able to bite their tongues and simply listen, while
others still are the hands, able to fix and heal. And we each
have that one friend who proudly claims to be the mouth.
Christ-centered unity does not come when churches
cultivate same-minded people with a singular gift. Diversity, rather, is what brings healthy, unified growth. What
ties us together is often the very thing we think is tearing
us apart: differences.
A Question for You
Do you think the Seventh-day Adventist Church is unified? Yes or no? Many Seventh-day Adventists, especially
from my generation, might say no. I myself would even
have said no before starting this article. But I recently had a
conversation with a Roman Catholic student here at Maxwell Academy that changed my perspective.
After discussing Catholic practices that I find interesting, I was curious to hear what he thought of Adventism.
Being at an Adventist school, he is required to study our
curriculum and attend our Sabbath services. I asked if
there was anything about Adventism that he admired. His
answer surprised me:
You guys all seem really close, like a family.
This conversation served as an eye-opener for me. We can
often be oblivious to something about ourselves until someone else points it out. Is it possible that we as a church are
more unified than we think we are? The unity of our church
has been under attack by some in the past couple years.
The most divisive topics bring with them the most ardent
opponents with strong (even extreme) convictions.
I always saw this as a sign of weakness in the church.
But this conversation caused me to rethink this stance. If
few things are being shaken more violently than our unity,
otherwise noted, Scripture quotations have been taken from The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used
by permission. All rights reserved.
2Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Pub. Assn., 1898), p. 296.
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Talking
Protecting
FAITH,
FREEDO
Dialogue + religious
unique witness
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By Ganoune Diop
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C OV E R S T O RY
the sense that many churches interacted to define orthodoxy. This is not
the sense it is given today. Some
denominations, such as Roman
Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
churches, use it in this sense because
they believe they are the guarantors
of orthodoxy. But to label any partnership among Christians as doctrinal ecumenism may be uninformed,
uneducated, and far-fetched. Spiritual honesty is also needed in identifying and evaluating the real content
of interchurch relations.
Defining Unity
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B E T T I N A
K R A U S E
How to
Relate to Others
Seventh-day Adventist Church cofounder Ellen G. White offers
practical advice in the art and science of relating to Christians
from other denominations. Here are three pieces of advice.
When some who lack the Spirit and power of God enter a
new field, they commence denouncing other denominations,
thinking that they can convince the people of the truth by
presenting the inconsistencies of the popular churches. It may
seem necessary on some occasions to speak of these things, but
in general it only creates prejudice against our work and closes
the ears of many who might otherwise have listened to the truth.
If these teachers were connected closely with Christ, they would
have divine wisdom to know how to approach the people.1
We should not, upon entering a place, build up unnecessary
barriers between us and other denominations, especially the
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C OV E R S T O RY
Meeting
Muslim Leaders
When I retired as editor of the Adventist World, my life took on
an unexpected turn. General Conference president Jan Paulsen
requested that I become his personal assistant to develop
relationships with leaders of the world religions. The aim would
be to acquaint them with Seventh-day Adventists, who we are,
our mission, and our values.
This new assignment, for which there was no job
description, led me on frequent trips to the Middle East,
especially to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. There,
during the course of multiple visits, I had conversations with
major leaders of state and religion. Some of these prominent
individuals became close friends.
Interaction with these Muslim leaders made a profound
impression. I had much to learn, much to unlearn. I found them
easy to contact, but quite unaware of Seventh-day Adventists.
They hadnt heard of us; they were amazed to learn of Christians
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By William G. Johnsson
who dont eat pork or drink alcohol. And their belief in a second
coming of Jesus offers an interesting opportunity for discussion.
These high-level conversations accomplished much good.
Eventually they bore fruit in the organizing of a symposium,
Teaching Respect for Religions. Held at a university in Amman,
it featured presenters from both Islam and Christianity and was
attended by leading figures of the nation.
These experiences led me to place a high value on interfaith
dialogue. Especially in these times of religious bigotry, hatred,
and misinformation, dialogue is essential. Said the Master:
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children
of God (Matt. 5:9).
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everything from microbes to parasites to predators. Conflict and struggle are even employed by plants through
chemical warfare.1
Objective persons are likely to ask: What kind of god
creates a world that has conflict, disease, predation, and
death as its primary operating elements? This is a hugely
important question, because we understand intuitively that
the world is a reflection of the character of its god.
Zika
What You Need to Know
By Katia Reinert, associate director, General Conference Health Ministries
Cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus
have escalated in several places in the
world, and the World Health Organization
has declared it a Public Health Emergency
of International Concern.
As with any major public health threat,
factsnot fearare necessary. We
know from experience that knowledge is
the ultimate tool to keep people healthy
in any public health issue. While there is
still much we dont know about the Zika
virus, the global community is coming
together to take action and share reliable
information.
Here is some helpful information:
1. The primary source of Zika is bites
from infected mosquitoes (Aedes species).
These are the same mosquitoes that spread
dengue and chikungunya viruses and are
known to circulate in Africa, the Americas,
Asia, and the Pacific. They bite aggressively
during the day, but also at night.
2. Zika can also be transmitted via
sexual intercourse and blood transfusions,
and potentially by organ donation, saliva,
and urine (semen and urine have tested
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DISASTER
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A D V E N T I S T
L I F E
Things
I Learned
From
Church Planting
A Church Is Born
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C O U R T E S Y
O F T H E
A U T H O R
The central gospel message is practical love. After breaking through the
numerous artificial and cultural barriers that people use to protect themselves, we find hearts in need of love
and understanding. Sincere Christians
can provide genuine friendships
through which others can experience
a true encounter with God. n
*His Hands is an initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church. For more information, go to www.adventistvolunteers.
org/HisHands/
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A D V E N T I S T
H E R I T A G E
Another
Native
There are many
ways to become
a pioneer.
Beautiful Land
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Paruima, Waramadong,
Georgetown
Son
By Gibson Caesar
(with Lael Caesar)
C O U R T E S Y
O F T H E
A U T H O R
I taught for seven years in Waramadong, the last six of them with Anita at
my side as teacher and loving wife.
Later we moved to Kako, some eight
hours away, to open a new school.
Kako put all my capacity as a leader to
the test. God helped me persuade
the village community to join me in
doing it all. We built everything
from classroom blackboard, to school
furniture, to the schoolhouse itself.
Life After Kako
Gibson Caesar,
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B I B L E
Q U E S T I O N S
Please clarify
the law of slavery
in Exodus 21:2-6.
Wouldnt God be
opposed to slavery?
A N S W E R E D
A Question
of
Slavery
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B I B L E
S T U D Y
By Mark A. Finley
B. P R A T T
Daniel
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IDEA EXCHANGE
Letters
Better Than a Brother
Thank you for Angel Manuel Rodrguezs beautiful article Better Than a
Brother (December 2015). It was
comforting and inspiring. We all need
to be reminded that by His death
Christ not only loosed us from Satans
clutches but restored our own lives to
us. We are no longer hopeless vessels
but children of the living God, soon to
spend an endless eternity with our
beloved Jesus.
Shirley Mathieu
Australia
PrayerW
PRAISE
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Why Walk
Ruck?
Saints:
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R O J A S
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54 years ago
On April 14, 1962, the Iranian minister of education signed a document permitting Adventists to operate a full-scale high school under its
new name, Iran Adventist Academy. The first twelfth-grade class graduated in 1965.
Iran Adventist Academy began as a boarding school for boys on the
secondary level, formerly operated by the Iran Mission on a three-hectare
(seven-acre) property about 13 kilometers (eight miles) north of Tehran,
in the foothills of the Alborz Mountains. With the exception of religion
classes, the curriculum was prescribed by the Iran Ministry of Education.
The school was originally founded in Darband by Paul C. Boynton in
1946 with the name Iran Training School as a coeducational high school,
unlicensed by the government. After two years of operation at Darband,
high rent and other factors forced the school to move to the mission
building in Tehran. When Boynton left on furlough, Iran Mission officers
took over responsibilities of running the school until the arrival of C. L.
Gemmell, who carried on under adverse political conditions until the
school was forced to close, and a few students transferred to Middle East
College in Beirut, Lebanon.
In 1955 M. E. Adams reopened a vocational junior high school with
government approval until it became a full-time high school. The academy was later appropriated by the government.
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