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Weekly News and Inspiration for Seventh-day Adventists October 15, 1987

The Sufferings of Christ: -) A Soliloquy

Most of us harden ourselves against the hurts of life, the pain of others. He did not.

BY ROBERT M. JOHNSTON Studying the Psalms one day I came across Psalm 31:5, "Into thy hand I com- mit my spirit,"* one of the last things Jesus said on the cross. As I read_through the psalm I saw it was a psalm of sub- mission. Carrying my thoughts to a verse in the letter to the Hebrews, it set off a chain of meditation that now haunts me. • Why does He- brews 5:8 say of the sinless Jesus, "He learned obedience through what he suffered"? • We use discipline to teach our children to obey us, but that is not the meaning of this verse. One writer expressed it well: (continued on page 9) LETTERS

Poverty word and example. about our relationship to Christ and We do not have to look beyond I believe we have two alterna- using our influence to draw others our own shores or even our own tives — educate and motivate, or to Him, and, as a natural conse- r community to see the faces of the mandate and alienate. Sometimes quence, enjoy fellowship with poor ("The Faces of Grinding Pov- in our zeal to "save," we do the lat- believers. erty," Aug. 27). ter and thus deny our young people Our priorities change through My work at the SDA Community the privilege and responsibility of life, and consequently our lifestyles Services center (sponsored by the making an intelligent choice. change to a certain extent. Young Silver Spring, Sligo, and Takoma ELLA MAY MITCHELL people are faced with many chal- Park churches) puts me daily in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee lenges, not the least of which is sort- touch with people facing poverty ing out and designing their lifestyle. conditions. I have found that many Teaching the love of Jesus as be- I believe that if the spiritually ma- of the families and individuals fac- ing the only standard necessary is ture members of the church are will- ing these difficulties have not fraught with danger. The love of ing to be disciplined in their brought them on themselves be- Jesus is the most important thing, lifestyle and to follow in the steps of cause of drunkenness, laziness, or but there are many interpretations Christ, this will have a great impact irresponsibility. As a rule, the peo- of love. To one, love may be in just on the next generation. ple we work with are victims of cir- letting a person go with no restric- HELEN E. DURICHEK cumstance, such as poor back- tions or inhibitions; to another, it is Collegedale, Tennessee ground, low education, poor job in using a strict code of behavior AHS Review skills, and extremely low that teaches obedience, morality, self-confidence. and Bible standards. There are, of I applaud Elder Wilson's perspec- Our needy neighbors are just like course, many in-betweens. The Bi- tive on the Adventist Health System (Aug. 6), us. They enjoy entertainment and ble and the Spirit of Prophecy give and particularly the fact that the General Conference has set new clothes, and delight in buying us good guidelines. gifts for their children. They are We need to revive the leaders of up a special Financial Review Com- subject to the same human frailties our conferences, and they in turn mission so "we will not be con- fronted with surprises." The com- we all face. Sadly, though, they lack will teach and revive the pastors un- the margin of error we enjoy. Too der their supervision. Then when mission members should visit often we refuse to get involved. The the pastors are taught and renewed, on-site offices of at least the flagship work ethic, rags-to-riches stories, send them back to the churches to hospitals for short periods of time to ascertain the pulse of these and our memory of our own sacri- persuade and teach the members. fices dominate our thinking and When the members have taught institutions. RICHARD COOK prevent us from communicating their children and the children are Hinsdale, Illinois God's healing and forgiveness to the sent to school, they will already needy. know what the standards are. Praying Church Seventh-day Adventist Commu- Let's not give up. Let's hold the nity Services centers are indeed ac- line. Let's teach, preach, and live for Thanks for publishing Lindy tive in short-term and long-term de- Christ. Chamberlain's tragic-triumphant velopment projects both in this story (July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30). We in the D. R. MARSH country and abroad. Community Bangalore Central church prayed Portland, Tennessee Services volunteers are working for her and the family. In fact, we with ADRA, and in many places are also signed the petition to the the work force behind their devel- The differences of opinion over Crown to reopen and reconsider her opment projects. church standards are a part of the case after her seemingly final judg- JOHN GAVIN, Director polarization of the Adventist ment was pronounced and she was SDA Community Services Church. I see no way for a solution sent to jail. Center short of Christ's return. JANET CALEBS Silver Spring, Maryland I believe our chances of survival, Bangalore, India however, will be enhanced as we unite and become of "one accord" Standards by being together "in one place" of- Letters should not exceed 250 words Re "Standards: Readers' Re- ten and benefit from that fellowship and should carry the writer's name, ad- sponse" (Aug. 27). and support. When we do this we dress, and telephone number. All will be My family has invested 59 years will not be in the position of stand- edited to meet space and literary require- ments, but the author's meaning will not in Adventist education. There was ing on one end of the spectrum and be changed. Views expressed in the letters never any question that our teachers being critical of those on the other do not necessarily represent those of the might not be teaching standards by end, but will rather be concerned editors or denomination.

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ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1147) 3 EDITORIALS

grown up in the church and, spared the battles with relatives or employ- ers, have weak religious convic- tions. We have become cultural Ad- ventists, going to church on Saturday instead of Sunday, but more from habit than from conscience. And so, while the world rushes on to its close, we hardly notice AST-DAY LOYALTY what is happening. The United L States appoints an ambassador to "Here is the patience of the saints: test of last-day loyalty. The the Vatican with scarcely a whim- here are they that keep the com- Seventh-day Adventists forfeited per of protest heard; the current mandments of God, and the faith of jobs and careers, endured scorn and pope, one of the most popular and Jesus."—Rev. 14:12. charges of Judaizing, gave up rela- powerful in history, traverses the tives and pleasures, because their globe; leaders of the Religious Right oyalty is still a good word. Loy- reading of Scripture pointed to the plot a political strategy to make the alty to spouse, to family, to coun- perpetuity of the Decalogue—in all U.S. a "Christian nation"; New Age Ltry, to church, and above all to 10 of its precepts. thinking permeates Western soci- God—loyalty is the bedrock of Annie Smith, sweet singer of the ety. And Adventists slumber on. society. pioneers, captured their spirit: But the last-day loyalty of Reve- Of course, the word and the con- "Long upon the mountains weary, lation 14 embraces more than the cept have fallen on hard times. To- Have the scattered flock been torn; Sabbath, although it focuses on that day many people have little regard Dark the desert paths, and dreary; test. The people of God who, living for solemn promises; they see right Grievous trials have they borne. in every country and tribe of earth, and wrong, truth and justice, in rel- Now the gathering call is sounding, await the Second Coming also keep ative terms; they mock at Solemn in its warning voice; the commandments of God—all of old-fashioned virtues that would Union, faith, and love, abounding, them—and have the faith of Jesus. value anything other than Bid the little flock rejoice. They are men and women whose self-interest and self-gratification. Now the light of truth they're seek- lives show the transforming grace of But as the world rushes on to its ing, In its onward track pursue; Jesus, their Saviour and Lord. In the close, God will have a people who All the Ten Commandments keep- midst of a crooked and corrupt gen- make Him first, last, and best in ev- ing, They are holy, just, and true." eration, they cannot be bought or erything. In the face of pressures to sold. In an age of shifting morality, Sabbath Observance conform, in spite of the worldwide they are true and upright in their adoration of the beast power (see For most of us, the Sabbath no inmost souls. At a time when truth Rev. 13), they will stand rocklike in longer cuts across careers and plans. seems relative, their conscience is loyalty to the only true God. Most people work a five-day week, as true to duty as the needle to the Last-day loyalty is a landmark of and employers try to accommodate pole. When all around them people Adventism. It permeates Revelation religious preferences. By and large, are swept along with the crowd, 14:6-12, the passage that more than and especially in North America, they stand for the right though the any other encapsulates Adventist Adventism has become accepted in heavens fall. identity. Here we find a people who the mainstream of modern church- Whence their strength? How can keep the commandments of God es. Gallup polls show that we have they resist the popular tide? and the faith of Jesus, a people who fairly high name recognition among The "everlasting gospel" (Rev. eagerly await His glorious return the populace, and that most people 14:6) has won their hearts. They (see the previous editorials in this list observance of the Sabbath as our have fallen in love with Jesus, and series: "The Landmarks of Advent- dominant feature (unfortunately, His love has set them free to stand ism," Oct. 1; "To God Alone Be Glo- they know little else about us!). for Him alone. ry," Oct. 8). Is loyalty to God, shown espe- Next time, in the concluding ed- This landmark meant much to our cially by commandment-keeping, itorial in this series, I will show the believers in the past century. They still a landmark of Adventism? significance today of the final land- saw a vital part of their mission to be Yes—now more than ever. mark of Adventism identified by a prophetic call to men and women We face new dangers. Our accep- Ellen White—the nonimmortality everywhere to return to God's law, tance in society and ease of Sabbath of the wicked. so long neglected. observance are making us spiritu- WILLIAM G. JOHNSSON The Sabbath became the litmus ally sluggish. Many of us have

4 (1148) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 other nation that will permit it until Jesus Christ comes." He and his wife run this Cast Thy Bread Min- istry, as he calls it, from their home. He sometimes drives 900 miles a week visiting farms in search of new locations for the crosses. Cross Purpose Why would anyone spend a for- CROSS ROAD tune erecting crosses cross-country? "The sole reason for putting up the aveling north on U.S. Highway never knelt together and held hands crosses is to remind people . . . that • 15, I came upon a dramatic before. Afterward they visited a lo- Jesus Christ was crucified ... for our sight. Standing on a small hill cal church. "I get lots of reports like sins and He soon will be coming again," Coffindaffer explains. "I ▪ close to the road, silhouetted that," he says. against the sky, stood three giant At last count the crews had know my work is being blessed by crosses. The center one—the tall- erected 931 cross clusters in 15 the Holy Spirit. . . . And it's a beau- est—was a creamy gold color; the states and the District of Columbia. tiful feeling." others, a light blue. A nice idea, I Probably 15 million drivers see "Of all professing Christians, • thought; but who had put them these crosses every day. You may Seventh-day Adventists should be there, and why? have seen them yourself. Just this foremost in uplifting Christ before Some months later I read the an- past Sabbath I saw a new set on 15 the world" (Gospel Workers, p. swer in a local newspaper. Five South. The owner of the farm on 15 156). years ago Bernard Coffindaffer, a North says that saints and sinners I once read of a sculptor who middle-aged West Virginian and placed beneath his statue of Christ • self-made millionaire, had a vision on the cross, erected in a public that inspired him to contact lum- square, the words of Lamentations beryards in Alabama and California 1:12: "Is it nothing to you, all ye that about delivering hundreds of tele- pass by?" We should not for a mo- phone poles. These he would make ment disparage the crusade of the into 25-foot crosses—painted gold, by would millionaire cross-planter, for his for royalty and majesty, or blue, idea has called the attention of mul- considered a lucky color by Jews anyone spend titudes to our Saviour's sacrifice. and Muslims. Long nails would pro- Anything that can do this in an ap- trude from the center cross to rep- a fortune propriate manner deserves our ap- resent those used to crucify Christ. preciation. God will use this unique Coffindaffer hired several crews erecting crosses idea to His glory. Would that many of mainly unemployed coal miners of us could come up with new meth- to help him search the highways for cross-country? ods of reaching the masses with the appropriate sites for his crosses. gospel. • The first he erected in the center of But what is the best way for us to West Virginia on Interstate 79. uplift Christ's cross before the stop to climb her hill and take pic- world? Paul knew the answer: "God On a Hill tures of the crosses or just touch forbid that I should glory, save in A year and half later a woman them. A photographer will soon the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by came to him weeping and told him publish a book of photos of the whom the world is crucified unto what she had seen. She said that a crosses. me, and I unto the world" (Gal. • few months earlier a man, a woman, The cost of this project has been 6:14). When our thankfulness for and their three children had enormous. Coffindaffer has in- the cross leads us to renounce every climbed the hill where those first vested more than a third of his $3 tendency out of harmony with crosses stood. The five of them knelt million fortune, and says he will God's will, then our lives will point around the crosses, holding hands. continue planting crosses until he others to Jesus even more compel- "It was a beautiful sight," she reaches at least the Mississippi lingly than three crosses by the sobbed. Relates Coffindaffer, "They River or his money runs out. His roadside. were not Christians when they ultimate goal, "if I should live and walked up the hill, but they were have funds enough, is to put crosses EUGENE F. DURAND when they came down." They had in every Christian nation and every

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1149) 5 NEWSBREAK

Charting the Future of Adventist Media Outreach GC president reports on the Adventist Media Center Study Commission In an attempt to strengthen the opera- tions and development; and Robert S. ing 150 million have unfavorable tions of the Adventist Media Center in Folkenberg, president of the Carolina feelings. Thousand Oaks, California, and ready Conference. Why such unfavorable feelings? its ministries for the 1990s, the center's The Adventist media plan subcom- One indication is that 50 percent of board of trustees asked the General Con- mittee worked with the consultants to those surveyed think religious programs ference to appoint a study commission develop two surveys: a comprehensive take advantage of gullible people. Thirty in early 1986. survey of more than 330 Seventh-day percent think such programs are insult- The Adventist Review printed a Cur- Adventist laypersons, pastors, and ad- ing to intelligence. Almost 40 percent rent Issues article on the Adventist Me- think the Jim Bakker and Oral Roberts dia Center detailing the joys and diffi- controversies are typical of all religious culties Adventist media face (see Myron programs. Widmer's "Adventist Media—At Risk?" In general, how did Adventist radio in the September 4, 1986, issue). and television programs fare with the After the study commission's August various age groups? 1987 meeting, the Review interviewed It Is Written's familiarity percentages General Conference president Neal C. peaked in the 35 to 49 age group, fol- Wilson, who chaired the study lowed by the older groups (50 to 64, and commission. those over 65). Voice of Prophecy, La Review: How did the study commis- Neal C. Wilson Voz de la Esperanza, and Breath of Life sion begin its work? ministrators; and a telephone survey of in general had their major strengths in Wilson: Each of the five current com- 1,000 non-Adventists. the older age groups. Christian Lifestyle ponents of the Media Center—Voice of What are some of the more interest- Magazine was just the opposite, having Prophecy, La Voz de la Esperanza, Faith ing survey results? its most recognition in the younger for Today, It Is Written, and Breath of In general, the surveys indicate excit- groups. Life—presented detailed information in ing opportunities and tremendous When the survey asked how much both printed form and verbal summaries needs for Seventh-day Adventist radio people knew about Adventists, how did before the commission about their his- and television outreach. And they show we compare to Roman Catholics, Bap- tories, viewer demographics, financial our existing programs have been more tists, and other denominations? trends, basic goals, outreach statistics successful than some might imagine. Prepare yourself for a shock! When and evangelistic successes, and dreams For instance, the survey of non- the list of denominations was read, Ro- for the future. Adventists, on a projected basis, indi- man Catholics, with 36.4 percent, The commission retained the services cates that 22 million Americans are fa- topped the list when people said they of a nationally known television con- miliar with Voice of Prophecy, 20 mil- "know a lot" about a particular church. sultant firm, Frank N. Magid Associates, lion with It Is Written, 18 million with We came in last with 3 percent. Inc., of Marion, Iowa, for professional Christian Lifestyle Magazine, 10 mil- And we topped the list when people assistance. lion with Breath of Life, and 3 million answered they know "nothing at all" The commission also appointed sub- with La Voz de la Esperanza. about a church. More than 51 percent committees to develop (1) an Adventist How do those figures compare with said they know "nothing at all" about media plan and (2) an Adventist Media those for well-known television pro- Adventists. Center operations plan. The first plan grams featuring Oral Roberts, Pat Rob- Those figures should shake some of concerns outreach. The second will deal ertson, and Jimmy Swaggart? us out of our complacency. We have a with how the Media Center operates in- About 180 million have seen Oral great challenge and work to do through ternally. The Adventist media plan sub- Roberts; 170 million, Pat Robertson; and the electronic media. We have a great committee was composed of Robert W. 160 million, Jimmy Swaggart. Those fig- opportunity when 51 percent say they Nixon, director of the General Confer- ures show the tremendous challenge we don't know anything about us. We have ence Communication Department; W. face. a clean slate to write on. Augustus Cheatham, Loma Linda Uni- Do that many people regularly watch We should rise to the challenge and versity's vice president for public rela- or listen to religious programs? say we've got to find ways to reach all Probably not on a regular basis. But those young people, all those adults This article was written by Robert W. the survey indicates that about 60 mil- who aren't very interested in religious Nixon, General Conference Communi- lion people have favorable feelings programs, all those people who think cation Department director, for the Ad- about religious programming. Another religious programs are an insult to their ventist Review. 25 million are neutral. But an astound- intelligence.

6 (1150) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 • What interesting facts surfaced in the The mission statement is this: "The age Blacks, and Spanish-speaking survey of Adventists? mission of Seventh-day Adventist me- teenagers. * Generally Adventists give Adventist dia outreach is to communicate in an The third is to fine-tune our existing programs good marks. Though from 36 effective and cost-efficient way the sav- traditional programs —which have laid to 60 percent of our members financially ing grace of Christ, to improve percep- a great foundation through the years —to support Adventist programs with which tion of the Seventh-day Adventist reach significant audiences even more on a regular basis. Church so that ultimate understanding effectively. Our members think our programs and acceptance increases measurably The fourth recommends develop- should be reaching younger adults, non- among all target audiences, and to nur- ment of a television program for young members, Spanish-speaking and Black ture church members to bring greater adults between the ages of 20 and 35. persons, and teenagers. They tend to cohesiveness and identity to local When will all this happen? think we have too many programs congregations." The study commission has not yet aimed at current church members. They The primary goal of our radio and completed its work. At its August meet- * suggest we need television spot adver- television outreach, of course, must be ing I appointed a new subcommittee to tisements and perhaps home video pro- evangelism. We must show and tell oth- develop the Adventist Media Center op- w grams and programs focusing on per- ers the good news of the gospel. We erations plan. The members are: Lowell sonal religious practices and our must increase understanding and ac- L. Bock, chairman; Dale Bidwell, Bob • humanitarian outreaches. ceptance of the unique truths that dis- Jacobs, Shirley Maxwell, Tom Mostert, And a challenging thought—more tinguish us as a church. Our secondary and Robert W. Nixon. This subcommit- than a quarter of our members thought goal must be to increase the positive, tee will study the center's organiza- k" the church should totally financially accurate perception of our church in tional structure and recommend admin- support certain programs. general as Christian, prophetic, progres- istrative and personnel changes in light How did the study commission sive, humanitarian, responsible, re- of the media plan. The subcommittee respond? spectable, friendly, personally helpful, will submit its draft to the commission I think astounded is the best word to growing, and global. on January 5, 1988. On January 13 the describe commission members when What a challenge! The church stands commission will make its recommen- they heard the results of the survey of at a crucial crossroads in its media min- dations to the Media Center board. With non-Adventists. The commission voted istry. Perhaps never before has the pop- both the Adventist media plan concept * to accept the basic concepts and philos- ulation of the North American Division and philosophy and the operations plan ophy of the Adventist media plan that been more ready to hear the Adventist in hand, the church hopes to embark on had been developed by the subcom- message. Never before has the church a five-year time frame that will result in mittee. had so many promising resources avail- an exciting radio and television out- That plan, of course, was based able to make the message heard. reach that will make people in North on input from all the radio and tele- Will new radio and television out- America aware of the Seventh-day Ad- vision ministries and the administra- reaches be created? ventist Church and will lead multitudes ' tion at the Adventist Media Center, plus Probably. The first concept in the Ad- to accept Christ and the teachings of His the results of the two surveys, plus ventist media plan calls for spot an- remnant church. discussions at the various commission nouncements to make people aware of I challenge every member in North meetings, plus letters and position the church. Such spots are likely to be America to catch the spirit and the ex- papers from about 100 concerned the most effective way of communicat- citement that the study commission laypersons, youth groups, pastors, ing with young adults, many of whom members have for expanded, coordinat- • church communicators and administra- are not interested in regular religious ed, yet creative radio and television tors, and others who responded to a programs. ministries that will reach the multi- request for opinions by the commission The second calls for three new radio tudes, especially those who know lit- secretary in the Review and programs to reach teens in general, teen- tle—or nothing at all—about the various union-conference Seventh-day Adventist and other publications. The Adventist Media Center complex Church. What are the main parts of With your prayers, with the • the Adventist media plan? Lord's continued blessings, The first part concerns a with the mighty work of the mission statement for the Ad- Holy Spirit to move human ventist Media Center. The minds and hearts, with the in- mission statement is based on creased financial support of Matthew 24:14: "And this our members, the Adventist gospel of the kingdom shall Media Center and its radio and be preached in all the world television ministries will have for a witness unto all nations; a glorious future in proclaim- and then shall the end come." ing the gospel.

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• The Sufferings of Christ: (- )A Soliloquy

(continued from the cover) Christ's experience was not a change from disobedience to obedience, but a maturing into the task. ♦ But how did suffering accomplish that? ♦ Nothing worthwhile is easy. Becoming a first-rate athlete, earning a degree in chemistry, parenting, becoming a master violinist —all such things require suffering and sacrifice, discipline. So does learning to serve God in a rebellious world. ♦ Why is Jesus called "a man of sorrows" in Isaiah 53:3? ♦ Most of us harden ourselves against the hurts of life, especially the sufferings of others. I suppose we could scarcely endure life if we knew and felt keenly the pain and tragedy of everyone we meet. But Jesus did not so protect Himself. That is why He was a man of sorrows. "Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows" (verse 4). ♦ Is that an example for us? ♦ We can never bear what He bore. But we can be much more sensitive, even though it means suffering. That is how we too learn obedience, learn how to serve God in a rebellious world. Like Jesus, we are called to be genuine lovers in an often loveless world. But to love is to be vulnerable. Jesus made Himself vulnerable —and we crucified Him. ♦ Was that to be an example for us, or a substitute for us? ♦ A sharp question! First of all, to be a substitute for us, to save us. Just as we must first receive love before we can give it, so must we be rescued before we can work to rescue others. If Jesus were primarily my example, there would not be much hope for me or for anyone. Who has perfectly followed Him? And who would take up his cross if Jesus did not attract so powerfully? ♦ Besides, He was different. He was the Son of God; He was divine. ♦ But are we not also sons and daughters of God? ♦ By adoption. We are born of the Spirit by the second birth (John 3:3, 5). But He was born of the Spirit from His mother's womb (Matt. 1:18; Luke 1:35). ♦ There were lots of other ways in which Jesus was different from me! He never married. He was Jewish. He owned no house. He could heal people and walk on water. ♦ True. We can't really say Jesus was our pattern in all things. But He calls us to be obedient in our sphere, just as He was obedient in His. First, we must accept that He paid our debt. So now our obedience is not for earning God's love. We have that already. We obey because we know God loves us. He gave His Son for us. ♦ But how can we ever do what He did for us? Not only did He eel our pain; He took our punishment, bore our sins, died our death. Can I bear the sins of others? ♦ No. Only weep for them, and tell them what Jesus

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15. 1987 (1153) 9 did. ♦ Let's look more at what Jesus did. Why was He crucified, and who crucified Him? If He was so good, it must have been bad people who did that. ♦ No, strange to say. The people who wanted to trap Jesus and get Him out of the way were respected leaders. ♦ But why? ♦ They perceived Jesus as a threat. He was too unconventional and too influential. ♦ How 4 did they perceive Him as a threat? ♦ Paradoxically, they gave a clue to that when they tried to trick Jesus. Listen to their ironic words in Matthew 22:16: "Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truthfully, and care for no man; for you do not regard the position of men." That was strange flattery, because it was the truth. In fact, that was why they perceived Him as a threat. He was not a political person. He could not be bullied or intimidated. He did not care about tradition if it was wrong. He did not follow authority if it was wrong. I guess people, even respected people, can't stand too much truth. ♦ So He The p opl4 who was a dangerous man. And they crucified Him. ♦ Is there a lesson there for wan0 td trap us? ♦ Probably. But it's not the kind you learn from Dale Carnegie. ♦ Are sus:tvere you saying that Jesus went around upsetting people? ♦ He didn't try to upset god perle, people. And He didn't try to undermine leaders just because they cted were leaders. But He had an unsettling way of looking truth straight in the eye and articulating it memorably. That meant exposing peopl ers. conventional thinking when it was crooked and wrong. With a well-turned phrase or a surprising parable He could shatter an ancient prejudice, for He knew that a falsehood doesn't become true just because people have believed it for a long time. Even more unsettling, He showed that what was once appropriate can become inappropriate. ♦ What do you mean? ♦ Like taking "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" (Matt. 5:38; cf. Ex. 21:24), or like giving a bill of divorcement (Matt. 19:7-9; cf. Deut. 24:1). Sometimes the line between truth and error is only a line between good and better. But He could draw that line razor-sharp. ♦ So they crucified Him. ♦ Precisely. ♦ They did it. But we wouldn't do it, would we? ♦ We do it all the time. But He loves us anyway. And He loved them.

11,0 He prayed, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do" (Luke 23:34). ♦ Human nature is still the same. Religious people are the same. We love our traditions. We are prone to paranoia. When someone comes along with unset- tling ideas that threaten what we are used to, we think to do God a service by putting such a dangerous person away. ♦ Are you saying that every nonconformist or agitator is a follower of Jesus, and that it is wrong to oppose such a person? Is every rebel right? ♦ I wish the matter were so simple. Some rebels are right, and some are wrong. Some nonconform- ists really are crazy. Look at the Bible. Moses was a rebel against Pharaoh; but Korah, Dathan, and Abiram were rebels against Moses. One was right, and the others were wrong. Amos and Jeremiah were rebel prophets, but Zechariah upheld the leadership. So I guess it isn't rebellion per se that makes one right. It is truth. ♦ Wasn't Jesus very popular? ♦ He knew what it was like to have

' ------10 (1154) ADVENTIST REV OCTOBER 15.1987 the crowd with Him one day and against Him the next. He knew peaks and pits. He was a celebrity. But when He really needed friends, He was alone. Psalm 69:20 expresses it: "I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none." ♦ He was on the receiving end of both applause and cursing. But no matter; He did not need the applause and was not surprised by the curses. He only needed His heavenly Father, and the consciousness of doing His ♦ will. ♦ It's hard to endure rejection. Was it easy for Him? Of course not. But Jesus had misguided popularity was no easier. "Perceiving then that they an unsettling were about to come and take him by force to make him king, way of Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself" (John 6:15). ♦ I guess Jesus knew what it is to feel lonely in a looking truth crowd. ♦ Remember, Jesus was not hardened, but very sen- straight in sitive. He did not build up defenses the way we do; He was the eye and vulnerable—"a man of sorrows." At the same time, He knew articulating human nature and understood mob psychology: "Now when he was in Jeru- it memorably. salem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs which he did; but Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew all men and needed no one to bear witness of man; for he himself knew what was in man" (John 2:23-25). How would you like to be a veterinarian whose mission in life is to cure sick rattlesnakes? ♦ And who wept over their hurt? I remember Luke 19:41: "And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it." • Truly "a man of sorrows." He did not rejoice at wrong. Wrongdoing brings disaster, but Jesus took no pleasure in anticipating the retri- bution. He wept. "A man of sorrows." ♦ Yes, but He could endure it all if He had His Father. ♦ But the time came when He lost even the sense of His Father's presence, when He cried, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matt. 27:46). That also was from the Psalms —Psalm 22:1. ♦ And so His sensitive, vulnerable soul was stripped of everything. Every defense, every comfort, every solace, every satisfaction, was gone. Other martyrs, when clothing and dignity and the esteem of fellowmen have all been stripped away, at least have the consoling assurance of God's presence and approval. But now, for Jesus, even that was gone. He had nothing left. Nothing—except the black hole. ♦ And He felt it all keenly. No stoic resignation here. That would have been trivial by comparison with His Passion. He was in every way "a man of sorrows." ♦ Is His suffering now finished? Is He no more rejected? ♦ By our pride and stub- bornness, by our self-centeredness, and by our well-intentioned cruelty, we still crucify Him. ♦ The Man of sorrows is still a dangerous man. Just when we think we have domesticated Him and made Him at home, He scandalizes us again with more truth than we can stand. We can't manipulate Him. Just when we want Him to laugh, He weeps. ❑

*Scriptural quotations in this article are from the Revised Standard Version.

Robert M. Johnston is professor of New Testament at the SDA Theological Seminary, Berrien Springs, Michigan. ADVENTIST PEOPLE

nurse at Hialeah Hospital in Flor- ida, retired this year. Did she actually keep track of the A. babies? "No," she admits as she laughs. "But when you've worked almost every week for 32 years and averaged four or five babies a week, I think 7,000 is a pretty reasonable estimate." A "Eventually I began to realize I was delivering babies of babies of babies," Enns adds. "Three genera- tions! After 32 years it can happen." Nelly comes from a family of long service. Just after the turn of the cen- tury her mother and father, Martha t and Abraham C. Enns, pioneered as medical missionaries in Africa. They gave simple treatments under primitive conditions. Later the fam- ily relocated in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 32 years, Nelly Enns helped deliver 7,000 babies at Hialeah Hospital. Nelly, whose accent still betrays the culture in which she spent her early years, studied for her RN there. When she and her two nurse sisters, A THOUSAND Louise and Esther, moved to the United States, they found jobs at Hialeah Hospital—and stayed. TIMES OVER The sisters each spent more than 20 years at Hialeah. When Nelly, the The stories of three Adventist people who live youngest, retired early in 1987, she heartily for the Lord had worked at the hospital longer than any other current employee. To Nelly that is not so remarkable. BY KIT WATTS their energy, their devotion, their The hospital "has a nice atmo- very lifeblood. One day they emerge sphere. I enjoyed my work. It was from their round of activities puz- home." Like the babies she's helped zled that, after what they supposed to deliver, the institution has grown was an ordinary life, they should be over the years. She joined the staff found notable. when it was a nearly new 21-bed Nelly Enns, P. V. Jesudas, and facility; it now has 400 beds. Arabella Williams are such people. Work has been her life. Yes, she There is something compelling in and her sisters have had a few hob- Some people grab the substantive, cumulative effect of bies — walking on the beach, picking people who do things well, again up shells, collecting a few stamps. headlines as they risk and again, even thousands of times But the babies and the mothers— over. What follows are the stories of they make her voice lively with and succeed at a once- three Seventh-day Adventist people memories. whose lives reveal cheerful perse- "Today mothers usually aren't so in-a-lifetime adven- verance and disinterested faithful- sedated during labor and delivery," ness. They live, not for an audience she explains. "I had more chances ture. Others spend a or a media event, but "heartily, as to to get acquainted. Some of them the Lord" (Col. 3:23). were frightened, some were not lifetime immersed in well. Others faced an instant trag- Nurse Nelly Enns —7,000 Babies edy when a baby was stillborn or a job or pursuing a After assisting in the delivery of had a birth defect. Mothers wel- nearly 7,000 babies, Nelly Enns, for comed a word of hope and encour- mission that absorbs 32 years a labor and delivery room agement." As an afterthought she

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•,.. suggests, "I guess doing all this was "But I was not satisfied," he Penniless, he sat under a tree and a kind of mission experience." states. Seeking peace of mind, Je- wept. A schoolmate comforted him, Fellow workers are quick to make sudas turned to Islam and Bud- then took him to his parents' farm the association between her faith dhism. "Not until I picked up a for three months. Eventually A. E. and her actions. "She was a beloved Voice of Prophecy card in a friend's Rawson, the Voice of Prophecy di- nurse," says Sidney Kelly, director house and began taking lessons did rector, sponsored Jesudas through of marketing at the hospital. "Ev- light break into my darkness." Still, his first year at Spicer College. Fit- eryone knew her and liked her. Her he had questions. When he discov- tingly, when he completed his stud- . farewell party was unusual. Even ered Voice of Prophecy lectures be- ies, Jesudas began working for the physicians turned up in scores! Peo- ing given nearby, he went to hear Voice of Prophecy correspondence ple took pictures and brought pic- school in Poona. tures. We had special food. Of their But at heart Jesudas was a own free will, folks contributed preacher. When church leaders fi- $3,500 so she could have a special nally set him to work as an evange- trip as a retirement gift." My life list, his natural ability blossomed. * Nelly took her oldest sister, Lou- Soon the union section sponsored ise, with her on a two-week trip to has been him to Philippine Union College for Europe, where they toured Holland, his master's degree. Switzerland, Germany, France, and threatened Of course, while there Jesudas England. She's glad to be home preached. As the result of one effort, again—if not at the hospital, at least many times. he baptized 12 Buddhists and 12 in the town where some of the thou- Christians. sands of grown-up babies and their I always turn "Over the past 30 years he has mothers know her and call her by raised up an average of almost two name. to the story new churches a year—making a to- Evangelist P. V. Jesudas- tal of 55 churches," reports union 4,000 Baptisms of David and president Mattison. "The tithe from ... these members is one of the main Born into a Hindu priestly family supports to the church in Tamil that ministered in a famous temple Goliath." Nadu." called Amankoil, P. V. Jesudas grew What motivates him? "It is the up seeing witchcraft and magic. Lord's doing," Jesudas says simply. Through a succession of unlikely "He implanted an urge in me to win events, he has become the ministe- others. I want only to be an evange- rial secretary of the South India list and bring as many people to God Union and a persuasive evangelist. as possible." 0, W. H. Mattison, president of the Like Paul, Jesudas has not lived union, credits Jesudas with baptiz- an easy life as an evangelist. "My ing at least 1,000 Hindus and 3,000 life has been threatened many from other Christian faiths. times," he says matter-of-factly. The Jesudas was one of eight children. story of David killing Goliath is one The best education available to to which Jesudas often turns for in- them as Hindus was in Christian spiration, convinced that "in the boarding schools. "At school we name of the Lord we can triumph were nominal Christians, and at over terrible difficulties." home, Hindus," Jesudas remem- But even he has been surprised at bers, "though I was attracted to some of the Lord's triumphs. While Christianity." Once a Hindu evangelist, P.V. Jesudas he held meetings for six months in has raised up 55 Adventist churches. But when he went to college he one area, his father came to visit. He met Siva Sidanandha people, mem- Pastor S. Thomas speak. "He looked after the children while Je- bers of a highly devoted and edu- cleared up my doubts. I became an sudas preached, but secretly was cated Hindu sect. "Their devotion Adventist!" listening to the messages. When he and wisdom drew me away from As a consequence of keeping the witnessed a baptism, his heart was Christianity; nominal Christianity Sabbath, Jesudas missed two impor- finally turned toward his son, and was no match for their intellectual tant examinations; he failed the toward the Son. dogmas," Jesudas says. Joining courses and lost a scholarship to an Jesudas was astounded when his them, he vigorously preached these engineering college. A furious fa- father asked to be baptized, but he Hindu teachings for four years. ther drove him away from home. wasted no time arranging for his fa-

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1157) 13 ther to have Bible studies with a lo- Being an intrepid member of cal pastor. It was not necessary; his Maranatha Flights International, father had listened well. Sunday Arabella also witnesses with a ham- When Jesudas asked for a union mer in her hand. In August she president to conduct the baptism, worked on her thirty-third project, he was surprised again. The father volunteers are helping to erect a Portuguese who had driven him away from church in Lowell, Massachusetts. home years before objected. "No," hard to find. She has carried bricks for masons, his father said, "I want to be bap- climbed ladders to help install sus- tized by you, my son." There are That's the pended ceilings, and put cap tiles some baptisms that even a man who on roofs. has led 4,000 to Christ will never Adventist The woman with the ruddy forget. cheeks and snapping blue eyes ex- Volunteer Arabella Williams — advantage I plains to reporters, "I do these 4,000 Hours things because I'm physically fit. Others who go along might not be in In 1958, after she and her hus- can give." such good health, so they may help band retired to Escondido, Califor- in the kitchen." She's been to Ire- nia, Arabella Williams joined up as land, the Azores, Alaska, Canada, manuel Missionary College) to at- and even back to Brazil. tend her class reunion. It was her For it was in Brazil and other ar- seventieth! She received a bache- eas of South America where Ara- lor's degree in English in bella first ventured out as a volun- 1917. Later she earned an M.A. in teer for the Lord. She and her first Spanish from Stanford University. husband were missionaries there. She also speaks Portuguese and He eventually became president of German, reads French, and has had the Inca Union. Meanwhile, with a a career teaching language courses few medical courses, Arabella be- on the college level. came a midwife and delivered But Arabella may be most widely scores of babies. known as a zealous advocate—and Before she left South America she example extraordinare of healthful buried her husband, Ennis V. living. She cheerfully talks up veg- Moore, in Peru and a son in Brazil, etarianism—and shares samples of both victims of tropical diseases. her savory cooking with the report- Since 1958 Arabella Williams has been ers who beat a path to her door. a regular volunteer for the Palomar Me- Since Ripley's Believe It or Not morial Hospital in Escondido, Calif. named her the oldest woman water- a volunteer at Palomar Memorial skier in the U.S. when she was 86, Hospital. Nearly 30 years later, at all kinds of newspapers and na- age 91, she still runs the gift shop on tional magazines have featured her the first, third, and fifth Sundays of prowess—Modern Maturity, The the month. "It's hard for them to Water Skier, and New Woman, be- find Sunday volunteers, so I work ing among them. two shifts," she explains brightly. While even in San Diego most "That's the Adventist advantage I people dress in warm, sensible Mrs. Williams holds the record of being the oldest woman water skier in the U.S. can give to my community." clothes on New Year's Day, she ap- She continues, "It seems in per- peared with her slalom ski at the When she remarried, it was to W. H. fect harmony with Adventist teach- Penguin Day contest, zipping Williams who'd also been a mis- ings. I want to help people and be around Mission Bay in her bathing sionary. She's been alone now more involved in my city." At last count suit. From the time she was 78 until than 20 years. But it might well be she had accumulated 3,885 hours of she retired from the sport last year, said of her, as it was of Moses, that volunteer service. She usually adds she missed the event only when it her eye is not dim, nor her natural another 20 to 30 hours per month. fell on Sabbath. Thirteen times, she force abated. ❑ When she's in town, that is. Ara- won trophies for being the oldest bella Williams leads many lives. participant. Besides having a good In April, for example, she went to time, Arabella was always ready to Kit Watts is an assistant editor of the Andrews University (formerly Em- tell her story and share her faith. Adventist Review.

14 (1158) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 Linda Hernandez loves to baby her patients.

Meet Linda Hernandez, registered pediatric nurse, storyteller and part- time big sister at Porter Memorial Hospital in Denver.

"I think the Adventist philosophy of healing really comes to life in the pediatric department. It's so obvious that children need more than medicine to get better. They also need love, comfort and reassurance. Adventists believe that you should treat the mind and spirit as well as the body for total recovery. And the kids prove that theory every day. We have a saying in our unit, Don't just treat the symptoms— treat the child. And we do. In fact, we've found that a simple hug is sometimes the best medication we can administer. I've seen it work wonders. ; 1 NIN The joy of seeing a really sick child get better is my reward for working here, and I know my colleagues feel the same. Together, we're living Christ's words, 'If you have done it unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto Me.-

Porter Memorial Hospital Put your faith to work.

Make a career out of caring, call or write Porter Memorial Hospital, 2525 S. Downing St„ Denver, CO 80210, 303-778-5611. The inside story about people and events that shaped our history legislative battles over Sun- lief and prejudice to tell what day laws. He would emerge he had seen. as a champion defender of Diligent research by author righteousness by faith. Later Delbert Baker reveals the so- he stepped in as editor of the cial circumstances faced by Review and would even be a Blacks such as Foy in New candidate for GC president. England, the acceptance of Why did this zealous leader Blacks in the Millerite move- turn into a bitter enemy of the Adventist Church? George Knight has pro- duced a biography that A. T. Jones (left) and Uriah doesn't gloss over the faults Smith (right) verbally of its main character. It takes fought each other for the you into the mind of Jones as duration of the 1888 Gen- he added heat to some of the eral Conference session. In hottest controversies in one argument over the tenth church history. Complete horn of Daniel 7, Jones de- with illustrations. clared to the assembly, "El- Hardcover, 288 pages. THE WORLD OF der Smith has told you he US$16.95, Cdn$23.75. ELLEN G. WHITE does not know anything rs. White's about this matter. I do, and counsel takes on I don't want you to blame new sharpness, me for what he does not color, and di- Mmension after you read this know." collection of articles edited by Gary Land. Fourteen histori- cal experts transport you ment, and Foy's relationship back in time to view the con- with Ellen White. ditions she wrote about. Photographs and engravings Take a look at what most complete our view of his Americans were putting on environment. their supper table when she The book includes descrip- gave counsels on diet. Ob- tions of Foy's visions of the serve the trends in medicine judgment and the rewards when she promoted our planned for the righteous— health message. visions endorsed by Ellen Her advice on fiction and White and full of encourage- amusements gains meaning William Miller's Advent ment for us today. when you see the popular movement crumbled in the Hardcover, 160 pages. literature and entertainments Great Disappointment. But US$12.95, Cdn$18.15 of the time. Other articles de- almost three years earlier, scribe her hometown of Port- one of his followers saw vi- land, Maine, what it was like GE( IRGI. R. KNIGHT to travel by train across the ,1,1,11,vn sions about the final reward for those who continued to Great Plains, and racial ten- believe. sion in the 1800s. FROM1888 Here is a readable, accurate TO APOSTASY THE UNKNOWN resource for anyone who ooking back at the PROPHET: wants to understand the writ- The Story of ings of Ellen White better. 1888 General Con- Hardcover, 253 pages. ference session, Mrs. illiam Ellis Foy US$16.95, Cdn$23.75. White described it as t the dawn of Ad- theL "most incomprehensible ventism stands a tug-of-war we have ever had tall Black among our people." And on preacher—the first one side of the conflict stood of three people who received a talented young preacher visions at the time of the who boldly challenged the Great Disappointment. most powerful men in the For a century he was hid- Vaudeville was a refined —CENTENNIAL SERIES— church. den in obscurity. Now we version of burlesque that Alonzo T. Jones was al- have a biography of William made the theater a center of Set price US$39.95 ready an unrivaled hero in Foy, a man who faced disbe- family entertainment. Cdn$55.95 These Are My Thoughts of October 3

By Richard Norman

The cherry trees gone Sound of the windmill The taste of ripe pears Lord, what's heaven like Say, can i have my dog back The one with the short tail How about my white cat Will the river flow cool Warm straw piles too angels cook like Grandma Can i go swimming at night Will the crows and owls fuss Does the cream lay thick on the pans Lord, do You have a place like that i really don't need wings I'd rather walk barefoot Is the mud sticky and cool Do i need my glasses Can i haVe teee,,ss,, just with You w ds and empty the trash Teach me. How to foster healthy attitudes and practices

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BY DEBORAH ANFENSON-VANCE

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y daughter is not yet 3, but she al- come, how are they going to get it? Some parents, ready knows about getting into liking to maintain a certain amount of control over Mom's wallet. "This is money," their children, have them ask for money for specific says my little princess as she unfet- items. That way, the decision of whether Salinda 4 ters my change purse and upends it onto the queen- buys $35 sunglasses or Mikey gets bubble gum re- size bed. Then, for the love of sound effects, she ally rests with Mom and Dad. But this method not 41' flings dimes, nickels, and pennies to the hardwood only shields kids from financial responsibility and floor below. She doesn't worry where they might choice-making opportunities; it teaches them to be land. That's my problem. manipulative. And, of course, we are the ones they To Chelsea, fiscal responsibility means not put- are learning to manipulate. hildren ting quarters in her mouth. She hasn't the dimmest But since I prefer that my daughter and I learn to 4 notion of individuals, marriages, and societies built control ourselves, and not each other, I would can begin , and broken over the likes of the shiny-but-dirty shrink from offering her any more opportunities at stuff in Mommy's purse, or why it could possibly Mommy-wagging than she already has. That leaves handling be that important. My girl has never written a me but one avenue of approach—giving her regular, check, paid a bill, earned a nickel, or known a consistent amounts of no-strings-attached income. money "as financially tense moment. If I think this sounds too much like a free lunch, I A But she will. And she will learn. The life of the need to decide whether I believe there is grace in soon as they pocketbook may not be the noblest of our human the world, and if so, how far I think I would have aspects, but for better or for worse, it is with us till gotten without it. have the death do us part. My happy task as a parent is to Making Allowances teach her about it. maturity to When it comes to doling out allowances, three Getting Money questions immediately come to my mind: How old? Since one of the best ways to learn is by doing, How often? and How much? keep from it stands to reason that children learn to handle How old? Children can begin handling money money by handling money. The tricky part, of "as soon as they have the maturity to keep from losing it." course, is how an unemployed 7-year-old can losing it," says Purdue University professor Flora gather cash enough to polish his financial manage- L. Williams.' The consumer newsletter Moneys- ment skills. worth suggests that age 3 or 4 is not too young for We parents morally opposed to stealing usually a child to begin receiving an allowance.' see two basic solutions to the "my own money" How often? Whether you settle on a weekly, bi- problem children face: (1) make them work for it weekly, or monthly stipend, it is important that you and/or (2) give them an allowance. be as regular and prompt with your child's allow- On the surface, making your second grader toil ance as you expect your employer to be with your for a paycheck may seem like the all-American paycheck. Generally a young child manages better Protestant Work Ethic answer. After all, earning with small amounts of money given more often. your way is just part of the reality of life. But if a The older and more responsible the child becomes, young child is going to have a regular income, Mom the more capable he or she might be of budgeting and Dad will likely end up as employers, "an ar- larger amounts of money given less frequently. rangement that both distorts family relationships How much? Start small, advises Weinstein. "De- and gives money too much meaning," says finan- termine the allowance amount together with your cial writer Grace W. Weinstein.' "If you've ever child," she says. "Ask him how much he thinks he scolded a child for not performing a chore when she needs and what he wants to spend it on, then de- preferred to play, you probably realize that it's best cide which expenditures you think are appropri- to keep money out of the equation." ate." That is not to say that parents and children Before finalizing on an allowance amount, you should never enter into labor-for-cash exchanges. need to consider a number of factors, including: (1) But monetary agreements are best reserved for spe- the child's age, (2) the child's financial responsi- cial, one-time-only kinds of jobs (cleaning the base- bilities, (3) what the child's friends are doing, (4) ment, painting the porch) or jobs you normally hire area cost of living, and (5) inflation (yesterday's someone else to do (perhaps mowing the lawn or 10-cent ice-cream cones can cost near to a dollar washing windows). And business should be busi- today). ness, which means that if parents want to pay for Also remember that the learning tool in your a job, the child has the option to refuse the money— child's allowance is the discretionary portion—the and the job. Routine household chores like clearing part you have not already preallocated for lunch, the table, making beds, and putting out the garbage pencils, and school clothes. "An allowance that is should not be viewed as earning opportunities but solely a pipeline for parental spending quickly be- as part of family responsibility. In this vein, child comes a source of frustration with little value as a psychologist Lee Salk observes, "Paying kids robs learning tool," says Weinstein. "No one can learn them of feeling important as family members."' to make decisions if all the decisions are already So if they're not going to work for a regular in- made."

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1163) 19 Once you have established an allowance figure, a reason too." Encourage them to save toward an regularly review the amount with your child to end —a purchase that exceeds the amount of the make sure it is in keeping with his or her current weekly allowance, for example. needs and responsibilities. Moneysworth tells of Start small. Save quarters in a slotted card, or one Connecticut family who reviews allowances coins in a piggy bank or clear container. When the semiannually. The parents disclose the family's child has amassed a significant amount (Parade income, taxes, expenses, and general financial sit- suggests $25,6 though it could be less), have the uation to their teenage children. This helps the child personally deposit the money in his or her children understand the overall financial picture own passbook savings account. "Some of the mys- and to moderate their monetary requests and ticism about money and banking is removed," the spending to fit the family's financial capacity. Bjorklunds suggest, "when children experience for themselves how the system operates." Spending and Sharing What about checking accounts? Moneysworth Watching your child blow a week's allowance on suggests that "by 14 or 15, there's no reason why rides at the fair or a toy destined to self-destruct in your child, if he's reasonably mature in his spend- 12 minutes may not be easy. But, says Weinstein, ing habits, cannot open and handle his own check- "a child who is allowed to spend freely and to make ing account. . . . The checking—and/or savings— mistakes—as long as those mistakes aren't physi- account should be his own. He should be taught cally, mentally, or morally harmful to the child— how to reconcile it." will learn valuable lessons about spending and sav- ing." Parents need to view allowance money as an Punishment and Reward investment in their child's financial education— Money is power. Unfortunately, too many par- and perhaps nothing more. ents try to use money to manipulate, motivate, or As the child makes spending decisions, he or she penalize children. will discover what money can (and can't) do. The In an August 1985 Redbook article entitled child will not only become a better judge of quality "Money Games," Grace Weinstein identified some and price, but will learn to understand and prior- inappropriate ways parents use money to influence itize wants and diminish impulsive spending. their children. "Television commercials have a significant impact 1. Restitution. Through carelessness Clare on children's ideas about spending," write David breaks a family heirloom vase. Her mother's first and Barbara Bjorklund.5 They suggest parents eval- impulse is to make her pay for it. But Weinstein uate commercials with their children, pointing out points out that (a) the child cannot afford to pay for the manipulative and often exaggerated qualities of it; (b) even if she could, the heirloom is irreplace- P of TV ads, particularly those targeting young audi- able; (c) demanding payment gives the child the ences. impression that cash can compensate careless hab- a child's While parents should curb the impulse to tell its; (d) money becomes the focal point, not the children what to buy, they can seize other oppor- child's behavioral needs. "To develop a con- financial tunities to teach wise spending practices. "Take science," she says, "children must internalize right your children shopping," suggest the Bjorklunds. and wrong and acquire values; their moral growth education "Explain your decision to buy a large box of cereal is spurred by remorse at misbehavior, not by pay- rather than a small one." But Moneysworth re- ing off the 'debt' in cash." involves minds parents, "Your good advice and instruction 2. Misbehavior. Sometimes parents resort to will be useless if your kids see you spending ex- fining children for infractions of family rules. Be- learning to travagantly, living on credit, or placing undue im- sides the fact that the punishment doesn't fit the portance on material acquisitions." crime, fining usually doesn't work. "It takes a lot share. Part of a child's financial education involves more ingenuity—and thoughtful reactions—to learning to share. While parents can and should come up with appropriate punishments," says teach principles of Christian stewardship and gen- Weinstein. erosity, they must always realize that giving cannot 3. Rewards. "For every A I'll give you a dollar," be forced. One of the best ways for children to learn says Dad. Or "If you're good at the pediatrician's, to give —to family, to friends, to less fortunate peo- I'll get you an ice-cream cone," coaxes Mom. But, ple, to worthwhile projects, and to God—is to grow says Weinstein, "used in this way, money soon up in a generous and giving environment, where develops complicated emotional connotations." parents have learned to give not only of their She quotes child psychologist Lee Salk, who says, money but of themselves. "I don't believe in using material objects at all as reward or punishment. It's a way of associating Saving feelings of love and acceptance with 'things' and Once children have spent, they can learn to save. leads some children to desire more and more Maybe this sounds backward. But if kids don't things, to become acquisitive when they feel un- learn to value money for what it does, they will loved or neglected." become hoarders, not savers. "When we save, we Of course, sometimes a fine thread exists be- save for a reason," says Weinstein. "Children need tween gift and bribe, between tangibly celebrating 20 (1164) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 your child's success and trying to manipulate him What she knows is that a ride on Daddy's shoul- or her toward that success. "There is nothing ders beats a $10 bill any day. That she'd rather see wrong with treats," writes Weinstein. "An 'un- Grandma than Grandma's wallet. That it's better to birthday gift,' after all, can be the nicest gift of all." tickle, tease, and play in the park than to work for 4. Substitutes. Placating children with things $30 an hour. That it really is fun to see silver hit the when what they need is parental attention only floor, to hear the pennies dropping. In which case, ** reinforces their confusion of love with material she lives nearer to financial truth than I do. objects, says Weinstein. She quotes a family ther- She will sometime learn to take dollars and cents apist who talks about parents' using money as a a little more seriously; that's something you have • "buffer zone" to avoid personal involvement with to do to get by in this world —to get an education, their children. to care for a love, to eat. But from time to time I must Children see through the money games parents remind her and myself that money is neither the play. "They see what we are doing if we always best we have nor the most we have to give. offer to pay them . . . to get what we want," says Maybe tonight Chelsea will prowl into my wallet Weinstein. "If we are honest with them, they will again and pave the wood floor with a little change. understand that sometimes we're too busy, some- Maybe tonight I should leave it there. For I've heard times we can't be home, sometimes we're just too it is heaven where such a thing happens. Where tired to give them our undivided attention. Chil- gold lies underfoot and nobody cares. Where no- dren would rather have attention, but they are body thinks to pick it up. ❑ happy to have gifts as well—gifts that are tokens of REFERENCES our love, not a substitute for it." ' Grace W. Weinstein, "My Own Money," Parents, November Deborah 1986, p. 56. Anfenson- Values ElM McCoy, "Child Labor," Parents, August 1987, p. 99. 3 "Teach Your Children About Money," Parade, May 25, 1986, Vance is I have a lot to teach my daughter about money— p. 14. assistant editor 4 "Teaching Your Child About Money," Moneysworth, Apr. 14, ' where to find a bargain, what to check for quality, 1972. at the 'David and Barbara Bjorklund, "Children and Money," Par- how to make the dollars go far. She's not quite 3 and ents, April 1987, p. 202. Adventist doesn't know any of these things. 6 "Teach Your Children About Money," p. 14. Review.

• SPEAKING OUT

tals of eternity must have cultivated the power to choose his own des- tiny. I am grateful God made it that way. DECISIONS, DECISIONS!" So, thank you, my church, for the freedom to choose our unique doc- trines, while not having them BY VIOLA KAISER crammed down my throat; for the am bothered when I hear sugges- Ellen White once wrote: "Many privilege of paying tithe and offer- tions that God has invested His come to us with the inquiry: Shall I ings, while not being forced to do so church with the power to make do this? Shall I engage in that en- against my will. Thank you for rec- decisions for its members. Might we terprise? Or, in regard to dress, Shall ommending a vegetarian diet, while not just as well be robots or autom- I wear this or that article? I answer not commanding what I must eat, atons? Would we prefer a pope to them: You profess to be disciples of and for suggesting a manner of hand down directions for our every Christ. Study your Bibles. Read dress, but not picking at my style. major move? carefully and prayerfully the life of Thank you for expecting me to We say we want the church to our dear Saviour when He dwelt speak in a manner becoming to my take a stand, but the church is the among men upon the earth. Imitate religious profession, but being pa- people who make up its member- His life, and you will not be found tient with me when I don't. ship. Each member bears a sacred straying from the narrow path. We Thank you for loving me even responsibility to God, family, and utterly refuse to be conscience for when I choose wrongly, for leaving society to make his own choices and you. If we tell you just what to do, room for the Spirit of truth to guide accept the consequences. you will look to us to guide you, me into all truth. Is it not wiser for the church lead- instead of going directly to Jesus for ership to educate each member con- yourselves" (Testimonies, vol. 2, p. cerning its teachings, then leave the 119). Viola Kaiser writes from Mosier, response to the individual? Each person who enters the por- Oregon.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1165) 21 DEAR MIRIAM

ment to allow children to beg from door to door, to say nothing of the dangers in recent years of poisoned candy or fruit with razor blades em- WHEN A bedded in it. However, a negative situation can CHURCH LEADER be turned into a positive one, such as taking our children out in groups to distribute literature, or to solicit LETS YOU DOWN canned food or money for the poor BY MIRIAM WOOD or for worthwhile school projects. The children's politeness and dif- have been an Adventist for more responsible for the salvation of ferent slant would surely prove an than 20 years. There are several others. excellent neighborhood witness. I Iministers I have admired deeply Perhaps my view of this subject is think many of our parents and and in whom I have had total con- influenced by my experience with schools are already in the habit of fidence. Now I find that one of these my grandparents who brought me doing this kind of thing. men has been proven to be finan- up. My grandfather was a pastor and cially dishonest. I feel as though the one of the most fiercely dedicated relative of mine is soon to be foundation has been knocked from Adventists I have ever known. But married and wants his under my life. If he could not live he was also quick-tempered and ex- A favorite cousin as his best up to our Adventist principles, ceedingly domineering, and had a man. Another family member says what chance do I have? I am con- few other negative traits of character this is improper, since the cousin is sidering giving it all up. How do that I won't enumerate. But he married. What is your opinion? you feel when a leader you have threw every fiber of his being and I have never heard or read in any trusted proves false? every moment of his life into God's etiquette book that it is obligatory I feel sad and disappointed. But work. I grew up respecting him, but for a best man to be single. In fact, in my essential reaction is quite differ- never expecting him to be flawless. second marriages, sometimes a mar- ent from yours. I have never had the Somewhere along the line, I ab- ried son officiates as best man for least inclination toward hero/her- sorbed the fact that Christ's righ- his father! And how about the ma- oine worship, and I regard all hu- teousness would cover his mis- tron of honor, who must be married man beings—leaders and laity takes, which were not deliberate, to qualify for the role? Your family alike—as subject to the same weak- ever. He loved his Saviour dearly. member should do some backtrack- nesses and temptations as I am. Please let me encourage you not ing on his opinion. I remember a conversation I once to let the incident you mentioned had with a friend. Mentioning the change your relationship to God or Note to readers who have asked name of someone who had failed to to the church. As you think of your for confidential help because of live up to his Christian standards, own weaknesses, you will feel more marital abuse, sexual and other- he remarked, "Well, I think I can charitable and will not be overly wise. Please write to Church Min- weather this, but if Elder disturbed by the devil's efforts to istries, Family Life Department, ever did such a thing, I make God's standards seem unreal- General Conference, 6840 Eastern would know my case is hopeless istic and doomed to failure. Christ Avenue NW., Washington, D.C. and would stop trying." But that did not fail. 20012. Request the list they have means that instead of looking at our compiled of counselors from all perfect Example, Jesus, we are look- can't understand how Adventist over the United States. Perhaps one ing at fellow humans. parents can let their children go of these people will be located in Of course, we all agree that lead- Iout for trick or treat on Hallow- your area. If not, check your phone ers have a greater responsibility to een. The children grow up with the book for a Family Services listing exemplify the high standards to idea that to get what they want they under your local county govern- which we all subscribe. But when can threaten and even involve ment. This agency often gives help from time to time a leader fails, this themselves in vandalism. Your free of charge. does not change the beauty of Christ opinion, please. or His message, or His power to keep I have always felt that there is a from falling anyone who totally sur- strong suggestion of blackmail in renders his or her life to Him. The the custom of trick or treating, Miriam Wood, author of 16 books, is Lord takes a serious view of leader- though tiny children do not, of a retired English teacher whose life- ship, but nowhere in the Bible do course, realize that. Even if no tricks long hobby has been "observing hu- we read that leaders are ultimately are involved, it seems poor judg- man nature in all its complexity."

22 (1166) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 For Youth ergy and action. For Adults King David praised God If you want to get a kid's Dorothy Eaton Watts, Each morning, as alarm by saying, "All my springs attention at family worship, who also wrote This Is the clocks sound off across of joy are in you." Such introduce him to heroes— Day, has uncovered little- the country, millions linger Bright Hopes gives you a heroes like Babe Ruth, known events that catch in bed and wonder if it's refreshing drink at these Robert E. Lee, and "Wild most readers by surprise. worth the effort to get up. springs for every day of the Bill" Hickok. Like the time Thomas Edi- Such Bright Hopes, by year. The new junior devo- son made $37,000 by keep- Walter R. L. Scragg, can Hardbound, 384 pages. tional, Stepping-Stones, ing his mouth shut. cure this early-morning US$8.50, Cdn$11.90 provides a year's supply of Each story opens up the apathy. kings, athletes, musicians, mind to a new idea about Each page in this devo- explorers, and inventors. God, who turns out to be tional is a dose of opti- And every one of them is the real hero of this book. mism because it reminds 'Ps. 87:7. From the New American Stan- dard Bible, 0 The Lockman Foundation 1960, featured in a short, grip- Hardbound, 384 pages. us of the victories and joys 1962, 1963. 1968, 1971. 1972, 1973. 1975, ping story filled with en- US$8.50, Cdn$11.90 that Jesus has ready for us. 1977.

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The Andrews Univer- ucation at Andrews, ar- sity Gymnics directed ranged for Michael Ste- and coordinated the venson, associate director Sports Spectacular '87 of the Church Ministries program for the Interna- Department of the Gen- tional Summer Special eral Conference, to say a Olympics in South Bend, few words. "I wanted him Indiana, on August 5. to say that as a church we During the three-hour support what the Special program approximately Olympics people are do- 13,000 Special Olympics ing for the handicapped," athletes, members of their Kalua said. "I also wanted families, and friends him to evaluate this as a watched more than 15 possible new dimension sports acts. These in- to witnessing." cluded Matt Plendl, world hula hoop cham- "Who Are SDAs?" pion; Spud Webb, "After the performance five-foot-seven National some dignitaries came up Basketball Association to me," related Bobbie Ka- slam dunk champion for A capacity crowd watched the Gymnics perform stunts. lua. "They asked, 'What 1985-1986; and the Gym- has this Andrews group nics themselves, who per- been up to for so many formed several balancing years? Where is An- routines. Andrews Gymnics Direct drews? Why haven't they Bart Conner and Mary been booked before?' A Lou Retton, medal- Special Olympics Program lot of them also wanted to winning gymnasts from know who Seventh-day the 1984 Olympics in Los Students perform, witness, before Adventists are." Angeles, served as mas- "Many people said it ters of ceremonies along 13,000 at Notre Dame University. was the best show of the with Jack Lloyd, an- week," said Vicki McIn- staging, lighting, and sound. Two tire, who works for the county pros- other Andrews students provided ecutor's office in South Bend and the sound track for the night's serves as chairperson of the Special theme song, "The Magic Is There," Olympics sports nights. written and sung by a local After reading an article in the policeman. South Bend Tribune about the Gym- nics' home show this past spring, "Love in Any Language" McIntire invited them to perform , As part of the show's finale, Rich- for the sports night. She met with ard Dower, former instructor of technology education at Andrews, and William Mutch, associate pro- fessor of chemistry, with Jon Ander- son, an Andrews alumnus, filled two giant screens with slides of Spe- Michelle Kalua, daughter of the Gym- cial Olympics athletes accompa- nics coach, presents lei to Jack Lloyd. nied by the song "Love in Any Lan- guage." To Bobbie Kalua, son of the nouncer for Notre Dame basketball. Gymnics coach and sophomore at Besides coordinating acts and Andrews, that symbolized the en- performing, the Gymnics provided tire program. "It tied the magic of The block-balancing routine demands all technical support, including love in with what we're all about," concentration and physical strength. he said. Kalua and learned that the Gymnics By Laurie Stankavich, public rela- At the end of the program Robert orchestrate technical effects with tions newswriter, Andrews Kalua, coach of the Gymnics and gymnastic routines for their own University. associate professor of physical ed- shows. As a result, she asked them 24 (1168) ALL PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE BY RICHARD SANTANA ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 to coordinate the entire Sports at the university, Andrews Acade- with field temperatures of nearly Spectacular program. my, and surrounding elementary 100° F (38° C). The program drew a reported schools. "You really come out with more record-breaking crowd to the Notre Andrews also participated in than you went in with," observed Dame athletic convocational center. other aspects of the Special Olym- Rodney Hahn, physical therapy Local television stations ran clips of pics. Twenty physical therapy stu- graduate student. "It seemed just the show, and ABC's Wide World of dents volunteered to treat minor in- like a big family down there, with Sports shot footage that was aired juries and to aid athletes coping more caring than winning." August 16. The International Special Olym- Perfect in Christ pics, founded in 1968 by Sargent Slime authorities say that we must become perfect before probation closes. Can we do it? NEW Perfect in Christ shifts attention from the question of what we can do, focusing instead on Christ's work for us in heaven. We see Jesus as a powerful mediator who is able to remove our filthy gar- ments and cover us with the robe of His righteousness. Dr. Helmut Ott finds that the teachings on righteousness by faith found in the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy have one en- couraging theme: If we trust Him, Christ will present His perfection to the Father as if it were ours— even at the end of time. Hardbound, 160 pages. US$14.95, Cdn$20.95 Now and Not Yet NOIIII esus startled people by Gymnic Roland Graham catches him- announcing that His kingdom self in a handstand after flinging aside Jhad already come. John an eight-high stack of wooden blocks. Brunt shows that being a citizen of St and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, drew this kingdom changes our response to poverty, hunger, politi- 4,700 handicapped athletes from 50 cal oppression, legal disputes states and 70 countries. Formal or- Fiow rx, Pastille Wailing for the within the church, sexual behav- orSecn.4gy. Corning RehplAti to Pot- ent'. Lawsuits, Ifungo, ganization of the Special Olympics ior, and even building programs. Lipprassmn, Scanalits, mad Sin'. began after an investigation com- Discover how we can make the missioned by the Joseph P. Ken- kingdom a part of the here and nedy, Jr., Foundation showed that "now," even though we are "not mentally retarded people were com- yet" in heaven. pletely neglected when it came to Paperback, 96 pages. US$6.95, organized physical-fitness Cdn$9.75 activities. Angels: We Never Walk Alone To Perform in Korea hat do angels do for us? Walton Brown opens our The Gymnics have been invited to Weyes to their mission by perform in Korea in the fall of 1988, bringing scattered references from according to Coach Kalua. Previous the Bible and the Spirit of Proph- tours have included the Bahamas ecy into one connected narrative. and Hawaii. Kalua cofounded the We see the part angels have in Gymnics with Dr. Gene Wilson in preparing God's leaders on earth, their involvement in Christ's minis- California in 195-9 and moved the try, and their encounters with Ellen troupe to Andrews in 1968. Cur- White. rently, the 40 gymnasts are students Paperback, 173 pages. US$7.95, Cdn$1 1.15 ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 New Stories About Struggles in the Heart and in the Mind

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MaryBeth grew up with a mother who was an Adventist and a father who was not. Remembering the tension in her home, she vowed never to marry outside the Adventist faith. But the vow weakened in the company of Jim, a confident premed student with green eyes and a staunch belief in the Catholic Church. Ironically, Jim had also sworn not to give up his church. But do either of them have the emotional strength to break off the relationship? The author of Lucky in Love tells this true story with sympathy and Dan Jarrard answered God's warmth. call to the ministry at age 15. Ten years later his study led him to question the very beliefs he preached in his Pentecostal church. He went to his congregation and asked them to choose PROMISE between God's light and the traditional teachings of the church. To his despair, the answer was: "Follow the teachings of the church."

Sitting on a concrete slab Read how he found a people surrounded by barbed wire, who did share his new beliefs. Siegfried Horn finds a Bible Trace his steps through his promise: The Lord sets prisoners three most challenging free. doctrinal decisions: speaking But he remains in prison camps in tongues, the seventieth year after year. He continues to face week of Daniel, and the starvation and mind-wreaking seventh-day Sabbath. Jarrard boredom in the jungles and deserts has a powerful witness for of the Far East. charismatics. The most productive years of Horn's life appear wasted. But as US$6.95, Cdn$9.75 each God pauses in fulfilling His promise to set the prisoners free, He is Order from your preparing this humble missionary for a brilliant new career. L Adventist Book Center. all areas," noted Eddie Cabrera, a senior theology major at Union. "We aim to show people that we ADVENTIST honestly care about them, for that formed a very important part of Je- DISASTER sus' ministry." SERVICE Operating Monday through Fri- day, the group screened as many as 85 in each van per day. Besides hy- pertension testing, the students dis- tributed literature about Seventh- day Adventists, handed out Bible lessons, and offered prayer for all who were receptive. "I experienced all types of reac- tions — surprised, happy, skepti- 2 cal—but most were positive," said • Five members of the van ministry team (above) received use of a Community Carol Browning, senior elementary Services van while waiting for buses to be refurbished. Lee Crawley (upper right) education major at Union. "Praying checks blood pressure. Lower right, the converted bus speeds to a new location. with each person proved rewarding. One lady told me, 'That's the first time anyone has prayed with me.' According to Glenn Brown, a Student Operate New former Oakwood student now at- tending Howard University, that's Kansas City Van Mini what the van ministry is all about. "When we sat down, held hands, Health witness reaches up to 170 a day. and let people know we are a Chris- tian organization, it put them at hen a group of concerned lay- sas City Central church. ease," Brown explained. "Our main Wpersons brainstormed about "Our goal was to get a van pro- concern was not their blood pres- methods of spreading the gospel gram started to let people know sure but their spiritual needs." among the 1.4 million people in Seventh-day Adventists are here Lee Crawley, a sophomore at Oak- and that we are interested in what metropolitan Kansas City, their con- wood, added: "Working with this clusion proved unanimous: begin a happens," Graham explains. program has meant more than earn- van ministry emphasizing better Since the Kansas City region living. One of the laymen purchased crosses boundaries with three local ing a little extra college money. Per- two retired 1980 Chevrolet metro conferences—Central States, Iowa- sonally, I placed my emphasis on buses from the city. Five students— Missouri, and Kansas-Nebraska— a reaching souls." two from. Union College, one from cooperative effort emerged, with The youngest of the group, Mary Oakwood College, one from How- area pastors serving on the operat- Kincaid, 16, who lives in Kansas ard University, and the other an ing board and laypersons from all City and attends Pine Forest Acad- academy student—were hired this three conferences pledging finan- emy in Mississippi, indicated her summer to pilot the project. cial support and volunteer labor. surprise at how few knew their eat- Patterned after the successful Housed at a former Augustinian ing, smoking, drinking, and lack of Greater New York Conference's van monastery obtained a year ago by exercise contributed to high blood ministry, which began in 1975 with the Central States Conference, the pressure. "We witnessed to the peo- one converted motor home and now five students shared equally in the ple, but also tried to help them learn has five vehicles serving New York daily operation of the program, in- how to take care of their health. City, the Kansas City program began cluding scheduling, cooking, clean- Many didn't know their blood pres- small but has large growth poten- ing, and leading out in morning sure was so high they were 'walking tial, according to coordinator Roger worships. While screening for hy- time bombs.' Graham, associate pastor of the Kan pertension, they overlooked no area Graham indicates that future of the city, from the ghetto sections goals include obtaining a full-time By John Treolo, communications to the business hub. director and working with volun- director, Kansas-Nebraska "Today we're in a predominantly teers in Kansas City to continue this Conference. Black neighborhood, but we work outreach throughout the year.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1171) 27 ment. Delicate eye surgery was also performed under a microscope on a Canvasback Sails Home 17-year-old boy with Peter's anom- aly. He left the operating room ex- From First Medical Tour claiming, "It's a new world!" The dental teams performed more Hospital ship treats 1,000 in two months. than 900 fillings and root canals during the two months. A typical anvasback, one of the world's screening. A nine-person ophthal- dentist living in the Marshall Is- C largest twin-hulled sailing cata- mology team saw 400 patients in lands might perform only 40 such marans, recently returned to the two days. In addition, they per- procedures in one month. United States following her first formed laser eye surgery on two Canvasback was built almost en- tour in the Marshall Islands. The 71- Marshallese schoolteachers. Upon tirely by skilled volunteers. They foot aluminum vessel is fully examining the two teachers, the selected the catamaran design be- equipped as an Adventist floating team determined that they required cause it can navigate in as little as medical and dental clinic, powered surgery for diabetic retinopathy. three and a half feet of water, mak- by sails and two 150-horsepower Unfortunately, they had no laser ing it virtually the only vessel able engines. equipment on board the vessel. A to reach most of the outer Marshall Staffed by a pool of volunteer search of the government hospital Islands. physicians and dentists, the ship on Majuro turned up the equip- Most of the equipment on board provided free services to more than ment, but no one on the island knew was donated or sponsored by indi- how to operate it. viduals and major corporations. It The ophthalmology team dusted includes a dental chair, a portable it off, hooked it up, and discovered dental unit, X-ray equipment, and that it worked. Surgery was a suc- other medical apparatus. cess, and the team was able to in- The vessel has received extensive struct the hospital staff in the proper media coverage throughout the use of the sophisticated laser equip- United States. Okinawa Town Tramp Becomes New Man If any man be in Christ, he is a new niless, in actuality he had a large creature: old things are passed sum of money, which he hoarded, 1,000 islanders. Canvasback will away; behold, all things are become always carrying it under a wide belt remain in the United States for re- new" (2 Cor. 5:17). on his person. He never left any stocking, maintenance, and repairs In the Pacific Ocean south of Ja- money in his shack for fear that until December, when it will return pan lies the little island of Okinawa. thieves would walk away with it. to the Marshalls for a six-month On the southern portion of this is- And he never spent any of his tour. land is a town called Itoman, where money. For food he searched gar- Performing the clinical services several years ago a man named Eigin bage cans and scrounged around on the first tour were five general- Kinjo lived. He had a wife and sev- town. He even ate dogs or cats that practice physicians, seven ophthal- eral children, but after he began had been killed on the road. mologists, four dentists, one medi- drinking heavily, they left him. One day the Seventh-day Advent- cal records coordinator, two Soon Mr. Kinjo was living in a ist pastor of the Itoman church held medical records assistants, and one broken-down shack under a bridge, evangelistic meetings in the town. optician. These 20 health-care pro- a filthy place with rubbish and junk Mr. Kinjo, drunk again and carrying fessionals, as well as the ship's non- everywhere and with rats and ver- his bottle, became curious when he medical crew, donated their time to min scurrying around. He went heard singing coming from the tent. provide these desperately needed about the city collecting discarded He went in and sat at the back. Some services. A rotating pool of about bottles and selling them. of the people moved away from him 1,000 medical professionals staff Kinjo's clothes were rags; often he when they saw him come in. the floating hospital as volunteers. wore no shirt, only ragged, torn But Kinjo kept coming back to the In addition to routine examina- trousers. He never shaved and meetings each night, and gradually tions and immunizations, the med- hardly ever bathed. He had become began sitting closer to the front. He ical teams did extensive diabetes the town tramp. Drinking heavily, no longer brought his bottle of whis- he often was seen carrying his bottle key with him. As the meetings pro- By Sandra Wachter-Van, Diamond while staggering down the road. gressed he became more interested. Bar, California. While Eigin Kinjo appeared pen- Soon he bathed, shaved, and

28 (1172) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 changed his dirty, ragged clothes. denly a voice said, "Go inside that Lord can't take you off," he During the final meetings he sat church." declared. right up front. On the last night That afternoon we had a baptism. when the minister asked who Bible Course As I appealed to those who ought to wished to be baptized, Mr. Kinjo I went to the city jail to see him. turn their lives over to Jesus, among raised his hand. He was baptized I told him I wanted to be his friend, the ones who rose to their feet was and became a Sabbath observer. that I'd do everything possible to Charles. I knew then that it was not Faithfully he studied his Bible help him. Then I told him of a happenstance that he had been ar- and memorized verse after verse. He Friend I'd like him to meet. I left the rested in my office several weeks carried his Bible with him to share book Steps to Christ. He promised before. his new knowledge with others. He he would read it through. Today both Charles and his wife not only gave liberal offerings, but After visiting Charles in jail a few are taking Bible studies and prepar- shared his money with the needy. more times, I enrolled him in a Bible ing for baptism. course. A little later he was re- By James S. Miyashiro, a creden- leased, but only during the week. -- tialed missionary on Okinawa. The court required him to return to Answers to "Job's Troubles," p. 30 jail on weekends. A couple of weeks later we were Job had seven sons and three to have a prison ministries seminar daughters, 7,000 sheep, 3,000 cam- at the church, conducted by two of els, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 she Pastor Visits Jail the foremost prison ministry ex- asses. perts in the country—Richard Satan caused Job to have "boils Following an Bland and Harry Williams of United from the sole of his foot unto his Prison Ministries. I wanted Charles crown." Arrest in Church to attend this meeting so he could Job's wife suggested that he speak with Harry Williams, a former "curse God, and die." The members of the Perris, Cali- inmate who spent 21 years in and "Wherefore I abhor myself, and fornia, Fifth Street Seventh-day out of prison. repent in dust and ashes." Adventist Church were getting On Friday morning, the day God told Job's friends to sacrifice ready for a youth program one Sab- Charles was to return to jail, I talked seven bullocks and seven rams, and bath afternoon when a man walked to the judge. "If you see that he re- said Job would pray for them. into the church with tears flowing ports to my office Monday morning, After Job prayed for his friends, down his face. A member of the I'll let you have him," he said. "the Lord gave Job twice as much as church escorted him to my office. Charles and his wife attended he had before." Now Job had 14,000 "Pastor, I need help!" he cried. church the following day, and Harry sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of "I'm tired of the life I'm living. I'm Williams got to speak with him. In oxen, and 1,000 she asses. tired of doing wrong." Harry's sermon he told of his life as God gave him seven sons and Moments later, just as we were a ringleader who controlled most of three daughters. The daughters' getting ready to pray, we heard a the drugs and prostitution in north names were Jemima, Kezia, and knock on the door. Outside stood Philadelphia. "But there's nothing Keren-happuch. Job lived another three policemen. the devil can put you on that the 140 years. "Is Charles inside there with you?" the law officer asked. "Well, I have a man who came Would you like to g ye the REV/Mil/7 seeking help," I replied. The police followed me into my yeQ! Please send a gift subscription of 40 issues (US$27.95) to: study; he was the man they had My Name been looking for. They handcuffed Name (please print) him and took him to the squad car. Address I learned that Charles (not his real Address name) had gotten into a fight and City State Zip committed a felony while drunk. He City State Zip ADVENTIST was on his way to a liquor shop to ❑ Bill me. 0 Payment enclosed. purchase another bottle when sud- ❑ Visa/MasterCard Expires REVIEW Card No Mail to your local ABC, or By Donald G. King, pastor, Fifth Price expires December 31, 1987 Allow four to Subscriber Services, Street SDA Church, Perris, six weeks for first issue to arrive 704-01-1 P.O Box 1119, Hagerstown, MD 21741 California.

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Steven Kiyoshi Furukawa (AVSC), to serve as Student Missionaries To New Posts teacher, Japan English Language Schools, Osaka, Charles Soonkyu Ahn (AU), of Berrien Springs, Regular Missionary Service Japan, of Gardena, California, left June 14. Michigan, to serve as English teacher, Seventh-day Sherry Karon (Read) Shrestha, returning to serve Vanderley Granados (Special Service), to serve Adventist English Language Institutes, Seoul, as family practice physician, Montemorelos Uni- as physician, Malamulo Hospital and Leprosarium, Korea, left June 21. versity, Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, Pra- Makwasa, Malawi, of Athens, Ohio, left June 23. Joseph Allen Ellsworth (SC), of Alpine, Alabama, kash Taujale Shrestha, and two daughters left Au- Cheryl Beth Hickethier (AVSC), to serve as to serve as teacher, Taiwan San Yu English School, gust 28. worker, ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, left June 14. Edward George Simanton, to serve as music of Loma Linda, California, left July 1. Robert Leo Fournier (CUC), of Sykesville, Mary- teacher, Colombia-Venezuela Institute, Medellin, Carrie Ann Lambert (AVSC), to serve as worker, land, to serve as teacher, Thailand English Lan- Colombia, of Spokane, Washington, left June 18. ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, of Loma guage Schools, Bangkok, Thailand, left June 14. Daniel Eugene Snider, to serve as director, Linda, California, left July 1. Rodney John Grabinski (SC), of Richmond, ADRA-Peru, Inca Union Mission, Lima, Peru, Fern Ed R. Meelhuysen (AVSC), to serve as worker, Virginia, to serve as teacher, Japan English Lan- Kathleen (Perrin) Snider, and two children, of Ju- ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, of San guage Schools, Osaka, Japan, left June 14. neau, Alaska, left August 3. Bernardino, California, left July 1. Sandi Renee Klein (WWC), of Spangle, Washing- Charles Emmet Stout, to serve as pastor/evange- Jay Lee Neil, Jr. (AVSC), to serve as worker, ton, to serve as nurse's aid, Roundelwood (Good list, Beverley, to serve as church school teacher, ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, of Loma Health Association), Tayside Region, Scotland, left Irish Mission, Galway, Republic of Ireland, and Linda, California, left July 1. June 21. three children, of Wahpeton, North Dakota, left Deborah Diane Weemes (AVSC), to serve as Deborah Diane Mock (WWC), of Winston, Mon- June 8. worker, ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, tana, to serve as teacher, Japan English Language of Loma Linda, California, left June 29. Schools, Osaka, Japan, left June 14. Sylvia Joy Wegh (AVSC), to serve as worker, Tanya Sharon Simril (OC), of Huntsville, Ala- Volunteer Service ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, of Red- bama, to serve as teacher, Taiwan San Yu English Jay F. Flory (AVSC), to serve as construction lands, California, left July 1. School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, left June 14. worker, ADRA project, Paluan Village, Mindoro Steven Ernest Zane (AVSC), to serve as worker, John Dahunan Verzosa (PUC), of Santa Rosa, Island, Philippines, of Lemoore, California, left ADRA project, Calbayog City, Philippines, of Loma California, to serve as teacher, Thailand English July 1. Linda, California, left June 29. Language Schools, Bangkok, Thailand, left June 14.

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"the Lord gave Job as much as he had before" (verse 10). Now Job had sheep, camels, JOB'S TROUBLES BONNIE MOYERS yoke of oxen, and she asses (verse 12). ob was a very wealthy man. God God, and God also restored his family, blessed him in all he did. Natu- And Job's friends were miserable giving him sons and jrally Satan became jealous and comforters as well. They accused daughters (verse 13). The daughters' wondered if God hadn't unfairly Job of forgetting God or of commit- names were , and protected him. So God allowed Sa- ting some great sin, causing God's (verse 14). They were very tan to do some very unpleasant displeasure to fall on him. Job him- beautiful girls. They, also with their things to Job in order to prove to self had quite a bit to say about all brothers, received shares of Job's es- Satan that Job would remain faithful that had happened. tate. Usually the inheritance was to God. But God listened to everything given only to the sons in the family, Read Job 1 and 2 and fill in the Job and his friends said. Then He but Job felt so blessed that he blanks that tell how rich Job was. responded, answering them from a wanted to share it with his daugh- Job had sons and whirlwind. ters, as well. daughters and many hired Job realized that his knowledge After all his troubles Job lived an- servants. He also had sheep, and righteousness were nothing other years (verse 16). Not camels, yoke of oxen, compared to what God knew and only did he see his children grow she asses, and a very great could do. He admitted, "Wherefore up, but he also saw his grandchil- household. I , and dren, great-grandchildren, and Job lost all of his riches in one in and " (Job great-great-grandchildren. day. At a later date, God allowed 42:6). When life treats you badly, re- Satan to afflict Job's body, but made After the conversation between member Job and how God took all him spare Job's life. So Satan caused God and Job, God told Job's friends the bad things that happened to him Job to have " from the to sacrifice and and changed the experiences into of his unto his , and said Job good. He wants to help you with Job's wife wasn't much comfort. would for them (verse 8). your problems, too. She suggested that he " After Job for his Answers on p. 29

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• TRUST

y the time my oldest grandson, words sprang to my mind: "Parents chance, adding the warning that if 11Herbie, was 3 years old, we had stand in the place of God to their they failed to comply they would be already developed a strong bond of children" (The Adventist Home, p. thrown into a blazing furnace. He affection. While he and his parents 320). Perhaps grandfathers are added scornfully, "Then what god were at our house for dinner one viewed in the same way. Maybe in will be able to rescue you from my night, he asked, "Grandpa, tell me a the rough-and-tumble romps we'd hand?" (Dan. 3:15). story." had, Herbie came to assume that I There was a pause. Shadrach, He held up a little picture book he was indestructible. For him I repre- Meshach, and Abednego replied, wanted me to use. One double-page sented stability and permanence. "0 Nebuchadnezzar, we do not spread showed a picture of a trav- He trusted in me. need to defend ourselves before you V eler on a lonely road and fierce men Faith in God begins with a child- in this matter. If we are thrown into hiding behind a rock nearby. It was like trust, the kind Herbie had in the blazing furnace, the God we the story of the good Samaritan. me. Hebrews 11:6 describes this ex- serve is able to save us from it, and Having spent much of my time as perience: "And without faith it is he will rescue us from your hand, 0 a pastor working with young peo- impossible to please God, because king. But even if he does not, we ple, I told the story to my grandson want you to know, 0 king, that we 4 with a lot of vigor, describing the will not serve your gods or worship beating the traveler received, the the image of gold you have set up" priest and the Levite who ignored (verses 16-18). his pitiful condition, and the Sa- In our Though this earthly king raged in maritan who finally came to his frustration, they courageously stood rescue. rough-and- by their convictions. Ultimately The next night Herbie and his par- they were delivered. But their trust ents visited us again. "Grandpa, I tumble romps in God was based not upon deliv- had a bad dream last night," Herbie erance but upon faith—a faith that told me. Herbie came to they said could not be shaken even "I'm sorry," I replied. "What did if God chose not to deliver them. you dream about?" Our trust will be complete when He looked up at me trustingly. assume I was we believe that God is able and will- "About those mean men behind that ing to act in our best interest. "We rock," he said. indestructible. know that in all things God works "Oh, Herbie," I exclaimed, "I for the good of those who love him, didn't mean to frighten you with who have been called according to that story! It's a story Jesus told be- anyone who comes to him must be- his purpose" (Rom. 8:28). ❑ cause He wants us to help people lieve that he exists and that he re- when they are hurt. Your daddy is a wards those who earnestly seek *Bible texts in this article are from the New Inter- doctor. He helps people when they him."* national Version. are hurt. Do you understand?" Thousands of years ago the Bible "Yes, but if Daddy gets hurt, recorded a dramatic scene in an- Charles G. Ed- someone has to help him." cient Babylon when three young wards pastors the "I know," I replied. Hebrew men were brought before Seventh-day Ad- He paused, deep in thought. mighty King Nebuchadnezzar after ventist church Then, with arms outstretched, he they had refused to bow down to his in Wenatchee, proclaimed happily, "But grandpas golden image. Washington. can't be hurt by anybody anytime." The king looked at them incred- I was astonished. Ellen White's ulously. He offered them another BY CHARLES G. EDWARDS ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 15, 1987 (1175) 31 June Strong returns with Sunlight, it will no doubt have another compelling Book for a profound effect on former Sharing—Song of Eve. Using Adventists, drawing them the same drama that made back to the truth they Project Sunlight so effective remember. as a witnessing book, she Song of Eve is an ideal confronts the reader with a Book for Sharing, first, be- sense of time running out. and the answer to why men cause it is such a powerful The story centers on a young suffer—all are illuminated at witness, and second, because woman searching to know beautifully appropriate times. its engaging storyline will God in the age before Noah's Footnotes at the end of each make your friends glad you flood. A moving chapter support every truth gave it to them. Strong does not hammer with Bible texts. Paperback, 157 pages. the reader with doctrine. In- story. This is a book that will US$2.50/Cdn$3.50 each. stead, she unveils our beliefs make people think seriously 5-99, US$1.79/Cdn$2.50 each. step by step as the story about salvation. Like Project 100 + US$1.69/Cdn$2.40 each. builds. The Sabbath, the state A powerful of the dead, the plan of salva- Call your Adventist Book Center to order. tion, the coming judgment, witness.