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MARCH 28, 2013 Vol. 190, No. 9 www.adventistreview.org March 28, 2013 Moskala Named Seminary Dean 9 A Joyful End 24 The Other Side of Answered Prayer 28 A Poem in Progress REflEcTiNg ON chRist’S words from ThE cross “Behold, I come quickly . .” Our mission is to uplift Jesus Christ by presenting stories of His matchless love, news of His present workings, help for knowing Him better, and hope in His soon return. 18 24 9 6 COVER FEATURE ARTICLES DEPARTMENTS EDITORIALS 18 A Poem in Progress 14 Joshua: son of nun 4 Letters 6 gerald A. klINgBeIl MARcos PAseggI gIlBeRt VegA Watch the Hands He was unsung, aver- Going beyond “My 7 Page 7 age; until God tapped 7 Sandra BlAckMeR God, My God, why have Him to lead His people. You forsaken me?” 8 World news & Chloe the Cat Perspectives 2 2 The enduring Treasure elleN g. WHIte 13 give & Take God wants us to be happy, now and forever. 17 Transformation Tips 2 4 A Joyful end Dateline moscow JessIcA l. PeRRoNe 2 5 Looking toward a glorious future 3 0 etc. 2 6 For Love or obligation? 31 reflections JeAN-luc lézeAu It isn’t gratitude until it’s expressed. nexT Wee k in 2 8 The other side of AdVentist woRld on THe CoVer Answered Prayer Creation on Display Jesus’ death on the cross Hopal Grant-McclINtock Our world is not the was only the beginning. Being part of God’s answer result of chance. Publisher General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists®, executive Publisher Bill Knott, Associate Publisher Claude Richli, Publishing Board: Ted N. C. Wilson, chair; Benjamin D. Schoun, vice chair; Bill Knott, secretary; Lisa Beardsley-Hardy; Daniel R. Jackson; Robert Lemon; Geoffrey Mbwana; G. T. Ng; Daisy Orion; Juan Prestol; Michael Ryan; Ella Simmons; Mark Thomas; Karnik Doukmetzian, legal adviser. editor Bill Knott, Associate editors Lael Caesar, Gerald A. 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The brev- christians and visiting the Wallace home online dating ity and missing elements in high in the mountains of the story could be highly Rwanda where he was the Must Love God misleading. president of our college, » Thanks for printing Kim- I know. I’d been searching Adventist University of Cen- berly Luste Maran’s ”Must for the right person for 29 tral Africa (AUCA). Love God” article (Feb. 14, years and found her on an Review readers may recall 2013). I met my wife through Adventist dating site—not iDols that on December 27, 1985, an online dating site. We one of those that you men- » I’m writing in regard to Dian Fossey was murdered in knew each other casually tion. Kimberly Luste Maran’s Vincent MacIsaac’s article the Volcanoes National Park before, but that was it. We article, while interesting from “iDols” (Feb. 21, 2013). I’m in Rwanda. Her claim to fame were matched on the site! a psychological/sociological thankful for the technology was her 18-year study of the We’ve now been married for perspective, would not have that carries the third angel’s mountain gorilla in Rwanda. six months, and she is defi- been helpful for me as a sin- message everywhere, but Wallace had become Dian’s nitely the one God had for gle man looking for a godly don’t wish to be snowed friend because of his interest me. The article was very well Adventist wife. under by the blizzard of in monkeys. Wallace had a written, and I’ll share it with It would be helpful for the information overload all pet chimpanzee named Eliza- my single friends. Review to do a real review of about us today. Offers of 150 beth that he had raised from Ricardo Bacchus sites with “Adventist” in their or 250 channels find me a baby. (That is another story Silver Spring, Maryland name, or who cater to Sev- JANUARY 17, 2013 answering that I have only in itself.) Vol. 190, No. 2 enth-day Adventists, with January 17, 2013 one pair of eyes, one mind, Wallace was called upon to www.adventistreview.org pros and cons for each site. 7 A Wave and a Greeting Religiously Unaffiliated 8 Swell Worldwide 26 and it needs to be kept open perform the funeral for Fos- Divine Assassin? Tell readers how many sub- heavenward, not drowned by sey. In the movie Gorillas in scribers are Adventists and Religious Freedom in the enemy’s tug-of-war for the Mist, Fossey’s last request the United how easy it is to screen out our souls. was that she be buried in the States people with problems and IS ONE OF MacIsaac has put his fin- gorilla graveyard beside her THE MOST compare the “match philoso- FUNDAMENTALS FREEDOM ger on a very important ave- most favorite gorilla, Digit. In UNDE R ATTACK? phies” of the different sites. nue for the wily foe’s attack. one of the final scenes of the Make sure that christian Satan’s deceptions come movie a voice is heard read- Recent Readings singlesdating.com is included. with the flood of so many ing from Scripture as the » I enjoyed reading the Janu- This is a labor-of-love site run “gadgets” and entertain- camera pans over the ary 17, 2013, Adventist Review. by a dedicated Adventist ments that eternal interests gravesite. It was Wallace’s You had not one but two arti- woman who, with her hus- are “lost among the thorns,” voice as he read from the cles that I absolutely had to band, is highly involved in threatening to leave us Bible. archive: Martin Proebstle’s their local Adventist church. unprepared for the testing Wallace was an enthusias- “Divine Assassin?” (excellent MARLAN KNITTEL time ahead. My thanks to tic follower of God, minister- research—I’ve always won- Bakersfield, California MacIsaac. ing to anyone in his sphere dered about that story!—and RIChARD BURNS of influence. Who knows? clever artwork with the Moving in the Cleveland, Tennessee Maybe it was his visit to the sights on sin) and Nicholas P. Same Direction floating church on Lake Titi- Miller’s “Religious Freedom » I enjoyed reading Gerhard Lake Titicaca Tour caca that broadened his view in the United States.” Pfandl’s article “Moving in » Thank you for printing as to what constitutes being I also enjoyed read- the Same Direction” (Feb. “Lake Titicaca Tour,” by Elton a missionary. ing “Must Love God” (Feb. 14), for he touched on the Wallace (Feb. 14, 2013). He KEITh hEINRICh 14). The article was helpful core problems with disunity was a missionary in the tru- Hutchinson, Minnesota in our midst: (1) the pressure of culture; (2) independent 4 (260) | www.AdventistReview.org | March 28, 2013 critical ministries; and (3) congregational and ecumeni- cal tendencies. Let me add a May we never grow stagnant with the belief fourth: politics—keep poli- that we have all of the answers.