Adventist Review General Paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church August 23, 1984 A tiger with three jaws? Page 3 San Ysidro— does it make any sense? Page 4 Christ and the Colossian Christians Page 8 Cover: As the forces of nature mold the ordinary into the extraordinary, so the Holy Spirit molds our lives. See page 6. THIS WEEK Adventist Review On this week's Bulletin programs, says one thing in Delegates of the Oxford Univer- Board (pp. 21, 22) we report the particular was different this sity Press and the Syndics of the departure of a number of student time: SDA young people who Cambridge University Press missionaries, participants in a were not enrolled in Adventist 1961, 1970. Reprinted by per- program that has grown dramat- colleges participated. He points mission. Published continuously since 1849 ically since it began two dec- out that under the AYVSC Texts in this issue credited to EDITOR ades ago. (Adventist Youth Volunteer Phillips are from J. B. Phillips: William G. 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Peter admonishes from one public charity, as well Vol. 161, No. 34. ADVENTIST REVIEW: "Worship those waiting for Jesus to "be Continued on page 13 2 (874) ADVENTIST REVIEW, AUGUST 23, 1984 FROM THE PRESIDENT God is not trying to bribe us into A construction engineer will A tiger with good works. He genuinely wants to tell you it is much easier to tear bless us, but He cannot as long as down a building than it is to put one three jaws? we are running down the other up. It takes less time, less money, people He wants to bless. and especially less skill and cre- Most of us are familiar with the Gossip and criticism seem so ativeness. When we align ourselves promise to those who "take their human, so natural, and are such with positive forces, with those foot" off the Sabbath: "Then you common problems. If it's not the people who are trying to advance shall take delight in the Lord, and I neighbors we talk about behind the work of the church rather than will make you ride upon the heights their backs, it's our fellow church criticize it, we place ourselves on of the earth" (Isa. 58:14).* members. From the church mem- God's side and are in harmony with But there are other promises just bers, it's an easy step to criticize the His objectives and purposes. as grand and thrilling in that same pastor. No human being on this earth is chapter. For instance, in verses 10 Then, of course, the next logical perfect, and no institution com- and 11 we are told: "Then shall thing is to criticize the church posed of humans is perfect. The your light rise in the darkness and leadership on the conference level question is What can be done to your gloom be as the noonday. And or higher—and finally the church's rectify problems in a positive rather the Lord will guide you continually, doctrines, mission, and organiza- than in a negative way? Pointing the and satisfy your desire with good tion. finger of criticism does not help, for things, and make your bones Two-faced people we are thereby pointing three fin- strong; and you shall be like a gers at ourselves! watered garden, like a spring of An Oriental proverb that I came We must recognize that not all water, whose waters fail not." across while visiting in the Soviet problems are our concern.