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AIDS problem: the spiritual illness of the Better Choir Lofts AIDS is a very real presence in the church. What is needed more than One of the human activities in the San Francisco Bay area. Calvin restructuring services is the restruc- worship service is the contribution Rock's (Faith Alive! Sept. 8) assur- turing of Adventist hearts. When of the musicians—choir and instru- ance that the church is doing some- hearts have been transformed, the mentalists. Since Adventist thing about AIDS falls flat. fog of indifference will lift. The "pa- churches do not pay for their min- To say that ideas are not "opera- thetic paucity of attendance" will istry, would it not be a great kind- tional" because of "competing pri- change. Empty pews will fill. Mem- ness to consider their comfort when orities" merely masks the fact that bers will react as did David: "I was the church is designed? According the church is talking but not doing glad when they said unto me, Let us to Neville Clouten, in "Architecture anything about AIDS. go into the house of the Lord" (Ps. of Enrichment" (Sept. 15): "Our We are at the stage where everyone 122:1). buildings should respond uniquely agrees that something should be Rum JAEGER BUNTAIN to the environment, human activi- done, but no one is willing to step out St. Helena, California ties, climate, cost, society, culture, and actually do anything. I lent a des- and symbolism." titute former Adventist AIDS victim But our choir lofts generally are $100 to help with his rent, but he Having returned to the United poorly ventilated, cooled, heated, returned it because he found a place States recently after being overseas and lighted. Likewise, the cubby- in the Catholic hospice in San Fran- for 19 years, I wholeheartedly agree holes where the organist and/or pi- cisco. As far as I can determine, there that our Sabbath schools in North anist are located are uncomfortable is no Adventist ministry to AIDS vic- America are in trouble. However, and are often in areas not acousti- tims anywhere near San Francisco. since Sabbath schools are alive and cally relevant to either the choir's The fact that nothing is opera- thriving in many countries of the contribution or the congregation's tional says something about our world, I think we should consider participation. competing priorities. Compassion that the problem here may not be Why not have separate lighting, and a witness to God's healing with Sabbath school itself, but with heating, and air conditioning con- power are not high priorities. But the attitudes of our members. trols for those presenting the musi- most disturbing, we are missing our There is no need to change the for- cal offering? Place the controls chance to make a spiritual impact mat of Sabbath school. It is already where an appointed choir member on men and women who may be designed to create opportunities for can adjust them? This would pro- going to Christless graves. study, fellowship, and outreach ac- vide a comfortable setting for both In my opinion, our Christian tivities. Instead of encouraging our rehearsals and the worship service. charter commands us to reverse our members to focus on their own needs MARGUERITE N. ENTZ priorities and put compassion, heal- and whether they are being met, we Madison, Tennessee ing, and Christian witness above all should paraphrase. John F. other priorities. EDWARD ALLEN Kennedy's famous challenge, "Ask Handicapped Welcome Concord, California not what your Sabbath school can do Thank you for the information for you; ask what you can do for your about the new General Conference Sabbath school." office building under construction. Lagging Attendance Is it not a self-centered attitude to Perhaps there was simply an over- Lagging Sabbath school atten- think that Sabbath school must ca- sight concerning the assurance to dance ("Sabbath School—In Need ter to my needs or I will not attend? handicapped believers of planned of Revitalization-1, 2," Sept. 22, Too many members feel free to sit access to the offices for them—at 29) is indicative of a deeper problem back and criticize the Sabbath least I hope so. Just in case some than lackluster programming. It is a school, but they are not doing any- avenue of access for them has been symptom of the spiritual indiffer- thing themselves to revitalize it. I overlooked, please, before it is too ence that pervades the church in think the old adage "If you would late, make the whole building avail- North America. James Londis refers have friends, you must show your- able to them. to this apathy as "indifference to self friendly" could be applied to HARRIETT RICHARDSON MUSK Adventist theology, indifference to Sabbath school. If we want our Sab- Kingman, Arizona the future of the church, indiffer- bath schools to be alive and grow- ence to local church and conference ing, we must put our best efforts into Be assured that the entire build- affairs, indifference to spiritual dis- making them that way instead of ing, by law, will be accessible to the ciplines, even indifference to God" complaining that they are not meet- handicapped—from the Ellen G. (Adventist Review, Sept. 29). ing our needs. We get out of Sabbath White Estate to the president's of- Restructuring church worship school what we put into it. fice to the Adventist Review office. services is doing little more than ap- CARROL GRADY We hope you'll come visit us. plying a Band-Aid to the underlying Silver Spring, Maryland —Editors.

2 (1218) ADVENTIST REVIEW. NOVEMBER 10. 1988 ADVEIVTIST REVIEW November 10, 1988 General paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Editor William G. Johnsson Associate Editors Roy Adams Myron K. Widmer News Editor Carlos Medley Assistant Editors Eugene F. Durand Kit Watts Administrative Secretary Corinne Russ Editorial Assistant Jackie Ordelheide God and technology, p. 8 Good gifts, p. 11 Why separate? p. 14 Editorial Secretary Edith Wilkens Art Director Stephen Hall EDITORIALS RELIGIOUS LIBERTY Designer Bryan Gray 4 Judged by the Light Marketing 14 Church and State Gil Anderson Why did the religious leaders of Jesus' Separation: Why Do We Still Ad Sales day reject light? Would I have done the Orval Driskell Fight for It? Subscriber Services same? The editor also reports on staff Four reasons why Adventists advocate re- Larry Burtnett changes. by William G. Johnsson Consulting Editors ligious liberty even though we're not now Neal C. Wilson, Charles E. Bradford, Wal- lace O. Coe, D. F. Gilbert, RobertJ. Kloost- threatened by a national Sunday law. Sec- erhuis, Kenneth J. Mittleider, Enoch Ol- 5 If I Were Looking ond in a three-part series. iveira, Calvin B. Rock, G. Ralph Thompson Special Contributors "If I were looking for truth, I would be by Mitchell A. Tyner Kenneth H. Wood, Robert H. Pierson, George W. Brown, Gerald J. Christo, cautious about certain people." Ottis C. Edwards, Bekele Heye, Edwin Lu- descher, J. J. Nortey, Jan Paulsen, Walter by Paul A. Gordon NEWS R. L. Scragg, Joao Wolff Africa-Indian Ocean Editions Editor, Jack Mahon 6 Newsbreak Inter-American Edition LIFESTYLE Editor, Adalgiza Archbold 17 Worldview South American Editions Editor, R. S. Lessa, Portuguese; editor, 8 Is the Bible Out of Date? Polish Adventists celebrate centennial. Rolando !tin, Spanish How to Subscribe Subscription prices: A look at the good old Book in the light Dakota Academy reopens following one- US$28.95 for 40 issues. US$37.60 for 52 year shutdown. Scandinavian SDAs hold issues. of modern technology. First in a series on To place your order, send your name, congress. address, and payment to your local Ad- ethics. by Jack W. Provonsha ventist Book Center or Adventist Review Subscription Desk, Box 1119, Hagers- town, Maryland 21741. Single copy, 95 DEPARTMENTS cents U.S. currency. Prices subject to change without notice. To Writers We welcome unsolicited 2 Letters manuscripts. Notification of acceptance or DEVOTIONAL rejection may be expected only if accom- 13 Speaking Out panied by a stamped, self-addressed 11 God Gives Only Good Gifts envelope. Address all editorial corre- 16 Faith Alive! spondence to 6840 Eastern Avenue NW., Why the Lord may answer some prayers Washington, D.C. 20012. The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161- and not others. Asking and receiving in 21 Bulletin Board 1119) is published 40 times a year, each Thursday except the first Thursday of the the light of Bible promises. 23 Children's Corner month. Copyright C 1988 Review and Herald' Publishing Association, 55 West by Ivan Blake 24 Reflections Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. Second-class postage paid at Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. Postmas- ter: send address changes to Adventist Review, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Ha- gerstown, MD 21740. COMING NEXT WEEK Bible texts credited to Jerusalem are from The Jerusalem Bible, copyright C 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd., and Doubleday & Company, Inc. Used by permission of the publisher. Texts credited to NIV are from the Holy Bible, New Inter- "When You Want to Give help us answer bioethical national Version. Copyright C 1973, 1978, by the International Bible Society. Used by Up," by Charles Burkeen. questions. permission of Zondervan Bible Publish- ■ ers. Bible texts credited to Phillips are from God opens doors before you. "Ruling on Religion," by J. B. Phillips: The New Testament in Mod- It's up to you to go through ern English, Revised Edition. C J. B. Phill- Mitchell A. Tyner. A look at ips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission them. church-state cases coming be- of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. Texts credited to RSV are from the Revised ■ "The Bible and Birth Tech- fore the Supreme Court that Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952 1971, 1973. nologies," by Jack W. Provon- will affect Seventh-day Ad- Cover illustration by Chris McAllister sha. Nature and biblical reve- ventists. Last in a three-part Vol. 165, No. 45 lation provide principles to series on religious liberty.

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documentary on Adventism on this continent of explosive church growth. Kilimanjaro, Nairobi, So- lusi, Uganda, Addis Ababa —my mind keeps running on to the scenes just ahead. These are days of change in the Review office. After nearly four JUDGED BY years as assistant editor, Deborah Anfenson-Vance has decided to THE LIGHT move on. As I write, she is en route to southern California with her hus- "And Jesus said, For judgment I lishment, confronted with the Light band and daughter. am come into this world, that they of the world, chose darkness! No D.A.V. made a major contribution which see not might see; and that greater condemnation could be pos- to the ministry of the church paper. they which see might be made sible; they condemned themselves. Her writing appealed to many read- blind" (John 9:39). Jesus still reveals the thoughts of ers; she has a literary gift of unusual many hearts. In the final analysis power. hese words search my heart. spirituality is intensely personal. Never content with average work, They force me to ask myself: We live and work in the church in a consistently turning in the cleanest TAm I blind, or do I see? network of relationships and duties, copy in the office, she worked hard When Joseph and Mary brought but Jesus alone knows our hearts, • in editing. She has an eye for literary their baby Son to the Temple, the de- knows how we react when the Light nuance; this, combined with her vout Simeon said of Him, "This child shines upon us. That's why the final theological background (she has a is destined to cause the falling and judgment will bring many sur- master's degree from the seminary), rising of many in Israel, and to be a prises. made a strong editor. sign that will be spoken against, so What about those men of religion Deborah has a keen, creative that the thoughts of many hearts will in Jerusalem—did they know what mind and expresses her viewpoint be revealed" (Luke 2:34, 35, NIV). they were doing? Did they choose effectively. She played an impor- Jesus revealed "the thoughts of darkness rather than light in a care- tant role in planning sessions, de- many hearts." Regardless what a fully premeditated act? veloping and caring for the Lifestyle person's religious profession might I doubt it. Rather, I think, they had section of the new Review, among be, no matter how exalted his spir- become victims of the greatest de- other responsibilities. itual office, his reaction to Jesus re- ception—they had deceived them- We will miss her; so will our read- vealed his heart. Faced with Jesus selves. To them light had become ers. and His claims, many who darkness and darkness light. Joining the staff as associate edi- "saw" — or thought they did—be- I find that a frightening idea to tor this fall is Dr. Roy Adams. Born came blind, while the blind re- contemplate. It forces me to look in Grenada, he leaves the posts of ceived sight. "In this very revela- deep into my heart, to examine my associate secretary of the SDA tion, judgment was passing upon motives. How would I have re- Church in Canada and editor of the men. Their character was tested, sponded if I had been one of those Canadian Adventist Messenger. their destiny determined" (The De- leaders in Jerusalem? With service in the Far Eastern sire of Ages, p. 475). How do I react to the Light today? Division as well as in Inter- and Jesus' statement "For judgment I North America, Elder Adams fur- am come into this world . . ." was ther enhances the world perspec- made to a man who, blind from Staff Changes tive of the Review office. A powerful birth, now rejoiced in full vision. public speaker, he is also a theolo- What a day that had been—that Sab- Because Adventist Review dead- gian of note; his Th.D. dissertation, bath in Jerusalem! A poor blind beg- lines march up in unbroken rank "The Sanctuary Doctrine: Three gar had been miraculously healed, every week, editors have to prepare Approaches in the SDA Church," had stood his ground when scoffed copy in advance when they go out was the first to be published in the at and scorned, had been cut off on assignment. Andrews University Seminary Doc- from the synagogue, but had come So although you read this edito- toral Dissertation Series. to faith in Jesus. rial in November, I am writing in We look forward to his participa- But the same day that he passed early September. I leave in a few tion in the Adventist Review family. from blindness to sight, from nonbe- days for five weeks of travel in Af- lief to faith, the "lights" of Jerusalem rica, where I will be involved in vid- WILLIAM G. JOHNSSON were going out. The religious estab- eotaping the Review's 45-minute

4 (1220) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 GUEST EDITORIAL human beings like you and me. Still, "the church, enfeebled and de- fective though it be, is the only ob- ject on earth on which Christ be- stows His supreme regard" (Selected Messages, book 2, p. 396). What are we to do, then, in these sometimes confusing days? Why not put our energies into coopera- tion rather than competition? Why IF I WERE LOOKING not use the Sword of the Spirit—the Word of God—to fight the real en- f I were looking for truth and for editor that say what they them- emy rather than fight against other someone who could help me find selves might have said if they soldiers in the Lord's army? Why I it, I would be cautious about cer- thought they could get away with it. not make sure we are right ourselves tain people. Those who persistently find fault before we set out to change every- with the church but never build it one else? Truthbearers? up or have anything better to offer. On second thought, I would be The people who give me pause Those who quote Ellen White not only cautious but afraid of most include those who have only one only to tear down the church. of those I mentioned in my long list. subject they can talk about. Or those who totally ignore what This is not the time to abandon our Those who declare that they have she has said. biblically and prophetically estab- the only true message and yet do not Those who believe that because lished message. We are too close to agree with the body of the church. heaven to expend our energies in So-called prophets who disagree tearing down or criticizing. with God's prophets. It's time to build up the church So-called health reformers whose and its mission. It's time to support cupboards contain largely unrecog- Why not use the church with our time, talents, nizable "food." and money, and not to be side- Reformers whose personal lives the Sword of tracked by every "wind of doctrine" do not match their reforms. that comes along. Ones who reform by not doing, the Spirit to The counsel and correction for rather than by doing. Laodicea —the last church—is Ones who use underhanded, dis- fight the real surely appropriate for our time. But honest tactics or methods. the correction is followed by en- Those who build themselves up, enemy rather couragement and an invitation from and not Christ. Christ Himself: "As many as I love, People who are "carried about than soldiers in I rebuke and chasten: be zealous with every wind of doctrine" —you therefore, and repent. Behold, I never know what the latest will be. stand at the door, and knock: if any Those who pick up every rumor the Lord's man hear my voice, and open the and run with it, never checking out door, I will come in to him, and will its truth or original source. army? sup with him, and he with me" Those whose teachings go beyond (Rev. 3:19, 20). the Bible and are speculative. This promise of fellowship with People who are always talking Christ can be ours right now. But in and never listening. Jesus died for our sins, we are re- a larger sense it is an invitation to a Or the opposite—those who are leased from responsibility for high banquet planned someday soon in all questions and no answers. standards or right living. heaven. It will not be "potluck." Those who never tell you where Those who want my money to Our Saviour will have prepared ev- they stand. support efforts to find fault with the erything ahead of time. I want to be Or the opposite—those who ever- church that I love. there, don't you? lastingly tell you where they stand. Those who can't get along with Supreme Regard their brethren. I have no question that the People who are always looking Seventh-day Adventist Church is in PAUL A. GORDON for thorns, not flowers. need of reproof and correction. Af- Undersecretary Publishers who print letters to the ter all, it is made up of imperfect Ellen G. White Estate

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1,462. Also, 1,140 people have expressed a desire to High Court Decision join the church. Cook Islands Ban Cigarette Ads. As a result of Favors Adventists lobbying efforts of the Adventist Church, the Cook Is- I n early October the United States Supreme Court re- lands Parliament approved a ban on all cigarette ad- fused to review an appeal on Lake v. Goodrich, a case vertising, reports Tangi Tuaineiti, Cook Islands Mission in which a Seventh-day Adventist argued his right to health and temperance director. not work on Sabbaths. The lobbying efforts included the screening of a film This action thus upholds the decision of lower fed- on the dangers of cigarette smoking for members of the eral courts ordering reinstatement with back wages and legislature. "When the bill went before parliament, it benefits to Melvin Lake of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who was voted with little discussion," Tuaineiti says. was fired by the Goodrich Rubber Company for refusing to do work on the Sabbath, reports Mitchell Tyner, Sao Paulo Recognizes Two Adventist Leaders. associate director of the General Conference Public Af- In separate ceremonies, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, fairs and Religious Liberty Department. recently honored two Adventist leaders and awarded Lake's case has been supported by the church and them the Anchieta Medallion and the Gratitude Diploma. conducted by General Conference attorneys and Ad- Roberto Cesar Azevedo, Brazil College president, was ventist litigator Lee Boothby. honored for his contributions in the field of education. Roberto Rabello, founder and speaker of the Brazil Voice of Prophecy, was honored for the continuing success of WORLD CHURCH the radio ministry. The Brazil VOP broadcast, aired on more than 400 stations, recently celebrated its forty-fifth Zambia Prime Minister Says Thank You. Zam- anniversary, reports Revista Adventista. bia prime minister Kebby Musokotwane recently ex- pressed his appreciation for the work of Adventist De- To New Positions. J. N. Kyale, former Central velopment and Relief Agency (ADRA). Kenya Field president, was elected East African Union "Your projects help people rely on themselves instead president on October 17 at the Eastern Africa Division of only feeding and clothing them," Musokotwane said. year-end meetings in Nairobi, Kenya. Kyale replaces C. "You show them the way to self-dependency." D. Henri, who interrupted his retirement to take the Musokotwane particularly appreciated ADRA's gar- position on an interim basis. dening projects, whereby people learn to make the most Alan Hodges, a South England Conference pastor, of a small plot of land without the use of expensive recently was appointed president of the Irish Mission equipment or chemicals. by the British Union Conference executive committee. Hodges replaces Watson Southcott, who now serves as Tanzania Crusade Brings 862 Baptisms. An South England Conference secretary. evangelistic reaping crusade, sponsored by the Quiet Hour radiobroadcast, resulted in 862 baptisms in Arusha, Tanzania, last September. The crusade fol- NORTH AMERICA lowed nearly 300 cottage evangelistic meetings held by local pastors and laypersons. Ohio Baptisms Double. Ohio Conference baptisms The new converts were organized into 35 home totaled 305 for the nine-month period ending Septem- church groups on October 1 (see picture below), reports ber 30, 1988. The total represents a 121 percent increase James H. Zachary, director of global evangelism for the over the same period last year of 138 people baptized, broadcast. The crusade, the first in the past six years in reports Loren Nelson, conference ministerial director. this predominantly Muslim country, increased church "I believe that the key to the increase has been a greater membership in Arusha by 144 percent, from 600 to emphasis on public evangelism and laymen-conducted seminars," Nelson explained. "Right now there are 10 to 12 public evangelistic meetings and Revelation Seminars in progress, a large increase over last year."

Maine Church Revives Van Ministry. The Port- land Adventist Church, in Maine, has revived its van ministry after a five-year lull, reports Geraldine Grout, Atlantic Union Gleaner assistant editor. During the past summer the van staff performed more than 2,300 health screenings and distributed more than 4,000 pieces of literature, Grout says.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 AHS/West Purchases New Hospital. Adventist The 30-minute video for grades 6-10 depicts the dan- Health System/West, which owns ger of AIDS if teens are sexually active, says Curt Dew- Ukiah Adventist Hospital (UAH), ees, Listen magazine editorial assistant. in Ukiah, California, recently pur- The video, with accompanying teaching guide, is chased Ukiah General Hospital available in VHS format and can be obtained by writing from HealthTrust, Inc., in Nash- to the Health Connection, 6830 Laurel Street NW., ville, Tennessee. Washington, D.C. 20012, or by calling 1-800-548-8700. "By combining the operations of Alaska residents should call 1-202-722-6740. the two hospitals—which are pres- ently operating at approximately 60 percent occu- ALSO IN THE NEWS pancy—we will be able to cut out the costs of providing duplicate services and use existing funds to introduce "Churches Can Be Sued," Courts Say. The Cal- new health-care services to the Ukiah area," says Ed ifornia Supreme Court maintains that a religious orga- Ermshar (above), UAH president. At the request of the nization can be sued for fraud or for allegedly brain- former owners, the purchase price was not disclosed. washing unknowing recruits into joining the church, the Washington Post reports. AU Reopens Horn Museum. The Siegfried H. Horn The justices ruled 6 to 1 that two former members of Archaeological Museum at Andrews University reopened Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church can proceed to on October 29 after a $100,000 renovation project. trial with assertions that they were tricked by recruiters The museum, which first opened in 1970, houses a who denied that they were church members and then collection of ancient artifacts, including one of the larg- used subtle "mind-control" techniques to obtain con- est collections of ancient cuneiform writing tablets in versions, the Post report says. North America. The museum has been closed since July 1987 for remodeling, reports Candace Jorgensen, uni- First Churches Completed in North Korea. Pic- versity spokesperson. tured below is one of only two churches in North Korea The museum commemorates the work of Dr. Sieg- built since the Korean peninsula was divided at the end fried H. Horn, retired Adventist archaeologist, author, of World War II in 1945. biblical scholar, and museum founder. During opening The estimated 10,000 Christians in North Korea, who ceremonies, Dr. Horn received a commendation from have been worshiping in house churches since the split, the General Conference Executive Committee. can now choose to attend services in the nondenomi- national Protestant church in Kwan Bock (below), LLUMC Opens Fertility Center. Loma Linda Uni- which seats 300, or in the Roman Catholic church (not versity Medical Center opened its Center for Fertility pictured). and In Vitro Fertilization on October 20. In the new program a number of treatments will be available to help couples conceive children, reports the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Procedures offered include in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, gamete intra- fallopian tube transfer, and artificial insemination. The average cost of each procedure is $6,500. To New Positions. Herman Bauman, formerly Montana Conference president, recently was elected Arizona Conference president. Bauman replaces E. Frank Sherrill, who has retired and now lives in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. Perry A. Parks, formerly Maritime Conference pres- ident, recently was elected Montana Conference pres- ident, replacing Bauman. CHURCH CALENDAR FOR YOUR INTEREST Nov. 12 Annual Sacrifice Offering Nov. 12 Ingathering Emphasis AIDS Committee Approves Teen Video. Seeking Nov. 24 Thanksgiving Day to provide accurate and appropriate materials for Ad- Dec. 3 Personal Ministries Day ventist youth, the General Conference AIDS Committee Dec. 10 Health and Temperance Day Offering recently approved the video AIDS: Suddenly Sex Has Dec. 17 World Stewardship Day Become Very Dangerous for use in Adventist schools Dec. 24 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering for the South and youth groups. American Division

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10. 1988 (1223) 7 generation or two ago, array of medical science the purpose of competing . as modern electronics achievements —genetic with Sarah. Abegan to burst into engineering, organ trans- In some ways Abraham and flower, a Sunday school plantation, an almost indefi- Jacob were in a more difficult teacher asked his class of nite prolongation of life by moral situation than are most teenagers if they thought God artificial life-support tech- modern semen donors. Arti- understood radar. They re- nologies. We've always had ficial insemination was as yet sponded with an impulsive the possible option of ending unknown. They knew noth- "No!" followed by nervous a miserable existence; there ing in those days about in chuckles. was a "Hemlock Society" vitro fertilization, embryo The class members quickly long ago on the island of transfer, or the freezing of sur- realized that to say the All- Cos, birthplace of ancient plus embryos for future use, knowing One didn't know Hippocrates. But now the either, though they knew of anything about twentieth- question we most often face God's command giving hu- century electronics was ab- is When shall we stop pre- man beings dominion over surd. But somehow in their venting death? When shall nature, to take charge and pre- minds God and radar just we discontinue procedures sumably to modify it to make didn't go together. God be- that postpone death—the it better serve humankind's longed to a different world, complicated life-support needs. the world of the Bible, the an- gadgetry, artificial nutrition, But are not at least some of cient past. (Anyone over 30 respiration, cardiac pace- these modern reproductive seems old [or at least old- makers, kidney machines, techniques violations of na- fashioned] to children, of and the like, of which our ture's laws and thus wrong? course. Surely God must, forefathers never dreamed in How shall we know? Revela- then, be the oldest of all. Even Has their wildest imaginings? tion is silent on the matter. our God-language seems old.) When is enough enough? If Surely God cannot have been Something of this sense un- medical there were only convenient taken by surprise. But if He doubtedly lies behind the con- Bible texts to tell us how or knew, why are there no temporary tendency to assign technology when. clearly applicable biblical religion and science to differ- Who can be certain in the texts to guide us? Has medical ent levels of reality. Certainly midst of the current explo- technology rendered the Bi- the illusion that Christian faith rendered sion of reproductive technol- ble obsolete by the bioethical is out of date is lent credence by ogy? Surrogate mothering is questions it raises? not new, of course. There the disturbing moral conflicts the Bible Contemporary Book the new technology has thrust were Hagar and the hand- upon us. Many of the bioethi- obsolete maidens of Rachel and Leah, Bible-believing Christians cal questions being raised seem Bilhah and Zilpah, in the Old (including ethicists) view the never to have been asked be- Testament. They even seem Bible as a contemporary book. fore, or are being asked in new by the to have experienced the same These things were "written ways, raising doubts about the complications. Hagar, like for our admonition, upon adequacy of our traditional bioethical her modern counterpart, ap- whom the ends of the world guides to moral certainty. pears to have refused to sur- are come" (1 Cor. 10:11): render the child. Hagar They also believe that the God The Challenge of Technology questions brought Ishmael into the of the book is a contemporary A Bible-based ethic is on world to be the legitimate heir God—and they therefore have trial before this dazzling it raises? of Abraham and Sarah, not for their work cut out for them. Is THE BIBLE OUT OF DA1E? PART 1 BY JACK W. PROVONSHA

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--G- The Bible, written under distinguishing that which trays the first two selves as the inspiration and guidance bears the marks of sin and that becoming one, and in their of God, is written by and in which speaks clearly of the oneness passing on the gift of the words of men. It is there- character and will of God. The life and identity to their chil- fore bound to express itself in two books—the Bible and the dren. To be a self is to exist in terms of the presuppositions, book of nature—shed light on a community of selves—in- language, and thought forms each other. But that which is cluding a community span- of its human writers—that is, revealed—the Bible—is nor- ning the generations. if God really values human mative in situations of appar- "Honour thy father and thy freedom. Scripture necessar- ent conflict. mother." ily reflects the times and Well, what do the two places of the biblical writers books tell us that is relevant to God's Highest Gift —even their questions. the ethical questions we face Selfhood, on these terms, is (Man's perceptions of God's under the prodding of the God's highest gift to His hu- other book, nature, share the new technology? First, they man creatures. It reflects same limitations.) remind us of God's intentions God's own nature and is the Since the words of human in creating man and woman. essence of our humanness. beings are also the Word of Humankind stands above the The moral guidance He pro- God, however, there is more. rest of creation in being cre- vided, especially after sin God as He is, in and of Him- ated in the image of God. Now confused the picture, was de- self, cannot be constrained by that's a complicated notion, signed to protect this quality. our time-space strictures. but it means, at least, that the Paul Lehman defines ethics From His position of tran- human being was created to as "what it takes to keep hu- scendence He can reveal be a person—some moderns man life human." Think of more than human beings in would say a "self." how many of the laws of God any particular time or place function in this way—indeed, can comprehend—but the Created a Self all of them, if one includes in point is, such things might be A number of qualities go selfhood creaturely depen- comprehensible in another into the making of a self. dence on the divine Creator time and place. There is, above all, conscious- Self. It is in being false to the Such truth is thus likely to ness—the great mystery of na- Creator's intention for human possess both a timeless qual- ture. There is self-conscious- selfhood that the false self ity, usually at the level of Surrogate ness. The self is not only falls into selfishness. principles, and limited aware; it is aware that it is This is what constitutes the time/space applications. mothering aware. It is able to anticipate heart of an approach to ethics What this means in terms of the future, including its own based on God's two books. our present concerns is that is not new. death. It is able to recall the Ethics has to do with what it when we seek guidance from past and bring meaning to the takes to protect, to nurture, God in dealing with these cur- present. It is sensible to time. and to maximize man's po- rent bioethical dilemmas we Hagar, like Its self-awareness gives it a tential for reflecting God's should look for the relevant, measure of control over selfhood, to be in the image of underlying, general moral her modern things—freedom and respon- God, to be a true self with all principles set forth in God's sibility. It can perceive spatial that implies. books, and then seek to apply counterpart, limits and interrelationships. Next week we will look at them as wisely as possible to It is able to experience self- what an ethic so character- the sometimes novel, specific value. Being a self refers not ized has to say to some of the issues at hand. (We shall be appears only to who I am, but where I pressing bioethical issues of illustrating this method, es- am, where I came from, why I our day. ❑ pecially in part 2 of this to have am here, and where I am go- series next week.) ing. It also means knowing Jack W. The Seventh-day Adventist how much I am worth, and Provon- call for all men and women ev- refused to knowing these things in order sha, M.D., erywhere to worship the Cre- to make hard choices. Ph.D., is a ator of all that is provides a surrender To be a self also involves physician measure of respect for the laws relating to other selves. The and of nature not always found the child. Creator intended that man cist writ- elsewhere. We believe nature's should not be alone. He even A a g from laws are the Creator's laws! allowed man to experience Nordland, Washington. For But Adventists also know loneliness momentarily to en- more than 25 years he taught that nature has participated in sure that he would value the medical ethics and philoso- the Fall and that special reve- companionship of another phy of religion at Loma Linda lation is required to assist us in self—woman. The Bible por- University. 10 (1226) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 DEVOTIONAL

derstand the promise of Jesus? Another couple called me late one Friday night to tell me their newborn baby was dying. I found them at the hospital sobbing around the incubator in which their tiny child fought for his life. The medi- cal staff held out no hope. We prayed together around that incubator, asking God to heal this baby if it was according to His plan. We asked Him for a good gift. Ten days later the mother carried her baby out of the hospital, full of praise to God.

N These parents had no difficulty telling others what God meant when He told them to ask, and they would THORESE C. receive. Yet I wondered how I could help the first couple make sense out

MEYLAN of this same promise. Doubtless you could relate expe- riences of having asked for good gifts and sometimes having re- GOD GIVES ONLY ceived them, sometimes not. You may even feel you received a stone when you asked for bread. GOOD GIFTS Is the promise only for some and not for others? Do only those who On deciding whose will is best meet certain requirements get good gifts? How can He not give, when He BY IVAN C. BLAKE may have asked the same question. said He would? Maybe for a long time you have been "Ask, and it will be given to you; asking God for something that search, and you will find; knock, and seems reasonable, but no satisfac- the door will be opened to you. For tory answer has ever come. the one who asks alwaysTeceives; the Trevor and Shela became our one who searches always finds; the friends after we had spent many en- one who knocks will always have the joyable hours together studying the door opened to him. Is there a man Bible. They shared our joy when our among you who would hand his son two boys were born, and we looked a stone when he asked for bread? Or troubled inquirer forward to the day when they would would hand him a snake when he have their own children. But it asked for a fish? If you, then, who are spoke for countless seemed that Shela could not bear evil, know how to give your children children. We prayed with them, what is good, how much more will others when he wrote asking God to bless them with a your Father in heaven give good child of their own. Our prayers were things to those who ask him?" (verses to the editor of a Chris- answered. A baby was on the 7-11, Jerusalem). way—a miracle child, we said. One central truth flows from tian magazine, "I read We moved to a nearby city before these words: you can expect only the baby came. When I heard the best from God. in the Bible that when Trevor's voice on the phone the day Three sections in the passage I ask, I will receive (Matt. 7:7-11). their baby was due, I knew he had illustrate this kernel of truth. I've been asking a long time, but I bad news. Their baby had lived for don't receive. Should I give up?" only a few hours. Promise in the Positive How would you reply to this per- They had asked God for a good First, Jesus states the promise in plexed person? Perhaps you gift, but did not receive what they the positive when He says, "Ask, wouldn't try to answer, since you had asked for. How are they to un- and you will receive." He tells us

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 (1227) 11 what we can expect from Him. families. Jesus Himself knew we those who ask him!" (Luke 11:13, In the Greek the passage reads: would not give a stone when our Jerusalem). The "good things" God "Go on asking, go on seeking, go on child asks for bread. gives are the best gifts because they knocking." Jesus encourages us to But we have limited insight into are spiritual. They point to eternal persist in prayer. what is best for us. "Now we see but life and everlasting values. The God doesn't play games with us to a poor reflection as in a mirror; then Holy Spirit represents every best see how long He can hold off giving we shall see face to face. Now I gift God can give. and how long we can keep asking. know in part; then I shall know To receive the Holy Spirit means Why then isn't asking once enough? fully, even as I am fully known" to possess peace while the storms of Asking God for something does not (1 Cor. 13:12, NIV). life rage around us. It means inner stand by itself, but comes within the God sees what we do not; He strength when we have to face great setting of communion and fellow- knows what we will know only hardship. It means holding on to ship with Him. It has more to do when delivered from mortality. We God, even when it seems He has left with our relationship to Him than look at life from our narrow point of us. To receive the Holy Spirit means with simply receiving a favor. view. God looks at it through the to focus our eyes on the new earth When my boy asks me for a bicy- broad spectrum of the great contro- when this world treats us like cle, it becomes not a mere transac- versy between good and evil and aliens. tion: he needs one, so here it is, and how we fit into it. God's good things may not in- that's it. No! Rather it presents an This is why God often doesn't clude a satisfactory solution to your opportunity for us to draw closer to give us what we request. Sometimes problems right now, but His good each other. We take time to talk what we get makes us feel we re- things include the means to cope about it, What kind would he like? ceived a stone when we asked for and endure. What color? How does he plan to bread. We must remember, how- If we ask Him only for those take care of it? What will his policy ever, that it only seems that way things that we believe we need in be on sharing rides with friends? from our perspective. In reality order to live a reasonably smooth What if his dad wants to ride it too? —and God's perspective is real- life here on earth, and He should And while we talk it over, he sits up ity—we received nothing but the grant them, we might end our lives close, his arm around my neck. We best, and we will see it that way one without the best gifts: knowing God have a good time! The bicycle takes day when our eyes have been personally, enjoying His friendship, second place to our fellowship and opened. and receiving assurance of eternal communion. The more we talk and Moses asked to go into the Prom- life. fellowship, the more ready he be- ised Land, but God let him die on So God says, "I want to give you comes to receive that bike. When he Mount Nebo instead. Was that a those things that are most impor- finally gets it, he and I are closer snake instead of a fish? Moses could tant, the things that belong to the than we have ever been before. well have thought that. But in the kingdom of heaven. I want you to Jesus wants us to keep asking, end it all turned out better than he learn to ask for them first. If those seeking, knocking, so that we will had asked for. He received the real become primary to you, the rest of grow to know Him better as we work Promised Land —heaven itself. You your needs will be taken care of too. together on the issue we seek an- can expect only the best from God, You'll see life from the perspective swers for. who gives only good gifts. of eternity." Continuous asking serves to put "Make no mistake about this, my us in the right frame of mind. It Promise in the Superlative dear brothers: it is all that is good, makes us fully aware of our need of Jesus completes the promise by everything that is perfect, which is God, our dependence on Him. The referring to God's "good things" as given us from above; it comes down more we share our needs with Him, the very best. When He said, "How from the Father of all light" (James the more we are led to see how those much more will your Father in 1:16, 17, Jerusalem). needs can best be met, and the more heaven give good things to those You can expect only the best from we learn to think the way God who ask Him," He had better things God. He gives only the best gifts. ❑ thinks. We come to expect only the in mind than those which we be- best from God. lieve are best for us. Promise in the Negative Our asking centers on the things Ivan C. Blake we believe we need most; and while pastors the The second part of Jesus' state- these represent real needs, which Greater New Al- ment comes in a negative form, as God does concern Himself with, bany, New York, He assures us that He will not give they are secondary to what God church. a stone when we ask for bread. knows we need most. To a limited degree we can claim "How much more will the heav- to know what is best for us and our enly Father give the Holy Spirit to

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and circulated by many Adventists contains highly sensationalized claims to the contrary, there is no current threat of a national Sunday law. Dozens of such laws on the state and local levels have been re- pealed in recent years. While sup- port for such legislation could arise in a sho 4t time, no serious effort in that direction is currently visible. So what then motivates Advent- ists' continued involvement in church-state relations? Why do we continue to expend so much time and energy when Adventists are no longer jailed for working on Sun- day? Four points come to mind.

First: Real problems still exist. Al- though American Adventists are not jailed for working on Sunday, they frequently lose their jobs for refusing to work on Sabbath. In some areas of the world our fellow believers still encounter real perse- cution. Unfortunately, those coun- tries in which the church has had its highest rate of growth do not often have a correspondingly high regard for the rights of religious minorities. CHURCH AND STATE SEPARATION: And even in those nations with the best developed rule of law, prob- lems remain. Fundamentalists of WHY DO WE STILL whichever faith usually fail to see the necessity of tolerating view- points opposed to their own, while FIGHT FOR IT? PART TWO on the opposite extreme the secu- larist mind considers religion—and BY MITCHELL A. TYNER members of the United States Con- therefore religious freedom—to be gress to pass a law recognizing the largely irrelevant. Those of us who sanctity of Sunday, Jones raised the because of position, profession, consciousness of both the Congress wealth, education, or geographic ac- and the church to the dangers in cident find ourselves shielded from such efforts and to the necessity of such pressures must never forget protecting the rights of religious mi- that we are indeed a minority A century ago A. T. norities. within a minority. A century later, defending reli- Jones almost single- gious liberty has become an article handedly led our of faith for most Adventists. In the Second: We protect our own intervening decades our church has rights most effectively by protecting church into the arena come to occupy a position of influ- the rights of others. If a government ence and respect in this field totally is free to burden the religious prac- of church-state rela- disproportionate to our numbers. tices of another group, even one But the Sunday-law threat that with which I strongly disagree, then tions. Motivated by the motivated Jones no longer exists. that same government is free to bur- Although an independently pub- den my religious practices. efforts of influential lished book currently being read An example: the United States

14 (1230) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 Constitution, as currently inter- In the same way there exists an even Even if you assume the proper preted, requires that government better reason to work for religious prayer to be Christian (as do the ma- must demonstrate a "compelling in- freedom. jority of school prayer advocates), terest" in order to justify a burden how do you go about it? Do you pray on the free exercise of religion. It sitting, standing, or kneeling? With must show that such an action is Fourth: Religious freedom is bib- eyes closed, or open? Do you remain virtually a necessity. That's a very lically mandated. Perhaps you've still, or raise your arms? Various high standard of proof. It has been never thought of the parable of the Christian groups espouse one or used, for instance, to prohibit states prodigal son as a religious liberty more of these variants and insist on from requiring schoolchildren to story, but consider the facts. The fa- them to the exclusion of other ways. say the Pledge of Allegiance if they ther in the parable represents God. Which should the local school have religious scruples against do- The father in the story is right, and board choose? ing so. Although I disagree with the son wrong. The father would Inevitably the choice would be those who believe that scripture for- have been completely justified in that favored by the local majority, bids recitation of the Pledge of Al- refusing the son's request for half which might be Roman Catholic in legiance, it is in my best interest to the family fortune. Yet he allowed Boston, Jewish in Brooklyn, Mor- defend their interests. If that high the son to waste his time and the mon in Utah, or Buddhist in Hawaii. standard of proof protects their re- family's money because he would And the child whose parents are of ligious practice, it protects mine as not be satisfied with forced alle- a different faith—or none at all well. giance. He gave the son the right to —would be told, "If you don't wish be wrong, knowing that a satisfac- to participate, you may leave the tory relationship would be estab- room." For a child of tender years to Third: Religious freedom facili- lished only when the son became be forced to opt out of a practice tates the spread of the gospel. The willing. The message: God forces no being followed by the school au- earliest Christians observed that one. thorities, his or her teacher, and "the blood of the martyrs is seed," The life of Jesus Christ demon- most of the other students consti- by which they meant that persecu- strated the point. Jesus taught, en- tutes coercion, and as such is anti- tion often results in even wider dis- treated, and reasoned. He took eth- thetical to the gospel. semination of believers, and that ical and moral positions that spoke The Bible closes with an invita- persecution cannot eradicate the clearly to the societal problems of tion: "Whosoever will, let him take church. Yet the proclamation of His day. But He never forced anyone the water of life freely" (Rev. 22:17). truth to large populations occurs to follow Him. Perhaps that is why Not whosoever is coerced by most efficiently in an atmosphere of He so frequently referred to us as friends, family, government, or mutual respect between govern- His sheep, which voluntarily follow church, but whosoever of his or her ment and religion. So in order to the shepherd, rather than His don- own free will decides to accept it. move financial assets and denomi- keys, which must be driven. The God went to great lengths to give us national workers across borders, in story of the Gospels establishes this: the freedom of choice. He could order to use mass media, in order to Every man, woman, boy, and girl have denied us that power and be able to establish an efficient has the right to relate to God accord- avoided Calvary. But He knew that church organization, we will wish ing to the dictates of conscience our allegiance must come from a to establish such an atmosphere —his or hers, not someone else's. willing heart, freely given. Our Lord whenever possible. The defense of that principle not went to great lengths to protect hu- The foregoing all center on the infrequently requires us to defend man freedom and to avoid any hint protection of our own rights — a Unpopular positions. A case in of coercion. Surely He expects us to pragmatic, realistic reason to sup- point is the matter of state- follow His example. ❑ port religious freedom. But in a mandated prayer in public schools. sense, such a reason is like obeying Aren't we, as a religious body, on Series concluded next week. God in order to escape punishment the wrong side when we oppose —religion as fire insurance. Such a such exercises? No, we are simply motive is pragmatic and realistic, defending equality and freedom of Mitchell A. but incomplete. While serving God individual conscience, and oppos- Tyner serves as from fear is not illegitimate, the ma- ing the coercion of minorities that an associate di- ture Christian serves Him from love. would inevitably result. rector and legal Obedience springs from an appre- Though the supporters of manda- counsel in the ciation of who God is and of the tory school prayer deny it, coercion General Confer- rightness of His direction; from a is inherent in the concept. What ence Depart- desire to spend eternal life with kind of prayer shall it be—Bud- ment of Public Him, not just to avoid eternal death. dhist, Christian, Hindu, or Muslim? Affairs and Religious Liberty.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 (1231) 15 FAITH ALIVE!

doers. We must "occupy" until Jesus comes. In a civic sense, this means mak- ing the most of our opportunities to establish the will and reign of God in this present life. Surely the will of CHILDREN AND God does not include such items as child abuse, infant mortality, crime, pornography, etc. Any dignified ef- COMMUNION fort we can make to combat these BY CALVIN B. ROCK evils is legitimate. Writing one's congressional repre- hould unbaptized children Many parents encourage their sentative in support of bills that com- participate in the Communion children to wait, making the Com- bat human misery does not involve Sservice? How can they be munion service an incentive to bap- the kind of politics the prophetess "worthy" when they are so young tism and formal membership. Oth- said we should avoid (see Funda- and not baptized? Where do we ers see participation before baptism mentals of Christian Education, pp. stand? as a means of strengthening their 475-479). Her negative statements children's ties with the Lord and about politics are warnings against Quoting The Desire of Ages, page His people at an early age. The final loyalty to persons or parties that tran- 656, the SDA Church Manual states: decision must be based on local scend respect for the truth and align " 'Christ's example forbids exclusive- church custom and family prefer- us with the dishonesty and duplicity ness at the Lord's Supper. It is true ences. so often associated with office- that open sin excludes the guilty. However, where children are ob- seeking and party power. This the Holy Spirit plainly teaches. viously aware and sincere, we do Far from giving us an excuse to But beyond this none are to pass judg- well to remember the words of ignore community betterment is- ment. God has not left it with men to Christ: "Whoever receives one sues, our prophetess repeatedly ad- say who shall present themselves on such child in my name receives monished participation. Her many these occasions. For who can read the me." "See that you do not despise counsels regarding involvement in heart? Who can distinguish the tares one of these little ones; for I tell you temperance reform (see Temper- from the wheat? "Let a man examine that in heaven their angels always ance, pp. 253-256) provide a clear himself, . . ." ' " behold the face of my Father who is illustration of this. Another illustra- It continues: " 'There may come in heaven" (Matt. 18:5, 10, RSV). tion is her instruction regarding our into the company persons who are You and I can probably make ac- responsibility to the poor (see Wel- not in heart servants of truth and curate judgments as to a child's fare Ministry, pp. 188-190). We find holiness, but who may wish to take level of comprehension, but be- our supreme inspiration, of course, part in the service. They should not yond that only God can judge wor- in the ministry of Christ, which so be forbidden.' " thiness. frequently involved relieving indi- Seventh-day Adventists do not viduals of physical and psycholog- conduct closed Communion. We am often asked to write my con- ical suffering. open our service not only to bap- gressional representative in The view that encourages one to tized members but to sincere indi- Isupport of legislation such as enjoy the benefits of civic freedom viduals not of our fellowship. If bap- gun control or the Child Protection and well-being without contribut- tized and unbaptized persons who and Obscenity Enforcement Act. ing to their gain and protection is a are not a part of our spiritual family Should Adventists get involved in distortion of the gospel. It remains may participate, is it not reasonable this kind of politics? true today that we should "render that our unbaptized children may therefore unto Caesar the things also? As caring Christians and loyal cit- which are Caesar's" and that "all Of course, age or maturity is a izens, Seventh-day Adventists have that remains for evil to triumph is consideration. Under no circum- not only the privilege but the duty to for good people to do nothing." stances should children too young assist in providing the best of con- to appreciate the meaning of Com- ditions and services in their com- munion be allowed to receive the munities. We know that as long as Calvin B. Rock serves as a general sacred emblems. But as neither the sin exists we will never have a per- vice president of the General Con- Bible nor the SDA Church Manual fect or entirely just society, but our ference. Formerly president of Oak- speaks of a specific age that quali- expectation of a better world should wood College, he holds doctoral de- fies one, parents should guide in not cause us to meekly concede this grees in ministry and religious this matter. present society to evil and evil- .ethics.

16 (1232) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 Three thousand SDAs attended a celebration in Warsaw on May 7 to mark the centennial of the church's work in Poland. Adventists Celebrate 100 Years in Poland New freedoms lead to unprecedented growth. The Second Advent movement meet in homes. However, in 1921 the as a sect. During this period, mem- reached Poland in 1888. From church had grown large enough for bers created artificial organiza- that humble beginning, the Polish its first union session. tional structures in order to operate Adventist Church has grown to 2. Period as a tolerated sect church institutions. Then came the 10,000 adherents worshiping in 136 (1921-1945). During this time the trauma of the Second World War, churches and groups, administered church witnessed the creation of with Polish Adventists sharing the by three conferences. its first organizational structure fate of their nation. Churches were The country's 1988 jubilee coin- supported by evangelistic out- closed, material possessions were cides with several other anniversa- reach. Difficulties for Adventism destroyed, and many members lost ries: 170 years since the birthday of developed because of the political their lives. Michael Belina Czechowski, a Pole and religious situation in the coun- 3. Period as a legal church (1946- who was the first Adventist mission- try. On the basis of Poland's 1921 1988). The church, along with the ary to Europe; 125 years since the constitution, Seventh-day Advent- nation, rebuilt its structure and es- General Conference organized; 100 ists were granted only the status of tablished its presence in Polish so- years since the Minneapolis General a tolerated denomination, while ciety. Since World War II the SDA Conference; and 70 years since Po- the Roman Catholic Church re- Church has shaken off the stigma of land's first conference organized. ceived a privileged, dominant po- a tolerated sect in a Catholic society. The history of Adventism in Pol- sition. As a result, Adventists were The church received legal recogni- ish lands divides into three periods. often persecuted and ridiculed, tion as a religious body with denom- 1. The shaping of the Advent with their church regarded merely inational equality among more than movement (1888-1920). After the 30 Christian denominations. The Adventist message came from the late seventies and eighties have Crimea, the church established itself seen rapid church growth in num- in the Volhynia region and in central bers and in promulgation of its mes- Poland. The first churches were es- sage through a strong publishing tablished in Lodz, Poznan, and War- program and effective witnessing. saw. Persecution forced members to As an integral part of the Polish nation, the church combats social By Stanislaw Dabrowski, Polish evils such as alcoholism, smoking, Union president. An adaptation of T ADWENTYNU W POL drug dependency, and crime and an address delivered during the Banner at celebration proclaims "100 promotes work, social values, and jubilee celebration in Warsaw, May Years of Adventism in Poland" with family life as it begins its second 7, 1988. Bible text: "Your labour is not in vain." century.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 (1233) 17 Larry Unterseher (left), new principal of DAA, and Marvin Denney (right), business man- ager, gather with students and faculty in the circle where all socialize between classes. Dakota Adventist Academy SAMUEL EMANUEL Back in Business Broker Real Estate - Retired. Now I'm back at Total School opens after one-year shutdown. Health Foundation again. orth and South Dakota Advent- checked the furnace during the long Four times in five years - ists have reopened their acad- cold winter, cleaned rooms, and my nurse is with me as well. emy one year after closing it because kept watch over the $13 million Last time it was pneumonia. of financial problems (see News- empty academy building on 1,300 Now it is diabetes, back break, Sept. 8). They accomplished acres 15 miles northwest of Bis- and knee pain, overweight. this in spite of crops that withered marck, North Dakota's capital. "It's in the fields, forcing some farmers to Cure - Careful nutrition, good to be back in business," sell out and causing tithe to drop Thompson declared. physical therapy, educational more than 8 percent in the Dakota Dedicated lay members have program, willpower. In all Conference, the biggest decline in given more than sacrificially to the medical experiences of the Mid-America Union. make an impossible dream come my 86 years I find my care Many Dakota Adventist Academy true. Almost as soon as the academy at Total Health Foundation (DAA) students last year were closed in August 1987, a lay advi- absolutely unique - yes I'm forced to attend an academy outside sory committee headed by Cliff of their home conference. Twenty- enjoying it again. You Kahler, a farmer from Goodrich, three went to Platte Valley Acad- North Dakota, began investigating could join me! emy in Nebraska; others went to Ma- the feasibility of reopening the plewood in Minnesota and school. Campion in Colorado. Larry Un- After much discussion and terseher, former education director prayer, they appointed Ron Miller, of the Dakota Conference, who Dakota Conference ABC manager, spent the past year as principal of as chairman of the committee to re- Upper Columbia Academy in Wash- open DAA. They surveyed the 5,000 ington, is the new principal of DAA. members of the conference and Winter Maintenance found that the majority wanted to see the academy reopen. A February Tom and Ella Mae Thompson, 28 constituency meeting voted 229 TOTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION who have been with Dakota Advent- to 158 to reopen the school. ALSO FOR: • Diabetes • Obesity ist secondary education for 28 DAA needed $294,000 in cash to • Hypertension • Stress years, along with Dennis and Cher- operate debt-free for the 1988-1989 • Spastic Bowel • Depression ryl Kaiser (maintenance man and school year, based on 55 students. P. 0. Box 5 • Yakima, WA 98907 food service director, respectively), By registration day, members had 1-800-348-0120 — Outside WA sent in $300,000, plus more than 1-800-922-3398 — Washington By James L. Fly, communication $30,000 in worthy-student money if director, Mid-America Union. any more students wanted to attend.

18 (1234) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 BROWN RICE JUBILEE /1 About half the school's students re- $200,000 for the past two years. Ad- According to Webster's quire financial assistance. ditional debt on family and staff Dictionary, a jubilee is a special celebration, Student Sells Bike housing remains, however. 7c) On top of this, members raised especially a 50th Ad.'71( Brent Mercer, of Sioux Falls, $93,000 to pay off back debts owed anniversary. At South Dakota, wanted to go to DAA to vendors in the Bismarck-Mandan Lundberg Family so badly that he traded his bicycle area, the financial crisis that precip- Farms we are celebrating our 50th for a new pair of shoes and pawned itated the closing of the school. year of rice farming in California. his radio so he could buy a new Members have also pledged shirt and tie, trusting that somehow $115,000 for the next four years. But To celebrate, we've created a very he would be able to go. His mother to operate DAA will take more special blend of seven different rice was in the hospital in a body cast money yet. The General Confer- varieties grown on our farm. It's and had no money to help him. ence's Philanthropic Service for In- called Lundberg Jubilee. When the Bismarck church heard stitutions (PSI) has chosen the acad- his story, members contributed emy as part of their AAA Challenge, Jubilee $3,500, enabling Brent to attend the a matching fund program that en- showcases school. courages alumni to support their the exotic Brent is one of 71 students en- alma mater. Academy staff mem- fragrance rolled at DAA this year. Not only bers have pledged $220 a month to and color of have Dakota Adventists reopened help a worthy student. our russet- their academy with a surplus of stu- New emphases at DAA this year red Wehani, dents, but by January 1 they expect include computer technology and the rich ebony of Black Japonica, to pay the final $125,000 of $1 mil- spiritual outreach. As the motto on and our golden long grain. It features lion they owed to the General Con- the academy sign says, they are back the tasty, nut-like flavor of short grain, ference only two years ago. The GC in business "building friendships and the chewy texture of mochi has matched the Dakota Conference for eternity." sweet rice.

Add to that our short and medium Prayer Brings Check for Chilean Clinic grain red rices, and the sum is exciting dining, excellent nutrition t the Adventist clinic in Los An- because of insufficient funds. and good taste! Ageles, Chile, the nursing staff re- On Sabbath morning a humble quested the purchase of certain sur- old man appeared at the Los Ange- gical equipment urgently needed to les Adventist Church. He had come We also offer care for patients expected to arrive from a small town near ConcepciOn. fragrant shortly. That day, Friday, February This gentleman had gone to his Wehani, and 20, 1987, the director, Arturo bank on Friday to collect interest on four other Opazo, examined the clinic's some funds he had had there for exciting finances, only to discover that the some time and discovered that it blends: institution had no funds. was more than he thought it would Country- He invited the chaplain and the be. He thought, I don't need this wild, nurses' supervisor into his office, money. What can I do with it? He Sweet where they asked God to solve their decided to ask God in prayer. Im- Wehani, Wild Blend, plight. Following the fervent prayer mediately the answer came: "In the and Short and Sweet. Try these session, Opazo went into town to city of Los Angeles is the Adventist blends and find out why East West purchase the required equipment. clinic. Take your money there." magazine calls Lundberg rices He paid for it with a sizable check. He arrived in Los Angeles on Sab- "The Best." By this time banks were closed. bath morning and was introduced to Since Chilean banks do not open on the clinic's chaplain, to whom he told For free information on these and Saturday, the check would not be his offer. The chaplain gathered other other brown rice products, please deposited for collection until the personnel of the institution so they write to: Lundberg Family Farms, following Monday. Opazo won- might hear how God had intervened. dered how to cover his check When Arturo Opazo arrived he P.O. Box 369, Dept. D2 within the next two days. He in- was amazed by the news. He was Richvale, CA 95974. tended to go to the bank as soon as even more surprised when he saw it opened on Monday and ask the that the donated money equaled the lundberg manager to honor the overdraft so exact amount required to cover the FAMILY FARMS. the check would not be returned check he had written the day before.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 (1235) 19 Adventist Scandinavians Hold Congress Church leaders meet Norwegian King Olaf V.

This truly was a special event for mark, Finland, Norway, and Swe- summer weather made the congress ■ Scandinavia," declared a partic- den to Ekeberg Hall in Oslo, May a memorable event. ipant at the Nordic Congress, a 12-14. Messages reflecting the General Conference president meeting that brought more than theme "Jesus Is Calling," fellow- Neal C. Wilson and his wife, Elinor, 3,000 Adventist members from Den- ship, inspiring music, and beautiful attended. He took advantage of the occasion to visit representatives from parliament, the Norwegian ANNOUNCING THE NEW state church, the Council of Inde- pendent Churches, and the Na- tional Ecumenical Council. Also participating in these talks: Jan Paulsen, president, Trans- European Division; Rolf Kvinge, president, West Nordic Union Con- Friendshi ference; and Paul Liseth, West Nor- dic Union public affairs and reli- gious liberty director. During the visits, the Adventist From the Adventist Review leaders made known SDA view- points on various current topics. The next time someone asks shares the joys of the Sabbath, Talks with parliarhent representa- you, "Who are Adventists?" and Dr. Richard L. Neil, Loma tive Kjell Magne Bondevik (Chris- hand them this friendly answer Linda University, reveals the tian People Party) and Bishop An- from the editors of the Review. benefits of our lifestyle. dreas Aarflot proved especially It introduces them to 25 The Review "Friends" issue interesting. The visit touched on al- church members from the prime introduces Adventists as people coholism prevention, racism, the minister of Uganda to the con- who find happiness in their con- world situation, and the role of the ductor of the San Francisco Sym- victions. Make it your witnessing Christian church. The biggest event phony Orchestra. In a few words, tool at county fairs, evangelistic was the visit with King Olaf V at his they each express their personal meetings, seminars, and in per- palace, on May 16. faith. sonal contacts. The conversation with the king In addition, some of the Color, 32 pages. US$2.00 each; touched on some of his special in- church's best communicators tell 2-5 copies, US$1.75 each; 6-99 terests, and he proved to be very why they embrace our funda- copies, US$1.10 each; 100-999 concerned about development aid mental beliefs. Richard Duerk- copies, US$.90 each; 1,000+ and Christian engagement in the sen, Pacific Union College, copies, US$.60 each. world's needs. Elder Wilson brought greetings from the General This is the way Conference and the world family of you want people Seventh-day Adventists. Rolf Kvinge greeted the king on behalf to learn about of Adventist congregations in Nor- Adventists. way. The king was also informed about the Nordic Congress. He re- ceived the book Patriarchs and Prophets, by Ellen G. White, as a memento of the visit, which lasted for 20 minutes, though such audi- ences usually last no longer than 10.

By Rolf H. Kvinge, president, West Nordic Union.

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ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988 (1237) 21 was preceded in death by her parents, William and MANN, Eliada -b. Nov. 8, 1920, Fish Creek, Wis.; Obituaries Lydia; two brothers, Arman and Eugene; and two d. Sept. 5, 1988, Dayton, Ohio. After receiving her sisters, Ellen and Geneva. B.S. in nursing from Washington Adventist Hospi- Obituaries should be sent within one month of tal, she served for 13 years in Burma, where she the date of death and must include date of birth and LOOMIS, Samuel R.-b. Feb. 22, 1893, Huron, helped establish the Rangoon SDA School of Nurs- death, place of birth and death, denominational ing. Shortly after her return she became OB super- employment, and survivors. Obituaries must be S.Dak.; d. July 9, 1988, Apopka, Fla. He was the secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska Conference and visor at Kettering Memorial Hospital, where she sent to: Adventist Review, 6840 Eastern Ave., NW., remained for 17 years. Survivors include one sister, Washington, D.C. 20012. was the last mayor of College View, Nebraska, be- fore its incorporation into the city of Lincoln. For Flora Horvath; and one brother, John Henry, Jr. five and a half years he was secretary-treasurer of HARRIS, George Ernest, Sr.-b. Jan. 17, 1895, the Bolivia Mission. Survivors include his wife, STAFF, Elwood Edward-b. Aug. 2, 1931, Nevada, Memphis, Tenn.; d. Aug. 4, 1988, Huntsville, Ala. Winnifred; one sister, Lora Blackstone; two grand- Iowa; d. Aug. 20, 1988, Loma Linda, Calif. From He served Oakwood College as supervisor of daughters, Carolyn Trace and Winette Aho; one 1958 to 1977 he was associate pastor of various grounds for many years. He and his wife founded grandson, William Hawkins; and nine great- churches in the Southeastern California Confer- the Harris Home for Children (Huntsville). Survi- grandchildren. ence. He was secretary of the Southeastern Califor- vors include his wife, Chessie; and five children, nia Conference for nearly nine years before step- Herbert, George, Jr., Chester, Marilyn, and Joan. MANLEY, Myrl 0. - b. July 11,1913, near Stockton, ping aside to become associate secretary. Survivors Ill.; d. Aug. 15, 1988, Loma Linda, Calif. Before his include his wife, Toni; two sons, Kevin and Sean; HORTON, Ruth C.-b. June 6, 1908, Taloga, Okla.; service in India, he worked at Cedar Lake Academy. his parents, Herman and Hilda Staff; and one d. June 25, 1988, Coarsegold, Calif. She worked as He served a total of 13 years at Vincent Hill School brother, Virgil. a nurse for more than 40 years, including her 18 (India), first as teacher and later principal. He was years of service at Washington Sanitarium and Hos- president of Spicer Memorial College and later VOGEL, Ellen Mae-b. Jan. 30, 1907, Parkesburg, pital and Loma Linda University Medical Center. Burma Union Mission. He returned to America and Pa.; d. Aug. 22, 1988, Loma Linda, Calif. She taught Survivors include her husband, Douglas; and one served in various capacities for nine years at An- English for two years at Canadian Junior College sister, Florence Stewart. drews University. From 1973 until his retirement in and two years at Southern Junior College before 1980 he was president of Union College. After re- graduating from the White Memorial School of JOHNSON, Darlene B.-b. Aug. 20, 1931, Shafter, tirement he served for two years as Caribbean Nursing. After receiving her master's degree, she Calif.; d. Aug. 30, 1988, Rocklin, Calif. She was a Union College president and one year as interim served as assistant director of the White Memorial registered nurse at Glendale Sanitarium and Hos- president at Union College. Survivors include his Hospital School of Nursing for eight years. She re- pital and Washington Adventist Hospital, and wife, Elizabeth; one son, Robert Elliott; four grand- ceived an M.D. from the College of Medical Evan- taught community health nursing at Columbia children, Brent, Brian, Todd, and Traci; and one gelists in 1951, later setting up her own private Union College and Loma Linda University. Survi- brother, Albert A. His son James preceded him in practice. Survivors include one nephew, Richard vors include one sister, Martha Jane Thesman. She death. Vale; and one niece, Victoria Wical.

WEISS, Samuel-b. Dec. 1, 1909, Crespo, Argentina; d. Oct. 24, 1987, Loma Linda, Calif. He devoted 40 years of service as pastor, departmental secretary, evangelist, and president in Peru, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. He was the first Spanish coordinator and evangelist of the Pacific Union Conference. Survivors include his wife, Raquel; one son, Osiris; two daughters, Mafalda Schmidt and Marlene Weaver; three brothers, Henry, David, and Joe; three sisters, Martha Schmidt, Ruth Roscher, and Mary Maier; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Literature Requests Each address below is in need of the following: Bibles, Spirit of Prophecy books, devotional books, Ronald M. Springett periodicals (Adventist Review, Ministry, Liberty, Vibrant Life, Message, Insight, Guide, Primary Treasure, Our Little Friend), hymnals, songbooks, sermon ideas and illustrations, audio/visual aids, cassette tapes, Picture Rolls. Additional specific HOMOSEXUALITY requests are listed after the address. IN HISTORY AND THE SCRIPTURES West Africa Elder Amoako-Agyemang, Lay Activities, P.O. by Ronald M. Springett, Ph.D. Box 44, Toase, Ashanti, Ghana: Man the World A unique biblical-historical study. A useful resource for pas- Needs Most, temperance material, Beyond Pitcairn Michael Appiah-Baffoe, Seventh-day Adventist tors, teachers, and laypersons. Church, P.O. Box 127, Winneba, Ghana • Paperback • 192 pages • $6.95 postpaid Pastor and Mrs. Kwabena Bonah, SDA Church, P.O. Box 91, Juaso, Ashanti Akim, Ghana Available through: John K. Domeh, Amakom SDA Church, P.O. Box BIBLICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1818, Kumsai, Ashanti, Ghana: musical aids, The SDA Bible Commentary, projector, film 6840 Eastern Ave., NW Isaac Duah-Kwarteng, SDA Church, P.O. Box 31, Washington, DC 20012 Oyoko Koforidua, Ghana: The World of Ellen G. White, Such Bright Hopes, The Unknown Prophet, (1-202-722-6790) From 1888 to Apostasy Onusu Isaac, P.O. Box 182, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana and your local ABC stores. Las Kwadwo Kwarteng, P.O. Box 96, Kintampo, Brong-Ahafo, Ghana

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The gum tree is likely to grow in wet places where beavers live. They like to eat the wood of the gum tree. The wood is very heavy and is made into furniture or heavy crates for THE SWEET GUM TREE shipping goods. BY KATHERINE HAUBRICH In the fall, the leaves of the gum tree change to beautiful shades of hat is very tall, a home to Mexico to Honduras. It is easy to yellow, orange, and maroon. Per- birds, food for squirrels and identify by its star-shaped, five- haps you will find a sweet gum leaf. Wbeavers, useful to man, and pointed leaf. In fact, it is one of only Collect leaves from different trees beautifully colored? Yes, a tree. a few trees in North America that and dry them by pressing them be- Let's see what we can learn about have star-shaped leaves. Sometimes tween the pages of a large, heavy the gum tree family. They aie called people mistake the gum tree for a book. Or in late fall the leaves may gum trees because they give off a maple. But when they learn to iden- already be quite dry and can be sticky substance. They usually grow tify the star-shaped leaf, it is easy to pressed between two pieces of about 75 to 150 feet tall and can be tell the difference between the gum waxed paper. Lay the leaves out on found in many parts of the world. tree and the maple tree. one sheet of waxed paper in a pretty There are many different kinds of The gum tree seeds are quite un- pattern. Cover the leaves with a sec- gum trees. A relative of the Ameri- usual. Many birds and animals eat ond sheet of waxed paper and, with can sweet gum tree is the Australian the prickly seed balls of the gum the help of your parents, use an iron gum tree, better known as the euca- tree. In autumn these seed balls fall (set on low heat) and press the lyptus (pronounced yoo-ka-lip-tus) to the ground in great numbers. sheets together. tree. Chipmunks and gray squirrels like Hang it on your wall in your room The American sweet gum is them, as well as mallard ducks, bob- or tape it to a window. With the sun found in the southeastern United whites, chickadees, finches, wrens, shining through, the leaves will States and in the mountains from and many other birds. light up with their lovely colors.

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ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10. 1988 (1239) 23 REFLECTIONS THE POTATO HARVEST he late-afternoon October sun I couldn't hold back my question Whether they know it or not, they Tcast long shadows on the three any longer. "How is it, Bill, that you are, as Isaiah says, "sowing [their] sacks of newly dug potatoes that sat got twice as many potatoes as I seed by every stream" (Isa. 32:20, at the edge of my garden. My two did?" NIV). Their harvest comes in the sat- sons and I had spent several hours In his matter-of-fact manner Bill isfaction of helping others. spading the potato vines, shaking replied, "Well, most people plant But there is a secondary harvest off the dirt, and gathering the crop one potato in a hill. I plant two!" that isn't readily evident. That is the for winter. Though the experience happened influence they have on the lives of My mouth watered as I thought several years ago, I have never for- others, which can have eternal con- about the delicious baked potatoes gotten it or the spiritual application sequences for good. that would grace our dining room it brought to mind. Paul, writing to There is also the main application table. I felt thankful for the bounti- the Corinthians, said, "All I will say of these texts, which has to do with ful harvest. is that poor sowing means a poor one's personal stewardship. Paul As I loaded my wheelbarrow with harvest, and generous sowing continues with his thoughts: "Let the potato sacks, I looked across to everyone give as his heart tells him, my neighbor's garden. Bill had also neither grudgingly nor under com- been digging potatoes, and I could pulsion, for God loves the man who see the results of his labors. I walked We get back gives cheerfully." over to the fence. Then he adds an unusual prom- "I see you've been digging pota- in measure ise: "God can give you more than toes too," I said, engaging him in you can ever need, so that you may conversation as he leaned on his po- what we have always have sufficient for your- tato fork. Bill nodded and I contin- selves and enough left over to give ued, "We got four or five nice po- to every good cause" (2 Cor. 9:7, 8, tatoes under each hill." planted. Phillips). Anyone who practices Christian Double Take stewardship has seen these demon- Looking over at his sacks of pota- means a generous harvest" (2 Cor. strations of God's love for the cheer- toes, Bill acknowledged my conver- 9:6, Phillips). ful giver. There is no logical expla- sation. "It's been a good year for po- This law of the harvest, I suspect, nation for tithers who find that nine tatoes. I found 9 or 10 potatoes under goes far beyond planting potatoes. tenths of their income goes further each hill when I dug," he added. We get back in measure what we than the ten tenths did previously. His reply started my brain whir- have planted. Halfhearted effort But thousands testify that this is the ring. Why had Bill gotten twice as yields halfhearted results. When case. many potatoes in his harvest as I one gives desultory dedication to a Perhaps it's as simple as planting had? My mind raced for an answer. task, he can expect a proportionate two potatoes to a hill. The law of the Our potato plots were similar, lying return. Sowing generously brings a harvest makes me think so. 0 only a few yards apart. It couldn't be bountiful harvest whether it be with the soil. And following his example, one's work, church, or family. Morten Juberg is I had fertilized my garden from a Sometimes we call them "eager editor of the well-rotted manure pile near his beavers," these individuals who are North Pacific barn. To climax it all, in the spring willing to do a little extra. They are Union Gleaner, I had asked him which kind of po- the ones who look for a guest in published in tatoes would grow best, and I had church to take home for dinner. They Portland, Ore- planted the same Idaho baking po- are ready to help with Vacation Bible gon. tatoes he had seeded. School when no one else is. BY MORTEN JUBERG 24 (1240) ADVENTIST REVIEW, NOVEMBER 10, 1988