ADVENTIST

Weekly News and Inspiration for Seventh-day Adventists October 29, 1987

1987 ANNUAL COUNCIL REPORT:

Chemical Dependency

Harris Pine Mills Update

Expatriate Salaries

Human Sexuality Statement

Update on Burundi

Overture From Russia LETTERS

Self-esteem (cont.) He thus might have been able to Army, and the reason I joined was In response to the letter (Sept. 10) undo the wrong. ELIZABETH BECK not to serve the government and the that asks the question "How can I Colorado Springs, Colorado laws, but to serve the people and the focus on my self-esteem and keep ideals of this country. my eyes on Jesus at the same time?" Truthtelling, ROBERT T. CORK try this statement from Ellen White, I commend Kit Watts for "Telling Fort Hood, Texas hardly noted for being a pop psy- the Truth" (Sept. 17). Having been a chologist: "The Lord is disap- lifelong Adventist, as were my par- The Lord's Supper pointed when His people place a ents before me, I have a fine library "All in the Family" (Aug. 13) was low estimate upon themselves. He of Adventist literature and so ap- a solemn, inspiring appeal to not desires His chosen heritage to value preciate the excellent scholarship neglect the blessed time of fellow- themselves according to the price Julia Neuffer and others contributed ship with our risen Lord. Since no He has placed upon them" (The De- to making our literature accurate. I direct reference was made to the sire of Ages, p. 668). was a coworker with Miss Neuffer at preceding ordinance, some people Perhaps the answer is found in the Review and Herald Publishing might infer that this is optional. the question itself. Only as we look Association for many years. I too But there are, in fact, three essen- to Jesus Christ can we realize the can testify to her courage, knowl- tial parts of the Lord's Supper: foot inestimable worth and value the Fa- edge, and perseverance, and I washing, the bread, and the wine. ther places upon us. As children of would add that she has a friendly, The first was implied in the article God, we can feel good about our- humble, and unassuming personal- when it referred to taking "a good selves because we have been re- ity. IDAMAE MELENDY long look at your own life.... Search deemed by God and re-created in Silver Spring, Maryland your conscience, to get right with His image. JOSEPH F. NICOSIA Him." If this is not done, then we are Temple, Pennsylvania Scapegoat in danger of eating and drinking Through the years Ellen White of- "unworthily" (1 Cor. 11:27). Confused ten has been made the scapegoat for The threefold service of a com- I am more than a little confused as the ban on the theater, jewelry, and plete Communion is (1) the intro- to the author's thinking in "Two other questionable indulgences; spective look inward; (2) the retro- Young Men Came to Church" (Sept. whereas a century ago many Prot- spective look back to the cross; and 3). The last two paragraphs lead me estant churches upheld these stan- (3) the prospective look forward to to believe that the writer approved dards with us. Mrs. White did not the Second Advent, when the Lord of the filthy righteousness of the originate the higher Christian val- will drink of the fruit of the vine "saint" rather than the holy righ- ues —she simply endorsed them. once more, in personal communion teousness of One who would have As Adventist believers in the Bi- with us in His Father's kingdom (Matt. 26:29). said, "Come on, boys, I want you to ble doctrine of spiritual gifts, rather eat at My house today." than use the expression "because EDWARD E. WHITE I realize I am writing from south- Ellen White says so," should we not Bracknell, Berkshire, England ern California, but I am glad I belong say, "God so counsels us through to a church that is alive, where the the Spirit of Prophecy"? Turning Up the Volume "Saints and Singers" (July 30) ex- Spirit of God can be felt, and where ADRIEL CHILSON pressed well the need to allow all to heartfelt applause is accepted along Angwin, California with hearty amens. share their talent. But is it necessary to turn up the volume to a painful RAY KEENEY Loyalty Loma Linda, California number of decibels on recorded ac- "The Lady and the Lord" (Aug. companiments? Sometimes one can 20) raises the issue of loyalty to our The thrust of "Two Young Men scarcely hear the message above the government and country. I believe pulsating beat. Came to Church" makes clear that that God should be number one in a the author did not approve of the MARGUERITE N. ENTZ person's life, but I am also proud to Madison, Tennessee "saint's" words. His final para- be an American. I believe that there graphs are an example of irony.— is a special patriotism in this coun- Editors try, a feeling of pride for our heritage Letters should not exceed 250 words and rights guaranteed by our Con- and should carry the writer's name, ad- Why didn't the author of the ar- stitution and laws. dress, and telephone number. All will be ticle, after seeing the horrible chas- Loyalty to a country's laws edited to meet space and literary require- ments, but the author's meaning will not tening take place, go back to the should not be confused with loyalty be changed. Views expressed in the letters young men and apologize and tell to a country's ideals and values. I do not necessarily represent those of the them he was happy they were there? am a member of the United States editors or denomination.

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General paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Editor William G. Johnsson Associate Editor Myron K. Widmer News Editor Carlos Medley Assistant Editors Eugene F. Durand Deborah Anfenson-Vance Kit Watts Administrative Secretary Corinne Russ Second fiddle, p. 10 Making friends, p. 12 Editorial Secretaries Annual council, p. 6 Jackie Ordelheide Edith Wilkens Art Director Byron Steele EDITORIALS EDUCATION Designer Bryan Gray Marketing 4 What Happens When We 14 Conversion and Renewal Gil Anderson Die? Many people wonder whether Adventist Ad Sales schools still provide a spiritual atmo- Orval Driskell The Bible tells us we are all creatures, Subscriber Services made by God and dependent on Him for sphere for leading young people to Christ. Larry Burtnett by Jan Haluska Consulting Editors life and all things. Neal C. Wilson, Charles E. Bradford, Wal- by William G. Johnsson lace 0. Coe, D. F. Gilbert, Robert J. Kloosterhuis, Kenneth J. Mittleider, Enoch NEWS Oliveira, Calvin B. Rock, G. Ralph Thomp- son Special Contributors 5 Withered Hands 6 Newsbreak Kenneth H. Wood, Robert H. Pierson, George W. Brown, Gerald J. Christo, Jesus speaks wholeness to His fractured Extended report on the 1987 Annual Ottis C. Edwards, Bekele Heye, Edwin Lu- people. by Deborah Anfenson-Vance Council. descher, J. J. Nortey, Jan Paulsen, Walter R. L. Scragg, Joao Wolff Africa-Indian Ocean Editions Editor, Inter-American Edition BIBLICAL STUDY 18 Worldview Editor, Adalgiza Archbold South American Editions Adventist's 146-mile Mount Whitney Editor, R. S. Lessa, Portuguese; editor, 10 Peter's Brother run. Blue ribbon investment project. Ko- Rolando Itin, Spanish How to Subscribe Subscription prices: Andrew didn't seem to mind living in rean lay congress. Adventist Pygmies. US$27.95 for 40 issues. US$36.20 for 52 issues. Peter's shadow. Think of this whenever To place your order, send your name, address, and payment to your local Ad- you feel tired of playing second fiddle. ventist Book Center or Adventist Review Subscription Desk, Box 1119, Hagers- by G. Roger Schoenhals DEPARTMENTS town, Maryland 21741. Single copy, 90 cents U.S. currency. Prices subject to change without notice. 2 Letters To Writers We welcome unsolicited manuscripts. Notification of acceptance or LIFESTYLE 16 Windows on the Word rejection may be expected only if accom- panied by a stamped, self-addressed 21 Bulletin Board envelope. Address all editorial corre- 12 Friends in Deed spondence to 6840 Eastern Avenue NW., Genuine Christian friendship is a ministry 22 Children's Corner Washington, D.C. 20012. The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161- without parallel. by Larry Yeagley 23 Reflections 1119) is published 40 times a year, each Thursday except the first Thursday of the month. Copyright ©1987 Review and Her- ald Publishing Association, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740. Second-class postage paid at Ha- gerstown, Maryland 21740. Postmaster: COMING NEXT WEEK send address changes to Adventist Re- view, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagers- town, MD 21740. Texts credited to NKJV are from The New King James Version. Copyright © "What Is Chemical Depen- by Doug Morgan. Is it worth 1979, 1980, 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers. Texts credited to N IV are from dency?" by Greg Goodchild. the cost to follow a Messiah the Holy Bible, New International Version. Adventist Review introduces a who promises conflict, not Copyright © 1973, 1978, by the Interna- tional Bible Society. Used by permission of four-part series focusing peace; suffering, not security? Zondervan Bible Publishers. Texts cred- ited to RSV are from the Revised Standard on chemical addiction — ■"Mama's Piano," by Daniel Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952 © 1971, 1973. a problem the church must Flinn. The moving story of one Cover by Meylan Thoresen face. family's sacrifice for Christian Vol. 164, No. 44 ■"Treasuring the Kingdom," education.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1211) 3 EDITORIALS have shown that the Scriptures teach resurrection of the body, not immortality of the soul. But this trend is far outweighed by the mas- sive de-Christianization of the cul- ture in our times. Western thought increasingly seems to parallel the early centuries of Christianity, when the new faith found itself competing with a host of ideas and religions from the East. WHAT HAPPENS Not only gurus and pundits pro- claim immortality (in various WHEN WE DIE? forms) and transmigration. Stu- dents of death and dying, such as "Then I looked, and lo, a white some time interviewing men and Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, who cloud, and seated on the cloud one women picked out at random from studied cases of near-death experi- like a son of man, with a golden the street. I found that almost ev- ences, teach that death doesn't crown on his head, and a sharp eryone would assent to appear on exist. sickle in his hand" (Rev. 14:14, camera to respond to the question Where is all this leading? Are we RSV). What happens when you die? I was shocked and amazed by he oldest lies recorded in Scrip- their replies. I had expected to hear ture are that we can be God and the traditional Christian responses Tthat we will never die. "But the of heaven or hell. I did receive them, The Bible serpent said to the woman, 'You but only rarely. Instead, I heard: will not die. For God knows that "You don't really die. You come tells us the way when you eat of it your eyes will be back again in another form." opened, and you will be like God, "You become part of the cosmic God copes knowing good and evil— (Gen. 3:4, energy of the universe." 5, RSV). "I have been on earth many times These deceptions belong to- already, and expect to return per- with death. gether. The lie concerning death fol- haps many more times." lows from the lie concerning God: "I have come back in an advanced if—and only if—we are God we will level spiritually." have life in ourselves and never die. "You may come back as a stone, a seeing the setting of that stage for In contrast, the Bible tells us that we plant, an animal, or another human the threefold union of Protestant- are all creatures, made by God and being." ism, Catholicism, and Spiritualism dependent on Him for life and all What has happened in Western long ago predicted by Ellen White things. Death, it reminds us, is a re- culture? Ideas from Hinduism and (Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 451)? ality and the grim confirmer of our mysticism have penetrated current At such a time Adventists pro- dependence on the Life-giver. thought, shunting aside Christian claim the reality of death. We do so What about these two ancient patterns that have prevailed for because we first proclaim the reality lies—do we find them today? nearly 2,000 years. of God —One wholly apart from us Indeed. Earlier in this series on who made us in His image and on Set Apart the landmarks of Adventism we saw whom we depend. that the ultimate religious issue of Almost a century ago Ellen White The Bible tells us the way God our times is, Who is God? We no- specifically identified the nonim- copes with death. Not by an immor- ticed how ideas increasingly in mortality of the wicked as one of the tal soul, not by transmigration, not vogue in society teach that we our- landmarks of Adventism (Counsels by the terrors of endless torment in selves are God (see "To God Alone to Writers and Editors, p. 30). This hell, but by His miracle of resurrec- Be Glory," Oct. 8). teaching set Adventists apart from tion. He, the Creator, stores us safely And we also find the correspond- the Christian world, which taught in His memory bank, and at the re- ing lie—that death doesn't exist. It, that man had an immortal soul that turn of Jesus calls us forth from the too, has infiltrated modern thought at death went immediately to sleep of death in a newly created to a surprising degree. heaven or to an eternally burning body. This fact came home to me in star- hell. In life we are utterly dependent tling fashion recently. I have been That belief is even more distinc- on Him. involved in filming a video produc- tive today. Among Christians we no In death we are utterly dependent tion for the North American Divi- longer stand alone: various Bible on Him. sion on the nature of man. We spent scholars such as Oscar Cullmann But we are safe in Him. He who

4 (1212) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 has been our guide and strength all the landmarks could also be devel- "But Jesus slices clean to the core our days will raise us to eternal life oped. But I hope to have shown that of the matter. 'Won't you grant a in the joy of His presence. in these three areas that undergird man what you will do for a sheep?' This topic concludes the four- all else—God, our response to Him, He asks. 'Have you no human feel- part editorial series on Adventism's and death—Adventism challenges ing?' They do not, dare not, answer. landmarks. I have not been exhaus- our age with striking and dramatic "So we stand before Him dead si- tive; obviously, other aspects and force. lent. He gives us His word, and His details given in the description of WILLIAM G. JOHNSSON word is wholeness—wholeness be- cause it is what He is. In Him lies no rift between thinking and doing, be- lief and practice, faith and action, theology and life. 'It is lawful to do good on the sabbath,' He says. He heals our Day to heal our days, to connect our humanity. To spill Sab- bath good into all our living. " 'It is lawful to do good,' He says and then does it. " 'Stretch out your hand,' He sim- ply speaks to members long turned in on themselves. The arm extends; WITHERED HANDS fist bursts into palm. Largeness be- "And he went on from there, and gogue walls, to wonder after whole- comes me. Giving returns to my entered their synagogue. And be- ness and hope for completion. But I hand, embodiment to my thought. hold, there was a man with a with- found no health, and church be- "What is a man such as I with his ered hand. And they asked him, 'Is came a prison for my prayer. Its hands? A circle complete and re- it lawful to heal on the sabbath?"' blessings crumbled like decaying soundingly human. (Matt. 12:9, 10, RSV). stone, and Sabbath upon Sabbath "OK, try to imagine. Shut your contracted into fistfuls of disap- eyes and hold both hands behind K," he said. "Try to imagine. pointing past. your back . . . Yes, both hands . . . Shut your eyes and hold one "A man can grow used to a hand Good . . . No, don't open your eyes Ohand behind your back .. . No, that does not work; he can come to . . . Yes, leave your hands right your right hand . . . Good . . . OK, expect religion that does not give, a where they are. open your eyes . . . No, leave your Day that does not bless. A man may " 'What's that?' you ask. 'What am hand where it is. resign himself to any of these things. I doing?' Binding your hands with "Now build a house. Imagine A man too may shrink to the size of warmed-over tradition, with shriv- building a house. his situation. eled, boring Sabbaths, with pet and "No, it's not easy—it's impossi- "It is no surprise, then, that today petty theologies, with infought de- ble. Neither is living easy when I find myself the pawn in a scrap bate and inbred thought. Nothing hands are your living. One shrivel- some Pharisees hope to pick with you haven't already done to your- fisted stonemason, coming up? Slim Jesus. 'Is it lawful to heal on the self. You have withered your hands, chance. Your best hand has turned sabbath?' they ask Him. My hand broken your reach. on you, and there's not much else waits out the doctrinal debate. It is "Now build a church. Imagine up your sleeve. Except the one left. clever, I suppose, when you cannot building God's kingdom. You can beg with a left. And in beg- do something, to spend time dis- "But first imagine this. Imagine ging, you will come to know that cussing whether or not it should be hearing the Voice of wholeness. you are your hand and your hand is done. Your reed is bruised; He will not you. Maybe not in essence, but for break it. Your wick smolders; He every practical purpose. For man is does not quench it. Your hands are a circle of thought and action; a man wasted; He asks you to extend them. without hands, a circle broken. "So they open to His wellness, "And what is a man such as I He heals our pulsate with His soundness. They without hands? Idea without form. return you to yourself. You will Song without voice. Love without Day to heal build." expression. "Thus fractured, I came Sabbath our days. upon Sabbath to worship and hear DEBORAH ANFENSON-VANCE God's Word in solidness and syna-

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GC Wages Combat Against Chemical Dependency Growing drug use, alcoholism put Adventist youth at risk. ith moving testimonies and im- lated personal experiences either as "One problem that you'll find is Wpassioned appeals Adventist a drug or alcohol user, or as a parent that the hospital-based centers are health leaders spotlighted the of a chemically dependent person. used by non-Adventists but not Ad- growth of chemical dependency Among the speakers was Herbert ventists," Broeckel said, "because among Seventh-day Adventist Broeckel, Mountain View Confer- of the denial within the church. The youth. ence president, who talked about common belief is that 'Adventists The two-hour the three years of denial he endured don't have a drug problem.' Thus report, which in- with his chemically dependent son. Adventists, including denomina- cluded testimo- He also revealed the tional workers, avoid get- nies and presen- painful alienation his ting help because of the tations by family endured because stigma." recovering alco- they could not share the Mutch pointed out that holics, parents, problem with fellow the chemical depen- and health lead- church members and de- dency within the church ers, opened the nominational workers. is partly caused by October 7 busi- "Chemical depen- church growth. Herbert Broeckel ness session at dency is a disease you "We are baptizing peo- the Church's Annual Council in cannot treat by parenting ple who may have a prob- Washington, D.C. harder," said Broeckel. Dr. Pat Mutch lem or who have close General Conference leaders un- "It takes professional help for the relatives with problems," she said. derscored the growth of chemical drug user and his codependent "Even if people break their habits by dependency in the church by plac- parents. `cold turkey' efforts [without pro- ing the report Currently about fessional help], they still can be- ahead of regular 30 Adventist come dry drunks or closet addicts. items such as the Health System hos- They are not using the drugs, but secretary's and the pitals operate drug still carry a number of characteris- treasurer's reports. treatment centers, tics of chemically dependent peo- Delegates to the noted Dr. Pat ple. They may be impulsive or hard council heard an Mutch, director of to get along with, or slip back into update on the the Institute of Al- their habit." progress of the coholism and Mutch cited a survey of Seventh- Study Commis- Chemical Depen- day Adventist youth across North sion on Chemical dency at Andrews America. The study reveals that 12 Dependency and University. How- percent of Adventist youth are us- the Church. Sev- ever, only one pri- ing alcohol and 8 percent are using eral speakers re vately operated tobacco. Fifty-eight percent had ex- treatment center is perimented with alcohol and 38 By Carlos Medley, targeted for Ad- percent with tobacco. Paul Cannon operates the only drug Adventist Review center in North America that is tar- ventist youth in Compared to national statistics news editor. geted to Seventh-day Adventist youth. North America. collected on non-Adventists, the us-

6 (1214) ADVENTIST REVIEW. OCTOBER 29. 1987 Annual Council delegates were treated with special musical numbers every day. The Pine Forge Academy choir was just one of several musical groups featured. Without support, the damage to Conference Health and Temperance them is incalculable. I estimate that Department will report on the com- one third to one half of the church mission's progress at the 1988 An- membership in North America is in nual Council. (The Adventist Re- one or more of these categories." view will begin a four-part series on "To meet this challenge, the chemical dependency in next study commission has made 95 rec- week's issue.) ommendations," he ex- plained. Included are the Harris Pine Mills development of up-to- On October 8, the dele- date curriculum materials gates heard an update on and the use of Listen, and Harris Pine Mills from Winner in our schools, Charles Nagele, special prevention programs, assistant to the Oregon parent support groups, court-appointed trustee. and support groups for re- Officials of the Advent- age figures are encouraging: current covering chemically de- Charles Nagele ist-owned nationwide high school use is 67 percent among pendent persons. furniture manufacturer non-Adventist students as com- During the Annual Council ses- filed for bankruptcy in December pared with 15 percent among Ad- sion delegates voted an action that 1986. ventist high school youth; and 80 calls on the church to support the Since the initial plant closures, percent of all non-Adventist college enactment of the recommendations 10 of the plants are operating with students currently drink compared and requested each world division more than 500 full-time and part- with 17 percent of Adventist college to promote chemical dependency time employees. Nagele described students. prevention programs. The General the current manufacturing opera- "Chemical dependency af- tions as a "well-oiled sewing fects five major groups in our machine," and said that church," says Winton Bea- nearly half the creditors have ven, the newly appointed Soviet Atdho Prow been paid from furniture in- special assistant to the Gen- ventory sales and liquida- eral Conference president for Publishing House tion of other assets. A $25 chemical dependency. "All million loan from the U.S. Adventist youth in North Authorities in the Union of Soviet Socialist National Bank of Portland America are at risk. The use Republics have extended an invitation to the has been paid in full, Nagele of alcoholic beverages, as op- Seventh-day Adventist Church to establish in reported. posed to experimentation, is that country the church's fifty-second publish- The original debt of nearly rising steadily. And a host of ing house. $50 million has already been spouses live closely with de- President Neal C. Wilson shared the proposal reduced to less than $20 mil- pendent personalities." with a group of General Conference officers, lion. Approximately $4 mil- "Newly baptized members world division leaders, lay representatives, and lion is owed to unsecured of the church comprise the select General Conference personnel on October creditors and another $13 third group," he explained. 11 during a special meeting at the church's million is still owed to the "The church has never ac- world headquarters, Washington, D.C. The General Conference. The knowledged or addressed meeting was held in connection with the Harris Pine Mills Redwood the needs of this population. church's Annual Council. Division was purchased by Chemically dependent The General Conference and the U.S.S.R. have Little Lakes Division of U.S. church members comprise been building a stronger rapport since April Leisure, Inc., for $9.47 the fourth group. One of our 1986, when a delegation of church leaders vis- million. next research efforts will be ited the country—just three weeks after the Cher- The $33 million inventory an attempt to survey this seg- nobyl disaster. has been reduced to approx- ment of the church to learn Wilson indicated that the church will gather imately $9 million. Nearly more about them." further information and continue discussions, 80 million board feet of "Codependents, those liv- and if a mutually agreeable arrangement can be standing timber remains to ing in families with a chem- worked out, the proposal will be brought to the be sold. Also a sales agree- ically dependent person. General Conference Committee for consider- ment for the indoor furniture comprise the fifth category. ation. division is being negotiated.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1215) 7 Even though the bankruptcy pro- church doctrines and beliefs. ceedings will continue into 1988, The vote culminates four years of New Life in Nagele said, prospects look good research and dialogue among col- that all creditors will be paid. lege faculty members and adminis- trators in North America. The doc- Harvest 90 Burundi Church ument is to be used as a basis for the General Conference secretary G. preparation of each conference and A "breath of life" is filling the Ralph Thompson told the delegates institution's academic freedom A lungs of the Burundi church that the church is experiencing statement. since September's bloodless coup, amazing progress with its Harvest ■Voted a new remuneration pol- reports Jacob J. Nortey. 90 evangelism drive. During the icy that endeavors to equalize wages The Africa Indian-Ocean Divi- first six months of 1987 the church for expatriate and indigenous work- sion president reported on the Ad- recorded 228,167 accessions, repre- ers. Under the new policy, expatri- ventist Church's rebirth to General senting a 16.6 percent increase over ate workers will receive a wage Conference leaders during a special the same period last year's 195,642. based on the position held as well as meeting in Washington, D.C., in This brings the total a home-base deposit. connection with Annual Council. church membership Under the new pol- Nortey recently headed a division to 5,208,480. icy the cost to the host delegation to Burundi that in- Thompson also conference for an ex- cluded: Dr. James Kio, public affairs noted that 1986 patriate's salary will and religious liberty director; N. Ru- brought the second be the same as an in- haya, field secretary; and Stenio consecutive year of digenous worker's. Gungadoo, church ministries direc- decline in apostasies Home-based deposits tor. The delegation made several and missing mem- will be paid by the diplomatic contacts in an attempt to bers. In 1986, re- General Conference secre- home division, or by secure legal recognition for the ported apostasies tary G. Ralph Thompson and the host division. This church. and missing mem- vice president Calvin Rock policy was the result In January 1985 the Seventh-day bers totaled 84,371, open the Annual Council. of nearly 10 years of Adventist Church was banned in as compared with study and delibera- the central African country because 87,041 in 1985, and 88,273 in 1984. tion, and produced more discussion church members refused to work on In other business, the delegates: than any other item. Sabbath in government-required ■Approved a position paper on Some delegates like Mutuku community development projects. theological and academic freedom Mutinga, Eastern Africa Division's Though local members were will- and accountability that protects the lay representative, expressed dis- ing to work on other days, the gov- rights of pastors and teachers to ex- satisfaction because the new docu- ernment refused any accommoda- plore and research while establish- ment did not go far enough in ad- tion of conscience. As a result, all ing procedures for church institu- dressing some remuneration SDA churches were closed, minis- tions to listen to the pastors' and discrepancies between expatriate ters were dismissed, and several teachers' findings and, if neces- and indigenous workers. However, church properties were expropri- sary, discipline denominational Mutinga said the plan was a signif- ated. Some members and ministers employees that hold and spread icant improvement over the former have been subjected to beating, im- opinions not compatible with policy. prisonment, and persecutions, ac-

ture issues of the Adventist Reviewwill print in full the major actions taken by the 1987 Annual Council. Summary of Annua Here is a listing of the more significant items: • Voted a General Conference budget of $151.5 mil- lion, an increase of 5.6 percent over last year's. Council Business ■Elected George Knowles, currently associate direc- tor of the General Conference Church Ministries de- partment, director of the department, to assume office when present director Delmer Holbrook retires next year; Ted Wick, chaplain at Pacific Union College, to be associate director (youth emphasis) of the North Amer-

8 (1216) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29. 1987 cording to Bert B. Beach, General Conference Public Affairs and Reli- gious Liberty Department director. While in Burundi the division representatives met with Lieuten- ant Colonel Aloys Kadoyi, who has now become the minister of the in- terior, Nortey said. Church leaders appointed two legal representa- tives, and Kadoyi recently accepted the church's constitution. All churches will be opened for wor- ship by October 24. All church properties will be restored, with the exception of two churches that have been converted into schools. "Authorities in Burundi have as- sured us that the issue of Sabbath work will no longer be a problem for the 20,000 members," Beach com- Dr. Imre Miklos Sospeter Mageto mented. "We thank God for the faithfulness of our believers in Bu- state secretary and president of the religious community in the United rundi. Seventh-day Adventists are Office of Religion Affairs of Hun- States. ready to carry the good news of sal- gary; and Mrs. Lynne Waihee, the "Today freedom of conscience is vation to Burundi and make their wife of the governor of Hawaii. well respected," Miklos said. unique contribution to the develop- Mageto, an Adventist layman, "There are a lot of [Christian] de- ment and prosperity of the told the delegates that they were nominations. The Adventists with country." representatives of God. Using the 4,000 members have the same rights apostle Paul to illustrate his mes- as the Catholics, who have between sage (2 Cor. 5:20), he said: "You and 5 and 6 million. Our dialogue is not Annual Council I are ambassadors today. It won't to change beliefs but to find ways in get you a seat at the head table. It which we can better serve people Delegates Welcome won't get you a mansion to live in, together." but it will bring you a joy and con- Mrs. Lynne Waihee, also a Special Guests fidence in living. Your calling card Seventh-day Adventist, greeted the is the Word of God. You come with delegates with the traditional Ha- In addition to the fellowship and a message of life to those who need waiian "Aloha" and explained its policy discussions, delegates to life." diverse meanings. She expressed the Annual Council heard from Dr. Miklos assured the delegates appreciation for the invitation to ad- three special guests: Sospeter Ma- that Hungary is aggressively build- dress church leaders, but noted how geto, ambassador to the United ing bridges in order to reach Chris- few women were present at the An- States from Kenya; Dr. Imre Miklos, tians in that country and also the nual Council.

ican Division Church Ministries Department; Alan North America each quinquennium throughout the White, trust services director of the South Pacific Di- 1990s. vision, to be associate director of the General Confer- • Adopted a statement on sexual behavior. ence Trust Services Department. • Voted to designate 1989 the Year of the Advent- • Adopted a model conflict-of-interest policy for use ist Teacher, and 1990 the Year of Missions. in Adventist institutions. • Voted GC rules of order for conduct of GC busi- • Voted "We Shall Behold Him" as the theme for the ness sessions. 1990 General Conference session in Indianapolis, • Changed the name of World Foods Service to Indiana. International Health Food Association. • Voted to hold the 1991 Annual Council in Perth, • Voted model constitutions and bylaws for local Australia; and to hold two Annual Councils outside and union conferences.

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in the New Testament. Six of those verses identify him as Peter's brother.1 Five times more he is ei- ther named in the same verse as Pe- ter or immediately following.' The only time we read of Andrew without reference to his brother is in John 12:22, where he and Philip ap- proach Jesus regarding some Gen- tiles. There his name appears twice. Though Andrew was one of the twelve disciples, his name comes after Peter's in the four places where the twelve are listed.3 Among the three disciples Jesus selected to form His inner circle, Pe- ter's name comes first, followed by James and John. Jesus did not in- clude Andrew, even though He called him to discipleship at the same time that He called Peter, James, and John.'

OHN BENSON Peter, James, and John all have J New Testament books bearing their When you're tired of playing second fiddle, name. Not Andrew. Acts mentions Peter, James, and John after Pente- consider . . . cost, but not Andrew.' The apostle Paul mentions both Peter and John, but not Andrew.' PETER'S BROTHER Living in the Shadow BY G. ROGER SCHOENHALS "Oh yes, you're Stephanie's Many people today live in the brother. She was a good student. I shadow of someone else—maybe a enjoyed having her in class." father, a sister, or a friend. Perhaps From then on, it was Stephanie the other person is better looking, this, Stephanie that. For years I better coordinated, more talented, lived in her shadow. Both my grades or smarter, richer, stronger. When and my musical abilities fell short of you compare yourself with that per- her level. Compared to her, I felt son, you come up short. You feel inferior. inadequate and inferior, maybe I wonder whether Andrew, Pe- even jealous. ter's brother, ever felt that way. How Here Andrew can help us. When did he handle living in the shadow we look at the biblical record, we My sister—an A of the Big Fisherman? Did he ever find that this second fiddle escaped tire of playing second fiddle? such negative attitudes. He exhib- student and a talented Simon Peter dominates many of ited no trace of inferiority, jealousy, the New Testament narratives. We or bitterness. In him we find no hint musician—preceded see him as a take-charge person who of the virus that infected Judas commanded attention, a rugged out- Iscariot. me in school. When I doorsman, adventurous, articulate, Instead, Andrew's life showed a forthright, not to mention thick- consistent, though quiet, devotion began classes in grade headed and impetuous. to Christ. He was his own man, con- Andrew's image seems much tent to live in the shadow of a buoy- school, high school, softer. Instead of becoming a lime- ant brother. light Christian, he lived in the back- Andrew's devotion to Christ re- and college, the teach- ground and let Peter have center vealed itself in a unique way —a stage. ministry of personal evangelism. He ers often would say, Andrew's name appears 13 times brought others to Jesus.

10 (1218) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 Andrew is the first disciple we find the man leading a child to named in John's Gospel, where we Jesus. discover his readiness to believe. He First Foreign Missionary quickly discerned Jesus' true iden- tity and immediately put that belief Later in John's Gospel we find into action. Hurriedly he sought out Andrew at it again. This time some Three his brother, Peter, told him the good Greeks approached Philip request- news, and brought him to the ing to see Jesus. He, in turn, took the Messiah.' matter to Andrew. Andrew could have kept the news Like any proud Jew of that day, Simple to himself. After all, such knowl- Andrew could easily have told the edge would give him an edge over Greeks to "get lost," allowing prej- his brother. He could have said, udice to dictate his response. But "Let Peter find out for himself." But instead he brought the request to Steps to Andrew refused to allow a domi- Jesus. Perhaps the Master would nant brother to sour his disposition, talk with these Gentiles.° to affect his behavior. Because of this incident, Andrew Andrew stands in contrast to one has been called the first foreign mis- Relieve of the last disciples identified in sionary. He has also been labeled John's book, a doubter named the first home missionary, since he Thomas. Instead of exhibiting a brought his brother to Jesus. "show me" attitude, Andrew So Andrew, the second fiddle, Stress: opened his heart to receive the holds an important place in biblical truth. He believed, and communi- history. What if he had not brought cated this belief to his brother. Peter to the Lord? Referring to this, 1. WRITE Not only did Andrew reach out to William Temple wrote, "Perhaps it rPlease send me another 40 issues of the his own family with the good news is as great a service to the church as Review, US$27.95* ever any man did." of Christ; he sought out children. At Name the feeding of the 5,000, when the We may not be flashy like Peter. Address other disciples stood dumb before We may not be a mighty leader like the impossibility of providing for so Paul. We may fall short of the likes City many people, Andrew found a little of James and John. We may live in State/Zip boy with a lunch and brought him to the shadow of a 10-talent Christian. ❑ Payment enclosed 0 Bill me But one thing we can do: we can 0 Visa/MasterCard Expires all bring others to Jesus. Like An- Card No drew, we can look beyond our lim- * This offer expires December 31, 1987. Ohio residents, please add $8.95 for 12 Andrew didn't itations. We can find contentment monthly editions sponsored by the North in Christ. We can see the possibili- American Division. seem to mind ties in family members, children, Mail to: Subscriber Services, and those who are "different." And _310oz 1119, Hagerstown, MD 21741 living in Peter's we can introduce these people to Ls-16-01 the Lord. shadow. Playing second fiddle is not all 2. MAIL that bad. In fact, it can be wonder- ful—especially when the conductor 3. RELAX is Jesus. ❑ Following these instructions Jesus.8 Though his own faith stag- Matt. 4:18; 10:2; Mark 1:16; Luke 6:14; John melts away the tension of won- gered, he at least came forward with 1:40; 6:8. dering which week your Adventist 2 Mark 1:16; 3:18; 13:3; John 1:44; Acts 1:13. a potential solution. 3 Matt. 10:2-4; Mark 3:16-19; Luke 6:14-16; Acts Review subscription expires. Sometimes second fiddles take 1:13. If it stops, you would be cut off 4 Matt. 4:18; Mark 1:16. out their frustrations on those below 5 Acts 12:2, 3. from news of the world church. 6 Gal. 2:9. them. Weak people attempt to lift John 1:40-42. You would be left without articles themselves by stepping on others. John 6:5-13. that help you meet the spiritual 9 John 12:20-22. They seek to gain prominence at challenges in your life. someone else's expense. Thus we Why live with any more stress might expect someone like Andrew G. Roger Schoenhals writes from Se- than you have to? Act now to to be extra tough on kids. Instead, attle, Washington. extend your subscription.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1219) 11 BY LARRY YEAGLEY them a little money or a gift from under the tree. We often sit together and read Bible stories and talk about their problems." Just then Annie's doorbell rang. In walked two girls, cheeks red from the blowing snow. "Annie," they said, "we came to shovel your driveway. Is it OK RIEND to do it now?" When they finished, they came inside to warm themselves and look at Annie's Christmas lights. Be- in fore they left, Annie slipped a little money into their mittens and gave them both a hug. Annie never preached from a pulpit. She held no costly evangelistic meetings. She never heard of Rev- elation seminars, but she was a minister, revealing Jesus to her friends. Lonely and Needy g When I pastored in New England, a youth group in Hudson, Massachusetts, and I decided to visit every Genuine Christian home in the little town of Maynard. Our mission: to find lonely, needy people to befriend. I climbed the dimly lit stairway to Bill Pajinen's frier4sh p is a ministry third-floor apartment. Bill lived in one room and spent most of his time dressed in dirt-coated paja- without 11 1. mas. His bedding was unwashed; the walls drab and dusty. Curtainless windows barely admitted day- light. Bill was going to be my friend. Early on I attempted to tell Bill about Jesus, but he fast informed me he wasn't into that. His churchgo- nnie Gilmore ing wife had left him when he was "sick as a dog." That did it for Bill. kept her Christmas tree up all year. Every week I stopped to see Bill. We listened to Irish music on his little red radio. I watched the One March day I asked her why. far-off look in his eyes and listened to his stories of "Oh well," she began with mischief in her eyes, Ireland. Once in a while a trace of a smile broke "they say we're not sure of the exact date of Jesus' through. birth. This way I'm bound to hit it sooner or Late one autumn afternoon I stopped to show Bill later." my new tape recorder. "Come on, Annie," I "Show me how it works," chided. "What's the real he urged. reason?" "I'd be glad to, Bill, but "That goes back many the tape is of a dear friend years," she replied with reading the New Testa- more seriousness. "My ment. I don't want to of- mother was great on friend- fend you." ship. She told me to make "That's all right. Play lots of older friends, lots my some of it," he insisted. own age, and many friends I pushed the PLAY but- younger than me. That way ton, and the voice of you never run out of friends. H.M.S. Richards filled the Seeing how I'm 92, I don't room with the story of Pe- have any friends older than ter's denial of Jesus. I let it me, and only a couple of acquain- play some of the Crucifixion story, tances my own age. But that little then turned it off. Christmas tree brings dozens of We sat in silence as the sun sent young friends to my home. a rosy beam across Bill's red radio. "They see the colored lights," As he lifted his head he said, she continued, "and they come to en- "That's quite a story, quite a story. joy my tree. They help me with chores, and I give Have you one of those books I could read?"

12 (1220) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 "What books, Bill?" out missing a beat. Grandpa Allen "Those Bible books. I'd like to take ouldn' t help and I were inseparable. a look at one." "The Busiest Man" I gave him a Bible. Three months g later I told him I was transferring to noticing True friendship doesn't hinge on a church 30 miles away. Three the other person's acceptance of my months after moving, I made a trip to religious views. In fact, such Boston and stopped to visit Bill. your sign, so-called friendship can discourage What a transformation! The walls a person from accepting the good had new paint; red-and-white cur- I said. news. tains dressed the clean windows. A I recall a conversation with a pa- new couch and dinette set appointed tient whose wife had died seven the room. Bill wore slacks and a years earlier. His life was empty, sport shirt; he had neatly made and his voice portrayed the flat- his single bed. ness of depression. The good news had sweet- "Does Reverend Stilson work ened Bill's disposition. Now he as a chaplain here?" he asked. socialized with neighbors and "No, I'm afraid not. Why do family. His humble home har- you ask?" monized with his new nature. "He was the busiest man I ever met. He was having trouble with Free Kittens g a motor at his place. I went out As a new intern pastor at two and helped him. I guess he took churches in Ohio, I made the ac- a liking to me. He'd visit the quaintance of the departing pas- house a couple times a week. tor, Glenn Hill, who was leaving We did some Bible lessons until to attend seminary. In the few I felt he was crowding me too days we worked together, Glenn hard. I told him so. I thought I taught me the importance of could be honest with him. friendship to ministry. "After that," he continued, Everywhere Glenn went, he "he just quit coming to the went as a friend. We made 28 house. I heard he left here, visits in one day. Everybody and I thought maybe he welcomed him like family. One was here at this hospital. I young couple met Glenn along sure did love that man. the highway when he stopped to help Maybe he didn't know how them fix a flat tire. That chance meeting much he meant to me. All I can evolved into a strong friendship in which Glenn ever say is I miss him. Sure would like to visit with him so gently shared his faith. again. He was the busiest man I ever met." A year later, as a pastor in Ravenna, Ohio, I passed I took my eyes off the floor and looked up at a tiny house and remembered the lesson Glenn my new friend. Tears filled his eyes, but he man- taught me. An old man rocked on the front porch; a aged to regain control before they spilled over his sign tacked to the porch read "Free Kittens." I eyelids. slammed on my brakes and backed into his drive- "Things will go wrong with everyone; sadness and way. discouragement press every soul; then a personal "Couldn't help noticing your sign," I said. "I don't presence, a friend who will comfort and impart need a kitten, but I'm interested in how successful strength, will turn back the darts of the enemy that you've been in giving them away." are aimed to destroy. Christian friends are not half as "They're all gone," he responded. "Been gone for plentiful as they should be" (Sons and Daughters of months. But the sign sure brings a lot of nice folks to God, p. 161). my front porch." Every week thereafter I visited with Grandpa Allen Larry Yeagley is chaplain at Hu- on his front porch. He showed a great deal of interest guley Memorial Medical Center RD FO

in my church, studied faithfully, and finally decided in Fort Worth, Texas. 1NS

to join. But when his daughter learned of his deci- E LL sion, she threatened to stop cleaning the house and cooking his meals. Because he was too sickly to do things for himself, Grandpa Allen decided to join my church in his heart. Our friendship continued with-

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 EDUCATION

ern College graduate who now on. Her pastor once recommended teaches at Georgia-Cumberland Oakwood, "but I just blew it out of Academy. Although he originally my mind," she says. intended to become a Catholic Then, during a stay at her sister's priest, a series of Adventist evange- home in Atlanta, she heard so many listic meetings changed his mind. people praising Oakwood that she In 1980, during spring break from decided to see the school for herself. his high school, Chris came to She visited the campus and at- Southern, "impressed," as he says, tended a testimony meeting of the "by the people and how they pre- Adventist Youth Society. It was the sented the doctrines of the church." turning point of her spiritual life. He wanted to find a ministry. That evening a young man stood "The educational process in- up and confessed to theft. He had volved much more than book stolen some money from his dormi- tory monitor, then had gone home for winter break. There the Lord had softened his heart so that he had CONVERSION AND returned ready to admit his sin pub- licly. "It brought tears to my eyes, and it was then that I began to see RENEWAL: what the love of God was really able to do for people," says Joyce, "and Good news from Adventist higher education I wanted Him to do the same thing for me." BY JAN HALUSKA knowledge," he adds, citing faculty When she entered Oakwood she members who took time with him. quickly found friends who were as His college experience taught him eager to grow spiritually as she. to seek for principles of right con- "They would pray with me, and we duct and thinking, and to rely more would learn texts together; they on the power of prayer. With his were a great encouragement to me." roommate, Chris started Power Half Her life became cleaner as a result. Hour, a series of meetings Sunday The influence of Christian teach- through Thursday nights in their ers also helped. "If I had a problem "I was shown that our col- dorm room. in any of my classes, I could feel "Everyone said it couldn't be comfortable in talking to the major- lege was designed of God done," he chuckles, "but there were ity of my teachers. They would have to accomplish the great times when we had 35 people prayer with me and let me know jammed in our room, with more that they would keep praying that work of saving souls" singing in the hallway and trying to everything would work out all (Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 427). get in. Some Fridays people would right." come even though we hadn't Joyce says that attending Oak- he world has turned over planned it." wood has helped her commit her- many times since Ellen Summing up, Chris says that be- self to Christian service. "What I re- White penned those words ing at an Adventist college gave him ally want to do is Bible work as well about Battle Creek College. Stu- "a stronger sense of the reality of as nursing so that I can meet not dents at our colleges and universi- God" in his life, "and a better un- only the physical needs of the peo- ties now face problems and technol- derstanding of the world I live in." ple but their spiritual needs." ogy undreamed of then. Given so much change, many Turning Point Clear Leading people wonder whether Adventist Joyce (not her real name) is a se- Sally Hand's situation and story schools still provide a spiritual at- nior nursing major at Oakwood Col- are very different from Joyce's, but mosphere fitted for leading young lege. She has been an Adventist all her message is the same. A theol- persons to Christ. her life but attended public schools ogy/art major who attended Union After interviewing a number of from kindergarten through the College, Sally is a single parent with students, I have found that a signif- twelfth grade. There she found three children. Her voice on the icant part of the answer is a joyous temptations hard to resist. Seeking telephone is bright and musical as yes. Here are a few of their stories. acceptance, she went to parties on she expresses her appreciation for Chris Klinvex is a recent South- Friday nights, used drugs, and so "the spiritual experience of the

14 (1222) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 teachers who know the Lord and atmosphere here is very comfort- go around drinking with left me, convey His principles and His love ing." and I had to lie in bed a week," he in the classroom setting." recalls. But his suite mates brought Although Sally was raised a "Tough Young Man" meals, "spent time with me, and Methodist, she became an atheist in The first thing to realize about our they prayed for me." They brought her teens. She attended Arizona final story is that Gary, Indiana, is a tapes and read to him, too, and for State University as an art major but rough city. For a tough young man the first time he began to realize dropped out after observing some who grew up there with no religious "who God really is—that He died faculty members there. "They training to speak of, the road to con- for us because He really loves us. didn't seem to see the meaning of version at Andrews University was And I thought, Wow, He died for what they had accomplished, nor improbable at best. But Gary Lamb me!" That was when Gary began to where they were headed." walked it. change. Within two years after dropping Now 22, Gary was a high school But it wasn't easy. His old bud- out of school, Sally became a track star whose dreams of an ath- dies came back one night in an ugly Seventh-day Adventist. Soon Sally letic scholarship died when a col- mood, three against one. They be- became a Bible worker. lapsed lung put him into the hospi- gan a scuffle, but "Dave had told me, In 1980 her husband, then out of tal for three months. The same like it says in the Word, that if you the church, abandoned her and the condition disqualified him from the get hit, turn the other cheek. So I just children. Sally wanted an educa- military. His third career choice was picked up my Bible and left." He tion in order to support her family aviation. came back to a mess. They had torn well, but she was also determined to Gary applied to several universi- up his pictures and broken his be a full-time mother while her ties in his area offering a flight pro- sports trophies, among other things. youngest child was still an infant. gram, Andrews University among A few weeks later they had left Her solution was the adult-degree them. The other applications failed school, but not before one had apol- program at Southwestern Adventist to work out, but Andrews, in his ogized, asking about Gary's College. The two-week initiation words, "kept calling my house and conversion. seminar for that program was "a bugging me. Still, he says, "it's important for turnabout in my life," she says. "My counselor told me that it was me to go here. If I would go to a "The major project we had to do was a Christian school and that it served public school, they might wear me an autobiography; mine ended up a vegetarian diet, and I pictured my- down, and I might give in. Sure, you around 200 typed pages. I really self getting a weird haircut and have people here that don't like it, found out about myself." wearing weird clothes, and I fig- but the majority are people who In a miraculous way, God later ured, Wow, not for me.". But Gary love God." opened the door for her to attend finally came, planning to remain He is considering entering the Union College. At first she rejected only one quarter. seminary after graduation. "I want the idea; it was a long way from her What he found shocked him. to go out and preach to people, and Colorado home, and several other "Where I come from, nobody speaks let them know in my city that there Adventist colleges seemed better to anybody, everybody fights, and is something better. God put His able to meet her needs. But when who needs prayer? But everybody is love in me, and I want to share with one family offered the free use of so happy up here. Everybody walks other people." their house in Lincoln, and another around campus saying, 'How ya do- We may take comfort in such lady volunteered to baby-sit her ing?' to everybody else." testimonies. They betoken how children at no charge, that seemed But his new friends were saying Adventist higher education plays too clear a leading to ignore. She more than "How ya doing?" to Gary. a significant role in fulfilling the sent in her application. They began mentioning Christ and old promise "I am come that they She became excited about the the hope of salvation. He is espe- might have life, and that they might faculty's dedication to Christ. cially grateful to Dean Murray and have it more abundantly" (John "What a contrast to the art classes I his staff, who spoke kindly and pa- 10:10). ❑ had taken before! Mr. McClelland tiently in spite of his bad language has beautiful devotionals at the be- and disruptive conduct. "The influ- ginning of his watercolor class; he's ence was everywhere." Finally he Jan Haluska is the finest art teacher I've ever had, got down on his knees and prayed, an associate pro- and he keeps his class focused on "Dear Lord, give me a chance to see fessor of English God as the master artist." You. Give me a chance to slow at Southern Col- Sally characterizes her experi- down so I can know who You are." lege, College- ence this way: "Being in an Advent- While playing basketball the next dale, Tennessee. ist college is the most wonderful ex- day, he broke his ankle. perience for me. The spiritual "The three or four guys I used to

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1223) 15 WINDOWS ON THE WORD

people in Babylonian captivity (Dan. 9:18, 19). Naaman, miraculously healed from leprosy, asked permission to VARIATIONS IN take with him some of the soil that to his mind was ruled over by the BIBLE God of the Israelites. In the presence of this soil, he pledged himself to MANUSCRIPTS worship the Hebrew God alone. BY GEORGE W. REID id Christians in Bible times dismiss people from church read that there are a lot of vari- frequent minor variations and occa- Dmembership? W.G. ations in the original writings of sional omission or duplication of Yes, Jesus established an orga- Ithe Bible, and that bothers me. words, the meaning of the Bible is nized movement, the church, which How can I know what version to not significantly affected in more He vested with significant authority trust? H.L. than one out of a thousand words. (Matt. 16:18, 19). He also inaugu- Variation does exist among Bible Bible meanings are influenced rated a method of resolving prob- manuscripts, especially those of the more substantially by translators lems among members, one designed New Testament. We should expect who make no serious effort to follow to produce reconciliation, but pro- this in a collection of several thou- closely the exact reading of the orig- viding for exclusion of members if sand handwritten documents made inal, choosing instead substantial necessary (Matt. 18:15-18). in many places over a period of hun- rewording and paraphrasing in an Membership in the Christian dreds of years by people with a wide effort to speak to contemporary movement was voluntary, not a variation in handwriting skills. readers. Translations range from the matter of ethnic heritage as with Ju- With regard to numbers of manu- King James Version, Revised Ver- daism. It appears that those who scripts in existence, the New Testa- sion, New American Standard Bi- apostatized from the faith ordi- ment stands as by far the best at- ble, and Revised Standard Version, narily withdrew from fellowship. tested of all ancient writings. at one end of the scale, to more "dy- There were exceptions, however. For the Old Testament our namic" versions such as The New Perhaps the best-known case of sources have been highly standard- English Bible, several other modern discipline appeared at Corinth, ized since about A.D. 1150, which renditions, and the paraphrase- where a member lived with his fa- explains the excitement at the dis- ridden but popular Living Bible, ther's wife. In his first Epistle to that covery of the Dead Sea scrolls, which scarcely qualifies as a ver- church, Paul is appalled to learn which provided biblical manu- sion. Although dynamic transla- that the congregation has taken no scripts some 1,200 years older. tions may serve some useful pur- disciplinary action, and urges them Close study of the Dead Sea docu- poses, Bible students unfamiliar to "deliver such a one to Satan," ments reveals only minimal varia- with the original languages often with the goal of restoring his expe- tions, usually of an insignificant na- will find the more literal transla- rience in Christ (1 Cor. 5:5, NKJV). ture, such as spelling or inverted tions preferable for serious study. Paul requires firm exclusion of the order of words. In no case, either in offender from church fellowship the Old or New Testament, is a fun- fter being cured of leprosy, (verses 9-13). damental doctrine jeopardized by why did Naaman ask for soil Apparently the action of the the correct reading of a text. A(2 Kings 5:17) to use in his wor- church brought the former member The original documents pro- ship of the Lord? L.U. to repentance, for in his second let- duced by Bible writers no longer ex- This verse illustrates the ancient ter Paul notes the restoration of the ist; therefore we must rely on cop- idea that gods have dominion over brother to the church and urges the ies. Some of these, written on certain nations or regions. A na- congregation to forgive him (2 Cor. papyrus, come from within a half tion's military or commercial ad- 2:4-9). The action achieved the true century of the original autographs. vance or decline was attributed to significance of the word discipline, The oldest extensive manuscripts the strength or weakness of its gods. which means to make a disciple or are the famed codices Vaticanus, Si- We find Moses appealing to the follower. naiticus, and Alexandrinus, made Lord on this basis, citing His honor Never does New Testament dis- in the fourth and fifth centuries. as a reason to spare Israel (Num. cipline aim merely to rid the church Scholars have classified the thou- 14:13; Deut. 9:28; 32:27). Daniel of offending persons. Instead, while sands of New Testament manu- also implores the Lord to consider action must be taken in sorrow, its scripts into three or four families for other nations' low esteem for Him if goal is to restore that person to a purposes of comparison. Despite Jerusalem remains in ruins and His walk with Christ.

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blistered feet ached. My ankles, Adventist Runner Oldest to Complete hips, knees, and sight were about gone; but the Lord helped me get Death Valley-Mount Whitney Course down." Word had gotten around about A 68-year-old becomes the eighth to ascend Kegley's feat, and climbers watched the 14,778 feet in 146 miles. for him. Near the bottom his stag- gering gait attracted the attention of This past August, 68-year-old Ad- with his crew, resting at a motel. three people gathering wood for a ventist Richard Kegley became Contest officials suggested drink- campfire. They walked with him, the eighth—and the oldest—runner ing a quart of water every 15 min- supporting him, to the bottom, to complete the 146-mile run from utes to counteract dehydration, where he caught a ride back to Lone Death Valley to the top of Mount even at night. Kegley's official log Pine. Whitney. The course, from the low- showed he consumed 1,238 ounces Kegley recognizes God's protec- est point in the continental United (39 quarts) of liquids during the run. tion in this grueling endeavor. But it States to the highest, is considered Running at night provided mem- also proved a tribute to his lifestyle. one of the toughest challenges for orable inspiration. "The moon was "Margaret and I were born Advent- runners. out that first night ists, and we know about the impor- About two years for a few hours, and tance of eating right. We live on ago the retired auto I watched the star grains, fruits, nuts, and vegetables," dealer from College patterns," he said. he revealed. "We've done that since Place, Washington, "I thought about we got married 45 years ago." began running. the Creator and the His personal guidebook for run- Soon his endurance vastness of the ning is The Ministry of Healing. improved, as did his universe." "I've read a lot of books on running health, on a regular The run through and endurance through the years, running schedule of Monday and Tues- but have never found anything to 5 to 10 miles a day. day nights provided equal this one," he said. "It tells me When he read Richard Kegley a continuing chal- how to rest, how to take care of my- about the lengthy lenge as Kegley self when I get hurt, and shows me run, he already had 25 marathons crossed two summits, each about how to eat." under his shoes—including the 5,000 feet in elevation. By early af- Though he arrived home with Boston Marathon—and about ternoon on Wednesday he reached blistered feet, Kegley isn't sitting in 25,000 miles of running. Prepara- the Mount Whitney trailhead, 13 his rocking chair. He still takes a 5- tion included more conditioning on miles out of Lone Pine. There he to 10-mile run every morning. the track, but one thing he couldn't rested for the final assault Thursday prepare for: the blazing summer morning on the 14,495-foot heat of Death Valley, even though mountain. he wore two sweat suits. From this point he was on his Korean Lay Congress One of the rules states that the run own. The roadway with its switch- Inspires 400 must take place during July or Au- backs was too great an obstacle for gust. When Kegley arrived in Bad- his motor home, with his wife, Mar- In spite of stormy politics and water, 283 feet below sea level, the garet, and grandchildren Scott and I weather that shattered the calm of temperature was 126 degrees. Janelle, who had accompanied him. the "land of morning calm," Ad- When he started out after sun- Most runners plan two days for ventist laymen came together from down on Saturday, August 1, the the ascent of Mount Whitney, but all over Korea to attend a Harvest 90 temperature still hovered at 111 de- Kegley knew he had to reach the Congress, August 16-20, at Won Ju grees. He trotted along the blistering summit by 2:00 p.m. Thursday or he Academy. roadway until 1:30 in the morning, couldn't make the ascent and de- Maurice Bascom and Minoru when he paused for a short nap on scent in one day. By 1:30 that after- Inada, associate directors of church a picnic bench, resuming his pace noon he reached the crest, 146 miles ministries for the General Confer- until 8:00 Sunday morning, when from Badwater-113 hours after his ence and the Far Eastern Division, the scorching sun forced a halt until start. The temperature stood at 45 respectively, led the congress. Elder evening. He marked his spot accord- degrees at the summit. Bascom instructed the 400 partici- ing to the rules, and spent the day Kegley still had to return to the trailhead, 11 miles below. By this By Minoru Inada, an associate By Morten Juberg, communication time his strength had evaporated. "I church ministries director, Far director of the North Pacific Union. was worn out," he recalled. "My Eastern Division.

18 (1226) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 tion and the World Prevention Congresses. Proposals set forth a future ICPA Congress in Beijing, which is now being studied along with selection for the Commission of six persons to represent China. Steed and Neslund made similar contacts in Shanghai with professors at the Normal Uni- versity and the Shanghai Medical University, and with the Patriotic Health Campaign Committee director. A Bible reading marathon (left) was held throughout the five-day congress. The People's Republic of China Also each local church contributed pages to a large handwritten Bible. is studying methods to counter tobacco addiction, since it is the pants in the fundamentals of wit- broadcast over the public-address largest producer of tobacco in the nessing and Community Services system—softly during the meetings world. Prevention of alcohol use outreach. Elder Inada emphasized and at night but loud enough for constitutes a new field of study for that Harvest 90 means a caring those who wished to listen. When these leaders, but they perceive the church reaching out to the the closing session ended, the 176th advantage of early action over wait- unreached. reader had just finished the last ing until the problem reaches a Shim Tae Sup, church ministries verse of Revelation. crisis. director of the Korean Union Con- Lay members received thorough ference, presented a scaled-down training. Each was asked to memo- Strong Faith replica of the tabernacle, as well as rize a dozen key texts each day, While traveling in China with a large Bible handwritten by many upon which they were tested. For an H. Carl Currie, chairman of the church members. hour a day members listened to the church's regional Asia Committee, The congress centered on the Bi- reading of a Spirit of Prophecy book. Steed had time for a meeting with ble, with a marathon Bible reading Members from different parts of the former president and secretary and chain Bible study sessions. The the country spent hours giving their of the China Division of Seventh- marathon reading began at the testimonies. day Adventists. These leaders, Pas- opening meeting and continued Congress participants returned tor Hsu Hwa and Pastor David Lin, around the clock throughout the home inspired to do the work of the expressed confidence in the leading five-day congress. This reading was Lord and hasten His coming. of the Lord despite all the difficul- ties perpetrated by the country's previous leaders known as the Gang of Four. The two men are in rela- tively good health and, in retire- China Studies Alcoholism ment, possess strong faith and cour- age as they see favorable changes With Adventist Leaders concerning religion and worship in their country. epresentatives of the Chinese ultramodern structures in the "What a joy to pray together with RMedical Association, Depart- People's Republic of China, formed these great servants of God, who ment of Public Health, and Division part of the hospitality offered send greetings to our international of Drug Affairs, and professors of to Elders Ernest H. J. Steed and believers," reports Steed, who also the Capital Institute of Medicine Thomas R. Neslund and their wives. met with believers in Beijing and and the Beijing Medical University Entertained by in Guangzhou Chinese officials dialogue with ICPA met with Adventist personnel from the Shangri-La leaders over a vegetarian luncheon. (Canton). He the ICPA (International Commis- Hotel in Bei- was pleased to sion for the Prevention of Alcohol- jing, ICPA per- see increasing ism and Drug Dependency) in Bei- sonnel found numbers at- jing (Peking), August 7, to discuss enthusiastic tending church cooperative prevention. interest in the in Guangzhou A dinner sponsored by the Chi- international since his past nese Medical Association in the endeavors of visit eight Kukul Hotel, one of the many new its organiza- years ago.

ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1227) 19 dian raid was sprung on them. "We prised the kids," she said. When the Bronx Students heard Indian whoops, and the kids' children calmed down, they all got mouths flew open," said Jackie horseback rides. Visit Wild West Peters, a fourth-grade teacher at the The staged attack was part of a leven Bronx Adventist church Riley Elementary (public) School in five-day schedule of field trips and school youngsters visiting a Great Bend, Kansas, which hosted fun planned by Peters for a unique EKansas farm experienced the visitors from New York City in cultural-exchange visit. May. thrills and chills when a mock In- Pen Pals Visit "Three Indians on horseback By Betty Cooney, communication di- started chasing a student and talk- In the fall of 1986, 19 fourth grad- rector, Greater New York Conference. ing about taking scalps. It really sur- ers at Riley Elementary School in Great Bend announced through My Weekly Reader that they were look- ing for pen pals. The 19 fourth grad- ers of the Bronx-Manhattan Advent- ist School responded to their request. If You Like After they had exchanged letters and pictures, Mrs. Earline Maynard- Reid, teacher at Bronx-Manhattan, decided to increase the communi- cation value of the project by asking the New Review, the Riley School teacher if her class could visit Great Bend. After receiv- ing formal approval from the school principal and the district board of Tell a Friend. education, 11 Bronx-Manhattan students boarded a plane with their teacher and two other adults on May 7 for a never-to-be-forgotten, five- day visit to rural America. Preparation by the New York City ome people won't believe that the students involved studies about the Adventist Review is improving unless Midwest, and Kansas in particular. Meanwhile, the teacher of their they hear it from someone they trust. Kansas counterparts involved nu- sSo if you have noticed that the Review merous residents and agencies in discusses church decisions more openly planning days packed with field . . . if you've noticed trips and enjoyment. The city children waited at a the practical articles poultry farm to gather a few of the on family living . . . if 58,000 eggs to be laid that day. They you've noticed that the visited manufacturing and farm facilities, saw a riding exhibition news is a little fresher and the Kansas Cosmosphere, than before . . tell a a space-and-flight exhibition. "The friend. children were most overwhelmed by the great expanse of land. They could run and run and run as far as they wanted to, and we didn't have to warn them about being careful," Mrs. Maynard-Reid recalls. The children returned home en- riched by seeing other people in other places and with a new appre- ciation of the large, diverse country in which they live. 20 (1228) ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987

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Lehman; three sons, Kerwin, LeRoy, and Darell. ences. He pastored two years in Minnesota before Deaths MATHEWS, Guida Jo -b. Dec. 12, 1898, Oklahoma doing departmental work in North Dakota. In 1974 he served at the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference BARLOW, Fred Lorn -b. Aug. 16, 1926, Centralia, City, Okla.; d. Aug. 24, 1987, St. Helena, Calif. She served as a secretary in the Oklahoma Conference, until retirement in 1984. Survivors include his Wash.; d. June 23, 1987, Pendleton, Oreg. He taught wife, Anna Mae Staben; two sons, Harold F. and Southwestern Union Conference, Christian Record church school in Wyoming, Arizona, Nebraska, Albert I.; one daughter, Betty Ann Johns; twin Montana, New York, South Dakota, and Oregon. Braille, Campion Academy, Home Study Interna- brother, Nathan A.; and eight grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Betty, one daughter, tional, and the General Conference. She was the widow of George M. Mathews, former associate sec- WOODS, Robert F.-b. Apr. 28, 1892, Davenport, Valerie Boundey; three sons, Randy F., Greg, and Iowa; d. July 1, 1987, Stuarts Draft, Va. He worked retary of the General Conference Education Depart- Tim. for the Iowa, Tennessee River, Southern Union, and ment. Survivors include one brother-in-law, Carolina conferences. He pastored and built several BEAVON, Eric Armson -b. Nov. 15, 1898, Bir- Clifford. mingham, England; d. Aug. 8, 1987, Albany, Oreg. churches in Virginia. Survivors include two sons, He taught at Stanborough Park Academy (England) MILNE, Alma-b. May 18, 1896, Sutherland, Iowa; Paul A. and R. Donald; one daughter, Betty Ann d. Aug. 16, 1987, Hong Kong. She and her husband before teaching in Kenya, Africa. While in Africa he Woodruff; 19 grandchildren; and a number of great- spent 67 years of mission service in China and the grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his married Myrna Campbell. He served as pastor, Far Eastern Division. At the time of her death they teacher, missionary, and conference president. Sur- wife, Gertrude; his second wife, Cora; one son, Nor- were serving as SOS volunteer workers. Survivors man E., and one daughter, Jeanette Hale. vivors include his wife; four sons, Harold, Fred, include her husband, Robert. Everyl, and Chester; and one sister, Amy. NEWMYER, Clyde, Jr.-b. Dec. 10, 1923, Washing- BECKER, Elmer-b. Feb. 28, 1889, Pierre, S. Dak.; ton, D.C.; d. Feb. 21, 1987, Union Springs, N.Y. He d. June 16, 1987, Portland, Oreg. From 1919 to 1934 was principal and business manager of Union he was accountant and office manager at Walla Springs Academy at the time of his death. He was Walla College. In 1939 he managed the college farm principal, guidance counselor, or registrar also of To New Posts and dairy until his retirement in 1956. Survivors Mountain View Academy, Greater New York Acad- Regular Missionary Service include his daughter, Betty Dick. emy, Pioneer Valley Academy, and Grand Ledge Robert Wayne Brock, to serve as vice president BRINES, Rolland-b. Nov. 4, 1891, Marine City, Academy. Survivors include his wife, Gladys L.; for finance, Hongkong Adventist Hospital, Hong Mich.; d. Aug. 18, 1987, Santa Barbara, Calif. From one son, Terrance; two brothers, George and Walter; Kong, Deborah Gay (Pohle) Brock, and three chil- 1916 to 1922 he and his wife taught at Shanghai three sisters, Harriet, Loretta, and Marjorie; and one dren, of Frederick, Maryland, left September 3. Missionary College (China). In 1928 he served as grandson, Jason. Carol (Hartie) Cantu, to serve as girls' dean, and medical director of Porter Sanitarium (Denver) and RIFENBARK, Joan-b. Aug. 15, 1928, Martin, Raymond Ignacio Cantu, Jr., to serve as history returned to China in 1930 to be medical director of Mich.; d. Aug. 12, 1987, Portland, Oreg. As secre- teacher/assistant business manager, Maxwell Ad- Yencheng Hospital. He practiced medicine in Santa tary for the Alaska, Oregon, and North Pacific ventist Academy, Nairobi, Kenya, and one child, of Barbara from 1937 to 1963. Survivors include his Union conferences and the Glendale Adventist Pine Forge, Pennsylvania, left September 5. wife, Ceila; and two daughters, Lauretta Stocker Medical Center, she spent nearly 20 years in service Lowell Calvin Cooper, returning to serve as de- and Louise Galbraith. for the denomination. Survivors include her hus- partmental director, Southern Asia Division, BURTNETT, Phoebe-b. May 17, 1903, Quaker band, Arthur; one daughter, Wendi S. Clark; one Poona, India, Rae Lee (Figuhr) Cooper, and two Bridge, N.Y.; d. Aug. 24,1987, Takoma Park, Md. As son, David Schroeder; mother, Julia Mead; one children, left San Francisco, August 19. a nurse, she did private-duty nursing with Wash- brother, Robert Mead; and three sisters, Carolyn Rose Patience Crump, returning to serve as ington Adventist Plospital and New England San- Twomley, Elsie May, and Opal Popescu. church school teacher, Fairview School, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, left July 26. itarium. Her husband, James, preceded her in RUSSELL, Lobo Belle-b. Mar. 15, 1907, Walters, John Paul Ferguson, death. Survivors include one daughter, Sylvia Okla.; d. May 11, 1987, Gresham, Oreg. While her returning to serve as chief Woodcock; one son, James; and two grandchildren. husband was the first principal of Milo Adventist radiology technologist, Hongkong Adventist Hos- pital, Hong Kong, Margo Elaine (Kahkonen) Fer- DICKMAN, Vance E. - b. Feb. 23,1899, Enid, Okla.; Academy, she served as the first school nurse of the guson, and three children, left August 16. d. July 15, 1987, Portland, Oreg. He served the de- academy. Survivors include her husband, Leon E.; Deo Flaiz Fisher, to serve as physician/instructor, nomination 40 years, most of which was at Pacific and one son, Leon D. Pakistan Adventist Seminary, Sheikhupura Dis- Press Publishing Association. He retired in 1964. TOMKINSON, Lydia L.-b. Aug. 16, 1896, Mason Survivors include two sons, Merle and Edd; one trict, Pakistan, Karen Louise (Vipond), and two City, Iowa; d. July 17, 1987, Battle Ground, Wash. children, of Cherry Valley, California, left July 30. daughter, Mae Holland; one brother, Lester; and She was a retired church school teacher. Survivors one sister, Olive Humphrey. Stephen Dean Fisher, returning to serve as den- include one daughter, Eileen Miller. tist/dental director, Saipan Adventist Clinic, Sai- HALL, William - b. Dec. 7, 1927, Portland, Oreg.; d. WILLIAMS, Harold Meginley -b. Feb. 27, 1919, pan, Mariana Islands, Karyl Elizabeth (Jones) Aug. 14, 1987, Los Altos, Calif. For 22 years he Brockton, Mass.; d. Aug. 1, 1987, Shreveport, La. Fisher, and two children, left August 19. served as an SDA chaplain in the U.S. Air Force. His work began in 1942 as publishing secretary of William Lee Guth, returning to serve as dentist, Following his retirement from the Air Force, he the Texico Conference and later, district pastor. In Guam Seventh-day Adventist Clinic, Tamuning, entered the Veterans Administration Hospital 1948 he began 18 years of evangelism in the Okla- Guam, Sharon Kay (Erhard) Guth, and two chil- chaplaincy, having served in the Palo Alto VA Med- homa, Illinois, Nebraska, and Colorado confer- dren, left August 12. ical Center since 1978 as its chief of chaplain ser- vice. Survivors include his wife, Shirley; and one son, William S., Jr. HAMLIN, Anna Gregg-b. Jan. 7, 1898, Afton, Iowa; d. June 22, 1987, Days Creek, Oreg. She was matron and dean at Columbia Academy and matron Before You Move! at the Laurelwood and Upper Columbia academies. She worked in food service at Portland Adventist Please let us know at least eight 2. Fill in new address. Hospital. Survivors include two sons, Earl Gregg weeks before changing your address. and Robert Gregg; two stepsons, Eugene Hamlin 1. Attach an address label from a recent and Ben Hamlin; one stepdaughter, Bernice issue or print your name and address Name (please print) Simonsen. exactly as it appears on the label. KOCH, Anna Margarethe -b. May 28, 1900, Ham- Address burg, Germany; d. Aug. 5, 1987, Watsonville, Calif. She was the widow of Alfred C. Koch, former editor Name (please print) of the German Signs of the Times. They were mis- City State Zip sionaries for 17 years in Japan. Survivors include one son, Gunter W.; and one daughter, Hildegard Address ADVENTIST Fellow-Landschoot. LEHMAN, Alice P.-b. Feb. 13, 1907, Underwood, City State Zip N.Dak.; d. June 19, 1987, Renton, Wash. She was a REVIEW retired church school teacher. Survivors include P.O. 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insect, Matt." At first glance it ap- peared to be just a common beetle. MATTHEVV'S SABBATH ADVENTURE Then Dad flipped it over on its back. BY SCOTT K. SMITH "Dad," cried Matthew, "it can't M om, what's there to do? I'm plained the importance of respect- get back up!" IVO bored!" called Matthew to his ing all life, no matter how small. "Just be patient," Dad said. Sud- mother, who was feeding baby sister Once at the field, Matt took hold denly there was a loud click and the in the kitchen. of the net and began "sweeping" for beetle flipped into the air and "Well, Matt," said Mother, "re- hidden treasures. After a short time landed on its feet. member that Daddy has a special he pulled up the net. "Wow! Look at "Wow!" exclaimed Matt. "That treat for you when he gets home them all, Dad!" There was a star- was really neat! What kind of beetle from visiting at the nursing home." tling flutter of creatures that had is that?" The front door finally opened and seemed to appear from nowhere. "It's called a click beetle. God has Daddy walked in. "Are you ready Matthew was particularly im- given it the amazing ability to turn for our secret adventure, Matt?" pressed with one. "Look at this bug, itself right side up if it should some- Ready? Matt had been waiting all Dad. It seems to have a shield on its how get turned over on its back." week, and by now he was bursting back." Sundown approached much too with curiosity. "That's a shield bug, also known quickly for Matt. It was time to pack "Today we're going to observe in- as a stinkbug." their things and return home, where sects, one kind of God's special cre- "Why is it called a stinkbug?" Mother had dinner ready for her two ations," said Daddy. asked Matthew. Before Daddy could hungry adventurers. Matt went with Daddy to the ga- answer, Matthew smelled the foul "Did you have fun?" asked Mother. rage to gather the necessary equip- odor the bug releases when it is Matthew grinned from ear to ear. ment. On the way to a field, Dad disturbed. "Boy did we ever! I'll never forget showed Matt how to use the sweep Daddy and Matthew continued this special Sabbath adventure. I'll net to catch insects. He also ex- their insect hunting. "Look at this respect all of God's creations." FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Stories about trusting Jesus Children are learning who they Author Miriam Hardinge cap- can trust. Long-ago Stories tells tures the adventure of those days how our church pioneers trusted in words even a pre-schooler can Jesus and were rewarded. The understand. lesson for children is obvious. Get Long-ago Stories and let Read to them about the time your children know Who they young Ellen White and her sister can trust. packed their bags, then waited for God to provide train fare to a Paperback, 91 pages. . meeting. Read about miraculous US$6.50/ Cdn$9.10 protection from a wild horse and Available from your ABC. from a train wreck. inn REFLECTIONS

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AA s an adult, I was proud of my angry and tired. Turning on the bed- wanted to live without any serious faith. Some people say side lamp, I decided to stay awake difficulties or disappointments. that Matthew 18:3 means adults until I figured out why I wasn't Somehow, I didn't trust God to see should have the same faith as a trusting God. to that in just the way I wanted. child. Mine met that criterion. "God loves me," I reminded my- Adult Realization However, when I was 29, my faith self. "God can take care of me. I got a jolt. My grandmother, who don't want anything bad to happen As an adult, I was beginning to lived in a nursing home, fell, hit her to me. God might let something bad realize that the world can be an aw- head, and went out of her mind for happen to me." ful place. Even children with faith months. She raved, ranted, and tore die—the very ones whose faith her clothes. Jesus asked us to emulate. I got angry. One Sabbath I told That early morning I laughed and God what I thought of the situation I wanted to I cried a little at my own weakness. and His part in it. The next after- The realization that all my life I had noon when I made my weekly long- live my life been holding back from God was distance call to the nursing home, startling. I forced myself to say what Grandma was lucid. I knew it was a without was in my heart: miracle. My faith returned to its nor- "I'm scared to leave my life to mal, immature state. I agreed with serious You, Lord. I'm frightened living Robert Browning's character Pippa, down here in Satan's territory. But I who sang, "God's in His heaven — can't go on living in fear. Please take all's right with the world." difficulties or care of me. Your will be done, But my complacency didn't last. though, whatever that may be. Help The year I was 30 my husband had disappoint- me have a good night's sleep." to be gone a great deal on business I turned out the light and really trips. I made a discovery about my- ments. put my life into God's hands. self. I suddenly realized I had rarely Sometimes I think God has babied been alone at night in my whole life. me along most of my life. But I have I was a grown-up; there should be grown some; generally my trust has no problem. Then why did I hate to What? been more steady since I realized go to bed? Why did I wake up at 2:00 "Yes, God might let something my incredulity. Fear did seize me at and 3:30 and 4:15? Why did I need horrible happen to me." I had taken the time I learned my child would a night light? And why did I check refuge in 1 Corinthians 10:13, be born as a member of a high risk all the window and door locks at which suggests that we are never group. But as soon as I realized what least twice? tempted more than we are able to was happening to me, I was able to The answer seemed obvious; stand. I wondered, "Does God think leave my baby's life—or death—in there was a rapist in our suburb. The I'm stronger than I am? Impossible! God's hands. He does know the end media noted that he attacked only God knows my limits. Then what on from the beginning. And I have con- women in our area who were at earth is the problem?" fidence in Him. ❑ home alone. He frightened me. But The answer came suddenly. The how could I have faith and be afraid problem was on earth, all right. It at the same time? was I. I didn't want to add onto my Diana Kohler writes from Citrus One morning about 3:00 I awoke prayers, "Thy will be done." I Heights, California. BY DIANA KOHLER ADVENTIST REVIEW, OCTOBER 29, 1987 (1231) 23 Th

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