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2012 was an amazing year of ad- vancement. We did not accomplish all our goals, but by God’s grace, we released our new music seminar, the Distraction Dilemma, designed and launched our new website, and re- designed all four of our music CDs into new eco-friendly packaging. Most importantly, I ministered directly to God’s people domestically and internationally while logging over 100 days of travel. Praise God!

We prayed that 2013 will be a year of direct soul winning! The Lord answered our prayers! I will travel more than 180 days this year min- istering in eight countries. We will also launch our new “Highways & Byways” ministry travel vlog documenting the Lord’s work on video for you. Furthermore, we will complete my new hymns CD and be- gin shooting our messages on DVD.

Please continue to pray for me, our staff, and all other gospel work- ers out in the highways and byways seeking to save lost souls.

In HIS Glorious Service, THIS JUST IN! We just signed a contract with Amazing Facts TV to broadcast the Distraction Dilemma. The Christian Berdahl broadcasts started on Decem- PRESIDENT ber 17! God is so good.

Shepherd’s Call Ministry is an evangelistic ministry dedicated to spreading the beautiful message of Salvation to the world through the spoken word, inspiring music and Christian media-production. Founded in 1999 by Christian and Coby Berdahl, Shepherd’s Call has grown into a dynamic, thriving, faith–based ministry with an international impact. SCM is a non-profi t 501(c)(3) tax-deductible organization and a member of ASI.

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CHRISTIANITY’S FOUR C’S “Dear Brother Christian, I was there the day you presented your sermon “The Four C’s of Christi- anity,” it’s been a huge inspiration to me. I got the CD so I could listen to it over and over. It also helped to bring my 26 year-old son to the Lord that I’d had a 15 year estrangement with. I’m hap- py to say that he is now a baptized member of the church as well. ALL THE WAY FROM Thank you for your work. God AUSTRALIA Bless you and your ministry.” “Dear Christian, Coby and family — thank TODD D. you for the 15 CD’s of the month you mailed to me recently. I have just fi nished listening to “God Doesn’t Waste our Pain TRUTH FROM A — part 2” and think it is my favorite … YOUTH so far! I am not Adventist, but do enjoy “I just wanted to say that I appre- your messages and your singing (have also ciated the messages you spoke just ordered your Consecration CD from on about music and wanted to your website), and the ‘talk after the talk’ share my testimony. I have been and really enjoy your discussions and shar- to several music workshops in ing. I have also just made a $50 donation my life yet I have struggled with to help with your ministry. I think I signed music since I was 13 years old up to receive your CD of the month, but (I am now 19). There have been if I didn’t, would you please add me to the so many times in my life where mailing list. I am very encouraged by your I would give up the devil’s music messages and will be sharing them with and then fall back into it. It’s just others as I am able. I really appreciate you like a deep, dark slippery hole. :-( sending them to me all the way to Aus- I never fully understood why it tralia and I pray the Lord will continue to was the devil’s music. This semi- bless you as a family and in your ministry. nar helped me totally understand God bless you!” what this music is doing. I decided LYNDA K. to delete all of my worldly music and even some “Christian” music that fell into the inappropriate

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category. I was quite hesitant and dis- mind. Scary thoughts and weird vibes couraged doing it because I was afraid were fl ashing through my mind, yet I’d go back into the same cycle, delete, I knew that God was stronger. So I and then fi nd myself listening to the sang some scripture songs, prayed to same stuff months later! So that God, and told the devil to “get thee night, I told myself that I would NOT hence” out of that place. I kept talk- go to sleep living on Satan’s ground, ing to God, then fell asleep. Praise the neither “on the fence”, but I wanted Lord. to be totally on God’s ground. So, I I just wanted to thank you for called a couple friends and told them these seminars. They really helped what was going on and they prayed me realize the true reason why cer- with me. I then read Psalm 51 aloud tain types of music can contradict the and we prayed aloud too. After that I life of a Christian. I want to be on continued to claim God’s forgiveness God’s side and let Him continue this and promises that I’m a new creature work in me until He comes. You all and all the bad is behind and forgot- are doing a good work and don’t let ten. Immediately after my friends left, the devil discourage you from sharing I started to sense feelings of fear and this stuff because we (us youth espe- this strange satanic presence. I could cially) need to know this stuff. If only feel that Satan was angry with me for more knew what we’re feeding our making the right choice. I know that minds, yet they listen to this stuff and the devil trembles with fear and anger think it’s helping them and they won- when we become GOD’s children, der why they’re depressed. We all gain new light and apply it to our need to feed our minds with the right lives. I could totally sense two pow- things. Thank you for reading this.” ers fi ghting against each other in my JADE

5 proved to be an amazing year 2012of ministerial opportunities. Guam was beautiful, tropical, hot, and humid! I gave a week of prayer to the employees at the local clinic/hospital each morning speaking on the eight laws of health. Then the Island-wide Camp Meeting began where I had the opportunity to share the complete Distraction Dilemma music seminar. Each day, several seminars were conducted by various speakers. I was placed in the largest seminar room and it was fi lled to standing room only. I was then moved to the main meeting hall where each successive seminar grew in size until nearly all in attendance at the camp were at the music seminar. The most moving moment was when a pastor’s daughter approached me with tears streaming down her cheeks. She confessed that she had been in rebellion against her parents and the church. She wanted her music her way and was sick and tired of people telling her what to do in her 18-year-old life. She shared that she really did not want to come to my meetings. However, she sensed that the Lord wanted her to attend them. She came and her heart and ears were opened. She nearly fell apart as she relayed her experience of rebelling and breaking her parents’ hearts. She confessed that she now understood that the seed of rebellion had been planted by the music she loved. “My life is changed WATCH forever! I gave my heart back to Jesus last night and Watch Christian’s NEW I have such freedom today! I apologized to my par- video travel blog, “High- ents and deleted all my bad music and I am taking ways & Byways” docu- your 90-day challenge.” She then fell on my shoulder menting his ministry trav- crying and praising God. She kept saying, “Thank you els around the world! God for sending Christian.”

In Washington a Latino man began to tell me a wonderful story. His two daughters had watched the full music seminar and fell under deep conviction to make serious changes in their lives and approach the wor- ship team and music committee at the largest Spanish-speaking church in Washington where they sang and played each Sabbath. The sisters told the worship team they could no longer minister with them because of the music used in the worship service. They all decided to watch the seminar together and, as a result, the music was entirely changed! This thankful father also said, with tears in his eyes, the church is now embrac- ing the Spirit of Prophecy again!

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Visit www.ShepherdsCall.com/schedule for more information. ORDER ONLINE AT • WWW.SHEPHERDSCALL.COM • 7 BY CHRISTIAN BERDAHL ot too long ago, I conversed with a heart. O en by the words of sacred song, very popular Seventh-day Adventist the springs of penitence and faith have been speaker. He felt certain I was wast- unsealed.”1 Ning my time teaching young and old e opposite is true as well: about the dangers and blessings of music. “Music is the idol which many professed “You’re chasing a er the devil’s bunnies,” Sabbath-keeping Christians worship. Satan he slightly chuckled. He thought music has no objection to music if he can make was really no big deal in one’s Christian that a channel through which to gain access life. But I believe there is no place in our to the minds of the youth. Anything will suit lives that is not part of our Christian his purpose that will divert the mind from walk. ere are no “dark corners,” there God and engage the time which should be is no “downtime”—there is only Christian devoted to His service. He works through time! My heart broke as this prominent the means which will exert the strongest speaker minimized one of the most pow- in uence to hold the largest numbers in a erful vehicles on this planet—music. pleasing infatuation, while they are para- “Song is one of the most e ective means lyzed by his power. When turned to good of impressing spiritual truth upon the account, music is a blessing; but it is o en

88 CALL 505-286-5522 OR ORDER ONLINE! made one of Satan’s most attractive agen- “When professing Christians reach the cies to ensnare souls. When abused, it high standard which it is their privilege leads the unconsecrated to pride, vanity, to reach, the simplicity of Christ will be and folly. When allowed to take the place of maintained in all their worship. Forms devotion and prayer, it is a terrible curse.”2 and ceremonies and musical accomplish- Inspiration plainly states that music ments are not the strength of the church. Yet is one of the most attractive agencies to these things have taken the place that God ensnare souls, so brothers and sisters, we should have, even as they did in the worship better talk about it. Even more, we need to of the Jews. e Lord has revealed to me expose Satan’s devious methods! It is high that when the heart is cleansed and sanc- time that we, as a church, have healthy, ti‡ ed, and the members of the church are God-led discussions—Spirit-inspired con- partakers of the divine nature, a power will versations about these deep issues that are go forth from the church, who believe the attacking God’s bride now. truth, that will cause melody in the heart. Not discussing or educating ourselves Men and women will not then depend upon on issues like music has led many well- their instrumental music but on the power meaning Christians to accept and promote and grace of God, which will give fullness of the devil’s music unawares. e enemy is joy.  ere is a work to be done in clearing no longer satis‹ ed with attending services away the rubbish which has been brought and then stirring up problems and pulling into the church….”3 people out of church. No. Now he seeks How do we do this work of “clearing to control the worship services and be the away the rubbish”? Every Christian has the object of the worship. He has spent decades wonderful opportunity of going to Christ slowly breaking down the enmity between just as they are and casting their burdens him and the bride. He knows his time is upon Him. We all struggle with sin in our very short. He has camouŒ aged himself lives. “All have sinned, and come short of so well and has changed the minds of the the glory of God.”4 Christ has promised that members of the body of Christ, so much He will not leave us in darkness but will so, that when someone sounds the alarm deliver us from evil. God invites His err- they are told that they are “chasing the ing children, “Come unto Me, all ye that devil’s bunnies!” Amazing! Praise God the labour and are heavy laden, and I will give alarm still sounds! you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn So now, the arch-egomaniac’s cor- of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: rupt heart is well satis‹ ed when Chris- and ye shall ‡ nd rest unto your souls. For tians believe they are worshipping God My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”5 while actually worshipping Satan, using Whatever holds us back or weighs us his methods and designs. We cannot, as down needs to be cast upon Christ. He has logical Christians, believe for one minute promised to take the load of burden and that we can worship God using the devil’s sin from us and even cast it into the depths means. of the sea. While the Lord will help us in

ORDER ONLINE AT • WWW.SHEPHERDSCALL.COM • 99 these tangible ways, it is le up to us to let were sweet! I have challenged thousands Him! We come to Christ in prayer ask- to take a similar “90-day challenge” of ing Him to reveal to us the condition of fasting from all the devil’s bunnies. ere our hearts. en, when He shows us the are many bunnies or distractions in our spiritual stumbling blocks in our path, lives that can hinder or even destroy our we have the walk with the choice to give Lord—music, these things m o v i e s , over to Him sports, work, and for Him poor relation- to do with as ships, suc- He pleases, or cess, Internet, we can retain pornography, them and con- etc. e most tinue to be e™ ective way hedged in and of “clearing hindered by away the rub- them. bish” is to take For example, I struggle, as do many a sabbatical—a leave of absence from them. Christians, with music. I love music and I e Latin word sabbaticus or the Hebrew really like many di™ erent genres. So, I used word Shabbat means Sabbath or literally a to listen to all kinds of secular and “Chris- “ceasing.” In Leviticus, we ‹ nd examples tian-labeled” music. God seemed very far of sabbaticals lasting from two months up away from me and my connection was get- to a year.6 us taking a simple 90-day ting weaker. Little did I realize, sometimes sabbatical from those things that hinder the lyrics and/or music bed had the wrong or even cut o™ our connection to Christ, type of “body language” and I was becom- allowing him to reconnect and change our ing imbued with the same. My actions, desires, would be an expressly Christian words, and even my body language would thing to do. I challenge you dear friend to imitate the punk music I listened to. I consider “clearing away the rubbish” from ‹ nally allowed the Lord to lead me to a your life through the strength and grace of place where I surrendered my music to Jesus Christ. You won’t be sorry! Him. I actually said, “Do what You will Lord and change in my life whatever does 1. Review and Herald, June 6, 1912 2. Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1, p. 507 not please You.” My tender, patient Jesus 3. Evangelism, p. 512 took me on a journey and soon I came to 4. Romans 3:23 embrace a complete media fast. 5. Matthew 11:28–30 I fasted—totally abstained—from all 6. Leviticus 25:5, 6 media for six months, and the victories

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The Narrow Way This life is a journey! Whether or not we realize it, from the mo- ment of our birth, each of us has been traveling to one of two des- tinations. One of these destinations requires nothing of you and o• ers you nothing in return. The other will require no less than everything you have, but o• ers more than you have ever dared imagine. The Narrow Way is the story of this journey. CD-NW ...... $15.95

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12 CALL 505-286-5522 OR ORDER ONLINE! The Distraction Dilemma An amazing music seminar! Christian Berdahl exposes the traps and methods of Satan in an easy to understand, common-sense series us- ing the Bible, Spirit of Prophecy, science and even the music industry itself! (5 DVDs, 12 Hours of Education!) DV-DD ...... $49.99

1. Overture: Our Personal Journey Christian and Coby share their personal discover- ies and struggles with music. How well do you know music? Take the test in this ‘ rst seminar. Opus: Identifying the Mind’s Mark How does the mind work, and what is music’s impact on it? Learn what the Bible says about our amazing minds. 4. Crescendo: Contemporary Christian Music 1 & 2 2. Motive: Music Mechanics & Using the Bible as your guide, determine what is Body Language acceptable and what is not, for the Christian, as we In every piece of music that has ever been created, take a deep look into the Contemporary Christian there is a motive and body language. Music movement. 1st Movement: Music History 5. Serenade: Music in Worship 450 AD – 1969 Find out what is going on in the Christian world 3. 2nd & 3rd Movement: Music History regarding worship and the worship service itself. 1970 – 2011 The 4 Cs of Christianity Journey through 1,500 years of music history com- This fundamental message will help connect you plete with music samples! This is an audible music to God with a powerful way to renew your walk history that will open your ears like never before! and draw you closer to Him than ever before!

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ORDER ONLINE AT • WWW.SHEPHERDSCALL.COM • 13 P R O J E C T # 1 GOAL $12,000 $4,900 Hymns of Submission Music CD NEEDED We are excited to announce we are halfway through the production of our new hymns CD! The songs have $7,100 been chosen, the piano tracks and orchestration are RAISED fi nished. Now we need to record the vocals, then mix, master, and replicate the CDs. Christian hopes to begin recording the vocal tracks in our new studio in mid- January. We would love to share some new music with you but we need your help to do so.

Christian trenches the main drain line.

P R O J E C T # 2 Road Construction GOAL and Drainage $19,200 We have imple- mented our plan $14,500 to fi x our drainage NEEDED problems once and Driveway excavated, rock base graded & rolled. Note drain and concrete apron. for all! We have regraded the entire northern half of the ministry’s prop- erty to control the water runoff from our summer monsoons and winter snowfall. $4,700 One week later!!! Black top is next! We have installed the new drain- RAISED age system, built retaining walls, brought in tons of rock and had it rolled into place. Now, we need to fi nish it with asphalt. While this project does not directly impact souls for the kingdom, it does complete our infrastructure needs, protecting the ministry building from being fl ooded.

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