News of God’s Work from Around the World April-May 2008 | Vol 14 No 2 Hartland ministry report

Training God’s

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A Missionary Hartland Questions We’ve Been 6 in Training 7 Woodcraft 11 and Answers 13 Rejuvenated ✱ Alumni

Training God’s Future Servants Some of On Yoo’s students have been baptized into the SDA church. by On Yoo Cho

o, Mother,” said Yin Soo,* “I cannot Although they might be rowdy teenagers “Nbow anymore to honor my ancestors.” today, tomorrow they could be great workers Shocked at his apparent disrespect, Yin Soo’s for God. I am taking part in raising the future parents hit him a few times, hoping to knock servants of God! What an honor! some sense into the boy. But he wouldn’t give Recently, God called me to help start a self- in. Yin Soo is one of my students. supporting academy, following the principles I arrived at Hartland in 1996, while still in outlined in the Spirit of Prophecy. It opened my teens. I was young and inexperienced, and in March 2006, with six students. Now He I struggled to learn English. But I praise the has blessed us with more students, several of Lord for loving Christian friends and teachers whom are non-Adventist, like Yin Soo. Since who helped me. They taught me through their Yin Soo started attending our school, he has example what true Christianity is all about. stopped eating pork and dog meat, which he The Bible classes at Hartland answered my used to love. His parents have noticed that he questions and helped me get rid of the doubts has become more spiritual. and discouragement that plagued my mind. We have seen God’s working not only in One of the most important lessons God the lives of our students, but also in the lives taught me at Hartland was that I should live of their parents. Some of them have been for others and for God, not for myself. Life baptized into the Seventh-day Adventist isn’t only about making money and having a church as a result! comfortable life. For that main reason, I have I don’t know what God has in mind for my been working at self-supporting academies future, but I want to help expand God’s work ever since I came back to Korea. At one point, here at the school until He calls me to some I got discouraged and gave up. I thought, It’s other place. Whatever I do, I want to glorify no use educating kids in this kind of setting. But Him and serve my fellow human beings. God showed me that I was actually doing a After all, isn’t that what I learned at Hartland? great work. He helped me to see the future, May the Lord keep and sustain me. not the present condition of my students. *Yin Soo is a pseudonym.

 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Mission Trip

T o u c h i n g L i v e s i n K e n y a The Gospel of spiritual and physical health sets lives free. by Ruth Collins

Lluvia Reneau believe you all are angels. God sent you “I here to help me to live better and to get better.” Most people in Kenya don’t drink water unless they are sick or thirsty. They think of it as a medicine. As a result, they have a lot of problems, such as pain in their joints, headaches, ulcers, stomach problems, and tuberculosis. One woman got E. coli from the water. We investigated and found that she had only boiled the water for two minutes as opposed to the recommended 15-20 minutes. We explained to the people why it is important to drink water, and by the third week they were bringing their water bottles with them to the meetings. One day, before starting out on our visitations, I was impressed to bring a big bottle of charcoal powder. That day I met a young girl doubled over with stomach pains, so I gave her some charcoal water. Later that day my translator saw her again. “Tell your friend thank you so much for that charcoal!” she beamed. “It really worked quickly!” This mission trip taught me that there is nothing within our own power that enables us to do God’s work. We are dependent on Him. It was a great experience, and if I could repeat it, I would!

hank you. Words can’t express what your help Aaron Baker “Tmeans to us. When you go back to America, always remember that there is a family that will never forget you.” I had been sleeping on a bed during my stay in Kenya, but this man had no bed. We pooled our money to buy him one, and his whole family came to thank us. The last Seventh-day Adventist contact in this village had been made twelve years ago. The most striking need we saw was in the area of health. We encountered at least thirty different diseases. From 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, we visited people in their homes and told them what they could do to have better health. We also prayed with them, gave them promises from the Bible, and helped with their basic needs. Kenneth, a backslidden Adventist, was heavily involved in witchcraft and voodoo. With his permission, we burned everything pertaining to witchcraft right there in front of his house. Later, his wife came to us praising God. “My husband is a totally different person! He has stopped smoking and drinking, and now there is peace in our home. Thank you so much!” After we returned to Hartland, we received word that Kenneth had passed away. How thankful I am for the opportunity we had to re-share Christ with him!

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“I got to know God.” - Boy, 11

“What I like most about PVYBC are the friends, spiritual influence, deep Bible study, campfire, and everybody’s friendliness.” - Girl, 12

“My favorite class was drill and march, because it helped me to be responsible.” - Boy, 12

“The food, friends, and deep Bible study were the best.” - Girl, 13

“My counselors were considerate and fun without being too lenient. They were very sweet and understanding. Keep on doing what you are doing!” - Girl, 13

“The spiritual aspect was the best part of camp. I really got closer to God.” - Girl, 14

“The counselors were caring and fun to be around and answered a lot of my questions.” - Boy, 15

“I always looked forward to deep Bible study with my counselor, because he taught us a lot about the Bible.” - Boy, 16

“I enjoyed meeting new people and getting closer to God. I can’t wait to come back next summer!” - Girl, 13

“My favorite class was drill and march, because it helped me to be responsible.” - Boy 12

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 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Last Generation Last Generation’s Special Miracle Sky rocketing postal increases and rising paper prices are threatening many small magazines. But our oil and meal still haven’t run out!

by Betsy Mayer

year ago, we had a visit from a sales rep much better—airmail versus surface shipping. A for United Litho, Last Generation’s print- It no longer took two to three months for the er. She warned us that unprecedented postal magazines to reach their overseas destinations. increases were about to break on the publish- In most cases they arrived in two weeks or less. ing industry. Also waiting in the wings was a This gave us better control over our shipments substantial paper price increase. The printing and better communication with our literature industry was estimating that 30 percent of missionaries. small periodicals might go out of business. But when the paper price increases arrived, I knew that there were only so many of I knew that I would have to look for a new these price increases that could be passed printer. United Litho is situated near Wash- on before we started losing ington, D.C., a region with high labor costs. subscribers. Of even Reluctantly I began to prospect for a new deeper concern to me printer with lower were our overseas labor costs. Overseas shipping free literature ac- When I found counts. Overseas has nearly tripled! one that could shipping would provide the same nearly triple! Now our service for $2,000 free literature money less per issue, including the freight to ship it would have to pay for a to our local mailer, this seemed to be the step higher proportion of mailing costs. we should take. But I contacted United Litho But that wasn’t all. Next came the news once more, letting them know that we would that because donations had decreased, yearly prefer to stay with them if possible. funding for free literature was being cut by The next day, the sales rep called back in $20,000! I was beginning to feel like Job. great excitement. They were just purchasing But then I remembered that throughout the a new piece of equipment that could greatly twenty years of our existence, the barrel of reduce production costs on our particular for- meal and the cruse of oil had never failed to mat. Would we be willing to sign a three-year provide the finances to give spiritual bread to contract with them for $2,000 less per issue? the hungry. This seemed too good to be true! Remembering God’s command that we be We accepted the offer, praising God for wise stewards, I began to consider what we filling once more our cruse of oil and our could do to stay in business. We reevaluated barrel of meal. Even with paper price and our free literature program, cutting where nec- postal increases, we won’t have to increase our essary and scaling back in some instances. The subscription rates, and we can still provide free postal increases came with a hidden blessing. literature to our overseas contacts. The service to international destinations was

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A Missionary in Training Your donations have enabled Julieta Tano to receive further training for God’s service by Christine Lockwood

hile I was a missionary in South of giving up,” Julieta admits, “but the Holy “WKorea, the Holy Spirit touched Spirit came to me with the thought, This is my heart to surrender my life and work for just a test of faith. If you quit, you will never Him.” From then on, Julieta Tano began to succeed. So, after I had done my best, I search for a school where she could receive decided to accept the result as God’s will for further training for God’s work. She looked me.” Later she found out that those papers at various schools on the Internet but did were not applicable in her case. When she not find what she was looking for. went back to the embassy, she was pleasantly “I met Seven Lee, who was on his surprised to see the officer holding her visa. internship in South Korea,” Julieta relates. Now she just needed to get her ticket, “He suggested that I go to Hartland. But I which she had reserved in faith two weeks said, ‘That’s too far, and I don’t have money.’ prior. “I didn’t have much time to raise the He smiled. ‘Just pray about it, and try money, so I sold my digital camera and my checking the website. Who knows? Maybe computer.” That gave her a little less than that’s the place God wants you to go.’” half the money she needed for her ticket. She pushed it to the back of her mind, Some of her family members gave her the but her desire to be trained for God’s work rest of the money, even getting themselves never left her. As she continued to pray, she into debt so that she could buy her ticket. decided to take a step of faith and apply to “I am a health major,” says Julieta, “but Hartland College. I want to take as many Bible classes as I “By the time I returned to my home in can. I want to teach people how to live a the Philippines, I had already decided to healthful lifestyle following the pattern God go to Hartland. But money was an issue. has given us. I want the world to know that Even though my family supported me, they our body is the temple of God and that it’s could not give me money.” But she still entrusted to us.” To all those who give to pressed forward in faith. With only a few the Missionary Training Fund, she says, hundred pesos,* she went to the embassy “I greatly appreciate your generosity. This to get her visa. opportunity is an answer to my prayers.” Giving her a temporary denial, the officials * The peso is the currency used in the Philippines. One told her they needed other papers to process hundred pesos is worth about $2.50 USD. her visa. “When I was denied, I thought

 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Industry Hartland Woodcraft A new industry comes to Hartland by Staff Writer

oodworking has been an interest of Kevin is grateful to Hartland College for “Wmine ever since I was a child,” says giving him the opportunity to teach a skill to Kevin Wagner, senior at Hartland College and young people. He hopes to benefit students head instructor at “Hartland Woodcraft.” who are looking seriously for a “tent-mak- Donors to the program at Hartland College ing skill” they can use to help them support will be pleased to learn how some of their gen- themselves as they work as missionaries out erous gifts to the school are being utilized. The in the field. college has started another campus industry: Students involved in the program at a woodworking shop where custom casework “Hartland Woodcraft” express their appre- and millwork are being produced. “Casework,” ciation for the new campus industry: Kevin explains, “is basically the building of “Woodworking is something that will such items as cabinets, bookshelves, and any- help me to make it financially while I am thing that looks boxy. Millwork is a term used working as a Bible worker somewhere in for moldings and frame-and-panel-type work Asia,” says Yik Foo Soon, a pastoral evange- that is both decorative and functional.” lism major. “Our product line is what you can’t find “I know that I’m learning a field of carpentry elsewhere. We are not able to effectively which is going to help me better understand mass produce anything, but we do custom how to build things,” commented Eliezer orders,” comments Kevin. Alemeza, “whether it be something simple like a Kevin gained experience for his skill in chair, or perhaps something more complex, such woodworking by apprenticing himself to a as a humble church in a third world country.” master craftsman in New Hampshire for “This may be just a hobby at first, but I hope eight weeks. “Once I got back on campus, I eventually to be able to build necessary items just started building,” he says. “I’ve had a lot for people in need,” explained Paul Kim, look- of support from the faculty here. The Lord ing to the future. “It will be my ministry.” has brought equipment to us at an excellent “Hartland Woodcraft” is in its beginning price. He’s provided most of what we need.” stages, but with God’s blessing coupled with When asked whether he has plans for the enthusiasm of those who work in the future expansion, Kevin eagerly explains, “If shop, the potential for benefit to our future the Lord allows, we would eventually like missionaries and for vital outreach to the to mill our own lumber here from trees on community is great. campus; however, we will need more equip- ment and more people to work with us.”

540-672-3100 | [email protected] | www.hartland.edu | www.egntv.com  “We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history.” Life Sketches, p. 196

hen Hartland began in July, 1983, tion of the funds to move forward. Wthere was an $18,000 mortgage Build, as soon as possible, phase one of a payment due every three months. We could college multi-purpose building (hydrotherapy barely pay our staff ’s $25 monthly stipend, lab, massage lab, at least one lecture/lab room let alone our electric bills. The nagging fear for health class, classrooms for cooking and of defaulting on our mortgage and losing the sewing classes). Estimated cost: $500,000. property kept us on our knees daily. Paint/refurbish the women’s dorm rooms A week before the first mortgage payment and foyer in the mansion. Estimated cost: was due, we were still $6,000 short. God $27,000. would have to work a miracle. One friend Yes, God has promised to supply all our promised to send $500 and call another friend needs. What He needs are individuals who in Idaho. Two days later we got a call from will participate in the miracle of how He will his friend in Idaho saying that he would send do this. Your sacrificial giving can provide for $500 and call another friend in Montana. The just such an opportunity. next day, while we were praying for $5,000, Thank you for also being part of Hartland’s we received a phone call from the friend in ongoing miracle by . . . Montana. His family was praying about what 1. Praying for staff and students to do with a tax refund. How much was the 2. Calling friends and inviting them to tax refund? Exactly $5,000! share in the blessing of giving. Twenty-five years later, Hartland is still in 3. Recruiting dedicated and consecrated need of miracles. Here are some serious needs college students. in our college for which we only have a frac- tes 25 Years of Mini memora stry Hartland Com Watch our anniversary calendar... for upcoming events held throughout 2008 to commemorate 25 years of ministry. Events will be scheduled in the local community, as well as at Hartland Institute.

Plan now to join us for our special 25th anniversary camp meeting, July 29-August 3, 2008. 192583-2008 Camp meeting will continue through 5:30 P.M. on Sunday, August 3rd. Please plan to stay for the special 25th anniversary praise and thankfulness TOUCHING LIVES FOR commemoration service. For details see www.hartland.edu for details or call ETERNITY 540-672-1996 ext. 232.

 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Hartland Publications Books for Africa How did books from HP end up in a little library in Zimbabwe?

by Rachel Perry

ome with me to Zimbabwe, Africa, and “Why–why, yes,” you stammer. “I regularly Cjoin me as we travel down the bumpy, support Hartland Institute, where Colin dusty road to Zvishavane, a small mining Standish is President. How did you get town. As we walk along the busy city street, these books?” we approach the local post office–a large “In December 2007, two Hartland gradu- building with many shops. Curious, we ates came to speak at my church: Pastor step inside. A myriad of sights, sounds, and Rodney Millin and Brandon Jones. From smells greet our senses. A pottery shop here, them, I came to know Hartland, and they a jewelry shop there, a food vendor across graciously sent me a box of materials for this the way–all vie for our attention. little library I operate in my photo studio. However, our eyes are drawn to a little “Please tell the brothers and sisters at photo studio where a friendly-faced young Hartland how thankful I am for these ma- man waits at his booth. He smiles and wel- terials, especially the Sabbath School Lesson comes us as we enter his shop. “How may I Comments by Ellen G. White. At last I have help you today? Have you come to have your something to hand to my clients who come in photo taken, or would you like to check out every day! I pray that I may continue to have some books from my library?” a lasting relationship with Hartland so that He directs our attention to a small book- my studio library can be awash with truth.” shelf against the wall, filled with English As we leave that little photo studio, you books, magazines, and tracts. As you take a don’t seem to notice the smoky smell of closer look, one of them catches your eye. “By jerky or the brawling in the streets. Your Colin and Russell Standish!” you exclaim. mind is carried back to that gift you sent to tes 25 Years of Mini “Oh, yes,” he beams. “We just received Hartland, marked “Free Literature Fund.” memora stry a box from America with several of their Could it be that your donation helped send Hartland Com books, along with audio tapes and a few that literature on its way to the little studio books from other authors, such as B.G. library in Zimbabwe? Wilkinson. Have you heard of them?”

Call 800-774-3566 or visit hartlandpublications.com

Dee Green, our customer service representative is happy to help you with your order.

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here can I go to educate my “Wdaughters?” I asked Pastor Restrepo in Colombia. He suggested Hartland Institute. So I went to the United States to visit Hartland and other institutions, asking the Lord for specific signs to show me where to go. His answer was clear: “Go to Hartland.” At first it was very difficult for me to understand the many nationalities, but I have come to appreciate the differences. It has helped me to understand other cultures and to know how to reach them with the gospel. I have now been working here for almost ten years. My daughter Viviana graduated from Hartland College and married one of her classmates. Both she and her husband are staff now. I’m so happy that Hartland has brought another spiritual person into our family!

Jeff Gordon came to Hartland in 1995, because I I wanted to work for God, rather than the world. It has truly made a difference in my life. For example, I had never heard about the concept of personal devotions until I came to Hartland. People here talk frequently about their personal devotions, and I asked, “What is that?” Now I understand and am doing my own personal devotions; it has been a tremendous help to me spiritually! During a week of prayer in 1996, I realized that I had never understood conversion correctly. I went through the process of seeking genuine repentance, asking the Lord to change my heart. Then I was rebaptized. Hartland has done one of the greatest things ever in my life, which was to help me understand conversion. Without that, I probably would never have the hope of salvation.

10 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Questions & Answers QA From time to time, Hartland Institute receives questions regarding a wide range of issues related to the Institute’s mission, operations, scope of ministry, or &its relationship to other Seventh-day Adventist organizations. We think that many of our readers may be interested in the answers to these questions.

My sister and I were told that Hartland has divorced itself from the Q. Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Is this true?

Dr. Standish to responds to this question and to a series of related questions.

A. The short answer is No. resigned from membership in a Seventh-day Adventist church? Q. - What is Hartland’s connection with the General Conference of A. - Yes, I know of three. But, Seventh-day Adventists? knowing Hartland’s position that all staff must be faithful Seventh-day A. - Like all Seventh-day Adventists, the Adventists, they left Hartland also. constituents, board, administrators, staff, and most students are members of local churches. Q. - Has Hartland’s position In that way, we are all part of the worldwide changed during its history? Seventh-day Adventist body of believers. A. - No, our position is unwavering. Q. – What evidence is there that Hartland Q. - How does Hartland contribute has strongly spoken out against separation to the local church community? from the Seventh-day Adventist church? A. - Our staff and students contribute A. – A number of our books make this in virtually every facet. Many are elders, plain. A good example is the book deacons, or Sabbath School teachers, Embattled Church. This book provides a both in the adult classes and the children’s vigorous defense that the Seventh-day divisions. They also work with their churches Adventist church will never be Babylon. to conduct public evangelism, Bible studies, Q. - Have any of Hartland’s staff or leaders colporteur ministry, and health ministry. been denied church membership? Q. - Do you have any other thoughts? A. - I have never heard of anyone A. - If our readers hear reports, please being rejected as a member. contact Hartland. We will do our best to Q. - Have any of your staff members provide honest, accurate responses.

If you have a question about Hartland that you would like to see answered in a future Hartland Ministry Report, please contact Joan Reichard at [email protected].

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The New Wars of Religion Religion as a global influence is not diminishing but expanding rapidly. by Hal Mayer

eligion has had an enormous influ- Rence in history. The vast conversions to Constantine’s Christian Church in the 4th century, and Mohammad’s great Mus- lim following in the 7th century, created a we might as well say goodbye to the En- geopolitical atmosphere that led to war and lightenment and its principles of tolerance.” bloodshed in God’s name. In the 16th century, This prediction is insightful. Jesus pre- Protestantism led to the Thirty-Year War dicted that there would be wars and rumors (Rome’s last attempt to recover Protestant of wars as well as a terrible time of trouble Germany), in which nearly 30 percent of and intolerance for His followers, who will be the German population was destroyed. persecuted not by the secular world, but by A recent article in The Economist entitled religious zealots. (See Revelation 13:15-17.) “The New Wars of Religion” predicted that Most Americans don’t know much “faith will unsettle politics everywhere this about religious history and are therefore century.”1 Commenting on this point, The doomed to repeat its intolerant mistakes. Atlantic pointed out that Catholicism and They think that secularism is the enemy. Pentecostalism are competing for adherents But they want a secular lifestyle with a in Latin America; that Islam claims one fifth religiosity that is emotional and lacks a deep of the world’s population and that it is only a understanding of God’s true principles. matter of time until it surpasses Christianity It is no secret that poorer nations are more in numbers; and that Hindus and Buddhists religious than richer ones. The current eco- make up another 20 percent of the world’s nomic decline, if it goes far enough, could fuel population and are growing. The Economist a religious zeal to restore America to God’s predicted that by the middle of the 21st cen- favor. Amid threats of economic disaster and tury virtually 80 percent of the world’s popula- other fearful calamities, of which there are tion will adhere to one of these major faiths.2 many, Americans are predicted to become Religion is not declining, but expanding. more zealous and less tolerant. They will press As religious zeal increases, so does reli- for outward signs of religiosity, such as Sun- gious conflict. “Where different religions day worship laws, to regain favor with God. bump up against one another…,” wrote The In doing so, they will eventually turn their zeal Atlantic, “the intense competition for souls on those who insist on obedience to the law of could produce another era in which religious God, particularly the fourth commandment.

conflict leads to religious war, only this time 1 “The New Wars of Religion,”The Economist,Nov. 1, 2007. with nuclear weapons. If we are really in for 2 Alan Wolfe, “And the Winner Is…” The Atlantic, March anything like the kind of zeal that accompa- 2008. nied earlier periods of religious expansion,

12 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ Hartland lifestyle Center We’ve been

RejuvinatedDaily outdoor exercise raises Lynn and Dee’s energy levels.

by Rachel Perry

ou don’t have to be sick to bet- “Yter your health,” says Dee Green, a recent guest at Hartland Lifestyle Center (HLC). “A lot of people com- plain about being tired, but investing in your health will give you extra energy.” Lynn and Dee Green actually work at Hartland—Lynn in plant services and Dee every morning, since we learned that it in Hartland Publications. But they real- gives our bodies a good ‘jump start.’” ized that their health wasn’t as good as it Having experienced the relaxing, rejuve- should be, even though they knew the health nating effects of exercise in the great out- message. “I wanted to improve my health,” doors, Lynn and Dee started brainstorming. Lynn shares, “since I had a lot of bad habits How can we continue getting our exercise that needed to be broken, like eating late at after the session is finished and we have to night and not exercising enough. I decided return to work? They both came up with the to go through a session at Hartland Life- same answer: hiking. Now they go hiking style Center to help me get back on track.” every weekend. “At first we only hiked one “Working in an office all day, I don’t or two miles,” Lynn says. “Then we moved often get the exercise and the sunshine it up to three miles, and I said, ‘This is that I should be getting,” Dee confesses. enough for me!’ But we kept at it, increas- “But daily outdoor exercise really raised my ing the mileage each time. Now, sometimes energy level a lot during the session. Every we hike as much as 20 miles in a day!” morning I looked forward to my walks Dee especially enjoyed the closeness she with Gao Na, my student therapist. We felt with each of the other health guests. “I talked about everything, from Scripture felt like I’d known them my whole life! Ev- to what she wants to do after she gradu- erything we did, we did together, and that re- ates. It was my favorite time of the day.” ally bonded us. It was so encouraging to see Lynn also experienced a boost, both the progress that everyone else was making. physically and intellectually. “Being a guest One lady could hardly get out of bed when at the Lifestyle Center not only improved she arrived, but by the end of the session she my endurance, but it improved my life- was participating in all the exercises with us.” style in general. The lectures taught me “I think everybody should go through many things about my eating habits, a session at HLC, even if they’re not hypertension, and many other aspects sick, so they can see the benefits of a of life. Dee and I still drink lemon water healthful lifestyle,” Dee concludes.

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Changing the U.S. Constitution? One U.S. presidential hopeful proposed that the Constitution needed to be amended so it’s in God’s standards. by Hal Mayer

ike Huckabee, the former Southern “God’s standards.” How would Huckabee MBaptist minister who was running for relate to the first amendment that guarantees President of the United States, recently made religious liberty? this comment: “I have opponents in this race If Huckabee intends to impose God’s who do not want to change the Constitu- Ten Commandments on the United States tion…. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change Constitution, what would he do about the the Constitution than it would be to change fourth commandment? Would he attempt the word of the living God. And that’s what to impose Sunday laws, which would agree we need to do—to amend the Constitution with his view of the fourth commandment, so it’s in God’s standards rather than try or would he prefer to impose the Saturday to change God’s standards so it Sabbath, as the fourth command- lines up with some contemporary ment actually teaches? Neither view.”1 would be appropriate or accept- One wonders which parts of able under the first amendment, the U.S. Constitution he would which prevents the establishment change if he were to become Presi- of any religion nor religious law on dent. And what does he believe are the nation, but allows each citizen God’s standards? That would un- the freedom to practice his religion doubtedly include the Ten Com- Hal Mayer, Director of as he sees fit. mandments. While campaigning Stewardship Ministries Though it does not appear in Atlanta, Huckabee told his audience that at this time that Huckabee will gain the “the logic that each of the states can come up Republican nomination, he garnered a lot with their own definition of how to respect of support among religious conservatives. It human life is the logic of the Civil War.” In suggests that there are a significant number other words, he would use the power of the of people who would like to impose religious Federal Government to impose anti-abor- laws on the American people. tion laws. Another example of this penchant Prophecy is being compellingly fulfilled at to impose his beliefs at the federal level is the very moment when God’s people seem his support for a federal ban on smoking in to be sound asleep. Like the ten virgins, they public places; although, in fairness, he backed may awaken awfully close to the coming of away from this position slightly by saying Christ, some prepared and some unprepared. he would sign congressional legislation if it Now more than ever, we must watch and came to him. pray as the seconds on the prophetic clock While many of us would certainly support tick away.

him in such moral and temperance initia- 1 www.TheRawStory.com,January 15, 2008 tives, there is a darker, more dangerous side to amending the Constitution according to

14 Hartland ministry report | April-May 2008 ✱ PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE Treasures from Romans Chapter 12 Pauls message in this chapter rings with relevance for last-day Christians

’ve pondered often the message of Ro- good.” On the contrary, we are changed into Imans chapter 12 over the years. Most that likeness by a process known as “the likely, you have, too. One of the reasons I renewing of our minds.” The Spirit commu- treasure this portion of Scripture so much nicates to us through the mind. The conver- is that within its verses lies a clear revela- sion of an individual is not surface work, but tion of what God is desiring from each rather a heavenly re-creation of the mind. of His children in these closing days of I love to ponder verses 3 through 8, where Earth’s history. Since you and I reckon God’s Spirit reminds me not to compare ourselves to be among those myself to my brethren and sisters who are awaiting the immi- in the faith, as if my performance nent return of Christ, Romans were somehow superior to theirs, 12 has been written for us! or vice versa. In these verses I Here are some of the Spirit- am challenged once again to generated thoughts within Ro- acknowledge that each member mans 12 which have touched me. of the body has a place and a I treasure the message of work set aside for him or her verse 1. Here, God is asking Colin D. Standish, by God. And I am expected to us to offer ourselves to His President do well those jobs which God service as living sacrifices, and He says has given me, in a spirit of humility. that He wants only pure, unadulterated I urge you to meditate prayerfully on sacrifices. We can see that this appeal is verses 9 through 21 this evening. What only reasonable, for we would not expect blessed and specific counsel for the last-day our heavenly Father to accept spoiled Christian! We cannot afford to overlook and compromised offerings, would we? it in our rat-race pace of living, for we are If you look at verse 2, you will be remind- almost home. It is almost time for the Lord ed of the fact that in order for us to be trans- to come. May God give us a sense of ur- planted successfully into the heavenly home, gency to make our calling and election sure. we must become changed into the likeness Yours in the blessed hope, of Christ. This change will not come about merely by our making the outside “look

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