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Ellen G. White Prophet of God
The Seventh-day Sabbath Christ Our Righteousness The Immutable Law of God
The Non-Immortality of the Soul The Three Angels’ Messages The Sanctuary Editorial Ron Spear Changed into His Likeness
“Remember that you will never reach a higher standard than you yourself set.”
he Seventh-day Adventist Ȭȱȱęǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ Church is now entering into ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱęȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȄȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ Tcontroversy. Christ’s Object LessonsǰȱřřŗȮřřŘǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱŗŚȱȱȱȱȱ ȃ Ȃȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱǯȄȱ church. The question must now be higher than the highest human Christ’s Object LessonsǰȱřřŘȮřřřǯ ǰȱȃ ȱ¢ȱȱȱŗŚȱȱ thought can reach. . . . There is no ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ know and understand that God’s ¡ȱȱǯȱȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ great standard is righteousness and ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯ ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȃȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱȱęȱ ǵȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ- ǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǯȄȱ ȱŘşDZŗřǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱ ment. ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱĴȱȱȱȱ ǯȄȱThe Desire of Ages, 311. ȱȱȱ ȱȱ- requirement without the work- ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǵȯ¢ȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȂȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǯȄȱȱŗŝDZŗŗǯ ȱȱȱ ǯȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȯ - Ȃȱȱȱ¢ȱȬ ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱęȱǰȱ ȱȱ- ȱǯȱȃ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ęȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱǯȱȱȱȱ ¢DZ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȄȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȃȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱŗŘDZŗŚǯ ȱǯ ȱȱȱȱ ȃȱĞȱȱȱȱȱ ȃȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱǰȱȱȱǰȱ¢- ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱǰȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ DZȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ¢ǰȱ righteousness which we have ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ Dzȱ done, but according to His mercy ȱȱȱȱ ǵȄȱŗȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ŚDZŗŝǯȱȱTestimoniesǰȱǯȱśǰȱŘŖŞȮŘŗŗDzȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ TestimoniesǰȱǯȱŜǰȱŗřŖǰȱŚŖŗǯȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱDzȱ ¢ȱ Dzȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱDzȱȱȱęȱ¢ȱ Ron Spear, author and ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ revivalist, has served the ǰȱ£ȱȱȱ ǯȄȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ church for over 50 years, ȱŘDZŗŗȮŗŚǯ ǯȄȱȱřDZŚȮŝǯ in both denominational ȃȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ Then it is not what we do, but and self-supporting lines, never reach a higher standard than ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ as a missionary, union ¢ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ- department secretary, evangelist, pastor, © Paul Williams © Paul ȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱ acter. Field Secretary for the Review and Herald, :
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Ellen G. White - Prophet of God Ralph Moss God has imbued His prophets with irrefutable His Likeness 4 qualities that give their messages an unequivocal authenticity for the edification of His church. Our Mission - ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Our Firm Foundationȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱȱ Daniel’s Prayer Life ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Clark Floyd ȱȱȱȱȱęȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȯ The divine power that accompanies Scripture 7 memorization and a diligent prayer life is enough to Executive Editor:ȱȱ reshape the course of human history. Executive Director:ȱ ȱ Benedict XVI: ¡ȓǯ Managing Editor:ȱȱ£¢ His Legacy and His Mission ȓǯ Part 3 Colin Standish Bookstore Manager:ȱȱ ȓǯ Will the principles of the sixteenth century Hope For Health Center:ȱ¢ȱ 10 Protestant Reformation survive the relentless surge ȓǯ of ecumenism? Hope Int’l School of Evangelism: Gary Foster ȏȓǯ Layout & Design:ȱȱǭȱȱ ǯǯ Bible Examples of True Courtesy Ellen G. White Our Firm Foundationȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢DZ In Jesus Christ, our Lord, we have a genuine Hope International 13 illustration of courtesy and kindness toward one P.O. Box 220 another. Knoxville, IL 61448 USA Phone: (309) 343-1844 Bringing It Back - Monday–Thursday: 8:00AM–5:00PM, Central Time Reformation Under Hezekiah Friday: 8:00AM–12:00PM , Central Time Fax: (309) 343-3721 Part 6 Vance Ferrell Email: Ĝȓǯg Web: ĴDZȦȦ ǯǯg When church doors are closed against the faithful, 17 the Lord Himself becomes their sanctuary. About Hope International ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȬ¢ȱȱ to assist the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Editorial ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ page 2 ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ Glimpses of the Pioneers ȱȱ ǯ page 20 Invitation to Writers Echoes of the Pioneers ȱ ȱ ȱ Ȭȱ ȱ ǻŝśŖȱ page 22 ȱŘŖŖŖȱ ǼȱȱȱȱȱOur Firm News Watch Foundationǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ¢ǰȱ Ĵȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ page 26 ǯȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ Product Catalog Our Firm Foundationǰȱȱ¡ȱŘŘŖǰȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱȱŜŗŚŚŞǰȱ page 28 ȱ¢ȱȱȱȓǯ. Letters to the Editor Subscription Information:ȱȱȱřŖ page 31 Shipping & Sales Tax:ȱȱȱřŖ Copyright © 2005 Hope International ȱ ȱȱȱȱDzȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȬ ¢ȱ Content credited in this publication is the property of its respective owner(s), and is licensed or £ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ used with permission. Other items are the property of Hope International. Cover Illustration: © Paul Williams - [Mt. Hood in Oregon] ȱȱȃ ȱ¢Ȅȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ Prophet ofGod Ellen G.White 4 ȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱŗşŗśǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ǰȱ ȱŘŜǰȱŗŞŘŝȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ ǯȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱŘŗDZŞȮşǯ ȱȱȱǰȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ŞŚȱ¢ȱǯ ǯȄȱȱŘDZřŜȮřŞǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȃȱȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱǯ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǯȄȱȱ ¢Dzȱȱȱȱȱȱ the ȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱĞȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱDzȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ŗśDZŘŖȮŘŗȱ ȱDZ ȱ ȱ ȱǯȱ ȱ¡ȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ God’s messenger. was ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱĞȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱȱ instruct toGod warn, messenger sent by I ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȃȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ
ќџё White ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ was a messages anunequivocalauthenticity irrefutable qualitiesthatgivetheir irrefutable God hasimbuedHisprophets with - - for theedificationofHischurch - Ř ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱśŞDZŗǯ 4 3 ȱǯȱŘȱȱŗDZŘŗǯ 2 ęǯȱ ȱŘŞDZşǯ 1 ȱ£ȱȱ DZ ǯȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Ȃȱ¢ǯȱ Ȭ¢ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ǯȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȬȬȬȬ¢ȱ ȱȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ United do States. the They so in ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¡ǯ ǰȱȱǻŗśśśǼȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ Şŝǯȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱŗDZŘŖǯ
ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Ralph Moss ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǻǼȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ - - ŗ ǰȱȱȱȱȱǯȱǯ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱĞȱĴȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǰȱǰȱȱǰȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱ was no breath, ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǯȱȱ 1 ȂȱDZ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Supernatural Phenomenon ǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ŗŖDZŗŜȮŗşǯ ȱȱǯȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ŗŖ ŝDZŗŜȮŘŖǯ ş Ş ȱ
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Photo: © Paul Williams ȃȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ¡- ȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱ sion was ended was in her begin- ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱęȱ Dzȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¡ȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ ȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱŘşǰȱŗŞśřǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱǰȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ 2 ǰȱȱęȬ¢ȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ back to the earth once more, she ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¡¢ǯ ȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȬ ȱ ȱȃȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱŗŘǰȱŗŞŜŗǰȱǯȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱęȱȱ ǰȱȱĞȱȱȱ 3 ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȁȬȬȬǯȂȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¡ǰȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱ ȱǰȱǰȱȱȱ ȱǯȄ1 ǰȱȁȱȂȱǯȂȱȄ2 ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱęȱȱȱȱ- ȱǰȱȱȱȱ
Years Ahead of Her Time
“I was shown” Science Catches Up
Electricity in the Brain [1869] “Whatever disturbs the [1934]ȱ ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǯȄȱǯȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱDzȱ¢ȱȱȱȱŘŖŖř ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȄȱTestimonies, ǯȱŘǰȱřŚŝǯ
Cancer [1905]ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Ěȱ [1956]ȱ ȱ ȃ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǻȱ Ǽȱ ȱ ěȱ ǰȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ.” ȱ ǰȱǯǯǰȱJournal ǯȄȱMinistry of Healing, 313. of the American Medical Association.
ěȱǭȱ [1905] ȃȱȱěȱȱȱȱȱ [1967]ȱ ȃěȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ǯȱȱěȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ¡ǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ¡ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱ¡ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ¡ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ěǰȱ ǰȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ Dzȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǯȄȱ ǯȱǯȱǰȱJournal of the American ȱȱǯȄȱMinistry of HealingǰȱřŘŜǯ Medical Association.
Tobacco [1864]ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ [1964] “Warning:ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ¢£ȱĚȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ ¢ǯȄȱSurgeon General’s Report. ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱěȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱ ¢ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ǯȱǯȱǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱǯȄȱȱ ĞǰȱǯȱŚǰȱŗŘŞǯ
Heart Disease [1869]ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ȱ Ěȱ ȱ ȱ [1961] ȃȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ şŖƖȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱĚǯȱȱ¢ȱ Ȭȱ ȱ ǽȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ěǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Ǿȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȄȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ ǯǯǰȱJournal of the American Medical Association. ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱĚĴȱ ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȄȱ TestimoniesǰȱǯȱŘǰȱŜŗǯ
ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ ś ȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ many who unite in the movement ȱȱȬȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ the under-current is tending. Its ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¡ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ- ¢ǯȄ5 “We have enough votes to run the country, . . . and when ȱȱ¢ǰȱȁ ȂȱȱǰȂȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȄŜ Pat ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ěȱ Robertson. ȃȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ to change the Constitution and ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱǯȄ7 Tim LaHaye. secure a law enforcing Sunday ȱȃ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱĜǰȱ ȱǰȱȁǰȱȱ ȱ Ĵȱ £ȱ ȱŞŖȱȱȱȱȱ in this country and we’ve come to will be the result. ȱȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ- ȱǽǾǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȂȱ ȱǰȱȁ ¢ǰȱ Ȃȱȱ¢ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱDzȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ Ȃȱȱ¢ȱ ¡ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȂȱȄ8 Jerry ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ǯȄȱTestimoniesǰȱǯȱśǰȱŚśŗȮŚśŘ Falwell. ȱǰȱȃȱȱȱǰȄȱ “Those who are making an ȃ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ěȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ǯȄ “The dignitar- door. ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱĴȱ£ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǰȱǰȱȱȱall his remarks said, “Go back, and do ȱȱǯȄȱ ǯǰȱŝśřǯ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȄȱThe ȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱ Dzȱȱȱ ȱȱȱDZȱȃȱ Great ControversyǰȱŚŚşǰȱśşŘǯȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȄȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ Ralph Moss, an editor ȱ ȱȱĴȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ and researcher, is a ȱȱȱȱǰȱȃȱ ǰȱȱĚȱȱȱ retired engineer and ȱȱǵȄȱ ȱǰȱȃGod only ȱȱȱȱȱȱ resides in California. knows; let me out of this houseǯȄ3 ȱȱǯȄȱThe Great Ğȱȱȱǰȱ- ControversyǰȱŚŚśǯ ȱĴȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱĴȱǰȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ author has tried to show the reader 1 Review and Herald, May 18, 1944. 2 Cited by Arthur L. White, Ellen G. White: The the visions and the ways in which ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ Early Years, vol. 1, 275. they were received. ȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ 3 J. N. Loughborough, The Great Second Advent ǯȱȱȱȱȱȂȱ- Movement, Adventist Pioneer Library, Loma Religious Tyranny ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ Linda, CA, 1992, 210–211. 4 ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱ U.S. Supreme Court, Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 108, ĴDZȦȦ ǯǯę ǯȦ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱ Ȧǯǵ¢ƽǭƽǭ ǰȱȱǰȱǰȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ƽŚŝŘǭƽřŞ. ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ 5 From a broadcast of “The 700 Club,” Decem- ber 30, 1981. ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ǯ 6 From a broadcast of “The 700 Club,” cited ȱ¢ȱ¢ǯȱ ȃȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ in Jeffrey K. Hadden and Charles E. Swann, ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of ǵ ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ Televangelism, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1981, 161. Ȃȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ 7 See Norman Cavender, “Freedom for the ȱ ȱ DZȱȱ¢¢ȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ Church in a Free State,” in Being Baptist ȱǯȱȱ DZȱȃȱ- ¢ȱȱ¡¢ȱǯȄ4 Means Freedom, Alan Neely, ed., Baptist Alli- ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ Chief Justice William Rehnquist. ance, Charlotte, NC, 1988, 88–89. 8 Cited by Laura T. Rich, “Falwell Uses Confer- ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȃȱȱȱȱȱ ence to Endorse candidate,” Biblical Recorder, ȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱ ȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱȱ- Raleigh, NC, November 14, 2003, http://www. The Sunday movement is now mak- ȱȱȬȱ¢ȱȱ biblicalrecorder.org/content/news/2005/6_22_ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱȱ 2005/ne220605cpastors.shtml. ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ you turn the document into the
Ŝ Our Firm Foundation Photo: © Paul Williams diligent prayer life is enough to a reshape the course of human and history. memorization Scripture accompanies that power divine The ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ ȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱŘśDZŗŗȮŗŘDzȱŘşDZŗŖǯȱȃȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱŝŖȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱęǯ And nowthoseconsequenceswere ǯȄȱ¢ȱŘŞDZŗśǰȱřŜǯȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ set over thee,untoanationwhich ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ¢Dzȱȱȱȱȱ and HisstatuteswhichIcommand ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȯȃ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ ££ȱǰȱȱ ȱęȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱŜŖśȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ obedient toGod’s requirements ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ take thee.. ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ǯȱ ǰȱȱǰȱ ǰȱ¢ȱȱȱ
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- Prayer Life - ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ troversy between ChristandSatan ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱęȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱĴ¢ȱȱ Ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ to beHiswitnessesbringoth ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǯȄȱ ȱŘşDZŗŘȮŗřǯ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱęȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ refused toviolateGod’sprinciplesofhealth. Daniel wellunderstoodthehealthmessage when hewastakenintocaptivityfor - - - - Clark Floyd ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱęȱȱ ȱȱ ǽǾȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱǯȱǯ DZȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȂȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ ǽǾȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ ¢Dzȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ thy servants, Ibeseechthee,ten eunuchs hadsetover him,“Prove ȱ£ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ Ȃȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǯ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǵȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱǵȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ǯ ȱ ǯȱǽǾȱȱ ŝ Ş ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱDZȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱ¢ǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ because theyhave sinnedagainst Ĵȱ ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ǰȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯ ¢ȱ ȱDZȱȱ ȱȱ ȱDZȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱ ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ Thee, inheaven above, oronearth ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱǯ ¢ȱȂȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ęȱȱȱȂȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱŞǯȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱęȱ ǯȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȱĞȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ ȱĞȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ Solomon’s Prayer ȱȱȱȱǯ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ£ȱ ȱȱȱ££Ȃȱ ȱȱĞȱĴȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱĴȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȂȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǵȱ ȱ¢ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ŗDZŗŗȮŗŘǰȱŞǯ ȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȄȱȱ ȱȱȱȂȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȃȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȃ ǰȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ќџё - - -
- there isnorain,becausetheyhave ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ transgressed against Thee,andgive transgressions whereinthey have ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱDZȱȱȱ hast chosen,andthehousewhichI ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ which Thougavest unto ȱ ȱȱǰȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ and soreturnuntoThee Ĵȱ Dzȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ have sinned,andhave ǰȱ¢ǰȱȱ them thatcarried ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱǰȱ whither theywere car ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ they carrythemaway to theenemy, sothat ǰȱȱȱȱ and Thoubeangrywith ȱȱȱǰǼȱ ǰȱǻȱȱȱȱ inheritance. ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ which Thouhastgiven ȱȱȱ¢ȱǰȱ ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱ the goodway wherein that Thouteachthem ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ DZȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱĝȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱDzȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȃ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȃȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ - - ќџё ȃȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ŘřǰȱřŖǰȱřřȮřŜǰȱŚŜȮśŖǯ ȱȱȱǯȄȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ¢ǯȱǯ ȱ¢ȱǰȱȱȱȱ ęDzȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱěȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱęȱ ȱśŚǯȱȃ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȄȱ ęȱȱǯȄȱŘ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ “And the ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ Our Firm Foundation ќџё ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱŝDZŗǯ ȱ ќџё ǯ ȱ ǯȱ -
Fruit Photos: © Hemera PhotoObjects CD Main Photo: © Paul Williams ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ Ĵȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱ ǯȄȱȱŜDZŗŖǯ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Daniel’s Prayer ǯȄȱŘ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ¢Dzȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱ ¢ȱǰȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȃ ȱȱȱDzȱ ȱ ȱŝDZŗŘǰȱŗŚǯ - ¢ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȂȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ şǰȱȱȱȱȱȃ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȄ . ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱDzȱ verse 4,“the ȱǯȄȱȱşDZȱŜǯ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱşǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǯ
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ȱ¢ȱĞȱȱȱ ŗŖśŚȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ¡ȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱĞȱȱȱ J ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱşśŖȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱę- Church. ȱȱǰȱ ǰȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ ¡ǰȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ¢ȱŗŖǰȱŘŖŖśǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢Ȭ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱŗŜȱȱ ȂȱĚǰȱȱǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ- ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȃ¢DZȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ Ƿȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǯȄȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Ȭǯ ȱȱȱȱŗşŜŜȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱĜȱȱ ȱȱ¡ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȃȱ ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ- Ĵǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯ3 ȱȱĚȱȱȱ ¡ȱȬ ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ Patriarchate during an interview ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ with The Associated Press, . . . June ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱęȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱĜȱ ŗśǰȱŘŖŖśǰȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ- ȱȱȱDZȱȃ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱǯȱȃ ȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱęȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱȱǯȄ1 ȱȱ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ However the greatest shock ȱȱǰȱ ȱĴȱǰȱȱȱęȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¡ȱ ǰȱ strengthening the ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱŚŘȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ- standing and ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱ ǰȱȃĜȱȱ us. The commitment ǯȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ £ȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȃ¡- ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȄȱȱȱ ȱǯȄ2ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȄȱ ǯŘŖŖśǯg ¡ȱǰȱȱȱ assure you that she is eager to con- ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱǯȄ4 ȱ Ȃȱ¡ȱǰȱ ȱ the Patriarch does not understand ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ © Photos.com ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ :
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ŗŖ Our Firm Foundation ¢ǰȱȃȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ historians, even the Jesuit historian ȱȱȱ ȱ ǵȄ6 ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ- ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ- ¢ǰ9ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ- ȱ¢ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȬȱǯȄȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ- ȱȱȱȱęȱǯȱ ȱ Christianity TodayǰȱȱŜǰȱŘŖŖśǯ5 ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱěȱȱ- Benedict XVI: ȱȱȱȱĴȱęȱȱ ȱȱŘǰȱŘŖŖś7 it has gathered a ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȃȄȱęȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱŗřDZřǯ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ǯȱ seen even by the most determined 2 ¢ȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱĴȱȱȱĞȱ ǯȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱŗŗǰȱŗşŘşǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȬȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¡ȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ White says, ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ- by truth and righteousness, but by ȃȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱSan Francisco ęȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ- ChronicleȱDZȱȃ ȱȱ ȱȃ¢Ȅȱ ȱȱȱ- ǯȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȄȯȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ęȱĴȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱ¡ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ǯ ¢ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱęȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȃȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱǰȱ ǯȄȱTestimoniesǰȱǯȱşǰȱŗŗǯ 3 ȱĞȱȱǵȄȱ ¡ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱŘŖŝȱ¢ȱĞȱȱ ¡ȱ ȱěȱ Prophecies Fulfilled ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ - ȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ęȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱĞȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱęȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ŗřDZřǯȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȂȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ£ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ “The question is no longer why do we need ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǯ dialogue but rather how do we transform ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ dialogue into peaceful co-existence; how do ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ we translate dialogue into common action?” beyond Christian churches. ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ DZȱȃȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ- ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ- ¢ȱȱȱ ǯȄȱ ȱŝȱȱşǰȱŘŖŖśȱȱ ęȱȱȱȱǯ Sydney Morning Heraldǰȱȱşǰȱ ȱǰȱ ȃȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ŘŖŖśǯ10 ǰȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱDzȱȱȱ “And I saw the woman drunken Christian, Hindu, ¢ȱ ȱ ȱDZȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱ ȱ ȱĞȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ǯȄȱȱŗřDZřǯ DZȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱǰȱ ȱ - ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱěȱȱ dered with great admiration. And ȱȱȱȬ 1 ¢ȱ ǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱǵȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱĴȱǰȱ Ȃȱ¢ǰȱ¢ǰȱŗŝşŞǰȱ ȱ¢¢ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ the beast that carried her, which ȱȱ ȱȱȱ Ĵǯȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ hath the seven heads and ten saying, ȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȃȱ¢ȱ ǯȄȱȱŗŝDZŜȮŝǯ ȃȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ¡DZȱȱȱȱȱȱ¡- ȱȱ ȱȱȱ£- ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱDzȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȃ ȱ © Photos.com : ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱęȱ ȱȱǽǾȱ¢ȱ ȱ 8 Photo ȱȬ¡Dzȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȄ ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȂȱ£ȱ ȱ
ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ 11 ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǽǾǯȄȱ ȱŗŖDZŗŘǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ£ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ǯȄȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ¢ȱ ȃ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ£ǯȱȱȱȱȱ commission. ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱęȱ ȃȱȱǰȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȄ13 ȱȱȱĚȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱĚȱȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ Colin Standish, speaker Dzȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ and author, writes from ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǽȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ Rapidan, Virginia, where he serves as president of ȱ Ǿǰȱ ȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ Hartland Institute. ȱ ȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱǯȄ12 ȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǯȄ11 DZ ȱȱ£ȱȱ ȃȱ ȱǰȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȬȱǰȱȱȱ 1 Mara Bellaby, “Kiev Patriarch Urges ¢¢ǰȱȱDZ ȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ Church Cooperation,” Associated Press, ĴDZȦȦ ǯǯȦ Ȧ ȃ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǵƽŞśŘřśş ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱęȱ- Ĵȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ 2 Juan Michel, “Russian Orthodox Church Hopes ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ for ‘New Page’ in WCC Relations,” ĴDZȦȦ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ Řǯ ȬǯȦǯȦ- ¡ȦȬŖśȬŘŘǯ ȱǰȱȱȱȱǰȱ ¢ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱ 3 3RQWL¿FDO&RXQFLOIRU3URPRWLQJ&KULVWLDQ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ- can enhance its true worth. It is Unity, Anglican-Roman Catholic Interna- ǰȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ tional Commission (ARCIC), “Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ,” ĴDZȦȦ ǯǯ ȦȏȦęȏȦ- ȦȬȬȦȏȏȏȏ “In the light shining from the cross, true ŘŖŖśŖśŗŜȏ¢ȬȬȬȏǯ 4 “Address of His Holiness Benedict XVI to Christianity appears so pure and lovely that no Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia and the Members of the Delegation from the World Council of Churches,” June 16, 2005, ĴDZȦȦ ǯ- external decorations can enhance its true worth.” ǯȦ¢ȏȦȏ¡Ȧ- ȦŘŖŖśȦȦȦȏȬ¡ȏȏ ŘŖŖśŖŜŗŜȏ ȬȬȏǯ 5 Collin Hansen interview with Timothy George, ǰȱȱȱǯȄȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ “Pope Gave Evangelicals the Moral Impetus ȱȃȱ¢ȱȱȱ- ǯȄȱGreat ControversyǰȱśŜŜȮśŜŝǯ We Didn’t Have,” ĴDZȦȦ ǯ¢- ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȃȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǯȦȦŘŖŖśȦŗŗŚȦřŘǯŖǯ 6 ȱȱȱ£ȱȱǰȱǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ “WCC Anticipates ‘New Phase’ in Interre- ligious Dialogue,” June 2, 2005, www.oik- ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ oumene.org. ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ 7 The day Pope John Paul II died. or the government. . . . Those states ȱȱǯȱ ȱ 8 Rome: From the Fall of the Western Empire, Religious Tract Society, London, 1868, 440. ȱĴȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ 9 Baron Thomas Babington Macauley, 1800– ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ 1859. ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ 10 James Button and Desmond O’Grady, “The £ǯȱ ȱǯȄȱ ǯǰȱśŜŜǯ Greatest Farewell in History,” Sydney Morn- ing Herald, Sydney, Australia, 1, www.smh. ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ com.au. the supreme ǰȱȱ ȱsupreme ȱȱȱȂȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ 11 “President Speaks to Press Pool,” Aboard Air powers ȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȬȱ¢ȱ Force One, En route Waco, Texas, April 8, territory without anarchy, riots, ȱȱȱȱǯ 2005, ĴDZȦȦ ǯ ǯȦ Ȧ- ȦŘŖŖśȦŖŚȦŘŖŖśŖŚŖŞǯ. ǰȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȃȱęȱȱ ȱȱ 12 Private interviews with Charles Chiniquy, cited ǯȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȄ in Fifty Years in the Church of Rome, Baker ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ This is the time to make our Book House, Grand Rapids, MI, 1958, 497, ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ 503, 510. Emphasis in original. 13 © Photos.com
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12 Our Firm Foundation Bible Examples of True Courtesy Ellen G. White
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ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ¡DZȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȃ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱĞȱȱ their necessities. ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱ Again observe him as he en- ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ Iȱ¢ȱȱȱ - gages in a business transaction with ¢ȱȱȱȱǵȄȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ Dzȱȱ- ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ŞDZřŘǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ Ȭǰȱ¢ȱ- ¢Ȭȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ- tesy, which is so common among ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ DZȱȃ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȄȱȃ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱ¢ȱ ȱ Ȃȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȄȱ ȱŘDZŘŖDzȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱDzȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ Řȱ¢ȱŗDZŗŘǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱęȱęȱǰȱ ȱ Ȭǯ ȱǰȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ and homes to invite Jesus to abide ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǯȱ Ĵǰȱ ǰȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ theme, and the constraining abide in a home where are con- ȱȱȱǯ ǰȱ¢ǰȱȱĴǯ When in most discourag- ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱĚȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱǰȱȱȱęȱ ȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ¡ǰȱȃȱȱ ęǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ¢DZȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ with him. Abraham was a courte- ǯȄȱȱŚDZŚǯȱȱȱ ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ Paul’s Courtesy ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ęǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ- ȱȱȱȱ ȱęȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ǰȱȱȱěȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ God. ȱDzȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ Witness his conduct when about ȱDzȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ der heart, and was ever kind and ȱȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱęȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱ When wrecked and driven to ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯ ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ Ȭǰȱȱȱȱȱ © Hemera Photo CD Photo © Hemera : which seemed to him most desir- ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ Ȭȱȱȱ -
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ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ 13 ȱȱȱȱęȱ in Christ and ȱȱęȱȱȱ yet dishonored their ǰȱȬ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ ȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ when duty demanded ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ his hand, they were ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ ęȱ ȱDzȱȱ ¡ȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱęǰȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱDzȱȱȱ ȱȱǯ ¢ȱȱȱ ǯ ȱȱȱȱ- Christ’s Courtesy ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱDzȱȱ ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱ Ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ǯȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱĞǰȱ mercy, makes his voice heard sweet ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱ ¢ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱęȱǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ǯ ȱȱ ȱȱĞȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱĴȱ ȱȱ ęȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ Dzȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ£- ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ - ȱęȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ing and assuring them that they ȱ¢ȱȱĞȱ ȱǯȱ ȱȱǰȱȃȱȱDzȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱDZȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢£ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱęȱȱȱ¢ȱǯȄȱ Ĵ ȱŗŗDZŘşǯ ǰȱǰȱȱěȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢£ȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱǰȱ ęȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱěȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ meekness and lowliness. ȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ Ěǰȱǰȱȱ Dzȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱ ¡ȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱęȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ- ȱǰȱǰȱȱ ǯȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ out his hand, as was his custom ȱȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȃȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ caused him no shame nor embar- ǵȄȱȱŘŗDZŗřǯȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ heart was breaking as he witnessed ȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱęȱ- ȱȱȱ¢ȱěȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱěȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ǯȱ¢ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱǯȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱ What Christian does not admire ȱȱȱȱȱȱ kings, and critics, he was God’s ȱȱȱǵȱȱȱȱ Christ. ambassador. His reasoning was ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ What great condescension is ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱěȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱĚȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ Ĵȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǰȱ ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ showing what had wrought the ȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱǯȱȱȱĴȱ
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14 Our Firm Foundation ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱĴȱ¢ȱȱ¡ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱęĴȱȱ ȱ ȱȱęǰȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ enter heaven, because they do not ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱDzȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȬǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱĴǯȱȱȱ- ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱěȱ¢ǯ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ Dzȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ God by seeing their good works. ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ be seen in their society. ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ- ȱȱĴȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȃǰȱǷȄȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱěȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ discerns in the stranger Jesus, the atmosphere of those who profess holiness of ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱĚǯ ȱȱǰȱȃ ȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȄȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȃ ȱ DZȱ ȱęȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȄȱȱśDZŗŘȮŗřǯ ȱǰȱęǰȱȱȱ- divine nature. They are not statues, ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱĚǷȱ warm hearts, invigorated by the ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ęȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱ¢ȱ ȱǰȱ ȱ ¡ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱǰȱ Ěȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¡ȱǰȱȱ ǰȱǰȱǰȱ in works which are ȱȱȱ ȱ- ȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ Ĵǯȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ traversed the earth, weary, hungry, ȱęȱ ǰȱ¢ȱ ȱĞȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱDzȱ¢ȱ came to give them. is uncourteous, and ȱȱ£ȱȱ ¢ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ Christian vs. Un-Christian unkind and uncouth. ȱ ȱȱ- Courtesy ȱȱȱ- nected with them. ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ- boards at cross-roads ȱĚȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ- ȱȂȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ in the wrong direc- ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ tion. ěȱȱ ȱȱ who have no care in regard to their Though these ȱȱȱ words or actions, and thus bring ȱȱ- ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ tion, they know not ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¡¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱǯȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱĚǯȱ¢ȱ
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ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ ŗś ȱǯ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱDzȱȱ ȱ ǯȱȱĚȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ or circumstances disturb. We want ȱǯȱȃ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱĞȱ to cherish that charity which is not ęǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱǯȄȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǯȱȱ ¢ȱǰȱ ȱěȱ ȱŗśDZŞǯȱȱ ȱȱĴȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡ǰȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱǯȱȱ Review and HeraldǰȱȱŞǰȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ŗȱȱřDZŚȮŝǯ ŗŞŞśǯ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ǯȱĴǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ Ellen G. White, 1827– ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ Dzȱȱ 1915, received the spiri- and encouragement to one another ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ tual gift of prophecy, and the fruits of her life and ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ work accord with the ǯȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ biblical tests of a true ȱęȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- messenger of God. To ȱȱ¢¢ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱŗřDZŗŜǯȱ¢ȱȱ this day, her counsels are an incalculable ǯ ȱȱȱDzȱȱ ȱȱ blessing to God’s people around the world. ȱęȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ ǰȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ- ȱȱǰȱ¢ȱȱĴȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǯȱȱŗȱ ȱŗDZřȮŝǯȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ - ȱȱ ǯȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱDzȱȱ ȱ they are coming nearer and nearer ȱȱȱǰȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ- ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ- ǰȱȱDzȱȱȱ ȱęȱȱȱȱDzȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱDzȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ
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ŗŜ Our Firm Foundation Vance Ferrell Reformation Under Hezekiah
Bringing It Back - Part 6 When churchthe Lord doors areHimself closed against becomes the faithful, their sanctuary.
the promise was given that, when the £ǰȱȱȱ Ƿȱȱȱ church doors were closed to them, the as he took charge, he hit the ground Lord Himself would be their sanctuary! running, determined to do what- ȱȱȱȱ¡ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱǷ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȃȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ to God! ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȯȱȱȱ church back to God, was ȱ ǰȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȯ ȱȱ¢ȱ T ȱ £ȱȱ ǯ ȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢Ȭȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱĴȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ surveyed the ruin wrought during ȱ £Ƿȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ £Ȃȱǯȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ£ǯȱȱ- Prophets and KingsǰȱȱřřŗȮřřşǯȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱ ȱDZȱȁ ȱȱ ȱǯȂȱ ǯ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȁ¢ȱȱќџёȱȱȱ Dzȱ £ǰȱȱȱ- ȱȱĴȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱ¡ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ As soon as he came to the throne, ȱǻȱ¡ȱȱ- ȱȱȱ¢ǯȂȱ ȱŞDZŗŖǰȱ £ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱ££ȂȱǼȱȱȱ ŗřȮŗŚǯȄȱProphets and KingsǰȱřřŖǯ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯ Woe be to any man today who ȱȱȱ¢Dzȱ The situation had become so ȱȱȱȱȱ- then he united with them in making ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ£ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ the entire church back to God! The church! That was the darkest hour and standards. ȱȱ ȱȱȱ © Photos.com : ȱ Ȃȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱĞȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ
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Photo: © Photos.com more about God, and entering into a covenant to their obey Him. voice was heard, and their ȱ ȱ ȱȱǵȱȃA ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ - ¢¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ great gladness took possession of the ȱǰȱȱȱǯȂȱȱ ȱȱęȱȱȱǯȱȱ worshiping multitudeǯȄȱ ǯǰȱřřŝǯȱȱ Řŝǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ The next article, which will conclude ȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ Ȃȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱŝȬȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱĴ- return to Him and study His Word ȱȱȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ£ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱǯȄȱ ǯǰȱřřŝȮřřŞǯȱ brought and sustained spiritual refor- ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ mation to Judah through cooperation ȱǯ ¢ȱȱȱȱ £ǰȱ with God. “As the great meeting drew to a ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ řřŞȮřřşǯ Vance Ferrell writes from Tennessee, where ȱ¢ȱȱȱ- ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱĴȱǷȱ he operates his ministry, Pilgrim’s Rest. ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱǷȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ It can be done! There is a way to ȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ bring our church back to God! The ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱĴȱȱǷȱ Ȃȱ¢ȱǷȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ Bringing It Back, ȁȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ DZȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱǯ ŚśȮśŖǯȱȱ¢ȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ this day and age, to obey God in this ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȂȱ Ĵǯȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱǞŗǯşśȱǯȱ ŘȱȱřŖDZŘŜǯ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱŗŖȱ ȃȱȱȱȱȱȱ you when you seek to encourage ȱDZȱşşǣȱDzȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ others to return to obedience to His ȱȱŘŚDZȱŞŖǣȱȱǯ © Photos.com : ǯȱȁȱȱȱȱ Word. We must do what is right, ȱȱȱřŖȱȱȱȱ
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ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ ŗş Glimpses of the Pioneers
James White: Saratoga Springs
Virgil Robinson Chapter 10
Our Pioneers have exemplified a religious benchmark worthy of emulation for all who labor in the Lord’s vineyard.
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ŘŖ Our Firm Foundation ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ¢DZȱȃ ȱȱ ȱ ǵ ȬĴȱ¢ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ There is no indication that Annie ¢ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱǯȄ ȱȱȱȱȱȱReview ȱĴȱǯ2ȱǻ ¢ȱȱ ȃ ȱȱǰȄȱȱ ǰȱ and Herald, and knew that he was a ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ ȃȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱ ǯǼȱȱȱȱǰȱȂȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱ ęȱȱȱȱDZ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱę·ǰȱȱǯȱȱ ȁȱȱĴȱĚǰ ȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱśǰȱŗŞśŗǰȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱDz ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ried them.3 ȱȱȱǰ ǰȱȱȱȱ¡ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱǰȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ Whites’ nine-month stay in Saratoga ȱȱǯȂȱȄ ȱĴȱȱReview and Herald ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱȃȱ ȱ¢ǯȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȄȱ ȱǯȱȃ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ǯś ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ- ȱȱȃȱȄȱ¢ǰȱ¢ȱ ¢ȱǯ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ In answer to the prayers of faith her eye ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ¢ȱ trouble disappeared, and for the next three ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ took over the housework, and this years she played an important role in ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ- Ĵȱȱ ȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱȱȬȱ- published regularly. ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱReview and Herald. ȱȱȱȂȱ - ȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱȱŗǰȱȱ ǯȱ¢ȱȂȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱĞȱ the Review and Heraldȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ - ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱ ǵȄ ȱȱȱȱȱ Ĵȱ Ĵȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱȱȱęȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱ¢ȱǯȱ ǯ ȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱŜŚȬȱ ȱ ȱ Ĵȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱA Sketch of ȱǯȱȱ come to Saratoga and work as an the Christian Experience and Views of ȱ¢ȱĞȱ ȱȱȱȱReview and Ellen G. White.Ŝȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Herald. the Review and Herald announcing ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱĴȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ǯȱȱȱǞŗŖŖȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱǯȱǰȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱǞřŞȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȬ£ȱ ȱȱȱěǰȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ- ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ At the time she ȱȱȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱęȱȱ ǯȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ǯ ǯȱ ȱ read nothing. The Review and Herald continued ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȬĞȱǯȱȱ ȱęȱȱ ȱ ǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱĴȱ ȱŗȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱŗŜȱ suggesting that she come anyway. ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ4ȱȱęȱȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱDZȱȃ ȱȱ¡ȱȱȱ ȱĴȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ not true, he asked, that God can ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱȱĴȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ Continued on page 24 ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ 21 Echoes of the Pioneers Separation C. H. Watson
In part one of this series the author From th proposes that the Bible tells the story e Wo of God’s eternal purpose for mankind rld and how man has persistently rebelled against God’s plan. The author has di- vided the Bible story into nine sections. Part 4 He picks up the story again in section eight in this part.—Editors.
ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Ȃȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ęȱ ȱȱǵ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱ- ǰȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ Iȱȱǰȱȱǰȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ Ȃȱǰȱ much on my mind and heart, and their direction, their adherence to ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ ǯȱȱȱȱȱȱ see in this movement many, many ȱĴȱȱěȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ things that are there by the hand ȱĚȱȱǯȱȱ ȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȯȱǰȱȱǰȱ stocktaking is a good, a necessary, ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ divine things. These must continue ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ Father are accounted unworthy in ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ this is such an occasion with us. heaven. ȱȱȱȱȱ¡- ǰȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ence and work. This must indeed be ęǰȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱǰȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱęȱǯ ȱȱĴǯȱȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǯȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱĚȱȱ church, and being given an en- ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Dzȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Everywhere upon the record is impressed the ȱȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ lesson that whenever the church and the world ȱȱȱ¢ǯȱȱȱĴȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ - have united, the union has destroyed the church. ness to which we are surrendering. ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱĚȱȱDzȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǵȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱĴȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱęȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱȱ¢ȱ ǯȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ statistics and statements, neither are ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ © Photos.com they checked by our auditors. ¢ǵȱȱ ȱĴȱ Ȃȱ ȱ we discover that nowhere in it is :
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22 Our Firm Foundation Ȃȱǯȱ¢ ȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱę¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȂȱ- that whenever the church and the ȱǯ ȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ destroyed the church. The story in ȱȱǰȱȃȱȱ ȱȱDZȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱǰȄȱȱȱDZȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȃȂȱ ¢ȱ- Dzȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ teachers . . . did much Separation ȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ Ȃȱȱ¢ȱ- ȱȱ- ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ¢ǯȄȱȱ ȱ ȱęȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱ Concluded next month. ¢ȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱǯ Review and Heraldǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ Řŗǰȱŗşřś ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ £ȱȱȱȱȱȱ Charles H. Watson served as General Con- ȱȱȱȱȱ ference president from 1930 to 1936. ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱęȱȱ Photo: ©Photos.com ǯȱȱ ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱĴȱȱȱ ǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ěȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱŘDZŜȮşDZ ȃȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ǰȱȱ¢ȱǰȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱĚ - ing with it in your gratitude. ȃȱȱȱ¢ȱ¡ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱȱ¢ȱȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ- ȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ Ȃȱȱȱ embodied, and in union with Him ¢ȱȱȱęȱ ȱǯȄ Going back to the third century ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱĞȱȱȱ- ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ- ȱȱspiritual hurt, the church ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ£ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱ£ȱȱǰȱȱ Photo: © Paul Williams
ȱŘŖǰȱȱŗŗ 23 Continued from page 21 ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǵȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȄ Rhodes made a suggestion that ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱ¡¢ȱȱ ęǯȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ ęǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ into the church through reading the ȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- Řśȱǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȃȄȱȱȱȱ tions. He was convinced that this ȱȃȱȄȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ Ȃȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱǯ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱĜȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ- ȃǰȄȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱŘřȱȱȱŗŞǯŝ ȱǰȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱĞ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǰȱȃ ¢ȱ Whites had brought to the churches work might continue to grow.ş ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ For months James White had ȱǵȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱęȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ the Whites braved the winter ȱ¢ȱǰȱ ǯȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ one church to another. and needs connected with ȱȱȱȱ¢ǵȄ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȱȱȱ Advent message. He got ǰȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱȱęȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ in touch with ȱěȱęȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱ ǰȱȱ¢ǰȱȱȱǵȱ ǯȱȱȱ- and broached the ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ- ȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱ keted the country ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ with heavy snow ȱ ȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱěȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱ Sabbath, and very ǯȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱěȱȱ ǯ ȱĴǯȱ ǰȱ ȱȱȱ - ȱȱ ǯȱ they came back to Saratoga ty-one-room ȃȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱ- house to those coming to Ĝȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱǯ ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱ but worn in body. James began to So, under the heading “Con- ȱ¢ǵȄ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȄȱȱȱȱȱ ȃ ȱȱȱǞŜŖŖȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ Review and HeraldȱȱȱŘǰȱŗŞśŘǰȱ ǰȄŗŖȱ ȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ DZ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ ȃȱȱ¢ȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǰȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱŗŖDZŖŖȱǯǯȱȱ¢ǰȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǯȱ¢ȱȱ ȱŗŘǰȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ȱȱ ȱȂȱȱ days. ȱ ¢ǯȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ - ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǯ ȱȱŗŘȱȱȱReview and ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ- Herald, then I retired and coughed ȱȂȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱǰȱȱ- ȱ¢ǯȱ¢ȱȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ǯȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ǯȱȱ ȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱǰȱ ǯȱǯȱ ǰȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ- ǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǰȱȱǰȱ erate. To meet the cost, James said ǯȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ¡ȱ ǰȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ ¡ȱȱȱȱReview and Herald, ¢Dzȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¢ǰȱ ȱȱȱȱȱǰȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱ- © Hemera PhotoObjects CD © Hemera ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ : Ş ȱǯȄ ȱǯȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ Photo
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ȱȱ ȱȱDZȱȱ Photo: © Art Explosion CD ¢ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ¢ǰȱȱ ȱ¢ȱǰȱ ȱȱ ȂǯȄȱ ȱǰȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱ ŗȱȱŜDZŗşȮŘŖǯ ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱ- ȃ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ¢ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ- ȱ ȱǯȄȱManuscript ȱȱȱȱȱȱǰȱ ReleasesǰȱǯȱřǰȱřŗŞȮřŗşǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱ ǰȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱ ȱȱDzȱȱȱȱȱǯȄȱThis LDS ‘Insider’ Suspended Day With God, 123. ȃ ȱ ǯȱȱȱ¡ȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱĴȬ¢ȱȱȱ An Act of God ȱȱŘŖŖŘȱȱAn Insider’s News Item:ȱȃŚŝƖDZȱ¢ȱ View of Mormon Originsǯȱǯȱǯȱǯȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȁȱȱ ǰȱ ȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱęǯȂ at Grant’s church in Sandy, Utah, Photo: © Art Explosion CD ȃŘŜƖDZȱȱ ȱȱǯȄȱ ȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯ ȱǰȱȃ ȱǰȄȱChristianity ȃȱȁ¢ȱȱǽȱǾȱȱȱ Eating as Entertainment Today, ǰȱŘŖŖśǰȱŘŘǯ ȱȱȱȂȱȱ- News Item: ȃȱȱȱ¢- End-time Perspective: I wonder ȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱ¡ȱȱȱȱȱ what Americans are saying now ȱǰȂȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ that these things have begun to take ȱĞȱřŚȱ¢ȱȱȱȬ ȱ¢ȱȱǯȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱǯ ȱȱȱȬȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ “An Insider’s View argues that ȱȱȱȱǰȱ£ȱ ȱ¡ȱȱȱǯȱ ££ǰȱȱȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱ ¢ȱ ȱ ǯȱǯȱǯȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǵ ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱ “Satan is watching his chances Ĝ¢ȱȱȱ ȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȯśŗȱǰȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱ Ȃȱǰȱȱ ŚśȱȱȱŘŖŖŘǯȱǯȱǯȱǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ “Heart disease and stroke ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱǻŚśȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱ Ǽȱ ȱȱ¡ȱŗŖŖȱ ǰȱȱȱǰȱ ¢ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱ ȱěȱĞȱȱȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱȂȱ ǯȱȱȱȱ we started eating more meat, and ȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ- ȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ Photo: © Paul Williams ǰȱęǰȱǰȱǰȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢Ȭȱěȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱȂȱ our taste buds. . . . ȱǯȱȱȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱBook of ȃȱȱǯȱ ȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ Mormonȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱ ¢ȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ¡ȱȁȂȱ¢ȱ Ĵǰȱ ȱȱȱ¢ǰȱȁȂȱǰȱ ȱǰȱ ȱȱȱ ǰȱ£ǰȱȱ-
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ȱǽȃȱȱȱ ȄǾȱ Photo: © Art Explosion CD The French Reconnection ȱȱȱȱȱ News Item: ȃ¢ȱ ǰȱȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ ȱȱȱȱ ¢ȱ Ȭȱȱǰȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ¢ȱ- ǰȱȱȱȱǯȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ ǰȱ ǰȱȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱȱ- ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱDZȱȱ ęȱȱȱȱȱ¢ȱ ȱǯȱȁ Ȃȱȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȱǯȱǯȱǯ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱǰȱȱǰȱȱ ȃȱȁ ȱȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱ ȱȱ- ǰȱȱǰȂȱȱ¢ǰȱȁȱ ¢ȱȱȱȱ¢ǰȱ ȱ ȱȱ Ȭȱȱȱ ȱȱǰȱ Ȃȱȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱęȱȱ- ¢ȱȱȱǯȄȱThe Great received in Paris. I’m used to get- ȱȱȱǰȱȱȱȱ ControversyǰȱŚŜřǯ ȱȱȱǽǾȱȱ ȱȱȱȱǯȂȱȱŘǯȄȱȱ ȱȱ ȱȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ Christianity TodayǰȱǰȱŘŖŖśǰȱŜśǯ cussing at me. I haven’t had one in- End-time Perspective:ȱȱ- ȱȱȱȱȱ ȱ ȱ Ȃȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱȱ ǯȱ Contributor: ȱȱȱ ȱ ȱȱȱ ȱ¢ȱȱȱ ȱȱȱ Joe Olson ȱ ȱȱ ȱȱǯȄȱ ȱȱǯ £ȱǰȱChristianity ȃȱȱȱȱĞȱ TodayǰȱǰȱŘŖŖśǰȱŘşǯ ȱ¢ȱȱȱȱ-
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