More than 100 communicators from the culturally unique area of the Southern Asia-Pacific region gathered on January 26–28 to kick off 2023 with exciting new advances in the communication and digital m…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/2023-adventist-communication-and-digital-evangelism-conference-in-the-philippines-this-january
Survivor of 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Shares Her Story With Pacific Union College Community
14 February 2023 | The sisters giggled together as they walked down the avenue to church in their Sunday best. Janie had a new purse, and they tossed it back and forth and laughed some more. Even the gray clouds and autumn wind couldn’t dampen their spirit. It was Youth Day at church, and they […] Source: https://atoday.org/survivor-of-1963-birmingham-church-bombing-shares-her-story-with-pacific-union-college-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survivor-of-1963-birmingham-church-bombing-shares-her-story-with-pacific-union-college-community
The Legacy of the Badge: Blue Shield, White Supremacy, Adventist Fundamentalism, and Black Terror
by Christopher C. Thompson Here’s the disclaimer: I haven’t watched the video. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I have watched one of those videos since 2016 when Philando Castile was murdered in cold blood on camera by a trigger-happy police officer by the name of Jeronimo Yanez. And now we have another […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-legacy-of-the-badge-blue-shield-white-supremacy-adventist-fundamentalism-and-black-terror/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-legacy-of-the-badge-blue-shield-white-supremacy-adventist-fundamentalism-and-black-terror
2023 eHuddle – Tuesday AM – Baptize & Equip
2023 eHuddle—A discussion on evangelism across the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaoPePI68sI
New ADRA Office Officially Opens in Cabo Verde
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Cape Verde celebrates February 10, 2023, as a historic day for the organization as the Adventist Church in Cabo Verde celebrated the official opening …… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/new-adra-office-officially-opens-in-cabo-verde
Corso biblico – La Bibbia e le emozioni umane – Voce della Speranza
Le #emozioni colorano e animano la nostra vita. Sapevi che ne parla anche la #Bibbia? 📖 Seguendo i vissuti di numerosi personaggi che ci hanno preceduto, possiamo trarre preziosi consigli su come affrontare i problemi e prendere delle decisioni. 👉 Se hai voglia di conoscere e riconoscere gli stati dell’animo attraverso un percorso di approfondimento biblico, clicca qui: https://bit.ly/bibbia-e-le-emozioni Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZGE5XHGxK4
700 anni di felicità – 02
Quanto sei felice oggi?
Perché non dovrei essere felice?
Ho già più di cento anni. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5U1g_Wuez8
Adventist Couple Teaches Portuguese to Chilean Community
Adventist Volunteer Service invited a courageous Brazilian couple to serve in the city of Puerto Williams, known as the “End of the World” in southern Chile. Ismael de Oliveira and Olivia Allen have l…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/adventist-couple-teaches-portuguese-to-chilean-community
Unto the Least of These – Hit the Mark Sabbath School
Is this True, Somewhat True, or False? Helping the less fortunate is a mandatory part of the life of a Christian. Join us as we discuss Lesson 7, Unto the Least of These.
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Wednesday: Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus was a wealthy Jew who had made his money by working as a tax collector for the hated Romans. For that, and because he and other tax collectors exacted more tax than was really due, Zacchaeus was hated and called a “sinner.”
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Zacchaeus lived in Jericho, which sat on a trade route with much business commerce. The meeting of Zacchaeus and Jesus was not a coincidence. Zacchaeus had apparently come under spiritual conviction and wanted to make some changes in his life. He had heard about Jesus and wanted to see Him. Word must have gotten out that the group Jesus was traveling with would arrive in Jericho that day. Jesus needed to pass through Jericho from Galilee, on His final trip to Jerusalem. Christ’s first words to Zacchaeus revealed that, even before entering the town, Jesus knew all about him.
Read Luke 19:1-10. What were the differences between this rich man’s experience with Jesus and that of the rich young ruler?
Zacchaeus and the rich young ruler had some things in common. Both were rich; both wanted to see Jesus, and both wanted eternal life. But here the similarities stop.
Notice that when Zacchaeus said that he would give “half of my goods” (Luke 19:8) to the poor, Jesus accepted this gesture as an expression of a true conversion experience. He didn’t say to him, Sorry, Zac, but like with the rich young ruler, it’s all or nothing. Half is not going to cut it. Why? Most likely because, though Zacchaeus surely liked his wealth, it wasn’t the god to him that it was to the rich young ruler. In fact, though we don’t know what Jesus specially said to him, Zacchaeus is the one who first speaks about giving money to the poor. In contrast, Jesus had to tell the rich young ruler specifically to give it all up; otherwise it would have destroyed him. Though Zacchaeus, like any wealthy person, needed to be careful about the dangers of wealth, he seemed to have had it under better control than did the rich young ruler.
“When the rich young ruler had turned away from Jesus, the disciples had marveled at their Master’s saying, ‘How hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!’ They had exclaimed one to another, ‘Who then can be saved?’ Now they had a demonstration of the truth of Christ’s words, ‘The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.’ Mark 10:24, Mark 10:26; Luke 18:27. They saw how, through the grace of God, a rich man could enter into the kingdom.” — Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 555.
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