History repeats itself every vacation. No matter the city, state, or region: the question is basically the same. What caught my attention this time was that the questioning now came from the other sid……
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Video Giornale Avventista – 9 ottobre 2021
La Chiesa avventista e AIDO insieme per promuovere il dono. Di recente, la denominazione ha devoluto all’Associazione centomila euro del proprio gettito dell’otto per mille. Ottobre è il mese dell’educazione finanziaria. La Fondazione Adventum – fondo per la solidarietà e l’antiusura propone una serie di webinar ogni martedì del mese. Il 30 settembre, l’Istituto avventista di cultura biblica “Villa Aurora” di Firenze ha accolto gli studenti di due classi quinte dell’Istituto superiore “Gobetti-Volta” di Bagno a Ripoli, accompagnati da tre professori, che hanno visitato il campus. Queste notizie e altro ancora. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nl4tjWnu8M
Deuteronomio. Un messaggio per oggi – 2
La lezione della storia di Mosè Approfondimento della lezione della Scuola del Sabato numero 2 – IV trimestre 2021 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4mVqng_hVU
Weekly Bible Study | John 5:1-16 | October 6, 2021
Giovedi 7 ottobre 2021
Giovanni 7:38 – Chi crede in me, come ha detto la Scrittura, da dentro di lui sgorgheranno fiumi d’acqua viva. Meditazione giornaliera Apri la porta del tuo cuore, autori vari, con Simona Esposito Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFGlfGzkBw
Snow White and Rose Red
by Jack Hoehn Fairy tales are of questionable reputation. I was not nourished on them, but I doubt that today children could grow up not knowing about “The 3 Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf” or “Little Red Riding Hood,” sharing the same durable long-toothed villain. Although “Goldilocks” doesn’t get traumatized by a wolf, […] Source: https://atoday.org/snow-white-and-rose-red/
Laura Wibberding: Christianity’s changing relationship with violence and war
6 October 2021 | Do Christians believe in violence? The answer depends on which Christians you ask. For many US evangelicals, valor is a Christian virtue. The metaphors of soldiers and warfare in the Bible must sometimes be applied literally, and defending the innocent is the truest form of Christian manhood. This January 6, when […] Source: https://atoday.org/onward-christian-soldiers-christianitys-changing-relationship-with-violence-and-war/
Socialight 26 – Ugo Capolupo – Varcando i confini della realtà
In questa puntata numero ventisei di SociaLight andremo a scoprire i retroscena della vita del regista Ugo Capolupo. Una vita interessante che lo porta a riflettere su quanto gli esperimenti sociali possano essere un valido strumento di riflessione alla portata di tutti. Tantissimi argomenti toccati per comprendere quanto davvero sia importante opporsi a certe situazioni che si possono vedere quotidianamente. Non perdertela. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psnAxfU4ero
Scuola del Sabato n. 2 – 9 ottobre 2021
La lezione della storia di Mosè Approfondimento della lezione della Scuola del Sabato numero 2 – IV trimestre 2021 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ugm3QEoieA
Thursday: The Iniquity of the Amorite
In Deuteronomy 2 and 3, Moses continues to recount Israelite history and how, with God’s blessing, they routed their enemies; when they were faithful, God gave them the victory, even over “giants” (Deuteronomy 2:11, Deuteronomy 2:20; Deuteronomy 3:13).
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Of course, this brings up the difficult topic, which we must at least touch on, regarding the destruction of these people. Though the children of Israel would often speak peace first to a nation ( Deuteronomy 20.10-11), yet if the people didn’t accept that offer, sometimes the Israelites would go in and destroy them, including women and children. “And the LORD our God delivered him over to us; so we defeated him, his sons, and all his people. We took all his cities at that time, and we utterly destroyed the men, women, and little ones of every city; we left none remaining” ( Deuteronomy 2.33-34, NKJV).
Some try to get around this simply by saying that these stories are not true. However, because we believe that “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16), that’s not a viable option for Seventh-day Adventists. Thus, we are left with the difficult question regarding these incidents.
Read Genesis 15:1-16. What did God say to Abram in Genesis 15:16, and how does it shed some light on this difficult topic?
There’s no question that many of these pagan nations were exceedingly brutal and cruel people who justifiably could have faced the wrath and punishment of God long before then. That’s true, and even if God waited patiently for them to change their ways, and they didn’t change — this still doesn’t alter the hard reality about the killing of everyone, including children. (Of course, probably many more children were killed in the Flood than were killed by the Israelites.)
The fact is that, for now, given the limited information we have about the full context of the events, we just need to accept this hard reality and trust in the goodness of God, which has been revealed in so many other ways. Faith isn’t just about loving God on a beautiful day in a pretty forest full of wonderful sights and sounds. It’s also about trusting in Him despite what we don’t fully understand.
| Read 1 Corinthians 10:1-4 and John 14:9. How do these verses, and many others like them, help us learn to trust in the love, justice, and goodness of God, even when we see things that seem hard to square with this understanding of God? |
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