Our Sabbath School program has always been linked to the support of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission program. This video provides a little insight into this important work.

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/mission-spotlight-for-march-29/
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Our Sabbath School program has always been linked to the support of the Seventh-day Adventist Mission program. This video provides a little insight into this important work.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/mission-spotlight-for-march-29/
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On this episode of ANN: See how the Adventist Church in Northern France is taking evangelism online by opening a new digital studio and campaign. Discover Adventist Connect, a next-level digital outreach platform, and follow 10,000 Pathfinders in the Philippines as they “Rebuild the Altar.” We’ll also take you to Australia, where 35 baptisms at an Adventist college underscore the power of faith, and to Brazil, where therapy dogs boost students' emotional health. Plus, we highlight a charity cycling journey across New Zealand’s Alps2Ocean trail and share inspiring updates from Belarus, Indonesia, and beyond. Stay tuned as ANN brings you everything you need to know about what is happening in the church worldwide. For a deeper dive into these headlines, visit https://www.adventist.news ANN is the official news channel of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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by Loren Seibold | 28 March 2025 | The last full General Conference (GC) session was in 2015. Blame Covid, which hijacked our best-laid plans. So we’ve had ten years to prepare. But I’ll bet you haven’t. You say, Loren, what are you talking about? I’m not attending the General Conference session. Why do I […] Source: https://atoday.org/preparing-for-the-2025-general-conference-session/
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by Pamela Maize Harris | 28 March 2025 | Oakwood University’s Board of Trustees is expected to announce Gina Spivey-Brown as the new president of Oakwood University. Though it has yet to be officially announced, Carlton Byrd, who was the favorite candidate of some, has sent out a note that appears to be a joint […] Source: https://atoday.org/oakwoods-new-president-is-gina-spivey-brown/
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28 March 2025 | In an interview with Danny Shelton and his wife, Pastor Wintley Phipps introduced his new artificial intelligence model, GospelTruth.ai, on the Three Angels Broadcasting Network show, 3ABN Today. Phipps created the model out of concern for existing AI systems that tend to skim both sacred and secular materials, often providing repetitive […] Source: https://atoday.org/wintley-phipps-introduces-ai-model-to-generate-sermons-and-theological-aid/
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Seksistowski kościół krzywdzi nas wszystkich: komentarz do Safe Church („Bezpieczny Kościół”)” Andrew J. Bauman’a 28 lutego 2025 “Safe Church („Bezpieczny Kościół”): jak chronić się przed seksizmem i przemocą w chrześcijańskich wspólnotach”, Andrew J. Bauman, Baker Books, 2025, 195 str. Przeglądu dokonała Dorothy Porawski Jako kobieta z własnym kościelnym bagażem doświadczeń, kilka tematów podnosi mi ciśnienie […] Source: https://atoday.org/komentarz-naduzycia-feminizm-seksizm/
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SILVER SPRING, Md. — In a presentation to overwhelmed General Conference leaders this morning, Japanese organization consultant, Marie Kondo, urged the group to declutter their approach to faith. “Holding up the ever-growing book of Adventist fundamental beliefs, Kondo said attempting the reading of the dense volume on the flight from Tokyo ranked as one of […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-marie-kondo-to-gc-which-fundamental-beliefs-spark-joy/
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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 29th of March 2025
Memory Text:
“ ‘But let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,’ says the Lord” (Jeremiah 9:24, NKJV).
As with most everything else in Scripture, Christians disagree about prophecy, which often convinces others that Bible prophecy is a waste of time. After all, if Christians fight over every prophetic jot and tittle, how valid could it be? Unfortunately, many believers also begin to think that some books of the Bible, such as Revelation, are simply incomprehensible. Instead of reading them, they avoid them, sometimes with the encouragement of a well-meaning pastor who thinks that studying prophecy causes more problems than it solves.
It was not always so. For the first eighteen centuries of Christian history, most Christians were very comfortable with biblical prophecy, and there was a surprising level of agreement on what the key messages of the prophecies were. This is how God intended for it to be: “Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10, NKJV).
This week, we will explore some principles that yield a consistent and reliable understanding of prophecy.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25b-01-some-principles-of-prophecy/
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During the First Gulf War (1991), a well-known Protestant writer and speaker was convinced that the book of Revelation predicted this conflict. His argument was based on the fact that some of the helicopters in the war looked like the locusts depicted in Revelation 9. “And he opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit. Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.” (Revelation 9:2, 3, NKJV).
Not exactly the best way to interpret biblical prophecy, is it? Yet, interpretations like this are fairly common. In fact, over the decades a stream of books, articles, videos, and now websites, all dedicated to prophecy, have made many predictions, including date setting, about final events—usually centered on wars or turmoil in the middle east.
As Seventh-day Adventists, we take a different approach, a Christ-centered approach, in which the focus of prophecy is no longer on a single geographic location in the Middle East and whatever military conflicts unfold there. Instead, we view the prophecies through the lens of the great controversy between Christ and Satan—a worldwide spiritual struggle that will climax when God’s people, Jew and Gentile (see Revelation 12;17, Revelation 14:12), face the final crisis, which centers on worshiping the Creator (see Revelation 14:7), as opposed to the beast and his image.
A key element in understanding these last-day prophecies is Daniel 2, which contains not only the historical outline of the prophecies but the interpretive key to unlocking their meanings, as well.
Daniel 2 depicts four world empires—Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome—followed by God’s establishing His eternal kingdom, “ ‘which shall never be destroyed, and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.’ ” (Daniel 2:44 NKJV). The parallel prophecies in Daniel 7 and 8 contain this same basic outline, that of these worldly empires arising and vanishing until God’s kingdom is forever established.
In Daniel 7, the angel interpreter sets it all out for us “ ‘Those great beasts, which are four, are four kings which arise out of the earth. But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever’ ” (Daniel 7:17, 18, NKJV).
Four worldly empires (Babylon, Media-Persia, Greece, and Rome) move in an unbroken succession through history until, after the second coming of Jesus, God established His eternal one.
Of course, we are still here, in the time of the division of Rome, the fourth and final earthly kingdom before Christ returns.
With this historical perspective as the foundation for understanding prophecy, we are going to study this quarter the theme of how to interpret Bible prophecy, specifically some of the allusions, stories, images and metaphors that unlock prophetic truth and final events.
We go from the Genesis creation account—important for understanding not only prophecy but for what follows, especially the cross and the atoning death of Jesus—to the tower of Babel, to the sanctuary service, to the Psalms, even to some Old Testament marriages. In all these, and more, we can find images, symbols, and metaphors that, when studied prayerfully and with a humble, submissive spirit (if you go to the Bible with a rebellious heart, you are wasting your time), will help make end-time prophecies, specifically in Revelation, come alive.
One quarter is certainly not enough even to begin to study all the stories and images that help unlock prophetic truth. Who knows—we might need eternity for that. Until then, by God’s grace, we will study what we can.
Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/introduction-precursors-for-prophecy/
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What does it truly mean to worship God on the Sabbath? In John 4:23, we’re told that “the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth.” The Sabbath is more than a day off—it’s a divine appointment with our Creator. In this video, you’ll explore meaningful ways to spend the sacred Sabbath hours: reading God’s Word, spending time in nature, prayer, Bible study, and heartfelt praise. Discover how to make the Sabbath a true day of worship focused entirely on Jesus and His love. 📖 Let’s embrace the beauty of the Sabbath—set apart, sanctified, and filled with spiritual purpose. 👉 Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more uplifting Bible-centered content. #SabbathTruth #WorshipInSpirit Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx_A-Bu43fQ