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by Loren Seibold | 25 December 2017 | I had a colleague (this was years ago) who was assigned to a small town church whose members opposed any celebration of Christmas. When December came, the church members would drive past and peer in the parsonage windows, to check whether the new pastor’s family had […]
Read more at the source: The Contamination of Christmas
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
R ead Romans 14:15-23 (see also 1 Cor. 8:12-13 ). Summarize on the lines below the gist of what Paul is saying. What principle can we take from this passage that we can apply in all areas of our life? Image © Lars Justinen from GoodSalt.com In Romans 14:17-20 Paul is putting various aspects of Christianity into proper perspective.
Read more at the source: Tuesday: No Offense
From ANN, December 24, 2017: A video of the rape of a teenage girl by more than five teenage boys in Ghana has been condemned by the Adventist Church in Ghana. The boys had tied the girl up, raped her and filmed the incident for circulation on social media.
Read more at the source: Viral Sexual Assault Video Condemned by Adventist Church in Ghana
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
by Larry Downing, December 24, 2017: The Vietnam War, Woodstock and the Hippie Free Love movement.
Read more at the source: #Me Too: The New Revolution
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
by Steven Siciliano | 24 December 2017 | The phrase seems incongruous at best; scandalous or even offensive at worst. But Jesus, after all, was a Jew. The meaning of his story arises out of a worldview steeped in and shaped by the Hebrew scriptures. The familiar carols and scripture quotes that fill the air […]
Read more at the source: The Jewish Meaning of Christmas?
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
Read more at the source: Snow Greetings from Jesus for Asia
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Jon Wood.
It was approaching midnight on Christmas Eve and our excitement was palpable. I was 6 years old and already fully versed in capitalism: a deep desire for more toys. We were celebrating Christmas with a group of families from the military. However, my parents failed to think that through. These were the families of high ranking officials, a fact clearly demonstrated by the car park and the sheer quantity and quality of toys being unwrapped around the tree.
As each child opened numerous…
Read more at the source: Commentary: An Unforgettable Christmas
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Local Adventist Church night market takes visitors away from commercialism of the Christmas holiday and points them towards Jesus.
Read more at the source: Nativity play builds bridges
Article posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist.org News Feed.
Read Romans 14:10 .
Read more at the source: Monday: Before the Judgment Seat
by Cliff Goldstein | 23 December 2017 | Though hardly expecting a positive review in Adventist Today of Baptizing the Devil, I didn’t expect something so skewed, imbalanced, unfair. I don’t recognize in the reviewer’s arguments my views, only caricatures of them. For starters, he bemoans my “scientific nihilism.” On the contrary, I take a fairly […]
Read more at the source: “Skewed, Imbalanced, Unfair”: Cliff Goldstein Responds to Our Review of Baptizing the Devil
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
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