Computerworld has named AdventHealth as one of the best places to work in information technology for 2023. This awards program showcases IT departments that offer employees competitive benefits and co…… Source: https://adventist.news/en/news/advent-health-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-places-to-work-in-it
My Deepest Despair was My Greatest Blessing – Part 1
At the age of 50, Mario Roque left his second wife, with his two sons, to live with his parents. Mario describes his life at that time as “a very difficult personal, emotional, financial, and relational mess.” He was operating a company that was two million dollars in the hole. “It was very stressful for me,” Mario remembers. “I was not a happy person. I didn’t know the LORD. I believed there was a God, but I knew nothing about God.” In his deepest despair, God revealed Himself to Mario Roque. How could Mario say that his deepest despair was in fact his greatest blessing? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWn2ocXEf5s
La empatía y la justicia social
Cuando pensamos en iglesias que trabajan por la justicia social, a menudo pensamos en la acción pública o política: actividades para proporcionar ayuda o socorro a las personas necesitadas, así como organizar y concentrarse, marchar con pancartas, ponerse en contacto con nuestros diputados y votar. Sin embargo, estos esfuerzos no siempre tienen el éxito que […] Source: https://atoday.org/la-empatia-y-la-justicia-social/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-empatia-y-la-justicia-social
The Great Controversy Chapter 4: The Waldenses – Pastor Ted Wilson & Nancy Wilson
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The Great Controversy Chapter 4: The Waldenses – Pastor Ted Wilson & Nancy Wilson
– The Waldenses were perhaps the most well-known group of believers who stayed faithful to Bible truth during a time of spiritual darkness. They served as a faithful link between the ancient, apostolic faith and the Reformation that came centuries later. This week Pastor Ted Wilson discusses the fourth chapter of The Great Controversy, entitled “The Waldenses.” –
Under Papal rule, these groups of people were forced to move deeper into the wilderness and commit their scriptures to memory under secrecy, attending higher education and even entering the mission field under cover of a secular calling.
Ellen White tells us in the closing page of the chapter, “The persecutions visited for many centuries upon this God-fearing people were endured by them with a patience and constancy that honored their Redeemer. Notwithstanding the crusades against them, and the inhuman butchery to which they were subjected, they continued to send out their missionaries to scatter the precious truth. They were hunted to death; yet their blood watered the seed sown, and it failed not of yielding fruit. . . . Scattered over many lands, they planted the seeds of the Reformation . . . and [it] is to be carried forward to the close of time by those who also are willing to suffer all things for ‘the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ’ (Rev. 1:9)” (The Great Controversy, p. 78).
To learn more about the Waldenses, read The Great Controversy by Ellen White at https://greatcontroversyproject.org/.
Inside Story: Troubled Boy to Church Elder
Troubled Boy to Church Elder
By Sheron Ndhlovu
Edmond was a troubled child in Mzuzu, Malawi. He refused to obey his parents, teachers, or any other adult. At school, he hit the other boys and even the teachers. He gained such a fearful reputation that children and adults alike were scared of him.
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One day, Edmond decided that it would be fun to disrupt the Pathfinder club. He took his unruly friends to Chasefu Seventh-day Adventist Church, and they mocked the marching and singing Pathfinders. Edmond enjoyed seeing the Pathfinders react, so he and his friends returned week after week.
But as the weeks passed, Edmond became interested in Pathfinder activities. He wanted to know more about what the children were doing and what they believed. When the church organized evangelistic meetings at Mzuzu Stadium, he decided to go, but he did not tell his friends for fear that they would laugh at him. He also did not tell his parents, who belonged to another Christian denomination, because he worried that they might punish him.
At the meetings, Edmond fell in love with the God of heaven and the Lord of the seventh-day Sabbath. Even though he was afraid that the Adventist children and adults whom he had mistreated so terribly would reject him, he summoned up the courage and gave his heart to Jesus in baptism.
His parents found out about the baptism four months later, and they immediately disowned the boy. Edmond stayed in the homes of church members, and they taught him more about the Bible until he became well-versed in its teachings. He also worked odd jobs to pay required fees so he could stay in school. Three years passed. Edmond’s parents saw that he was faithful to God. They saw that he had become a new creature in Christ, and they asked him to return home.
Today, Edmond Tchiri is married to an Adventist wife, and they have two sons. He also serves as an elder at Chasefu Seventh-day Adventist Church, the place where he used to torment the Pathfinders. He says that only God could have transformed the troubled schoolboy into a church elder. “Never look down on children, no matter how bad-behaved they may be,” he said.
Thank you for your 2021 Thirteenth Sabbath Offering that is helping to construct a community outreach and leadership development center on the Mzuzu campus of Malawi Adventist University, so more boys and girls, men and women, can learn about the transforming power of Jesus in Edmond’s hometown and beyond in the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division. This quarter’s offering will support six more educational projects in the neighboring East-Central Africa Division.
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