Adventist education seeks to equip students for a life of service on earth, and further prepare them for eternity with Jesus. Recently, Sahmyook University in South Korea launched the International Society for Academic Advancement (ISAA), seeking to revitalize academic exchanges and cooperative networks among 120 Adventist universities worldwide. Learn how this international conference will help improve Adventist education and find more news on our website, adventist.news. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bXmDhPt4s
¿Es Dios autoritario? ¿La iglesia debería serlo?
Nunca olvidaré cuando salí de la escuela sabática del jardín de infantes cuando tenía cinco años. El salón debajo de nuestra pequeña iglesia estaba completamente vacío con excepción de una mujer joven con cabello enredado, botas go-go y minifalda corta, arrodillada en el salón rodeada de ancianos varones. Al principio pensé que ella debía haber […] Source: https://atoday.org/es-dios-autoritario-la-iglesia-deberia-serlo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=es-dios-autoritario-la-iglesia-deberia-serlo
Wednesday: Necromancy and Ancestor Worship
The word “necromancy” derives from the Greek terms nekros (dead) and manteia (divination). Practiced since ancient times, necromancy is a form of summoning the alleged active spirits of the dead in order to get knowledge, often about future events. Ancestor worship, meanwhile, is the custom of venerating deceased ancestors because they are still considered family and whose spirits can, it is believed, influence the affairs of the living. These pagan practices can be very attractive to those who believe in an immortal soul and who also miss their deceased loved ones.
Read 1 Samuel 28:3-25. What spiritual lessons against any supposed communication with the dead can be drawn from Saul’s experience with the woman medium at Endor?
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The Bible stated very clearly that all spiritists, mediums, sorcerers, and necromancers, in the ancient Israelite theocracy, were abominations to the Lord and should be put to death by stoning (Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6, Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:9-14). In accordance with this law, Saul had destroyed all mediums and spiritists from Israel (1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Samuel 28:9).
But, then, after being rejected by the Lord, Saul himself went to the Canaanite city of Endor to inquire of a woman medium (1 Samuel 28:6-7, , 1 Samuel 28:15; compare with Joshua 17:11, Psalm 83:10). He asked her to bring up the deceased prophet Samuel, who supposedly came up in a necromancer apparition and spoke with Saul (1 Samuel 28:13-19). The deceiving spirit, who pretended to be Samuel, told Saul, “tomorrow you and your sons will be with me” (1 Samuel 28:19, NKJV). While predicting Saul’s death, that deceiving spirit, merely by assuming the form of Samuel, reaffirmed the unbiblical theory of the natural immortality of the soul. It was a powerful deception, and Saul should have known better than to become involved with what he had previously condemned.
More than two centuries later, the prophet Isaiah wrote, “And when they say to you, ‘Seek those who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,’ should not a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:19-20, , NKJV; also Isaiah 19:3).
| How often, under stress, do we do things that we know are wrong? Why are faith, prayer, and obedience to the Word of God our only sure defense against our own selves? |
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ATSS PRESENTS: “Dialogical Adventism: Give Me That Old-Time Religion”
Bill Knott | 03 December 2022 If you know anything about the history of Adventism, then you know that this movement was conceived in discussion, and it was birthed in dialogue. It was breast-fed on argument, and it grew up in a debating hall. It’s not for nothing that the signature book of this movement […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-presents-dialogical-adventism-give-me-that-old-time-religion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atss-presents-dialogical-adventism-give-me-that-old-time-religion
Founding of Two Adventist Educational Institutions [History]
Founding of Two Adventist Educational Institutions [History] This week in Adventist history, we look back at the founding of two of our educational institutions. Walla Walla College officially opened on December 7, 1892. Seventh-day Adventists had arrived in the Pacific Northwest by 1870, and the denomination grew and was firmly established there during the next decade. During the 1880s, one elementary church school (in Portland, Oregon) and two academies were established (at Portland and Milton, Oregon). However, both academies were closed within a few years to create a single strong central school near Walla Walla, Washington. The General Conference and the conferences in the Pacific Northwest approved the new educational institution, to be known as Walla Walla College, in 1891. On the same day in 1990, the Argentine government gave River Plate College university status through an official resolution issued by the Ministry of Education. As a result, the institution was transformed into River Plate Adventist University, organized into four schools: the School of Business Administration; the School of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences; the School of Health Sciences; and the School of Theology. Today, River Plate University (Universidad Adventista del Plata) is a coeducational boarding school at the senior college level with a secondary section. Watch the video to learn more about the two Adventist educational institutions founded this week in history. To learn more about other interesting happenings and stories, visit https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/ The Seventh-day Adventist Church has been an established denomination since 1863. It is a global Christian family with over 21 million members who hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. We are believers who promise to help people understand the Bible to find freedom, healing, and hope in Jesus. Want to learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church? Visit our website at: https://www.adventist.org/ Click the notification bell so you’ll never miss a new video! Find us on social media by following the links below:
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