Imagine being a young child trying to connect with your parents, but your mother and father are too engrossed in their phones. Listen to how children are being affected by their parents’ use of smartphones. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4go8BpoexQ
Opinion: Young WWU Adventists Are Right—We Need Change
by Jack Hoehn | 12 March 2025 | Walla Walla University (WWU) students yesterday protested university administration banning a candidate to be president of their student association—because the candidate identified as LGBTQ. These young Adventists are serious Adventists. The 1,400 students at WWU are each investing $45,963/year for four or more years in an Adventist […] Source: https://atoday.org/opinion-young-adventists-are-right-we-need-change/
Escuelas adventistas afrontan la inclusión LGTBQ+ en Australia
Un representante de la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día formó parte de un grupo de líderes educativos que se reunieron recientemente con el Fiscal General de Australia, Mark Dreyfus, y el líder de la oposición Peter Dutton para discutir el informe de la Comisión Australiana de Reforma Legislativa (ALRC) sobre las instituciones educativas religiosas y […] Source: https://atoday.org/escuelas-adventistas-afrontan-la-inclusion-lgtbq-en-australia/
Envolverse con los pensadores contemporáneos: el Espíritu Divino Omnipresente
Soy adventista, de nacimiento y educado. También soy bastante culto y leído. También me considero una persona moral, que se esfuerza por tener una alta integridad. Ahora, al igual que muchos de ustedes, lectores, tengo preguntas sobre doctrinas particulares de la iglesia, como la teoría del maizal de Hiram Edson que se convirtió en nuestra […] Source: https://atoday.org/envolverse-con-los-pensadores-contemporaneos-el-espiritu-divino-omnipresente/
Thursday: The Vindication of God’s Name
Daily Lesson for Thursday 13th of March 2025
Ultimately, God’s name is vindicated in every way. Through the work of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the plan of redemption, the perfect righteousness and love of God is manifested beyond any reasonable doubt (see Romans 3:25-26; Romans 5:8).
Read Romans 3:1-4 in light of Isaiah 5:3-4. What does this teach about God Himself being vindicated in the cosmic conflict? What more could He do than what He has done?
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In Romans 3:1-31 and Isaiah 5:1-30, we see that God (in some limited sense) invites mere creatures to judge His character, even though we have no right or standing to do so. In the end, when all the “books” are opened, we will see the evidence that God is perfectly just and righteous. God will vindicate Himself before all intelligent creation.
Read Revelation 15:3 and Revelation 19:1-6. What do these passages teach about the vindication of God’s name in the end? What more could He do than what He has done?
Throughout Scripture, God shows concern for His name. Why? You cannot have a deep love relationship with someone whose character you detest or do not trust. If someone told your spouse or spouse-to-be horrible lies about your character, you would do what you could to counter any such claims, for if such claims are believed, they would fracture your love relationship.
In the end, God is vindicated at the cross and through the entire plan of redemption. In the pre-Advent judgment, God is vindicated before the onlooking universe.
Then, in the post-Advent judgment, during which the redeemed will even “judge angels” (1 Corinthians 6:2-3), God is vindicated, as the redeemed have been given the opportunity to review the records and see for themselves why God has acted as He has, and that all of God’s judgments have always and only been perfectly righteous and loving. Who among us doesn’t have a lot of questions that need answering? Before it’s all done, we will have those questions answered (see 1 Corinthians 4:5).
Finally, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11). This is all part of the vindication of the character of God.
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