Episode 13 of the Pentecost 2025 Webinar Series on Evangelism with guests Eli Rojas, Joanne Cortes, and Errol McLean. The topic of episode 13 is what are the next steps to take with those who have been baptized into your church. Baptism is not the end of the journey; it's just the beginning. For more information please check out Pentecost2025.com Music Licensed through the AudioNetwork Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy6mbt9Zjkg
Pentecost 2025 Webinar Series Ep12 – Objections to Baptism
Episode 12 of the Pentecost 2025 Webinar Series on Evangelism with guests Roger Hernandez, Elizabeth Talbot, and Debleaire Snell. The topic for episode 12 is on how to deal with objections to baptism while you are walking with people on their journey through your evangelism series. For more information please check out Pentecost2025.com Music Licensed through the AudioNetwork Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z86akivbX5E
Sunday: You Were There!
Daily Lesson for Sunday 21st of December 2025
“Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God” (Joshua 24:1, NKJV).
Shechem was the place where Abraham had built an altar upon his arrival in the land and where God first gave him the promise of the land (Genesis 12:6-7). Now, when the promises given to Abraham have been fulfilled,
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Israel renews the covenant with God at the very place where the first promise had been given. The appeal of Joshua recalls the words of Jacob to “ ‘put away the foreign gods which are among you’ ” (Joshua 24:23, NKJV; compare with Genesis 35:2-4). The geography of the event in and of itself conveys the call to demonstrate undivided loyalty to the Lord, rejecting all other “gods.”
Read Joshua 24:2-13. What is the main thrust of God’s message to Israel?
God is the main subject of the reviewed past: “I took,” “I gave,” “I sent,” “I plagued,” “I did,” “I brought you out,” “I delivered you,” and so on. Israel is not the main protagonist of the narrative but rather its object. It is God who created Israel. Had not God intervened in the life of Abraham, they would have been serving the same idols. Israel’s existence as a nation is not the merit of any of its ancestors but the exclusive work of God’s grace. The fact that the Israelites are settled in the land is not a ground for boasting but the very reason why they should serve God.
The Lord’s speech contains a shift that occurs five times between “you” and “they” (the fathers). The fathers and this generation at Shechem are treated as one. Joshua is seeking to show what Moses affirmed already in Deuteronomy 5:3, that the Lord did not make the covenant only with the fathers but with all those present at the moment of Joshua’s speech. The vast majority there now had not experienced the Exodus. Not “all” of them were at Horeb. Yet, Joshua says that all of them were there. In short, the lessons of the past must be appropriated by each new generation. The God who worked for the ancestors in the past is ready to act on behalf of the present generation.
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You Do Not Carry This Alone: Adventist Church End of Year Message
Jesus sees what you’re carrying. He understands every fear, every pressure, and every unspoken worry. He is still Emmanuel—God with us—walking beside us in uncertain and difficult times. As we pause at the close of this year, we are reminded that hope is not something we keep to ourselves. It is something we live and share. We pray that as you look to the year ahead, we each look ahead with trust in God and sharing the assurance that Christ is near and that His hope is still needed in our world. 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 committed to helping 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/ Find us on social media by following the links below: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theadventistchurch
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Flu Shot Blues
My kids and I got our flu and COVID vaccines this week. I felt pretty yucky afterwards. My arm hurt where the doctor stuck me, and I fought a headache and an unusual amount of fatigue. Despite these side effects, and our current top health officials’ latest bizarre announcements, I believe in vaccines. As much […] Source: https://atoday.org/flu-shot-blues/
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