August 23, 2024: Runners for Christ promote health & more global news.
On this episode of ANN: Runners for Christ promote physical and mental health in France. Loma Linda University Hospital is recognized as the best in the U.S. in cardiology and three other specialties. Farmers return tithes and offerings in livestock, and faithfulness transforms communities in Zambia. Also, woman in Brazil finds hope with ADRA's help and Adventist pastors transform isolated community with a new church in the Dominican Republic. Stay tuned as ANN brings everything you have to know about what is happening in the church worldwide. For a deeper dive into these headlines, visit https://www.adventist.news ANN is the official news channel of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Subscribe to ANN HERE: https://www.youtube.com/@AdventistNewsNetwork
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South American Campaign Strengthens the Fight Against Child Sexual Abuse
23 August 2024 From a story from Adventist News Network: The South American Division is addressing child sexual abuse in local Adventist churches. “It is our responsibility to protect our children, guaranteeing them the love, security, and help they need,” says Jeanete Lima, educator and coordinator of the Basta de Silencio project for the South […] Source: https://atoday.org/south-american-campaign-strengthens-the-fight-against-child-sexual-abuse/
SATIRE: Adventist Baby’s First Words: “Happy Sabbath!”
LOMA LINDA, Calif. — In a display of spiritual precocity, 6-month-old Jedediah Remnant stunned his parents and pediatrician by uttering the words “Happy Sabbath!” as his very first words. The auspicious occasion occurred last Saturday morning as little Jedediah’s parents, Ezekiel and Prudence Remnant, were dressing him in his tiny suit for church. “He just […] Source: https://atoday.org/satire-adventist-babys-first-words-happy-sabbath/
Sabbath: Jerusalem Controversies
Daily Lesson for Sabbath Afternoon 24th of August 2024
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Read for This Week’s Study
Mark 11:1-33; 1 Kings 1:32-48; Zechariah 9:9-10; Isaiah 56:7; Jeremiah 7:11; Mark 12:1-34.
Memory Text:
“ ‘And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses’ ” (Mark 11:25, NKJV).
A series of five controversies between Jesus and the religious leaders are recorded in Mark 2:1-28 and 3 (see lesson 3). In this week’s lesson, when Jesus arrives in Jerusalem, He has a series of six controversies with the religious leaders. The two sets of controversies are like bookends of His earthly ministry. Each set deals with important issues in the Christian life. Jesus’ instructions, even in these polemical situations, help guide believers both in fundamental issues of faith and in practical issues of everyday experience.
The religious leaders come to confront, confound, and defeat Jesus, but they never succeed. Part of this week’s lesson will include analyzing just what it is that brings people into opposition to God and considering what Christians can do to break through prejudice and speak to the hearts of those resisting the Spirit’s call.
In Mark 11:1-33, Jesus’ ministry will be in Jerusalem for Passover (March to April). Mark 11:1-33; Mark 12:1-44; Mark 13:1-37; Mark 14:1-72; Mark 15:1-47; Mark 16:1-20 covers little more than one week; the narrative time has slowed down markedly. The first 10 chapters cover approximately three and a half years. This slowdown points to the importance of these closing scenes.
*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, August 31.
(0)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24c-09-jerusalem-controversies/
