In this episode of ANN Profiles, Alberto Timm shares his life story with host Alyssa Truman. What led him to be associate director of the Biblical Research Institute (BRI)? Find out how a young man from Brazil, through hard work, grew in his relationship with God through literature evangelism and scripture memorization, attended Adventist education, and now serves the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church. 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 never miss a new video! Find us on social media by following the links below:
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Mission 150 – Episode 17 – Managing Adventist Mission today
Our guest in this episode is Dr. Gary Krause, Director of the Office of Adventist Mission.
Source: https://fulfilleddesire.net/mission-150-episode-17-managing-adventist-mission-today/
Тётушка, суббота такая скучная!
17 июля 2023 | Дорогая тётя Аня, Я только что прослушал проповедь о святости субботнего дня. Я, в принципе, со всем согласен, но у меня есть следующий вопрос. Кроме обычных церковных служений, что я еще могу сделать, чтобы угодить Богу, кроме того, чтобы просто сидеть, читать Библию и смотреть телекомпанию «Три Ангела»? Это же скучно. […] Source: https://atoday.org/%d1%82%d1%91%d1%82%d1%83%d1%88%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d1%81%d1%83%d0%b1%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%82%d0%b0-%d1%82%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%8f-%d1%81%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%87%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%8f/
Inside Story: Terrified in Russia ~ Part 1
Terrified in Russia: Part 1
By Andrew McChesney
Unusual events began occurring at home after 16-year-old Almira signed up for courses on the supernatural in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.
The year of 1992. The Soviet Union had collapsed the previous year, and public interest was high in once-banned religion. Two Russians from Moscow showed up at Almira’s school in the city of Sibay and offered extracurricular courses on extrasensory perception.
Almira’s parents forbade Almira from going to the courses.
The Russian teachers, however, promised to reveal amazing secrets, including how to heal illnesses. Mother had suffered headaches for some time, and Almira wanted to help her. So, she secretly attended the courses. She was taught that she was surrounded by invisible good and evil forces and, if she mastered them, could perform wonders.
Alone at home, she attempted to put into practice what she was learning. She carried out a one-sided conversation with unseen forces in her home, saying that she wanted to control them.
That night, when she turned off the light to go to bed, she sensed a presence in the room.
After a while, the presence manifested itself during the day when she was at home alone. Sometimes she noticed a shadow running past a window.
She was not afraid. She thought that she was strong and was on her way to controlling an invisible force.
As time passed, she realized to her chagrin that the force was stronger than her.
She could not control it.
Frightened, she stopped turning off the lights when she went to bed at night. She was afraid to sleep. When she finally slept, she had terrifying nightmares.
In desperation, Almira asked Mother to sleep with her. But Mother refused after a few days. She said she was having nightmares.
Over the next six months, Almira’s life turned was upside down. Her grades suffered, and she seemed to be in constant conflict with teachers, friends, and her parents. She grew terrified. She didn’t know where to turn.
Read more about Almira next week. Thank you for your mission offerings that help spread the gospel in Russia and around the world.
Produced by the General Conference Office of Adventist Mission. Find more mission stories at adventistmission[dot]org
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Friday: Further Thought ~ How God Rescues Us
Further Thought:
Underlying the Epistle to the Ephesians is a story that is often rehearsed in part or alluded to in it. The major events in the narrative are these:
- God’s choice of the people “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:4-5, Ephesians 1:11).
- Their past, lost existence (Ephesians 2:1-3, Ephesians 2:11-12; Ephesians 4:17-19, Ephesians 4:22; Ephesians 5:8).
- The intervention of God in Christ to save them (Ephesians 1:7-8; Ephesians 2:4-6, Ephesians 2:13-19; Ephesians 4:1, Ephesians 4:20-21; Ephesians 5:2, Ephesians 5:8, Ephesians 5:23, Ephesians 5:25-26).
- Their acceptance of the gospel (Ephesians 1:12-13, and implied elsewhere). Having once “no hope” (Ephesians 2:12), they now possess the “one hope” toward which believers move (Ephesians 4:4; compare Ephesians 1:18).
- The present lives of the addressees as disciples. Though living at a time fraught with hazards and the opposition of the evil powers, they may draw on the resources offered by their exalted Lord (Ephesians 1:15-23, Ephesians 2:6, Ephesians 3:14-21, Ephesians 4:7-16, Ephesians 6:10-20).
- In the future culmination of history, the Spirit’s role as “guarantee” (Ephesians 1:13-14, ESV), or “seal” (Ephesians 4:30), reaches fruition. In this crowning moment, the addressees will be rewarded for their faithfulness by taking possession of the “inheritance” already granted to them in Christ (Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 6:8-9); and, through their faith in Christ, they will be granted a place in the Christ-centered age to come (Ephesians 1:21; Ephesians 2:7, Ephesians 2:19-22; Ephesians 4:13, Ephesians 4:15; Ephesians 5:27).
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