Jesus said, “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers” (1 Timothy 4:12). Today, nearly 70% of Christian youth drift away from church after high school. Many are struggling in silence—searching for truth, purpose, and hope. Through Amazing Facts, young people around the world are being reached with clear, Bible-based answers. From university campuses to the 10/40 Window, your support helps train evangelists, translate resources, and place truth-filled materials into the hands of seekers before they walk away from faith. When you partner with the worldwide evangelistic outreach of Amazing Facts, you help equip gospel workers who will continue sharing truth long after the meetings end. Your gifts help raise up disciples and prepare lives for Jesus’ soon return. Will you help throw a lifeline? Donate: https://www.amazingfacts.org/donation/before-they-jump-ship/?utm_source=SM2603MA Learn More: https://www.amazingfacts.org/en/news-events/from-pastor-doug/before-they-jump-ship/?utm_source=MEA2603HPB Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7V3qBdf2n0
Training Evangelists in Kenya | Doug Batchelor (Amazing Facts)
Jesus commanded, “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19). Donate: https://www.amazingfacts.org/donation/donate-online/?utm_source=dml&utm_content=donate-cta-top-nav In Kenya, evangelists are being trained to share the gospel and multiply hope across Africa—reaching communities hungry for biblical truth. When you partner with the worldwide evangelistic outreach of Amazing Facts, you help equip gospel workers who will continue sharing truth long after the meetings end. Your gifts help raise evangelists and prepare lives for Jesus’ soon return. Will you help strengthen the mission? Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55UhbNsDhlY
San Francisco Central SDA Church Vandalized With Slurs and Swastikas
2 February 2026 | No church-goer should arrive at their church on Sabbath morning to see swastikas and hate speech graffiti on the walls of their church. Unfortunately, this was the reality for congregants of Central Seventh-day Adventist Church on the Saturday morning of February 28. Officers arrived at the church in San Francisco’s Lower Pacific […] Source: https://atoday.org/san-francisco-central-sda-church-vandalized-with-slurs-and-swastikas/
Tuesday: Nailed to the Cross
Daily Lesson for Tuesday 3rd of March 2026
Read Colossians 2:11-15. What issues does Paul seem to be combating here?
How often have we seen these texts, especially Colossians 2:14, misused as an argument against the law and keeping the Sabbath?
To help understand these texts, two main interpretations have been proposed by Seventh-day Adventists: First, the “handwriting” nailed to the cross is the list of charges leveled “against us,” similar to the writing Pilate hung on Jesus’ cross (Matthew 27:37; John 19:19-20). Or, second, the ceremonial law written by Moses (see Deuteronomy 31:24-26) was nailed to the cross.
When we look at the verse in its larger context, we can see that it is clearly talking about the ceremonial law.
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Paul also refers to “circumcision made without hands” (Colossians 2:11), that is, “of the heart” (Romans 2:28-29; compare Deuteronomy 30:16), in apparent contrast to fleshly circumcision, which was one of the most important stipulations of the ceremonial law (Leviticus 12:3; compare Exodus 12:48).
Paul then connects this inward change with “putting off the body of the sins of the flesh” and with baptism by immersion. With this baptism, we identify ourselves with Christ’s death and resurrection (Colossians 2:11-12).
This conversion experience is then likened to having been “dead in trespasses” and “made . . . alive” with Christ, who “forgave us all our trespasses” (Colossians 2:13, NRSV).
The word “ordinances” (Colossians 2:14) refers to legal decrees, whether secular (Luke 2:1, Acts 17:7) or ecclesiastical (Acts 16:4). This Greek word’s only other occurrence in Paul’s writings refers to the ceremonial law, which formed a wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles (Ephesians 2:14-15).
Because Paul has already referred to the forgiveness of sins and the inner change symbolized by baptism, it is unlikely he would return to that topic again with a different metaphor not used anywhere else in Scripture. Rather, Paul seems to be emphasizing a similar point as made in Ephesians: that the Gentile believers in Colossae need not worry about keeping the ceremonial law, including circumcision, nor about the purity laws that went with such a commitment (compare Acts 10:28,34-35).
Clearly, Paul was not suggesting that the Ten Commandments were nailed to the cross, not when elsewhere he defines sin as violation of the Ten Commandments (Romans 7:7).
Pentecost & Beyond “90-Day Plan” (February Update)
Watch the full update as Pastor Milenko Tanurdzic explains how we can continue working together in mission to serve God. #PentecostAndBeyond #TogetherInMission #BCConference #SDAChurch #Seventh-dayAdventist #BCAdventist #LearnLoveLive #IWillGo #BritishColumbiaConference Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k16tKoiFfM
