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By Stephen Ferguson | 16 January 2026 | I am just going to come out and say what I think is now a fairly common stance of many Seventh-day Adventists today: I just don’t care about many of our 28 Adventist Fundamental Beliefs. Do not confuse my position. I never said I don’t believe in […] Source: https://atoday.org/i-really-dont-care-about-most-of-the-adventist-fundamental-beliefs/
In this retrospective episode of ANN, thousands of Adventist women marched against gender violence in the streets of Lubango, Angola. In El Salvador, over a thousand adults became literate through an ADRA project. Plus, the Adventist Hospital of Penang made it to the list of the best in the Asia-Pacific in 2025. Stay tuned as ANN brings everything you need 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. Follow ANN on social media!
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Creating peace isn't just about avoiding arguments or keeping things quiet. It's about actively building bridges, healing wounds, and bringing people together. Imagine the difference we can make in our homes, communities, and the world if each of us took small steps toward peace. It's about listening more, understanding deeper, and loving harder. In doing so, we mirror God's heart, becoming vessels of His love and peace in a world that desperately needs it. The Sabbath offers a unique opportunity to reflect on this calling. It's a day set aside not just for rest but for renewal and connection—both with God and with each other. It's a time to lay down our burdens, to forgive, to seek forgiveness, and to embrace the peace that comes from living as God intends. What specific steps can you take this Sabbath to mend a strained relationship? Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/12nR1GTtADY
Daily Lesson for Sabbath 17th of January 2026
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Memory Text:
“Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind” (Philippians 2:2, NKJV).
Unity is strength. But knowing what is true is not the same as doing it. We all fail sometimes, despite our best efforts at unity. But that’s not the same as deliberately undermining unity. No wonder, then, that as Paul continues writing to the Philippians, he wants them to be “of one accord, of one mind.”
Paul bases the necessity of unity on the teaching and example of Jesus. It’s a theme that we find throughout the New Testament and especially in the epistles. The origin of disunity in the universe stemmed from the pride and thirst for position and power of a single angel in heaven, a sentiment that spread quickly, even within a perfect environment (see Isaiah 14:12-14). It then gained a foothold in Eden through a similar discontent with the rules God had put in place and the desire for rising to a higher sphere than that which God had designed (Genesis 3:1-6).
This week we’ll look at the biblical basis for unity in the church, focusing especially on the amazing condescension of Jesus, the lessons we can gain from beholding Him, and how we can grow to be more like Him.
par Admiral Ncube | 16 janvier 2026 | Le mois dernier, j’ai vu les images bouleversantes d’une grande église adventiste de Nairobi, encore en cours de construction, en train d’être démolie. L’église adventiste du septième jour de Makongeni, ainsi que d’autres lieux de culte, avaient reçu l’ordre de quitter les lieux avant le 10 décembre […] Source: https://atoday.org/leglise-urbaine-en-afrique-et-ailleurs/
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