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ATSS: “Fighting God and Doubting the Bible: A Truly Adventist Hermeneutic for Reading Scripture”

March 2, 2023 By admin

2 March 2023 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church faces a crisis: how to read the Bible. Almost every debate dividing Adventism today relates to the issue of hermeneutics. According to church leaders, it’s the fundamental problem preventing Adventism from moving forward missionally. Those at the top of the church seem to believe the path to […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-fighting-god-and-doubting-the-bible-a-truly-adventist-hermeneutic-for-reading-scripture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=atss-fighting-god-and-doubting-the-bible-a-truly-adventist-hermeneutic-for-reading-scripture

Andrews Seminary Opens Center for Community Change

March 2, 2023 By admin

1 March 2023 | A new Center at the Seminary aims to teach pastors how to go further than just traditional evangelism. According to the Lake Union Herald, “The core activity of the new Center is to mentor pastors to implement new or enhance existing community projects with their churches that address the needs of […] Source: https://atoday.org/andrews-seminary-opens-center-for-community-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=andrews-seminary-opens-center-for-community-change

Adventist Journey – Luis and Eli Singh

March 1, 2023 By admin

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Thursday: Overcoming Covetousness

March 1, 2023 By admin

Covetousness is a matter of the heart and, like pride and selfishness, often goes unnoticed, which is why it can be so deadly and deceiving. It’s hard enough overcoming sins that are obvious: lying, adultery, stealing, idolatry, Sabbath breaking. But these are outward acts, things that we have to think about before we do them. But to overcome wrong thoughts themselves? That gets tough.

Read 1 Corinthians 10:13. What promise is given here, and why is this so important to understand in the context of covetousness?

How then, in God’s power, can we be protected against this dangerously deceptive sin?

Make a decision to serve and depend on God and to be a part of His family. “Choose you this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).
Be daily in prayer and include Matthew 6:13, “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.” When feeling covetous of something that you know you should not have, pray over it, claiming promises in the Bible for victory, such as 1 Corinthians 10:13.
Be regular in Bible study. “Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You” (Psalm 119:11, NKJV).

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Jesus tackled the human/sin problem. He was tempted on every point that we are tempted on. And for power to resist, He spent whole nights in prayerful communion with His Father. And Jesus didn’t leave this earth until He had both forged the way by example and then promised power to make it possible for every person to live a life of faith and obedience — to develop a Christlike character.

“Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, and He will have mercy on him; And to our God, for He will abundantly pardon” (Isaiah 55:6-7, , NKJV).

What, if any, have been the consequences in your own life from covetousness? What lessons have you learned? What might you still need to learn from them?

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Amen!