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By AT Contributing Editor Stephen Chavez | We are not alone. That statement isn’t meant to reflect some universal or cosmological reality, it’s simply to say that we are not alone—we Adventists, I mean. For all our talk about the remnant, God’s true church, and the everlasting gospel, a quick look around reveals an undeniable […] Source: https://atoday.org/we-are-not-alone/
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Not long ago a crystal jug was placed on auction in the United Kingdom. The auctioneers described it as a “nineteenth-century French, claret jug,” estimating its worth at US$200. Two perceptive bidders recognized the jug as an extremely rare, Islamic ewer. Its true, appraised worth? £5 million (about US$6.5 million). What allowed that bidder to walk away with such a bargain? The bidder knew something that the auctioneer did not: the true value of the jug.
In Ephesians 5:1-20, Paul contrasts what pagans and believers valued. Pagans valued a racy story (Ephesians 5:4-5), a drunken party (), and debauched sex (Ephesians 5:3, Ephesians 5:5-6) as the great treasures of life. Believers, though, know an ultimate day of appraisal is coming, when the true value of all things will become apparent (, Ephesians 5:6). Instead of placing their bid on partying and drunkenness, they treasure, among other things, “all that is good and right and true” (Ephesians 5:9, ESV) in Christ. Paul, thus, urges them to snap up the bargains found in Christ as they live (as we all do) on the threshold of eternity (Ephesians 5:15-17).
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, August 26.
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La Asociación de Potomac emitió la siguiente declaración en relación con la Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día Hispana de Gaithersburg. (Puedes leer la historia sobre el conflicto de la iglesia con la Conferencia de Potomac y su pastor aquí). La Conferencia de Potomac refleja el talento, el compromiso y los recursos combinados de nuestras iglesias, […] Source: https://atoday.org/la-asociacion-del-potomac-publica-una-declaracion-sobre-gaithersburg-y-esteban-bohr/
Stanborough Press Open Day 2023 Promo Video
Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-08-18/1664/
The Mission program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church is an opportunity for us to understand the needs of others and share in supporting them. Please click on the image below to watch the Mission Spotlight presentation for this week: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUGhLWPOz0o&w=560&h=315]
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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/mission-spotlight-for-august-19/
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