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30 October 2024 | Channel 4 has released evidence against Dr. Donald Kelly, once a prominent member of the South England Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church. Dr. Kelly has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting young black men, starting in the 1960s. The accusations are given posthumously, since Kelly died of cancer […] Source: https://atoday.org/channel-4-news-releases-evidence-surrounding-sexual-abuse-claims-against-uk-sda-church-member/
El Este peninsular de España está siendo afectado por la Depresión Aislada en Niveles Altos (DANA), “es una depresión (o borrasca) aislada en niveles atmosféricos altos, formada por aire frío”. Cabe recordar que, en meteorología, una depresión es “una zona donde la presión atmosférica es más baja que la del aire que la rodea”, según […] Source: https://atoday.org/adventistas-en-espana-se-unen-para-ayudar-a-familias-afectadas-por-la-catastrofe-dana/
by Jack Hoehn I remember the days of old. I ponder all your great works and think about what you have done. I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Come quickly, Lord, and answer me, for my depression deepens. (from Psalm 143) Remembering, […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-body-temple-minding-the-brain/
30 October 2024 | Without the court-protected, faith-based, healthcare corporations of modern America, our healthcare non-system would collapse. So how do faith-based healthcare corporations manage the necessary conflicts between their religion’s doctrinal stance and caring for a diverse public? Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, a new era of approaching women’s reproductive rights and health […] Source: https://atoday.org/atss-mark-f-carr-what-is-the-unborn-child-american-faith-based-healthcare-abortion-and-the-culture-wars/
Daily Lesson for Thursday 31st of October 2024
Jesus’ discussion with the woman was interrupted by the arrival of the disciples. Though surprised that He was speaking with a woman, they did not question Him. Instead, they urged Him to eat.
The woman, meanwhile, left her water pot and rushed into the city to share with others what she had just experienced with Jesus.
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It seems strange that Jesus’ narrative about a harvest would interrupt the story of the conversion of many in the city. But John wants us to see how Jesus understood what was happening. Sharing the plan of salvation with a Samaritan woman was far more important to Him than eating. To lead souls to salvation was His purpose, and He used this occasion to teach His disciples the urgency of sharing the gospel with all people, even with those not like them.
There are many high points in the Gospel of John. Surely John 4:39-42 is among them. Many of the Samaritans believed because of the woman’s testimony: “ ‘He told me all that I ever did’ ” (John 4:39, NKJV).
The Samaritans asked Jesus to stay with them. The result was that many more believed because of the Word of Jesus. “Then they said to the woman, ‘Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world’ ” (John 4:42, NKJV).
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What should this story tell us about how powerful the witness of even one person can be? How powerful a witness are you to what Jesus has done in your life? |
(0)Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24d-05-the-testimony-of-the-samaritans-2/
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