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Former Teacher at 3 Adventist Schools Arrested, Accused of Abuse
Evidence discovered this summer that Perkins may have had “inappropriate contact with a minor.” Perkins taught at Harrisburg Adventist School, Bass Memorial Academy and Pine Tree Academy. Perkins arrested and charged with a third-degree felony. 17 November 2021 | David Perkins, a former teacher at Harrisburg Adventist School, Bass Memorial Academy and Pine Tree Academy, […] Source: https://atoday.org/former-teacher-at-3-adventist-schools-arrested-accused-of-abuse/
A cultural revolution
Alumnus Laurie Draper recalls the challenges and beauty of romance at Avondale during the 1950’s. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2021/11/17/a-cultural-revolution/
Wednesday: Not Too Hard for You
Deuteronomy 30 opens with the Lord telling what would happen if the people repented and turned away from their evil ways. What wonderful promises were offered them too!
Read Deuteronomy 30:1-10. What are the promises given them by God, even despite the fact that this is talking about what would happen to them if they disobeyed? What does this teach us about God’s grace?
That would certainly have been comforting to hear. However, the point was not that it doesn’t matter if they turn away from what God had commanded. The Lord doesn’t offer anyone cheap grace. If anything, it should have shown them God’s love, and thus, as a response, they would love Him back, revealing their love by being obedient to what He told them to do.
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Read Deuteronomy 30:11-14. What is the Lord saying to them there? What is the basic promise in these verses, and what New Testament texts can you think of that reflect the same promise?
With this beautiful language, and airtight logic, look at the appeal here. The Lord is not asking of them anything too hard to do. God’s command is not too “difficult” or “mysterious” for them to understand. Nor is it too far out of their reach to attain. It’s not way up in heaven, so far away that someone else has to get it for them; nor is it across the seas, so someone else must bring it to them. Instead, the Lord says: “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it” (Deuteronomy 30:14). That is, you know it well enough to be able to speak it, and it’s in your heart so you know that you must do it. Hence, there is no excuse for not obeying. “All His biddings are enablings.” — Ellen G. White, Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 333.
In fact, the apostle Paul quotes some of these verses in the context of salvation in Christ; that is, Paul refers to them as an example of righteousness by faith. (See Romans 10:6-10)
And then, after these verses in Deuteronomy, the children of Israel are told, yes, to choose life or death, blessing or cursing. And if, by grace and by faith, they choose life, they will have it.
It’s no different today, is it?
Amen!
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Countermanding the Words of God – 2
by John McLarty | 17 November 2021 | Of course, as believers, we would prefer to say this differently. We would say that doing right is the truest, purest interpretation of God’s words. If obeying God’s words leads someone to mistreat people, we would argue that the perpetrator has misunderstood God and that God’s words […] Source: https://atoday.org/74496-2/
