By Jim Wibberding | 14 May 2021 | Jennie[1] sank into a window seat, placed the leather satchel at her feet, and smoothed her blue cotton dress. As the railcar lurched and screeched into motion, she squinted out at the early twentieth-century bustle. Jennie Ireland had poured ten years into this place, giving free healthcare […] Source: https://atoday.org/white-woman-in-a-black-town-the-jennie-ireland-story/
New Zealand Man Who Taught at Adventist School Accused of Illegal Sex Acts Involving Shoes
14 May 2021 | Malachai Scott Roger Wylie, a student teacher in New Zealand, is accused of what the country’s Stuff news site described as “sexual acts with other people’s shoes for fetish websites.” In addition to student teaching posts at other institutions, Stuff reports that Wylie had a placement at Longburn Adventist College (an […] Source: https://atoday.org/nz-man-who-taught-at-adventist-school-accused-of-illegal-sex-acts-involving-shoes/
Brazilian Adventists Reach Out to Circus Performers Affected by Pandemic
14 May 2021 | Adventists from the Vicente Pires congregation in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil recently reported outreach efforts to circus performers connected to Circo Portugal in the Taguatinga area of the Federal District. The congregation, together with other Adventists, had been looking for ways to reach out to people suffering from loss of […] Source: https://atoday.org/brazilian-adventists-reach-out-to-circus-performers-affected-by-pandemic/
ADRA and ACS Help Hundreds of Cash-Strapped Families in the Philippines Who Lost Homes in Residential Fire
On March 19, a deadly fire broke out in a residential area of Kawit, Cavite, and left approximately 80 percent of homes destroyed. About 1,079 individuals from 511 families were affected, and 450 survivors had their homes totally devastated by the fire. ADRA made the decision to implement a cash response so that survivors who lost […] Source: https://atoday.org/adra-and-acs-help-hundreds-of-cash-strapped-families-in-the-philippines-who-lost-homes-in-residential-fire/
Sabbath: Covenant Law
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Sabbath Afternoon
Read for This Week’s Study: Exod. 19:6, Isa. 56:7, Heb. 2:9, Deut. 4:13, Deut. 10:13, Amos 3:3, Gen. 18:19.
Memory Text: “Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments” (Deuteronomy 7:9, NIV).
One of the important phrases in Psalm 23 indicates where God desires to lead us. “He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake,” David declares in verse 3 (emphasis supplied). Because of His own moral uprightness, God will never lead us astray. He will provide safe paths for our spiritual walk through life.
What are the safe “paths of righteousness”? A writer of another psalm answers this question through a prayer request: “Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight” (Ps. 119:35, emphasis supplied). “All thy commandments are righteousness” (Ps. 119:172). God’s law is a safe, firm path through the treacherous swamp of human existence.
Our lesson this week centers on God’s law and its place in the Sinai covenant.
The Week at a Glance: What did Israel’s election mean? How does Israel’s election parallel our own? How important was the law in the covenant? Does the covenant come unconditionally? Why is obedience such an integral part of the covenant relationship?
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, May 22.
Amen!
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