30 August 2019 | Hannele Ottschofski, Mit am Tisch: Frauen in der Freikirche der Siebenten-Tags-Adventisten. 169 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1096263340, approx. $ 10.00 Reviewed by Andreas Bochmann How can one write about the controversial issue of the role of women in the Seventh-day Adventist Church? There are numerous books and scholarly publications on the question of […] Source: https://atoday.org/mit-am-tisch-frauen-in-der-freikirche-der-siebenten-tags-adventisten/
Sabbath Revisited: How Our Family Returned to a Traditional Sabbath Observance
by Robbin Lewis | 30 August 2019 | I grew up in a fairly strict Adventist home. My parents were, if nothing else, consistent. We all knew the rules. Prepare your clothes on Thursday night for church. Prepare your food for Sabbath on “preparation-day Friday”—the goal was to have everything done before sunset. And of […] Source: https://atoday.org/sabbath-1-0-how-our-family-returned-to-a-traditional-sabbath-observance/
Sabbath: Living the Gospel
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Read for This Week’s Study: Rom. 8:20-23; John 3:16-17; Matt. 9:36; Eph. 2:8-10; 1 John 3:16-17; Rev. 14:6-7.
Memory Text: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:8-10, NKJV).
As soon as we talk about God’s commands, requirements or instructions, we run the risk—or even face the temptation—of thinking that somehow what we do can earn or contribute to our salvation or otherwise gain favor with God. But the Bible tells us repeatedly that we are sinners saved by God’s grace through Jesus and His substitutionary death for us on the cross. What could we possibly add to this in any way? Or, as Ellen G. White has written: “If you would gather together everything that is good and holy and noble and lovely in man and then present the subject to the angels of God as acting a part in the salvation of the human soul or in merit, the proposition would be rejected as treason”. – Faith and Works, p. 24.
Thus, too, even our works of mercy and compassion toward those in need should not be seen as legalistic. On the contrary, as we grow in our understanding and appreciation of salvation, the link between God’s love and His concern for the poor and oppressed will be passed on to us, recipients of His love. We have received, so we will give. When we see how God so loved us, we also see how much He loves others and calls us to love them, as well.
Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, September 7.
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Police Investigate Alleged Death Threats Against Nairobi Central SDA Pastor
29 August 2019 | Police in Nairobi are investigating alleged death threats against the senior pastor of Nairobi Central SDA Church. The congregation has been the scene of major controversy over the last several weeks, with physical violence and other disruptions leading to the temporary shuttering of the church by authorities this month. Pastor Jean […] Source: https://atoday.org/police-investigate-alleged-death-threats-against-nairobi-central-sda-pastor/
Church Could Be Making You Fat
29 August 2019 | According to data from Duke’s Samuel DuBois Cook Center for Social Equity, black men attending church almost daily were almost three times as likely to be obese than those who didn’t go to church or rarely went. The study in question was titled “Investigating Denominational and Church Attendance Differences in Obesity […] Source: https://atoday.org/church-could-be-making-you-fat/
