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Bethel Lutheran Church Volunteer Ministry
“Hurricane Katrina was an act of nature; what is happening here
is an act of God.”
Home Page:
http://myweb.cableone.net/LESMBETH/index.htm
http://myweb.cableone.net/LESMBETH/index_files/Page451.htm
The Bethel Lutheran Church Volunteer Ministry developed in
response to meet the needs of fellow Coast residents.
This ministry
continues today as there are many needs in south Mississippi to
recover from the most destructive hurricane in U.S. history.
Philip M. Manogg,
Team Leader, Ohio (Buckeye Biloxi Band)
Contact Via Links (below)
Home Page:
http://myweb.cableone.net/LESMBETH/index.htm
http://myweb.cableone.net/LESMBETH/index_files/Page451.htm
Email: 
Trip 3 Is Now
Completed.
Trip 4 03/21/08 -
3/29/08
Trip 5 06/27/08 -
07/05/08
Trip 6 To Be
Determined - in Fall 2008
Level 1 - Unskilled, but
willing to try
Level 2 - Have done - but
need help
Level 3 - Can do the job
by myself
Level 4 - Can do well and
lead others
Level 5 -
Licensed/Professional
Order of the British Empire (OBE) Awarded to ADRA UK Board MemberLondon, England—Joan Saddler, who serves on the board for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency www.adra.org/ (ADRA) in the United Kingdom, received the Order of the British Empire (OBE) from Queen Elizabeth II on December 6 during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The award recognized Saddler’s promotion of equality and diversity in healthcare, volunteer service, and for her work with ADRA. The award was created by King George V in 1917 and is the order of chivalry of British democracy. “Valuable service is the only criterion for the award,” states the Buckingham Palace Web site. Only 240 people a year receive the award out of a population of 61 million. Saddler is the second person with connections to ADRA to receive the order in the last two years. In 2006, John Arthur, former director of ADRA in Trans-Europe, received the OBE for his nearly four decades of outstanding humanitarian service, including his efforts in Albania, Sarajevo, and Kosovo. Saddler has served for years in the voluntary sector mentoring ethnic minorities and publicizing healthcare information for citizens. In 2003 she became chair of Waltham Forest PCT, which subsequently became the first organization to publish performance evaluations for every general practitioner in the local newspaper. Saddler has served on committees for a range of local and regional agencies and is a member of the ADRA UK board. In 1998 she developed a mentoring program for black women managers in Islington. Saddler founded Direct Consultancy, which provides research and capacity building programs for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities, and is a founding member of the Haringey Women’s Forum, an advice and information service. She jointly proposed and is co-chair of the National Health Service BME Leadership Forum, which mentors 75 BME leaders in influencing the NHS health and social care policy. -END- Source: Adventist News Network</ br> Author: Richard de Lisser/ANN Staff/ADRA International Media Contact:
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ADRA International
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Since 1879 Adventist Community Services: California Wildfires USA - Donate www.adra.org Adventist Development & Relief Agency ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency http://www.adra.org/ Est. 1956. International (ADRA) is an independent humanitarian agency, in more than 120 countries without regard to age, ethnicity, politics or religion. Financial Rating as reported by Charity Navigator http://www.charitynavigator.org/ Report: http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/8078.htm ADRA Email Update October 26, 2006 A Message from Pastor Tom Hughes... & Locate Free Sermons DivorceCare Seminar - Heath, Ohio 43056 USA - Details www.DivorceCare.com Language Tools-Translate Countries of the World Tell-a-Friend Faith in Modern Times...  Natural Disasters & Weather Alerts Welcome to Intellicast Weather
www.intellicast.com Fox News <Natural Disasters> Search Boxwww.Weather.com www.MapQuest.com Natural Disasters Summary Space Weather Tsunami: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TsunamiClimate Science Watch http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/ Details Fire Whirl Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl A Perspective on Weather Religious Discrimination Litigation Report News Briefs/Alerts! √ Archived News√ As early as Wednesday (October 24, 2007), The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) H.R. 3685 is expected to be debated and voted on in the U.S. House of Representatives. If signed into law, ENDA would place "sexual orientation" into a category similar to race, gender and age and FORCE employers and even Christian businesses, Boy Scouts, universities, schools religious radio and television stations and daycares to violate their religious beliefs by hiring applicants whose behavior is considered sinful and bizarre. Source/Story www.afa.net email October 23, 2007 World Updates: SDA Seventh-Day Adventist Church ...update Annual Conference 2007 Update 1 Can a Four Year Old Change the World? Source: http://www.hannahssocks.org/hannahs-story U.S. Department of State China (includes Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
March 8, 2006 The section for Tibet, the report for Hong Kong, and the report for Macau are appended below.) Source: http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm 
Source: http://www.ReligiousLiberty.info After news of Verizon’s censorship hit the front page of the New York Times, and sparked a public outcry, the company quickly backpedaled. Verizon issued an apology and blamed the blocking on a “dusty internal policy,” while still reserving the right to block text messages in the future at its discretion. Source: http://www.freepress.net/news/27062 Laura Bush, while vacationing at the family ranch here in August, was going through news clippings sent by her staff back in Washington when she read about the burgeoning protests and arrests in Burma. She grew alarmed enough that, as soon as she got back to Washington, she picked up the telephone and called the U.N. secretary general. And ever since, she has waged a campaign to rally world pressure on Burma's military junta.Source: http://www.dassk.com/contents.php?id=1351 
Paulsen asked pastors to trust young men and women who show spiritual maturity, elect them as elders and not wait until they are 50 years old. Carlton P. Byrd, a pastor from Atlanta, Georgia, brought up the challenge of conducting evangelism at local churches, sometimes with insufficient funds. "Salvation is free, but ministry takes money," he said. Paulsen responded by describing the church's tithing commission, a group of more than 100 members from around the world meeting to examine the church's use of funds. He said he didn't want to guess what the commission was trying to do, but suggested the group was considering channeling more funds to local churches. Paulsen urged patience in waiting for their report which he said would be presented in October, 2009.Source/Story: http://www.AdventistReview.org/article.php?id=1409 Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_and_Prosperity Partnership_of_North_America United States of AT&T DateLine: September 17, 2007 http://www.FreePress.net/Source/Story: http://www.FreePress.net/news/26187 Well today, one of AT&T’s former key attorneys, Peter Keisler, just took over the Department of Justice. In other words, both in and out of government, Keisler has represented AT&T’s interests masterfully. Electronic Freedom Foundation Subscribe to EFFector! [our free email newsletter] Update: Sept 26, 2007 Update: October 3, 2007 Telecoms Want Amnesty for Lawbreaking
A Roundup of Coverage from Around the Internet. Update: October 9, 2007 NeighborWorks America creates opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. NeighborWorks Announces Foreclosure Prevention Campaign http://www.nw.org/network/home.asp Cigarette Hazards—Resultant Effects: What The Record Shows from 1527 to Present "Tobacco alone is predicted to kill a billion people this [21st] century..." Why Smokers Don't Associate Tobacco Effects With Tobacco ". . . the immediate effect of smoking . . . is a lowering of the accuracy of finely coordinated reactions (including associative thought processes)."—John H. Kellogg, M.D., LL.D., F.A.C.S., Tobaccoism, or, How Tobacco Kills (Battle Creek, MI: The Modern Medicine Publishing Co, 1922), p 88. Source: http://medicolegal.tripod.com/effects.htm Might not reflect later edits to articles.Youth and Drugs pg.139 Weighing Time & Will You Stand The Test? pgs. 42 & 43 Source: Maranatha: The Lord Is Coming by Ellen White 1976. Review and Herald Publishing Association, Washington, DC, USA International PEN's Writers in Prison Committee works on behalf of persecuted writers worldwide. Established in 1960 in response to increasing attempts to silence voices of dissent by imprisoning writers, the Writers in Prison Committee monitors the cases of over 900 writers who have been imprisoned, tortured, threatened, attacked, made to disappear, and killed for the peaceful practice of their profession. It publishes a bi-annual Case List documenting free expression violations against writers around the world. The Committee also coordinates the International PEN membership's campaign towards an end to these attacks and to the suppression of freedom of expression world wide. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_PEN Might not reflect later edits to wikipedia articles. http://www.InternationalPen.org.uk/ •The Washington Post recently reported that Adventist member Roscoe Bartlett, a graduate of Columbia Union College and Congressman of Maryland’s 6th district, has decided to seek an eighth term in office. At 80 years old, he’s also been a professor, a scientist, a farmer, and an inventor. Source/Story: Read more about him at http://bartlett.house.gov/Biography/. Remembering... On 9/11/2001, Rodriguez single-handedly rescued fifteen (15) persons from the World Trade Center, and as Rodriguez was the only person at the site with the master key to the North Tower stairwells. He bravely led firefighters up the stairwell, unlocking doors as they ascended, thereby aiding in the successful evacuation of unknown hundreds of those who survived. Source: Click> http://william911.com/Nearly 60 years ago, a young Seventh-day Adventist who refused to bear arms... was responsible for one of the greatest acts of heroism by a single person in combat. The film: "The Conscientious Objector" Desmond Doss received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945. Read Movie Review! Adventist Review ...more on Desmond Doss By Nancy J. Krone September 13th 2007 Nancy Krone passed away. When get more details I will pass them on. Nancy was an Elder in the Morgantown Church (USA) and a Head Elder for many years. She served for decades, and one of the finest elders I have observed. She wrote this sermon, and preached and gave studies often. She was one of Debbie's and my closest friends. She was one of the finest Christian ladies I have ever known. A mighty warrior in Israel has fallen, and we have been grieving for her. Her sermons and ministry of love will live on, and bring forth fruit into eternity. We pray that God will comfort Suzanna and Charlie Krone in this terrible hour of loss. Nancy was such a dear friend, for so long, it really hurts. Please keep the family in your prayers. May she rest in peace. This is not good bye; it's see you soon when Jesus comes! Pastor Tom Hughes Ordination of Women: The Priesthood of All Believers...The Ohio Conference and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church does not discriminate when it comes to men or women in ministry. The policy of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church:
...both men and women can be elders,
...both men and women can be deacons,
...both men and women can preach;
...both men and women could be deaconesses. Do you know why? Because it all comes from the same Greek word. “Deacon” or “deaconess” does not exist in the Scriptures. There is no gender differentiation there. It’s the same word used for both. More... Dear Friends of Association of Adventist Women:
You are cordially invited to attend the 25th Anniversary AAW Conference to be held at the Hilton Hotel Silver Spring, October 24-28, 2007, where your input counts, where your opinions matter.
· We will review biblical principles of inclusion.
· We will learn new details about early Adventism’s traditions.
· We will review the landmarks in AAW’s history, our goals, and our accomplishments.
· We will look at the issues which call for our prophetic voices.
· We will analyze strategies for breaking through barriers that we still face.
· We will honor and be inspired by women of action who, deeply rooted in God’s love, are making a difference in the world.
· We will reaffirm our goal of a unified Christian community, where there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female, because we are all one in Christ Jesus.
We need your participation as we plan for the future. Come help the church become a place where every person is treated with dignity, and where every voice is heard.
With warm regards and best wishes,
Verla Michel Kwiram, President
Association of Adventist Women
http://adventist-women.org/ ______________________________________________
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Pastor’s & Elder’s Handbook for Women’s Ministries
A Complete Guide for Local Church Leaders A new resource has just been released for use in Women’s Ministries. The new “Pastor’s & Elder’s Handbook for Women’s Ministries” is a condensation of the General Conference Women’s Ministries Handbook is now available for local church leaders. Source: http://wm.gc.adventist.org/ Diebold's new touch screen voting machines have no paper trail of any votes. In other words, there is no way to verify that the data coming out of the machine is the same as what was legitimately put in by voters. Story/Source: http://www.SourceWatch.org/index.php?title=Diebold More on Electronic Media... Today's News: Digital Divide Explained! With U.S.A. Congress unable to reach an agreement on sweeping changes to the nation’s communications laws, the debate is shifting to the individual states. Click> http://www.FreePress.net/statetracker/ [Source] Led primarily by Democrats, the push to enact a law prohibiting broadband providers from charging content providers extra fees for priority placement or faster delivery failed last year in both chambers of a Republican-controlled Congress. From CNet, Monday, September 17, 2007
By Anne Broache Source/Story: http://www.freepress.net/news/26188 According to the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16:15), I believe we are commissioned to go into all the world - to preach, teach, publish, translate, broadcast, chat, Skype, download, upload, text, and blog the Good News to all mankind. I think Jesus would include every modern means of communication to bring the good news of salvation to the world." --Raafat Kamal, Field Secretary, Global Mission
and Stewardship director of the Trans-European Division Internet Evangelism Sources 
Click here to enlarge.It is 231 years to the day since 56 men put their signatures to a piece of parchment destined to change the world forever. North American Religious Liberty Association http://ReligiousLiberty.info/ ...God freely gives and would have us freely receive. The New Testament states that the laborer is worthy of his hire. If you have benefited from these materials I encourage you to prayerfully consider --if you desire--whether you can send some sum, whether small or large, to aid in covering the costs. Whatever you may choose to do, know that I insist that you may freely reproduce, transmit, the sermons located on this site that come from my pen. Pastor Tom Hughes Pastor Tom Hughes' Free E-book Sermons 
Print Out... Copy... Email... Fax... Distribute... Free! Feel free to copy and use my sermons on this website and use as your own. ...Pastor Tom Hughes The Present Future- Part 2 Are you experiencing an abundant life and a missionary lifestyle or are you just going to church? The New Reformation is about freeing God’s people from church institution and decentralizing ministry from the church building to the community. Church members are no longer willing to have some clergyman script their personal ministry journey. The church is to be closer to the world and not aloof from it but not of it. This new movement will distinguish between merely religious church people and Jesus people. Kept From Falling Letter From Father Why We Must Suffer Glued to God Resurrection Prophecy... Predicts! Check out historical evidence of fulfilled prophecies... Ever wondered if the bible is actually true and can be proven with historical evidence? 
General Bible Prophecies Fulfilled Christ Our Righteousness Prophecies Jesus Fulfilled Debunking the Da Vinci Code: The Da Vinci Code - Part 1 Was the Resurrection Real? The Da Vinci Code - Part 2 Does the Lord Have A Day? Reference The Da Vinci Code - Part 3 Is the Old Testament Authentic? The Da Vinci Code - Part 4 Is the New Testament Credible? Handout The Da Vinci Code - Part 5 Was Jesus The Messiah? Da Vinci Code - Part 6 Was Jesus God and Man? The Da Vinci Code - Part 7 Was Jesus Married? Identity of Mary Magdalene Handout - True/False Quiz Christ's Ministry Now... in the Heavenly Sanctuary: The Prophecy That Failed Heavenly Sanctuary Part I Heavenly Sanctuary II Heavenly Sanctuary III Sanctuary Laws 1-2-3 Iniquity Holy Things Handout Sanctuary Priest Adventist Wedge Issues These issues have always worked in the past and they are working now! Let's talk about them, not for the purpose of making them our focus, but to show how ridiculous it is to put these issues in place of Jesus Christ. 1. what they wear - focusing on extremes in dress.
2. what they eat - focusing on the extremes in diet.
3. perfection rather than him who is perfection.
4. the Nature of Christ rather than worshiping Christ. 5. more... The 144,000 The Righteousness of Christ The Focus of Our Faith Signs of Christ's Coming I Signs of Christ's Coming II Now in 2 Peter 3:3-4, it says in the last days, there will be scoffers, and doubters, and unbelievers.
“First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.
Spiritual Warfare Part I Spiritual Warfare Part II Spiritual Pre-Flight Checklist Bible Breakfast The New Jerusalem The Vine Ordination of Women: The Priesthood of All Believers... The Ohio Conference and the Seventh-Day Adventist Church does not discriminate when it comes to men or women in ministry. The policy of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church:
...both men and women can be elders,
...both men and women can be deacons,
...both men and women can preach;
...both men and women could be deaconesses. Do you know why? Because it all comes from the same Greek word. “Deacon” or “deaconess” does not exist in the Scriptures. There is no gender differentiation there. It’s the same word used for both. More... Women in Ministry Worse When We Pray God's Arithmetic Testimony of a Tax Collector One Man's Obedience A Lion in a Den of Daniels The Man Whose Hand Clave to His Sword Christ Our Righteousness The Living Bread Living Water The Resurrection Accept God's Love Christ's Passion is You! The People of God God-Fearing People Shoot Your Own Side First Why Crawl? Prayer Enrichment Session Lead Someone to Jesus Musical Instruments Biblical Worship - Instrument Pentecostal Fireworks Marriage-Symbol of Unity Beatitudes for the Home Apocalypse in Marriage Communion Service Children at Communion The First Angel's Message Prayer of Faith At A Distance Ali Benitez, Intern The Present Future- Part 1 As time went on, the church gradually lost sight of this missional covenant. God wanted them to expand the kingdom. Now the expansion of the kingdom is not building buildings, it is taking the gospel to a dying world and becoming a partner with God in redeeming fallen sinners from their lost condition. But it has instead grown to look at the church as a clubhouse where religious people hang out with other people who think, dress, eat, vote, believe, and behave like them. Most Christians were led to believe they would experience an abundant life. -- One that would be filled with adventure. A life that would give them the thrill of helping people find their way into God’s Kingdom. Instead, they have been brought into church captivity, only to do what’s good for the club, not having much of an impact on the lost souls in the community at all. This was not what they were promised. Where is the abundant life? Where is the thrill of winning others to Christ? Where is that joy-filled abundant life that I was told I would have when I gave my life to Jesus? Like a lifeboat station that was established on the coastline to rescue perishing sinners, this perishing sinner ministry has become a country club, where we no longer brave the waters and launch out into the sea to save drowning sinners. Do we sometimes forget that the church was established in the first place for the purpose of rescuing people: our brothers and sisters, our neighbors and friends, the people we work with, the people we shop with? If we are going to be a twenty-first century church that is relevant and missional in its outlook we must create a whole new mental landscape. Have our church members ever really experienced what missional living is all about or are they just experiencing Church? The headlines herald... "War in the Middle East" Clean Clothes New __________________________________ The Arrival of the Son of Man - Jesus Christ - on Earth!His second coming will not be a secret. Every eye shall see Him! There will not be a private quiet secret resurrection!Matthew 24:23-51 The Message Bible The Arrival of the Son of Man 23-25"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, 'Here's the Messiah!' or points, 'There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I've given you fair warning. 26-28"So if they say, 'Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, 'Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn't something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it's not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds. 29"Following those hard times,
Sun will fade out,
moon cloud over,
Stars fall out of the sky,
cosmic powers tremble. 30-31"Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it. Unready people all over the world, outsiders to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he'll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God's chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole. 32-35"Take a lesson from the fig tree. From the moment you notice its buds form, the merest hint of green, you know summer's just around the corner. So it is with you: When you see all these things, you'll know he's at the door. Don't take this lightly. I'm not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place. Sky and earth will wear out; my words won't wear out. 36"But the exact day and hour? No one knows that, not even heaven's angels, not even the Son. Only the Father knows. 37-39"The Arrival of the Son of Man will take place in times like Noah's. Before the great flood everyone was carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ark. They knew nothing—until the flood hit and swept everything away. 39-44"The Son of Man's Arrival will be like that: Two men will be working in the field—one will be taken, one left behind; two women will be grinding at the mill—one will be taken, one left behind. So stay awake, alert. You have no idea what day your Master will show up. But you do know this: You know that if the homeowner had known what time of night the burglar would arrive, he would have been there with his dogs to prevent the break-in. Be vigilant just like that. You have no idea when the Son of Man is going to show up. 45-47"Who here qualifies for the job of overseeing the kitchen? A person the Master can depend on to feed the workers on time each day. Someone the Master can drop in on unannounced and always find him doing his job. A God-blessed man or woman, I tell you. It won't be long before the Master will put this person in charge of the whole operation. 48-51"But if that person only looks out for himself, and the minute the Master is away does what he pleases—abusing the help and throwing drunken parties for his friends—the Master is going to show up when he least expects it and make hash of him. He'll end up in the dump with the hypocrites, out in the cold shivering, teeth chattering." Matthew 24 __________________________________ Just-in-Time Education Consider that since 1950, the sum of all human knowledge has doubled. By the year 2020, that doubling will occur every 73 days. Just-in-Time education teaches us what we need, when we need it. Interestingly, it's the educational translation of the concept of "Just-in-Time Manufacturing" which has brought new levels of efficiency to the economy. The analogy: Why warehouse useless information in our brains? The downside of this - everything in life isn't about immediate application of learning. There is value in accumulated wisdom, and the most inspired problem solving comes from the application of ideas that may not be and usually aren't immediately related to the task at hand. Sir Thomas Elyot compiled a "dictionary of new and useful words in English for the benefit of [his] countrymen." His contributions include: "involve," "exactly", "articulate," "clemency," "democracy," "education," "loyalty," "society," and "mediocrity." Shakespeare... was responsible for thousand of words including "critic," "majestic," "laughable," "courtship," "negotiate," "leapfrog," and "lonely."Source: Dictionary of the Future, ISBN# 0-7868-6657-8 Published 2001 "In hundreds of classrooms it is being taught daily that the Decalogue (The 10 Commandments) is no more sacred than a syllabus; that the home intuition is doomed; that there are no absolute evils; that immorality is simply an act in contravention of the revolutionary and sensational teachings submitted with an academic warrant to the minds of hundreds of thousands of students in the United States." Cosmopolitan Magazine, May, 1909, by Mr. Harold Bolce., Page 665. What is taught in schools: "The infidelity of the present age, under the seductive names of "science," "higher criticism," "evolution," and "modern liberalism," has permeated most of the theological colleges of the land, and to a large extent has made serious incursions into the Protestant churches" "The result of modern liberalism has been all too apparent in the work of the Protestant churches. Writers in the various communions have freely pointed out the lack of interest in the preaching of the gospel and the decline of missions in particular. One writer states the situation in this way: "Too largely I suspect our churches have become weak, uncertain of their purpose, lifeless, characterized by a deadly respectability and lacking a sense of mission. The average congregation is primarily concerned with raising enough money to pay the pastor and to keep the property in good repair. There is little a deep-seated conviction any longer that 'we have a story to tell to the nations.' The gospel of salvation and evangelism as respects the whole world has been diluted into a satisfactory and responsible ethic and the church is a society of good people who want the blessings of religion to attend them during their moments of exaltation or grief, but are quite absent themselves from the church and its divine mission so long as they can clothe themselves in the aura of respectability which attaches to church membership. Is this too caustic an indictment of the church. ...Missionary boards may persuade themselves that the falling off in their receipts is due to higher taxes and lowered incomes, but pastors who are in touch with donors recognize a definite resistance to making donations destined for extension of the gospel beyond our borders. But there is a redeeming feature in this picture. Degenerate as Babylon has become as a body, there are exceptions to the general rule; for God has still a people there, and she (the church) must be entitled to some regard on their account until all who will answer are called for her communion. Source: The Prophecies of Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith, Review & Herald Publishing Association, Takoma Park, Washington D.C., USA, Published 1944, Pages 71, 720, 723 |
