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I once attended an evangelism seminar where a peculiar view of missionary work was taught. According to the presenter, one is considered a missionary only if they leave their vocation and professional work to go to unreached areas to evangelize and found churches. To me, this sounded overly simplistic. I was left contemplating, if “every truly-converted soul […]
“He’s lying.” “No, he’s lying!” “No! He’s lying!!!” Perhaps you’ve witnessed an argument like this between two children before. Imagine the frustration you would feel if you were the child who was actually telling the truth. How could you convince your parents that you weren’t the one lying? This situation is not unique to humankind. God found Himself in
“We have come to a time when every member of the church should take hold of medical missionary work.”[1] When this small but mighty quote was first shared with me, I was stunned because “every member of the church”[2] includes not just the ones who are in the medical field or the ones serving as missionaries overseas—but even those who
It was Monday afternoon, and my excitement grew as I prepared to interview one of the Bible workers from the Total Wellness program. All summer, I had heard small snippets of the work that they had been doing, but now I would finally have an opportunity to hear stories and details of their experience. As soon as
Twenty-first Century Pioneers Read More »
What is a marriage? A marriage is the union of two separate individuals in an intimate, lifelong relationship of unified purpose and love. The first example of marriage is found in the book of Genesis; “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one
Oftentimes, when we think of the term “medical missionary”, an image is conjured of a physician working in the remote jungles of Africa, the Amazon, or Southeast Asia. We believe that there are only two career paths to be taken by young people who have been given the gift of intelligence and the burden to
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Think about this question before reading any further: What do cars, armies, corporations, courtrooms, and the solar system all have in common? Seriously, think about it for a minute and see what answers you come up with. Perhaps you’re thinking, they all have something to do with people, but that’s not the answer. Maybe you’re thinking, each one
On January 20, 1961, over twenty thousand Americans huddled in the sub-freezing temperatures of Washington D.C., watching as the Supreme Court clerk held up the large Fitzgerald family Bible. The white marble of America’s Capitol building bleakly blended with the deep snows around; the top of its dome was lashed by the arctic winds. The
Have you ever been in a church where going on outreach with your fellow church members moved slower than molasses and was more painful than having teeth pulled? Maybe your church is shrinking, but you can’t seem to steal enough youth from the other Adventist churches to bring in the crowds. Or did your church
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(originally published as ‘Christ Man’s Example’ in the Review and Herald, July 5, 1887) Jesus prayed for His future disciples, including His end-time Church, “that they all may be one… [so] that the world may believe that You sent Me.”[1] Notice that Jesus stakes the world’s acceptance of Him upon the unity of the Church. When the Church
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