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(N) Isaiah 60:18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise.

(N) Isaiah 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

In the following article, a retired SDA pastor reports on his experience of attending church services on a Sunday. See; https://atoday.org/i-went-to-church-last-sunday/ I have taken a slightly different approach, as I state in the following which I posted in response to his article: As a Federal Chaplain I often attended Catholic services when we used a contract priest because I wanted to better understand what they needed, and how they could better be served. As a SDA congregational pastor, I found that I had better relations with local pastors when I had attended their services on occasion. When I had SDA members married to members of other congregations, I had better relations with the non-SDA when I occasionally attended their preferred church and had something good to say about it.

This is offensive as all get out. Wow! Where is the ignore button?

Associated with this general subject, but with some differences, is an article by Reinder Bruinsma, which is well worthy of reading. See: https://atoday.org/loyalty-to-our-tradition-and-appreciating-beauty-elsewhere/

The official teaching of the SDA Church is: * God has a Sabbath and that Sabbath occurs on the day that in the English-speaking world is normally called Saturday. Yes, there is a small section of the world where that Sabbath is thought to occur in the day named Sunday and in that small part of the world, the official SDA Church holds services on Sunday. * Irrespective of the Sabbath, God may be worshiped on any (every) day of the week, including Sunday. Worship alone does not qualify a day as the Sabbath of God.

(N) Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

For more information see the post SDA School Shooting, also posted in this section of CA.

The Oxford Handbook of Adventism is a recent addition to the Oxford Handbooks that has been produced by the Oxford University Press. Amazon is currently selling it for the lowest price. For a critical review of it by the Adventist Scholar and Administer, Reinder Bruinsma, see: https://spectrummagazine.org/culture/books-film/does-the-oxford-handbook-of-seventh-day-adventism-accurately-represent-the-faith-community-a-review/ Detailed information about it may be found at: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/56488 It is edited by five people, four of whom were Adventist scholars. Thirty-seven scholars contributed to writing it. Thirty-three of them were Adventists. It contains thirty-eight chapters which are divided into Seven major sections.. Those sections are as follow: Part I: History of Adventism, 4 chapters. Part II: Scripture, Inspiration, and Ellen G. White, 3 chapters. Part iii, Theology, 9 chapters. Part IV, Worship, Preaching, and Ordinances, 8 chapters. Part V, Organization and Ministry, 5 Chapters. Part VI, Global church, 7 chapters.. Part VII, Culture, Ethics, and Politics, 7 Chapters. In my initial approach to the book I went to the areas that I considered myself to be well informed about. In all cases, I found additional information of which I had not been aware. I have been further impressed by the depth of the discussion and its balance. In some cases, I might have taken more of a position, but, the book is fairer in presenting the diversity that exists within Adventism. The purchaser of this book will want to read the detailed review by Dr. Bruinsma. At the end of his review, he says: “After carefully reading the book I have concluded that it provides a remarkably balanced picture of Adventism. In multi-authored books, the academic quality and literary level can often be uneven. Although some stylistic differences are detectable, various chapters’ historic introductions overlap, and the writing is at times a bit denser than the majority of the chapters, these minor flaws do not tarnish the book’s content Moreover, the book avoids a public relations approach, which constantly emphasizes the great accomplishments of the church while de-emphasizing the problematic aspects of Adventism in the past and present. I believe, The Oxford Handbook of Seventh-day Adventism succeeds in positioning the Adventist tradition as a serious, and important player in Christianity, and in showing that—in spite of its challenges and imperfections—the Adventist Church makes a meaningful, and increasingly global, contribution to the Christian mission in today’s increasingly secular world.”

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