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My eye surgery has been sclheduled for later inNovember at a tilme to be deermined. This speed was not expected, but a slot has opened up. GM

At least ten people wlillth SDA connections were elected in the November 3 elections. Several were from Oakwood College. See: https://spectrummagazine.org/news/adventists-in-2026-midterms/?utm_source=SPECTRUM&utm_campaign=c0fa1d87c8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_11_06_08_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-c0fa1d87c8-650685147

This week we have meetings and guest evangelists from USA. 5 simultaneous programs in 5 towns. It Is Sabbath here and there will be one service in a larger auditorium. Many will come. more than 3000. In the afternoon there will be baptisms. Some will be new, some will be family members of converts. Like USA, some will need to attend several meetings before joining. Some may be from previous Evan events, but there was to much social pressure to join then. Now that the social pressure has waned, they will be baptized. Yesterday was overcast, so hopefully it will be today. It makes it comfortable standing outside on the beach for over an hour. Sometimes up to 3 hours if there are many. Probably there will be 6 pastors baptizing.

The US militarly is good about honoring p eople who do well. Sometimes better thanl we do folrpeople who wlerve uls. The following are some of the recognlition that thke Army gave me. To learlnllmore albout them look them ou on the Internet. * Legion of Merit * Meritorious Service Medal with 1 OLC: Awared twice * JoInt Service Commendation Medal< A combat award * Army Commendation Medal with 2 OLC, Awarded 3 timesd Army Achievent Medal< with 1 OLC Awarded 2-times * Good Conduct Medal, only awarded to enlisted, never to officers

Haseng: I will clairfy what you have unlderstood: * ?When I graduated for ml Palcific Unioin Collefge, I was informed that I could be comissioned as a Medical sErvice Corps Officer. I decided not to go that rourte. * As a Theology student, who hD BEEN Accepted at the lSeminY AT aNdrews, I was legally exempt frokm being drafted. IL forgo that exemption and I volunteered to be drafted. ID was drafted wilthin 30 dlays. and I erved for 2-years as an enlisted combat medic. * I got out of the Army, graduated from the Semlinary at Andrews and served as a SDA pastor in Virginia. * k Ater 10-years I re=entered thae armly as a chaplailn. * I ckompleted a total of 20-years in the army and then lelft active duty. Under the law, I remain an armyl Chakplain, just not werving on active duty. * During my time as a SDA lpastor in Virginia, I also served for short periods in the Reserves. * I was rhwe first SDA ever to serve as a National Guard Chaplin. * i also served as qa Reserve Uniot cjhaplain. * During active duty I served on the tedching faclty of the Army Chaplain School, the first SDA tko do so. * I was the first Army chaplain ever to go into combat with a COED unit.

When I learned that, as a military officer, you opted to go through the same training as an enlisted man, I knew you were not only unique but highly respectable as well. I hope your vision improves. Modern medicine can accomplish marvels, even miracles. You have been an excellent moderator!

An accomplished actor for sure. I think I first saw him in Dune, Star Trek of course and X-men all of which I thought were great movies. He will be missed!

Will be praying for all to go well and according to Gods will to be done!!!

nEWS! I sustained a major loss of vision over a recent 7-week period. Yesterday,l I saw the physician who is treating me for my ARRDSkl kand GA. Slhle informedmet hat iln her opion, that loss was s due to a 3rd condition that could be t reated by surgery. Howlelverl, it was uncertain as to how lmuch relief would vbe obtained. Butl, some could be expected. I am settilng tlhat process in motion. I will know much mor later. I do not know when the surgery wilol occur or anything about the recovery period. But, there is hope. I am thankful for your prayers.

Yes. the SDA denomlination whilch on some levels rejects women lin ministry has a co-folunder who is a female! [NOTE: On other levels of the SDA denomination women aare fully accepted in ministry. ] The public at large fails to understand this incostent reality. That is a valid point. Elen White was issued the credentials of an ordained minister, for a number of years. No, she did not pastor a SDA Church as she ministered to the denomlination as a whole. We have many men in administration who are considered clery and do not pastor SDA congregations.

The so=called lSabbth l School Qluaterly ils the published recommendation for SDA congregations to use in their Sabbath Schoool clases.. SDA Congregations are free to use other mteriL. Many do use other material, including non=SDA material.

The last new Beatles song, ‘Now And Then,’ will be released next week NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years after the onset of Beatlemania and with two of the quartet now dead, artificial intelligence has enabled the release next week of what is promised to be the last “new” Beatles song. https://apnews.com/article/last-new-beatles-song-e7b3a349b0e1e58b8668e98ba2d9cd0b? Listen to the last new Beatles’ song with John, Paul, George, Ringo and AI tech Titled “Now and Then,” the almost impossible-to-believe track is four minutes and eight seconds of the first and only original Beatles recording of the 21st century. There’s a countdown, then acoustic guitar strumming and piano bleed into the unmistakable vocal tone of John Lennon in the song’s introduction: “I know it’s true / It’s all because of you / And if I make it through / It’s all because of you.” https://apnews.com/article/beatles-last-song-now-then-release-fbce70071b4624f0d90bd18347f20fc6? The Beatles Make More Hot 100 History as ‘Now and Then’ Debuts in Top 10 The Beatles score their 35th top 10 – and first since 1996 – as the song starts at No. 7. https://www.billboard.com/lists/the-beatles-now-and-then-hot-100-top-10-debut/ Beatles to get a Fab Four of biopics, with a movie each for Paul, John, George and Ringo NEW YORK (AP) — The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes. https://apnews.com/article/beatles-biopic-sam-mendes-3f3f74076d78f16ac420820638e05de3? Beatles history: May Pang’s personal photos of John Lennon come to Central Florida May Pang sighs as she considers the world’s problems and the political divide here in America. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/16/beatles-history-may-pang-photos-john-lennon-florida/?

When there is a close death in the family, while there will always be pain and an empty part of the heart, there comes a day where the survivors get back to life, the spouse gets back to work or routine activities, the child gets ready for school the next day... One thing that is often overlooked about Beatlemania is that February 9, 1964 was only 9 weeks from the weekend of November 22, 1963. Clearly, the Beatles had talent, but also what lead to Beatlemania is that nearly everyone watched the Ed Sullivan show week after week. Their performance that night was the next big story, it was the night that caused America to get back to work, to school and to life. It was a huge healing for the country. Sadly, these kids needed to bear the responsibility for a nations healing, something that should not have been placed on people that young, but what the citizens of the United States needed to do. People who's lives do not have the memory of these two events have lost a very important, if not the most important legacy of the Beatles.

The work of God on Earth is done by imperfect people. God accepts them as they are, capitalizes on their leadership and may address their areas of their weakness with changes in leadership personnel. Change is built in to the manner by which God works today in ministry. Change is a part of God’s plan. For about a month I have been considering whether or not I should initiate a change in the operation of club Adventist and I have reached a decision which I will explain in this post. Recently, I was sitting across a table of food. I looked toward my wife and I said: “I can see your head and hair, but I can not see your face. It is only one big black space!” This began 15-20 years ago when I was informed that I had a growth inside of one of my eyes that would have to be detached. That surgery was unique in that the surgical instruments inside of my eye were so small that the surgeon needed to use a microscope to see them. And I had to remain awake enough to be able to talk to him. The surgery was successful, but it left me with a scar on my retina. Presently I receive injections intro my eyes for Age-related Macular Degeneration (ARMD) and Geographic Atrophy (GA). These do not cure the e problem, they only delay the partial blindness that will eventually occur. I am now legally blind in one eye and I am presently losing my central vision in my other eye. Due TO my dcreasdl abililty to read and to use the computer I need TO s t TO STEP aside and Stan needs to appoint someone else to assume the duties that I have had. I wish them the very best. I may (?) continue to keep the power t hat I have had to e EDIT and correct my own posts. That remains to be decided. In loking over my past, I am especially thankful for the article that I wrote with g Gustave and Spectrum published. Check out the following if you wish to read that article: HTTPS://spectrummagazine.org/views/opinion/a-catholic-and-an-adventist-disagree-over-trinity-interpretations-yet-find-friendship-online/ My ministry has been unique in manly ways. To see another type of my ministry check oout the flowing article: https://spectrummagazine.org/views/i-was-adventist-chaplain-and-labor-union-representative/

I knew an Adventist who had this view. We had many discussions. He believed Cain would be saved. I never knew there was a name for it.

305. The true fasting which should be recommended to all, is abstinence from every stimulating kind of food, and the proper use of wholesome, simple food, which God has provided in abundance. Men need to think less about what they shall eat and drink of temporal food, and much more in regard to the food from heaven, that will give tone and vitality to the whole religious experience.—[Letter 73, 1896] Medical Ministry, 283

I'm in the same camp as phkrause. I'm also extremely sorry to hear about the severity of your eye condition. Pastor Matthews, you've set a very, very high bar for the next person attempting to fill your shoes.

🌾 Parting shot: Windswept wonder Photo: Marcia Kneisel Reader Marcia Kneisel of Littleton, N.C., captured this morning scene along North Carolina's Outer Banks — in the town of Kill Devil Hills during a brief fall getaway.

I did a lot of fasting before I believed in Jesus. A man named Arnold Ehret (1866-1922) wrote a book--Rational Fasting for Spiritual, Physical, and Mental Rejuvenation, and a couple of others. Steve Jobs was influenced toward veganism/vegetarianism through one of his books. Lost, without hope in the world, I decided to go on a fast. More than three weeks without food. During those days, Jesus revealed Himself to me while I was reading the New Testament. Another of my friends died after a 60 day fast. Another fasted for two weeks with no obvious harm. EGW thought the true fast was eating a healthy diet. Avoiding flesh foods, alcohol, tobacco, crank, junk, marijuana, downers, dairy and eggs from unhealthy sources, might also be included. She advocated a two meal a day plan, excluding an evening meal. The contemporary WFPB diet is a kind of fast, with good results. Health Food History

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Pornograkplhy I have recently beenadvised that the General Conference has a website which assists tlhe public in dealing with an addliction to pornography. Check it out if you think it might be of value to either you or so meone you know. https://gatewaytowholeness.com/

A central issue in Stendahl's position is the understanding of Galatians 3: 24,25: 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. KJV 24 So that the law was our custodian until Christ came, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a custodian; RSV As evinced by the different translations above, one view is that the purpose of the law was to bring people to Christ, presumably by convincing individuals of sin and driving them to Christ for forgiveness. The KJV reflects this view. The RSV translation says that the law was to keep us [safe] until Christ came. I agree with Stendahl on this point. Verse 25 says that we are no longer under a schoolmaster. That is what the RSV translation indicates. The law's purpose was to safeguard us until Christ arrived. Once Jesus came, the law ceased to have an active roll in our life. Luther held to a continuing roll for the law. This was his "second use" of the law. The NPP relinquishes the second use to the work of the Holy Spirit. The traditional SDA interpretation of the law aligns with that articulated by Thomas Aquinas. He divided the law into different sections, as do SDA: "Wherefore to worship God, since it is an act of virtue, belongs to a moral precept; but the determination of this precept, namely that He is to be worshipped by such and such sacrifices, and such and such offerings, belongs to the ceremonial precepts. Consequently the ceremonial precepts are distinct from the moral precepts." "Therefore besides the moral, judicial and ceremonial precepts, the Law contains others which are called "commandments." [The "commandments" (mandata) spoken of here and in the body of this article are not to be confused with the Commandments (praecepta) in the ordinary acceptance of the word.]" "Furthermore the commandments may be distinguished from the precepts, so that those things be called "precepts" which God Himself prescribed; and those things "commandments" which He enjoined [mandavit] through others, as the very word seems to denote. From this it is clear that all the precepts of the Law are either moral, ceremonial, or judicial; and that other ordinances have not the character of a precept, but are directed to the observance of the precepts, as stated above." Question 99, articles 1-6 SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: The precepts of the old law (Prima Secundae Partis, Q. 99)

Parting shot: Florida in full color Photo: Nancy Broen A spectacular Florida sunset graces the sky in Babcock Ranch, America's first solar-powered town, in Southwest Florida. 🚲 Reader Frank Broen tells us his wife, Nancy, snapped this shot while the couple rode their recumbent tandem trike through the community.

📸 Magic of the Mountain West Photo: Aaron Damiani Reader Aaron Damiani of Chicago sends this pic from Fort Smith, a small community in southern Montana, about 90 miles southeast of Billings: "I snapped this photo this weekend to share with my wife and kids the beauty of the Montana skies in Fort Smith, right as the sun was setting. In the Adirondack chairs are dear friends who were smoking cigars and taking it all in."

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Christa Pike, a convicted murderer condemned to death, has become a cause celebre. She is more or less a hero to some people. According to the Word of God, she has no right to be alive. By preserving her life, even celebrating it, her supporters are incurring blood guilt. This is true of the State itself, Tennessee. According to Scripture, if a body was found, it would be determined which city the corpse was nearest to. The elders of that city would then be responsible to atone for the death. The guilt of innocent blood would be reckoned to the city if they failed to do this. Unatoned innocent blood incurred the curse of God. Jeremiah 19: 1-10 states that the shedding of innocent blood brought destruction upon Jerusalem. 2 Kings 21 says that Manasseh shed innocent blood, bringing the wrath of God upon Judah and Jerusalem. 2 Kings 24 explicitly states that the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar was a consequence of the innocent blood Manasseh had shed in Jerusalem. Proverbs 6: 16, 17 lists the shedding of innocent blood as one of the things God hates. I Kings 2 describes the fear Solomon had of innocent blood. Having a murdered put to death was one of his first acts as king.

Strength training For women, cardio has been king — or should we say queen? — for decades. New awareness of the health benefits of building muscle has led more of them to start lifting weights.

This was an interesting post! I had no idea of this lol!!!

But God (Father, Son & Holy Spirit) said unequivocally that Christ wouldn't sin. Why, because God CAN'T sin or God wouldn't be God.

In his instant bestseller, Federal Judge Roy K. Altman scrutinizes the six most prevalent claims against Israel as he would in a court of law. A graduate of Columbia University and Yale Law School, Roy K. Altman served as a decorated federal prosecutor, twice earning the Department of Justice’s highest honor (the Director’s Award for Superior Performance) and named Federal Prosecutor of the Year in 2013. In 2019 he became the youngest federal district court judge in the country, and the youngest ever appointed in the Southern District of Florida. Judge Altman is also an award-winning writer and sought-after public speaker on the topics of law, public service, Israel, and antisemitism. https://aish.com/israel-on-trial/? ps:Even though I've not read this book as of yet, just from this short blurb it sounds very interesting.

🎸 A new Beatles fan experience is coming to London's 3 Savile Row, where the Fab Four recorded "Let It Be" and held their famous rooftop final show. Paul McCartney says the team has "put together some really impressive plans, and I'm excited for people to see it when it's ready." Go deeper.

While there's been a LOT of "discussion" and quotes from "authorities" on other C/A threads about homosexuality being "learned behavior" vs. genetic, I've noticed that nobody has brought up the new research about Epi-genetics as being the major contributing factor via "epi-markers" in producing homosexuality. It dispels the conclusions of identical twin studies, where based on the fact that one of the twins is gay, homosexuality *must* be a learned behavior because identical twins have identical DNA/genes. Not necessarily the case... Quote: The search for a "gay gene" may be off-target, new research finds. Another process called epigenetics that switches genes on and off may explain why homosexuality runs in families. Epigenetics are heritable changes caused by factors other than DNA. Instead of traits getting passed down through the genes, epigenetic change happens because of the way genes are regulated, or turned on and off. These genetic regulators may be the reason homosexuality persists in nature despite the fact that gay people are less likely to reproduce, suggests the new study published in the journal The Quarterly Review of Biology. "These things have evolved because they're good for the parents, but they sometimes, not [with] high frequency, but sometimes carry over" into offspring, study researcher William Rice, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, told LiveScience. In a male fetus, Rice and his colleagues write, an epigenetic change that benefited the mother may lead to "feminization" of sexual preference — homo- or bisexuality. The same may be true for epigenetic changes passed down by dad to a female fetus. (The terms feminization and masculinization of sexual preference refer to sexual orientation only — not to physical or personality traits of the offspring.) *snip* Rice and his colleagues focused on epi-marks, which are molecular changes that act like temporary "switches" to turn genes on and off. If a gene is a blueprint, the epi-mark is the construction foreman who makes sure the product gets built. An epi-mark also determines when, where and how much a gene is expressed, according to the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis. These molecular switches are usually erased very early in the developmental process, but they can be passed down from generation to generation, too, Rice said. Some epi-marks are particularly important during fetal development, when they promote normal physical development in the sexes despite natural variations in testosterone during pregnancy. Researchers know that fetal exposure to too much testosterone can masculinize the genitals, brain or behavior of a genetically female fetus. Likewise, too little testosterone can make a genetically male fetus more feminized. But here's the catch: There's lots of overlap between the levels of testosterone male and female fetuses get exposed to. That means there must be another side to the story, Rice and his colleagues wrote. That side appears to be epigenetics, Rice said. "Early in development, we think these epi-marks are laid down so that girl fetuses will be relatively insensitive to testosterone and male fetuses will be relatively sensitive to testosterone," Rice said. Biological behavior Thus, if an epi-mark that kept a mother from getting exposed to high testosterone in development gets passed on to her son — the opposite sex — it could desensitize him to testosterone, contributing to his sexual preference for men. Similarly, if a male-specific epi-mark from dad gets passed to a daughter, it could "masculinize" her sexual preference, making her more interested in women. These findings could explain why twin studies show that homosexuality runs in families, but no "gay gene" can be found, Rice said. In identical twins, there's about a 20 percent chance that if one twin is gay, the other will be too. If genetic change were responsible for homosexuality, you'd expect a much higher match, Rice said. Epigenetics, however, can explain the heritability without the need for a specific genetic change. source Quarterly Review of Biology Report, Vol 87, No. 4, December 2012