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Olive Hemmings of Washington Adventist University suggest four Biblical texts that are often misused. See: https://atoday.org/four-misused-texts-about-biblical-interpretation/on/

EU takes major step toward Russian oil ban, new sanctions BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top official on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia and target the country’s biggest bank and major broadcasters in a sixth package of sanctions over the war in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-business-global-trade-moscow-europe-c6c7a1960b88c363ce5f3eaf0ea07dcd?

The following article reports on some little known aspects of SDA history. https://spectrummagazine.org/arts-essays/2022/thomas-murphy-deep-south-and-flow-diasporas

Each of the 163,745 SDA congregations (2021 figures) that exist world-wide will be able, under a new GC program, to apply for a grant to do local ministry. This program will be funded with $2, 5000,000 for 2022 which will average out to $15.27 per congregation. The request for funding will began with the local Conference and submitted to the General Conference by the Divisions. For more information on this new program, see the link below. I applaud the idea behind this. I am not certain that it should be the final answer. https://atoday.org/in-the-money-millions-of-dollars-available-for-grassroots-ministry-projects/

(N) Our image changed ? 2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Religious liberty can be attacked from unexpected sources. In 1922, the state of Oregon enacted a law that required all school age children to attend public education. This law was based on a desire to outlaw Roman Catholic schools. This story is told in part by the URL below. This Oregon law was overturned by the Supreme Court. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Compulsory_Education_Act Some legal pundits believe that the proposed draft Supreme Court decision related to Roe v. Wade would establish a basis of law that would have prevented the Supreme Court from ruling as it did on the 1922 Oregon law.