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There are 7 days in a week. God may be worshiped on any/all of those 7 days. * SDA pastors hold worship services on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Take your pick. One of those is the Biblical first day of the week. * SDA pastors serving in chaplaincy positions hold worship services on Sunday mornings. In my service as a Federal chaplain, I have held more worship services on Sunday morning than I have held on Saturday as a a pastor of a SDA Chruch. * My service as a Fderal Chaplalin was endorsed by the General Conference who was fully awaare that I held Sunday w orship services. NOTE, IF the General Conference had not approved of wah tI did, they could have removed me from my federal position. Federal Chqaplains only serve with the permission of tlheir denominaiton. * The Sabbath is much more than a worswhip service, It is a 24 hour day devoted to God. In all of my life I have kept Saturday, the 7th day, as a Sabbth. I have never kept Sunday as a Sabbath. * If you think that mere worship on a day makes it a Sabbath, you lneed to review the Biblical and SDA teaching, as youy clearly donot understand them.

Adventist World, a magazine of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with a circulation of around 1.5 million, has ceased publication, with its final edition released in June. Merle Poirier, a former Adventist World staff member and current operations manager for Adventist Review, announced the closing of the 20-year-old publication in last month’s edition. “You hold in your hand the last issue of Adventist World,” she wrote. “Just let that sink in a bit. Even though I’ve known this day was coming, it’s still difficult for me to write, let alone read.” The Adventist Review, an old denominational publication that was restricted to North America, will take on the role that Adventist World had in distributing stories to the denomination worldwide. “[W]hen one is a person of faith and a follower of God, while times might be disheartening, we can never remain there long, because we know who is in charge,” wrote Poirier. “Adventist World’s race may be run, but it has done something that no other publication in our history has accomplished — established a worldwide path.” In comments emailed to The Christian Post, Poirier said the decision to merge Adventist World and Adventist Review came last year, with the same staff being in place. Piorier added that the merger is “really the best of both” publications, combining “the breadth of’ Adventist World and “the depth of” the Adventist Review regarding “its content.” “[Adventist World was] a bit more didactic, concentrating on fundamental beliefs, spiritual encouragement, Bible study, upbuilding faith, and more,” she said. “That does not mean that [Adventist Review] doesn’t have that type of content, but it is written from sometimes a different perspective.” Gerald A. Klingbeil, who served on the editorial team for the publication from 2009 to 2023, wrote in a piece that the publication had periodic “financial strains” and “very complex logistical challenges" when "producing a magazine in different regions and in distinct languages.” “I enjoyed working with a dynamic team, and as the first senior editor whose native language wasn’t English, I began to recruit new, younger, and more international authors whose insights, dreams, concerns, and ideas would be a blessing to a magazine printed in nearly two dozen languages reaching all continents,” he wrote. “Adventist World was a conscious move by the global Adventist Church to go beyond its U.S. roots and embrace the church in Africa, Central and South America, Asia, Europe, and the Pacific region.” Klingbeil went on to note that he believed the magazine was “a child of its age, during which connections and links became part of larger networks that brought the world closer together.” “The story of Adventist World is a timely reminder that Jesus’ body is global, connected, caring in solidarity, and embracing all age groups,” he added. Adventist World was officially launched in September 2005, having been championed by Jan Paulsen, president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists from 1999 to 2010. “We think it is critical to the church, to the church’s witness, to the unity of the church that we have a voice that can speak to the whole world church, with the same message to all,” stated Paulsen before the inaugural edition was released. The initial rollout of the magazine included 1 million copies at an estimated cost of $2.5 million a year. The circulation eventually grew to around 1.5 million copies annually. Initially available in English, French and Spanish, it expanded to include over 20 different languages. --------------------------------------------------------------- This is very sad. It was a great publication. World-class articles and very relevant to our mission in Asia. We would get 1 copy for the church and member would take turns making presentations to the church, one article at a time. Sometimes in the 8:30 to 9:30 slot, sometimes in AY. Nothing was waisted. I believe our new president may have made a mistake in canceling this publication. It was vital to our world mission. The members felt connected to the world church through that magazine.

After thinking about this, it appears to be a crime that took place. I am not an attorney, but, I suspect taking two young women to a high crime area, late at night, without their permission is a crime. Possibly more than one.

Updated 12:55 PM GMT+8, June 12, 2026 10 BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, a lawyer and the eldest of King Maha Vajiralongkorn’s children, has died at 47, the Bureau of the Royal Household said. She died Thursday evening at a Bangkok hospital where she had been cared for since falling unconscious due to illness three years ago, according to the statement issued Friday. “This loss is not merely bad news announced to the people, but an immeasurable grief in the hearts of the entire nation,” Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a televised speech. He said the princess was “a pride of Thailand,” and that “her commitment to building a society of kindness, justice, and equality, will forever remain as a moral legacy for the nation, a guiding light for generations of Thais.” A small group of mourners gathered in an atrium at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, where the princess had been treated. Most held framed or laminated photos of her throughout the years. Pattamaporn Kaewkityakorn said she had arrived Thursday and spent the night there to show her support for the princess, unaware that the announcement of her passing would come the following morning. “I know she was sick, but I wished there were a miracle,” she said, her voice trembling. “I was saddened and shocked.” Bajrakitiyabha was active in justice reform efforts and best known for her Kamlangjai, or “Inspire,” project to help rehabilitate incarcerated Thai women ahead of their release. Bajrakitiyabha was hospitalized in December 2022 after falling unconscious while training dogs for an army exhibition. The palace said she had a mycoplasma infection, a bacterial infection usually associated with pneumonia. Her father’s New Year’s greeting card for 2023 showed King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida garbed in somber black, which many Thais saw as confirmation of the gravity of her condition. The princess was born on Dec. 7, 1978, to Vajiralongkorn, who was the crown prince at the time, and his then-wife, Princess Soamsawali. Vajiralongkorn has seven children by three of his four successive wives. Bajrakitiyabha was also known by the royal name Bajrakitiyabha Narendira Debyavati, used in formal state settings. Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, the youngest of the king’s children, is the presumptive heir because sons take precedence in Thailand’s line of succession. But Bajrakitiyabha’s experience in public service raised speculation she was set to hold an important role in any future succession, perhaps as regent to a youthful monarch. Bajrakitiyabha studied law at Thammasat University then went to Cornell University in New York state, where she earned a master’s degree in law in 2002. She earned a doctorate at Cornell in 2005 with a dissertation concerning the protection of the rights of the accused. Scholarships to Cornell Law School and a program for the exchange of legal scholars between Thailand and Cornell were later established in her name. After working briefly at the Thai Mission to the U.N. in New York City, she returned home and worked as a public prosecutor. She renewed her diplomatic career with an appointment as Thailand’s ambassador to Austria from 2012 to 2014 before returning to her homeland to concentrate on criminal justice issues. In 2017 she was appointed a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime. In addition to working for the rehabilitation of female convicts, she was involved in other projects including a campaign to enhance the living conditions of women prisoners and promoting efforts to stem violence against women as an honorary U.N. goodwill ambassador for women. Her efforts led to the U.N. General Assembly adopting the “Bangkok Rules” on care and conditions for female prisoners. “Society cannot grow if there is instability and injustice,” Bajrakitiyabha said in a 2013 interview with The Associated Press. “Without the rule of law, without a good justice system, it’s always chaos,” she said. “I think the rule of law is a very important pillar to development, to economic growth, and of course to human rights.” Bajrakitiyabha is survived by her parents and siblings. ---------------------------------------------------- It is has been reported on the Internet, that she became sick after a Covid injection. The Thailand Government denies this.

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