1999 November
Church
In December, 1992, the Zambesi Conference under the Zambesi Union of Seventh-day Adventists and the SDA Association of Southern Africa, headed by president Abdulla Ahomed, was voted to be dissolved at the Annual Council of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Editorial
Editorial — A Special Testimony
The church without living godliness is like the fig tree to which Christ, hungering for food, came and searched for fruit, and found nothing but leaves.
Church
One of Satan’s major goals is to divert the money that should be coming into the Lord’s treasury and thereby dry up the financial resources to finish God’s work.
Church
In the New Testament church there were many home churches as there have been among God’s people ever since. There is a growing number of home churches.
Doctrine
The “Star” of the New Evangelization of America
From the Exhortation, we read: “With the passage of time, pastors and faithful alike have grown increasingly conscious of the role of the Virgin Mary in the evangelization of America.
Church
Practical Tips on How to Organize a Local Church
In order to have orderly and organized churches, we must have orderly homes and disciplined families.
Church
The Ordinances and the Home Church
This ordinance is preparation for sacramental service. While pride, and strife for supremacy are cherished, the heart cannot enter into fellowship with Christ.
Church
Church force cannot press the church into one body. Christ never designed that minds should be molded for Heaven by the influence merely of other humans.
Children's Story
Children’s Story – Andy’s Hands
Then he said this: “Andy was willing to give his life for his children, and he will carry the scars of his sacrifice in his hands for the remainder of his life.
Food, Recipe
Inspiration Councils Against Stimulants and Narcotics Here we are again, changing seasons. What a blessing! Well, you may not think so, but where did all the obnoxious bugs go? And the chiggers and the ticks? So there are blessings, depending on which part of the world you live in. We have been marooned in sunny ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – “Known and Read of All Men”
November 27, 1999 - December 3, 1999 - It is no small matter for a family to stand as representatives of Jesus, keeping God’s law in an unbelieving community. We are required to be living epistles known and read of all men. This position involves fearful responsibilities.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – And knowest not
December 5 – 11, 1999 - The True Witness thus describes their blindness: “And knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.” Faith in the soon coming of Christ is waning.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – To make ready a people prepared for the Lord
December 12 – 18, 1999 - He was “to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” John was a representative of the people of God in the last days,...
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – Gather the wheat into My barn
December 19 – 25, 1999 - Christ will gather His children to Himself. On earth they have been destitute, afflicted, and tormented. Millions have gone down to the grave loaded with infamy because they refused to yield to the deceptive claims of Satan.
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.