Seeker on the Street In a time of need, Yvonne finds the truth on the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Last January, we held a literature campaign in Melbourne, Australia. A number of old and young went out on the streets passing out truth-filled books and maga-zines and talking to people in the busy thoroughfares. Two of our team members met …
Hope in Turmoil Leaders at SETI, an evangelism training center in Brazil, take courage amid political and financial upheaval. Have you heard what’s going on in Brazil? Over the last few years, many political scandals have surfaced, and recently, the president was impeached. Economic turmoil has also reached a climax. Yet one crisis is greater than corruption and economic failure: …
Desta’s Defense God protects an Ethiopian convert from a lawsuit aimed at forcing him to stop preaching truth. As the chairman of an association of most of the Sunday-worshiping denominations in my district in southern Ethiopia, I used to oppose the efforts of the Seventh-day Adventist workers. But God had other plans for me. It started when an Adventist evangelist …
Another new year has arrived and once again, it is hard to believe. The new year is a good time to hit the “reset button” and take stock of our lives. Are we advancing in the heavenward journey? In a New Year’s article, Sister White asked a number of pertinent questions for us to ponder: “What fruit have we borne …
I am so thankful that we have been “called to liberty.” Galatians 5:13. We are not called to bondage, but to the glorious liberty which Christ promises. Not only are we called to liberty, but we are exhorted to “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke …
I am so thankful for the many promises that God has “something better” for His faithful people. “God having provided some better thing for us…” “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly…” “And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.” Hebrews …
Here in the Cotabato area in the Philippines, six souls received baptism on December 24, 2016, including former Mormons and Roman Catholics. We had originally planned on baptizing five, but after the baptism another woman requested to be baptized, also. I suggested that maybe we could perform her baptism next time, but she looked so sad about it that we …
Baptism Behind Bars A prison ministry welcomes a precious soul into fellowship with God through baptism. Last summer we conducted a prison baptism, welcoming one more precious soul into the fellowship of God. This baptism brought our ministry’s total to 17. Praise God! I would love to announce that we baptized 40, 20 or even five inmates last summer, but …
Witness for Truth A Tanzanian girl goes to school to learn a trade, but finds a treasure of far greater value. “If you go to that church even once, I will put you on the bus and school will be over for you.” Grandfather snarled. “Nobody will become a Seventh-day Adventist in my house!” Albina lowered her head. “I am …
Strength For A School Teacher Thailand Excitement and anxiety swirled inside me as I looked ahead to the new school year at the mission school where my family and I volunteer. Although I had been preparing my English lesson plans for weeks, I didn’t feel ready to start teaching again. I loved teaching. More than teaching, I loved my …
