From Imam to Adventist Perplexing texts in the Qur’an begin a Muslim teacher’s quest to know more about Jesus and the Sabbath. I wasn’t raised Muslim. I converted to Islam as a young man, because I believed Mohammad to be a prophet of God and my great redeemer. I would spend two hours per day studying the Qur’an, learning all …
The Blackout A Sunday-keeping pastor prays for an electrical blackout to stop the Adventist meetings. While resting in my home one evening, I heard what sounded like preaching coming from the other side of the village. Stepping outside, I called to my neighbor, “Why do I hear preaching? What religion is that?” “The Seventh-day Adventists brought a preacher here,” he …
Dangers and Difficulties Difficulties should never be an excuse for ceasing to work for the Lord. “It was the joy of Christ to save souls. Let this be your work and your joy. Perform all duties and make all sacrifices for Christ’s sake, and He will be your constant helper. Go straight forward where the voice of duty calls; let …
A thrilling prophecy in the book of Isaiah foretells the conversion of Muslims, who in the Bible are referred to as the people of the east. “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord …
The Gospel That Changed Me An alcoholic abandons his destructive habits and begins preaching the gospel. Like many in my country, I was born into a devoted Roman Catholic family. As a teenager, I developed many vices. I drank liquor and smoked three packs of cigarettes a day. Even after I married and had seven children, I kept drinking and …
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 …
Little Lyza Philippines “Many feel that it would be a great privilege to visit the scenes of Christ’s life on earth, to walk where He trod. . . . But we need not to go to Nazareth, to Capernaum, or to Bethany, in order to walk in the steps of Jesus. We shall find His footprints beside the sickbed, in …
A Mother’s Prayer Philippines Lord, when saw we Thee an hungred, and fed Thee? or thirsty, and gave Thee drink? When saw we Thee a stranger, and took Thee in? or naked, and clothed Thee? Or when saw we Thee sick, or in prison, and came unto Thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say …
One Sabbath morning we received news that our church brother, Wilson Majasol, was suffering with severe arthritis. In fact, the severe pain in his jaw, neck and chest prevented him from being able to open his mouth and eat! I was quite worried because the herbs that I sent to to him were not treating his problem. Wilson is poor. …
