"I am worried about Sister White,” said a woman to her neighbour who sat in the back of the meetinghouse. “She is so tired and worn she can scarcely stand.” “Yes,” said the neighbour, “she and her husband travel nearly all the time, going from place to place to hold meetings. The stages go slowly [...]
Last month we talked about the sin of appetite and its awful consequences. Many lives have been lost through the ages because of indulgence of appetite, but this does not need to happen. We can be victorious in the battle over appetite, and gain a heavenly crown. Sin entered into this world because through appetite, [...]
My Seventh-day Adventist neighbour, Lois, while shopping at the thrift store purchased the book “In Search of Noah’s Ark” by Dave Balsiger & Charles E. Sellier JR., Copyrighted 1976. By chance I mentioned to her that I was working on a poem about Noah and the flood; she then said that she just found the [...]
For one thousand years since the fall of Adam, and the promise of the seed of the woman, people were waiting for the Messiah. “The Saviour’s coming was foretold in Eden. When Adam and Eve first heard the promise, they looked for its speedy fulfillment. They joyfully welcomed their first-born son, hoping that he might [...]
(Family of Franziska Pedersen, Canada) In the summer of 1954 all seven of us travelled to Germany. Theresa was 16, Barbara was 13, Franziska was 10, Josef was 7, and Tony was 4 years old. It had rained and so we walked barefoot on the dirt road to the train station carrying our sandals and [...]
What is safer? Coming out or staying in? No one can answer this question before knowing the details of any dangers on either side. There are only two choices. I hope that everyone will make the right decision which will result in the greatest safety and protection. If the danger is on the outside, then [...]
Our life is a continuous travel. We have only two directions where we can go—one is to heaven and the other is to hell. Sister White was shown two companies, traveling in opposite directions. One company was traveling in a train and seemed to have the whole world in it. The other company was small, [...]
“Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?” Jeremiah 23:23 “Many of the wealthy property owners are irreligious and irreverent. Worldly thoughts fill their minds. Worldly amusements, merriment, and hilarity occupy their time. Extravagance in dress and luxurious living absorb their means. The heavenly messengers are not welcomed [...]
The Reformation Messenger - October 2022