Sabbath School Insights

Fwd: Sincerity.doc

2009-11-06T21:16:00.000-06:00

A Sincere Christian The Etymology (origins) of the word sincere is not clear. Scholars are divided in this issue. The Oxford English Dictionary and most scholars state that sincerity from sincere is derived from the Latin sincerus meaning clean, pure, sound (1525–35). Sincerus may have once meant "one growth" (not mixed), from sin- (one) and crescere (to grow). Crescere is cognate with "

Faith: The limiting reagent

2009-10-30T19:53:00.002-05:00

Faith: The limiting reagent The lesson asks, "In what ways, even subtly, as we await the Second Coming (which seems to be taking so long), could we be in danger of displaying the same attitudes we find so repugnant as manifested by the Hebrews here?" To answer this question let us read the following illustration. Let us say that you want a certain amount of a chemical substance. To do

Third Culture Christians.doc

2009-10-22T22:30:00.001-05:00

Third Culture Christians Years ago I went to a conference where I met a lady called Ruth Van Rekken. We did the usual small talk. After I told Ruth that I was raised in the United States in a Puerto Rican home – in other words I grew up between two cultures - she told me I was a Third Culture Kid. I thought she meant that Puerto Rico was a third world country. But, before I could ask her,

Third Culture Christians

2009-10-22T22:27:00.001-05:00

Third Culture ChristiansYears ago I went to a conference where I met a lady called Ruth Van Rekken. We did the usual small talk. After I told Ruth that I was raised in the United States in a Puerto Rican home – in other words I grew up between two cultures - she told me I was a Third Culture Kid. I thought she meant that Puerto Rico was a third world country. But, before I could ask her, Ruth

A pleasing attitude

2009-10-16T19:09:00.001-05:00

What Pleases God Two children are called by their mother. One, sprung up to her immediately. He always expressed how grateful he was for his mother. With a smile in his face, he says, "Yes Mom." The other she had to call several times, angering his mother. When he finally heard the anger in his Mom's voice he yelled back nastily, "What?" The Mom then said, "I want to see you." To which the

Cooperation with angels

2009-10-02T22:16:00.001-05:00