Bryan in AIIAS

Miguel Angel Cerna in his book The Power of Small Groups in the Church  used this powerful contrast to show the differences between a LIVE church and a DEAD one. In page 39 he writes: 1. Live churches always have parking problems --Dead ones never do 2. Live churches are constantly changing methodology --Dead ones don't have to 3. Live churches have lots of noisy youth --Dead ones are very quiet 4. Live churches have expenses that exceed their income --Dead ones are so unchanging that everybody knows everyone's name 5. Live churches support missions enthusiastically --Dead ones keep all their money at home 6. Live churches focus on people --Dead ones focus on problems 7. Live churches are filled with tithers --Dead ones are filled with tippers 8. Live churches move out in faith --Dead ones operate totally by sight 9. Live churches evangelize! --Dead ones fossilize! I wonder which category your church is in, LIVE or DEAD?

The Taskers as Mr&Mrs Santa During the last two days, two families left AIIAS. The first family was our neighbor, Dr. Lim Bong and the second one is our Seminary Dean, Drs. David and Carol Tasker. It is always sad to part with friends. But this is life in AIIAS. People come, people go. The Taskers are on their way to for a new post in South Pacific Division in Australia as the Field Secretary for the Division, while The Lims are back to Korean Union Conference since he's finished with his studies. Well goodbyes are not forever! But they will surely be missed.

Pendeta, bagaimana pentingkah nama seseorang di dalam Alkitab? Bolehkan Pendeta berikan daftar nama-nama yang dimulai dengan huruf Z di dalam Alkitab? Selamat berjumpa kembali di ruang tanya jawab. Pertanyaan kali ini merupakan pertanyaan yang bersifat “trivial” tetapi juga penting. Bagian pertama akan kami jawab dengan melihat beberapa tanggapan mengenai pentingnya genealogy atau daftar silsilah keturunan di dalam Alkitab. Kemudian pertanyaan kedua akan kami jawab dengan member daftar nama yang kami ambil dari buku  All the Men of the Bible , karya Herbert Lockyer, D.D., D.Litt. Banyak pembaca Alkitab jika tiba di bagian-bagian yang mencatat daftar silsilah menganggap itu sebagai bagian Alkitab yang tidak penting, dan bertanya-tanya mengapa para penulis Alkitab mengikutsertakan itu sebagai bagian dari wahyu ilahi. Sekilas, tampaknya tidak ada titik atau keuntungan dalam pencacahan nama-nama orang yang telah meninggal ribuan tahun yang lalu. Namun, karena Alkitab adalah Fi...

Tidak peduli jika anda seorang hakim, seorang istri, atau orangtua yang sangat berperhatian, berbohong adalah salah satu hal yang paling umum dilakukan oleh seorang individu di dalam masyarakat. Berbohong tidak hanya terjadi dalam keluarga, tetapi antara pemerintah, bisnis untuk pelanggan, dan lain-lain. Menurut seorang psikolog dari University of Massachusetts, Robert Feldman bahwa dusta “berhubungan dengan harga-diri. Kita mendapati bahwa ketika seseorang merasa harga diri mereka terancam, mereka langsung mulai berdusta di tingkatan dusta yang lebih tinggi lagi.” [ 1 ] Karena itu, Robin Lloyd katakan “Tidak semua kebohongan berbahaya. Bahkan, kadang-kadang berbohong adalah pendekatan yang terbaik untuk melindungi diri kita dan orang lain dari kejahatan, beberapa peneliti mengatakan.” [2] Leonard Saxe, Ph.D., seorang ahli poligraf dan professor psikologi di Brandeis University, mengatakan, "Berbohong sejak dahulu telah merupakan bagian dari kehidupan sehari-hari. Kita tidak bisa...

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Last night I was reading through the blog and comments of Cindy Tutsch at Adventist Today , in particular her blog about Emerging Church entitled "DANGERS OF EMERGING/EMERGENT TRENDS TO THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST MOVEMENT AND MISSION" She started with sweeping generalization that Emergents do not have a solid Biblical foundation for their faith, because worship is all about how they experience it. She says: For Emergents, experience and subjective revelation trump Scripture. Absolute truth does not exist; all truth is relative to each person's experience. Thus, no moral judgments can be made about evil. Where there is no evil, there can be no call to repentance and no freedom from guilt through the blood of Jesus because there is no sin. Furthermore, she says "emergent worship is highly individualistic in the sense of placing greater value on one's personal story and personal interpretations than on worshiping God through the biblical model of repentance....

John Mathews, CSPG, CSP Planned Giving & Trust Services Director, Southwestern Union Conference of Seventy-day Adventists Another article taken from GC Stewardship Department In the US only 9 percent of born-again adults report they give 10 percent of their income to charity.1 Is stewardship skating on thin ice in our postmodern culture? Does it really make a difference anymore? The following facts provide a startling glimpse of the economic landscape of postmodern America. The United States is the wealthiest nation in the history of the world.2 If you earn $1,500.00 per year, you earn more than 75% of the world’s population.3 Americans save very little. The savings rate of most Americans is negative, and for those who do save, it’s a little over four percent.4 There were over one million bankruptcy filings in 2008.5 Stress has a negative influence on the personal and professional lives of half of all Americans.6 The number one reason for divorce is money or the handling of it.7...