Music...
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This first hymn that we're going
to do is: Look for the Waymarks
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written by F.E. Belden
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one of the
compilers of hymns and tunes
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he was a nephew of
Ellen White, very talented,
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his daughter tells
us that on occasion
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her father would
sit in a meeting...
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a church service or
evangelistic meeting
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when the preacher would
get up and announce his text,
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Belden would leave or
scoot over to a quiet corner
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and he would write
words and music of a new hymn
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and by the time
the sermon was over,
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Belden would stand up with
his wife who was also a musician
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and the two would sing a duet...
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brand-new hymn based
on the sermon or the text
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they'd just
heard a sermon about.
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Now, that's amazing to
me because I couldn't do...
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I could be here and
I'd never write anything...
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because that's
just not my talent,
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but remember they did have
more than 15-minute homilies
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that we preach today...
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they did have probably an hour
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or an hour and
a half to do that.
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Unfortunately, Belden left
the church around about 1907
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and... so this very
talented man ended up not...
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in his last years... not
being a member of the church
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though he
contributed much early on.
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So, we're going to do,
"Look for the Waymarks"
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it's a hymn that talks about
the great prophetic empires
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and one that would
resonate with the pioneers then
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and should still
resonate with us today.
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Song.
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Another hymn that
entered our hymnody in 1886 was:
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Gleams of the Golden Morning
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which is one we used
to sing a lot more...
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they were still singing it a
lot when I was a kid growing up
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but I don't
hear it much anymore,
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but it was very
popular for many, many years,
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there's a story that's come
down to us from southern Mexico
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some time around 1940
where some of our believers
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in southern
Mexico decided to go out
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and try to witness
through singing evangelism.
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So, they went into the
village and sang some songs
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but people didn't
respond and they got discouraged
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went home and kind of felt bad
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but after a few
days they thought,
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"Well, we should try this again"
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so, they again went
into the market place
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and our believers began to sing
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and when they
got through singing,
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"Gleams of the Golden Morning"
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someone in the group there...
standing... listening said,
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"Where have you
been... 3 to 5 in the morning
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the last few mornings?
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And they said, "Why do you ask?"
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"Well, because we've been
hearing this song every morning
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for the last several
nights, 3 to 5 in the morning,
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where is your group meeting?"
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And the Adventists
looked at each other and said,
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"Well, we haven't been meeting
from 3 to 5 in the morning,
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we don't know what
you're talking about. "
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And so, both sides were
kind of surprised about this,
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and finally the Adventists said,
"It must have been the angels
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telling you that you need
to get ready to meet Jesus. "
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And the story
that's come down is,
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that the response
this time was much warmer
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than it had been the first time
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when our believers went out
to do some singing evangelism,
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so, "Gleams of
the Golden Morning. "
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Piano...
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Song.
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Our next hymn also entered
Adventist hymnody in 1886,
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"Lift up the Trumpet"
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written by a female by the way,
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an Advent Christian female
Minister... Jessie Strout.
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This hymn is one that as I
was growing up in the church
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was widely sung.
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I can remember as a
kid, maybe some of you
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that are my age or
even older will remember
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when we used to
sing this at big meetings
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and the King's
Heralds would come out
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and once in a while, if they
really wanted to get dramatic,
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they'd even have trumpets
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and Brad and Olive Braley
would be there at the organ
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and the piano and
they would start to sing
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"Lift up the
Trumpet loud let it ring:
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Jesus is coming again!"
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I hoped that... the
chill went up and down my spine
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every time that happened.
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So, we're going to do a couple
of stanzas of this old hymn,
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Lift up the trumpet
and loud let it ring.
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Song
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Let's stop right there,
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I should have had
you all stand up...
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this is another
one of those hymns
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I don't know how an Adventist
can sing this sitting down
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so let's just kind
of roll the tape back
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and we're going to start
with the first stanza again
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and sing it standing up
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and it's all right
to smile, you know,
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I say, if you're doing
that it's all right to smile
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when you're thinking
about Jesus coming back
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so, never mind if it shows
on your face also, all right,
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so, Lift up the Trumpet.
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Song
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You may be seated, thank you.
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Good morning, ASI,
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how are you this morning?
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Good, we are small in
number but mighty in power
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because God... His
Holy Spirit is with us
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and all His angels
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and so we're really
glad to be able bring to you
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another "Offering in
Action" Segment this morning.
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With me is Garrett Caldwell,
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he is the
External Relations Officer
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for the Loma Linda University
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Biological and
Earth Sciences Department
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and woo... what a mouthful
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but he's got quite a
lot of information to share
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with us this morning.
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Can you share with us a
little bit first about the...
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some of the new developments
that are happening there
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just to kind of
bring people up to speed.
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This is a Department
that is conducting research...
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scientific research,
geological exploration
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that will often
validate the Biblical worldview
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that we... that we know
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and so, this is a
very important part
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of Loma Linda
University's efforts
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so that, it will have a great
impact actually around the world
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so tell us a little bit
about the new developments
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that are happening.
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Absolutely, I'm
very happy to be here
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representing Dr. Leonard
Brand and the rest of the team
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and the Department of
Earth and Biological Sciences
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Dr. Brian wishes
that he could be here,
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he wasn't able to be so,
I'm here representing him
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and just understand that they
deal with a level of science
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that is a bit beyond what
I deal with on a normal basis
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but I'm very happy to share
a report of the impact of this
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and one thing that makes
sense out of it to me is that
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I've had the
experience and maybe you have
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or some of our
audience has as well
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of going to the grocery store...
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looking for an
item and not seeing it
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because the wrapping
is just a little different
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than what you expect.
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When you have a
Biblical framework
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and a Biblical worldview
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and you're doing
scientific research,
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the evidence that
you see in Science
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if... if you recognize it
based on your understanding
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of the account of Creation,
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some of the accounts in
the Bible about the flood
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and other things,
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you can see evidence
that other people cannot see
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and so the research that
Dr. Brand and others are doing
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looking into geologic
formations in various places,
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mostly in the western US
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although they have done research
in other places around the world
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is again, bringing
scientific evidence
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affirming the
account of Creation.
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Excellent, thank you,
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tell us about some of
the impact of this work
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that it has had...
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maybe on individuals that
are involved in the process.
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It was very interesting
to ask Dr. Brand about this
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and he talked about
the Graduate students
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that, again, come from a very
entrenched scientific background
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but to be able to do this study
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and to engage
their Biblical worldview,
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they find that Biblical
Worldview is an asset...
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again it allows them to see
things that others don't see
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and that's been
affirming to them
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so, that... that's
one very important thing
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that's coming out of it.
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I'm curious what
the impact might be
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on the scientific community
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because they're not necessarily
sharing the Biblical worldview,
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so, how do they receive
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this kind of
research and information?
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Well, in general,
the scientific community
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Dr. Brand tells me,
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will view those with a
Creationist understanding
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with skepticism,
cynicism and maybe even derision
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but this group is committed
to careful scientific work
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and what they have discovered
is when you do careful science,
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it leads to an
atmosphere of respect
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and that atmosphere of respect
can often lead to questions
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even, Dr. Brand tells
me from Atheist geologists,
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they'll start by asking
questions about the science
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but it will lead to
questions about faith
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and that's been a
tremendous blessing to him
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and to those that
he has dialogued with.
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Excellent, share with us...
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you were telling me
about the experience
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that Dr. Brand shared with you
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about someone who was reading
a book that he had published.
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Right, the book is:
Faith, Reason and Earth History
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and he's received
letters from many people
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saying that it's encouraged
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not only their understanding
of science but their faith
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and he just recently received
a letter from a man in prison
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who's in
prison, reading the book
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and is finding great
encouragement in this book
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so, that really
lifted his spirits.
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Wow! so even through
the... the... the... the...
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the line of science, people
are finding Jesus in that.
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Absolutely.
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Excellent...
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tell us a little bit about
the project that's going to be
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funded from
this year's offering.
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Absolutely, so, the project
is specifically going to study
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the Jurassic Navojo Sandstone
that's found all throughout Utah
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again, the framework...
the accepted understanding
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is that this all took
place in a desert environment.
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They aren't going in
with a presupposition
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about what they will find,
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but they're going in
with the understanding
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that comes from
a Biblical account
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and a Biblical worldview
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and they're very
excited about the findings
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that will come out of it.
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The offering will
also go to support
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one year of a
graduate research student
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and so, what we're
really doing is helping raise
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new generations of
scientific researchers
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that will continue to uncover
the hand of God in creation.
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Oh, that's wonderful,
thank you so much Garrett
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for sharing with us something
that... it may be foreign
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or not as well understood by us
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but certainly
reaching those in a community
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who would otherwise
not have any understanding
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to start to see
God's hand in their work.
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Very happy.
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Thank you very much.
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Now, joining me
is Moise Ratsara.
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He's the President of
GYC... Generation Youth Christ.
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There have been a few
iterations of that title
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but the purpose and the
mission has been the same
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and Moise, thank you
for joining us today.
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It's so nice to have
more young people involved
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in... in ASI isn't it?
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Amen.
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So, why don't you share with us
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what's happening with
GYC or what I should ask is,
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what has been the
purpose and the focus
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all through the last many years
that it's been in existence.
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Yes, well, it's good to be
with all of you here at ASI
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and to answer
your question, Debbie,
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is, GYC has been all
about the Bible, sacrifice
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and being all in for Jesus.
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This last year, we had outreach
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which was one of our biggest
focus on the city of Phoenix
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and we had
ordered about 37 buses
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to... you know... school buses
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to have young people go
out to the city of Phoenix
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and there were
so many young people
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who wanted to go on outreach
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that we did not enough buses.
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So, as a result,
about 250 of them
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who wanted to go on outreach...
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we didn't have
the buses for them...
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so they decided to
go out on their own
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and take initiative and go
down in the city of Phoenix
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and just pass out literature.
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Now, you are telling
me that you had the buses,
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there weren't enough,
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you ordered more buses,
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that still wasn't enough
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and so then, this
was the outcome...
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that they just kind
of went on their own,
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so, they didn't go
home, they just went out.
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Yes.
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Okay, that's remarkable
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and this is actually the project
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that was supported
from the offering last year.
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Exactly.
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Okay, so, do you have
any stories or testimonies
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about the experiences
that some of them may have had?
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So, yeah, one of the things
about GYC that really excites me
00:17:18.13\00:17:22.40
is that... not only is it about
numbers or whatever that is
00:17:22.44\00:17:26.64
but it touches lives.
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There was a young girl
that decided to come to GYC
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about two years ago
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and she was going
to a secular campus,
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she wasn't an Adventist,
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nobody in her family
was a Seventh-day Adventist
00:17:37.85\00:17:40.29
but her friends invited her
to go to the youth gathering.
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So, she said,
"Okay, I'm going to go. "
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And as she went the first night,
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there was an appeal to
surrender your life to Christ,
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to not be 50% in but 100%
in for the gospel of Jesus
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and she
responded to that appeal,
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right then and there,
she decided to give up
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all of her plans that
she had for that year,
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and she gave up her
life to become a missionary
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to the public
campuses in Michigan.
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As a result of that,
00:18:10.75\00:18:12.89
she started to
reach out to her friends
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and she had a big circle
of influence because she...
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most of her friends were
not Seventh-day Adventists,
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and as a result, she brought
them this year to Phoenix
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and as she
brought them to Phoenix,
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her Bible-Study contacts,
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some of them have already
made decisions for baptism.
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Interviewer: Amen.
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So the cycle is continuing,
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young people are taking
ownership of their church
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and they see that
they are the future
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and this is their church so
we praise the Lord for that.
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Amen, so all of this
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from a non-Seventh-day Adventist
young person who came to GYC.
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Amen.
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Excellent, now, I know
that as we look to the horizon,
00:18:47.09\00:18:50.53
you have an Annual
Convention that takes place
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and this year is
going to be very interesting
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and I know we have a
promo video I'd like to have...
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call that video up so
that you can see now...
00:19:00.14\00:19:02.57
we're going to
talk a little bit about
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what the plans are for GYC.
00:19:03.97\00:19:05.37
Music...
00:19:05.41\00:19:07.81
What if we weren't afraid...
00:19:07.84\00:19:10.38
music
00:19:10.41\00:19:12.01
and what if we were no
longer bound by the shackles
00:19:12.05\00:19:14.58
or applause or censure
00:19:14.62\00:19:16.32
and what if we were
willing to have radical faith...
00:19:16.35\00:19:20.09
faith that knew no limitations?
00:19:20.12\00:19:22.62
What if we were freed from the
slavish dictates of a culture
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that has no truth?
00:19:27.83\00:19:29.53
What if we were
fueled by the grace of God
00:19:29.56\00:19:32.43
through wrestling
with Him on our knees?
00:19:32.47\00:19:35.27
What if we actually believe
00:19:35.30\00:19:37.94
that Christ's
righteousness is ours?
00:19:37.97\00:19:40.08
What if God's love
transformed us so much
00:19:40.14\00:19:43.81
that we would rather die
than break a single commandment?
00:19:43.85\00:19:46.78
What if we were
willing to truly lay self aside
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to make room
for the Holy Spirit?
00:19:50.59\00:19:52.59
It's simple,
00:19:52.62\00:19:55.52
the gospel would
go to the whole world
00:19:55.56\00:19:57.43
in this generation.
00:19:57.46\00:20:00.96
Music...
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more music...
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Wow! it sounds very riveting.
00:20:14.34\00:20:16.61
Now, I know that every
theme carries with it a mission.
00:20:16.64\00:20:20.98
What is the focus or mission
00:20:21.02\00:20:23.39
of this upcoming
Annual Convention for GYC?
00:20:23.42\00:20:26.99
So, our theme for
this year is: To the End
00:20:27.02\00:20:30.56
based on Acts
chapter 1 and verse 8.
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We decided that as a movement,
00:20:33.76\00:20:37.37
we need to be
about mission as well
00:20:37.40\00:20:39.53
and be relentless to go
to the ends of the earth
00:20:39.57\00:20:42.40
so, we're going back
to the city of Houston
00:20:42.44\00:20:44.97
and some of you know
that last year in Houston,
00:20:45.01\00:20:47.58
there was a major
flooding that happened there
00:20:47.61\00:20:50.15
but something else
about Houston is that,
00:20:50.18\00:20:52.98
Houston is so diverse.
00:20:53.01\00:20:54.95
As a matter of fact, when
people have supper in Houston,
00:20:54.98\00:20:58.69
one in every two houses
speaks a different language.
00:20:58.72\00:21:02.42
There are so many
people-groups in Houston
00:21:02.46\00:21:05.39
that are from
unreached areas that live there,
00:21:05.46\00:21:07.96
so, we decided that
this year for outreach,
00:21:08.00\00:21:10.47
we're going to go
to those communities
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that... that are hard
to reach around the world
00:21:12.03\00:21:15.37
that live in Houston...
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that have a big
presence in Houston
00:21:16.77\00:21:19.24
and go to those communities
and reach out to them
00:21:19.27\00:21:22.08
with the gospel message.
00:21:22.11\00:21:23.45
Amen, so, once again, you
are adding to the demographic
00:21:23.48\00:21:27.15
that GYC young
people want to reach
00:21:27.18\00:21:29.78
and reaching the refugees
00:21:29.82\00:21:31.92
is a very important and a very
worthy work and very needy one
00:21:31.95\00:21:36.32
so I applaud
GYC for that insight
00:21:36.36\00:21:39.63
and we will
continue to pray for GYC
00:21:39.66\00:21:41.60
that God will
continue to direct you.
00:21:41.63\00:21:43.53
Thank you so much.
00:21:43.57\00:21:44.90
Thank you.
00:21:44.93\00:21:46.97
Pause...
00:21:47.00\00:21:49.10
The main reason I do what I do
00:21:49.14\00:21:51.04
is because I'm
really just tired.
00:21:51.07\00:21:56.24
Every time, I hear the news,
00:21:56.31\00:21:58.68
every time I look around me
00:21:58.71\00:22:01.28
I see the world is just a mess.
00:22:01.32\00:22:03.85
Horrible stories
coming in from overseas,
00:22:03.89\00:22:06.52
you look at the newspaper
00:22:06.55\00:22:08.89
or you just look
around the neighborhood
00:22:08.92\00:22:10.99
and you see people
in pain and misery,
00:22:11.03\00:22:13.06
whether that's in Society
00:22:13.09\00:22:14.86
or whether it's
just somebody over here
00:22:14.93\00:22:17.30
whose marriage is falling apart,
00:22:17.33\00:22:19.73
some kid who's lonely,
00:22:19.77\00:22:21.67
you have all
these horrible things
00:22:21.70\00:22:23.51
that are going on in the world,
00:22:23.54\00:22:25.31
you got some people...
00:22:25.34\00:22:27.14
it seems like they
wake up in the morning,
00:22:27.18\00:22:30.11
trying to figure out how to
make the world more miserable,
00:22:30.15\00:22:33.31
more painful
00:22:33.35\00:22:34.68
and I had just
decided that enough is enough
00:22:34.72\00:22:38.65
you know,
00:22:38.69\00:22:40.39
and I just figured that
if there's going to be people
00:22:40.42\00:22:41.92
out there in the world
00:22:41.99\00:22:43.32
trying to make the
world a miserable place,
00:22:43.36\00:22:44.69
I for one was
going to be one person
00:22:44.73\00:22:47.06
who was pushing back
and going the other way.
00:22:47.10\00:22:51.13
I wanted to make sure
that there as at least somebody
00:22:51.17\00:22:53.87
standing up for the truth...
00:22:53.90\00:22:55.24
standing up for
what was right...
00:22:55.27\00:22:57.54
standing up to help
somebody who was hurting.
00:22:57.57\00:22:59.61
I might not be able
to change the world,
00:22:59.64\00:23:01.31
but that drives me.
00:23:01.34\00:23:03.88
I am so angry at all the
stuff that goes on in the world
00:23:03.95\00:23:08.95
and my revenge is
to do something good.
00:23:08.98\00:23:11.75
My revenge is to
do something right.
00:23:11.82\00:23:14.52
My revenge... when
people are hurting...
00:23:14.56\00:23:17.26
is to help.
00:23:17.29\00:23:20.16
Pause...
00:23:20.20\00:23:25.17
A mighty fortress is our God,
00:23:25.20\00:23:32.74
A bulwark never failing;
00:23:32.77\00:23:40.45
Our helper He, amid the flood
00:23:40.48\00:23:48.66
Of mortal ills prevailing.
00:23:48.69\00:23:56.26
Doth seek to work us woe;
00:23:56.30\00:24:02.47
His craft and power are great;
00:24:02.50\00:24:07.98
And armed with cruel hate,
00:24:08.01\00:24:14.25
And armed with cruel hate...
00:24:14.28\00:24:21.19
On earth is not his
00:24:21.22\00:24:25.06
equal.
00:24:25.09\00:24:29.26
Guitar strumming the tune...
00:24:29.30\00:26:52.94
That word above
all earthly powers,
00:26:52.97\00:27:00.15
No thanks to them, abideth;
00:27:00.18\00:27:08.52
The Spirit and
the gifts are ours
00:27:08.56\00:27:17.30
Through Him who with us sideth:
00:27:17.33\00:27:24.21
Let goods and kindred go,
00:27:24.24\00:27:30.45
This mortal life also;
00:27:30.48\00:27:36.52
The body they may kill:
00:27:36.55\00:27:42.59
God's truth abideth still,
00:27:42.62\00:27:49.23
His kingdom is
00:27:49.26\00:27:54.50
forever.
00:27:54.54\00:28:02.11
Audience: Amen.
00:28:02.14\00:28:09.18
Wonderful,
beautiful music this morning,
00:28:09.22\00:28:12.32
isn't it great to be at ASI?
00:28:12.35\00:28:14.49
I just... I love
the music at ASI.
00:28:14.52\00:28:16.99
Amen.
00:28:17.03\00:28:18.36
This morning we're
talking to Kyle Allen,
00:28:18.39\00:28:20.56
former
Secretary/Treasurer of ASI
00:28:20.60\00:28:22.46
who now works for
Adventist World Radio,
00:28:22.50\00:28:25.60
he's Vice President
for Adventist World Radio.
00:28:25.63\00:28:27.70
Kyle: I still love ASI.
00:28:27.74\00:28:29.07
Interviewer: But he's
having a little difficulty
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.47
weaning himself off
the ASI experience, so...
00:28:31.51\00:28:33.98
Kyle: ASI is
still good, I love it.
00:28:34.01\00:28:35.34
Interviewer: Amen.
00:28:35.38\00:28:36.71
Kyle: But AWR is amazing! Amen.
00:28:36.75\00:28:38.88
Interviewer: So,
here we are today, Kyle,
00:28:38.91\00:28:41.25
we're talking about something
very interesting... AWR...
00:28:41.28\00:28:45.32
just what is the reach of AWR,
00:28:45.35\00:28:47.49
tell us just a little bit
about Adventist World Radio.
00:28:47.52\00:28:49.72
How many know about
Adventist World Radio?
00:28:49.76\00:28:51.53
Amen... lot of hands go up...
00:28:51.56\00:28:53.03
Adventist World Radio broadcasts
in over 80 languages, Steve,
00:28:53.06\00:28:55.66
around the world.
00:28:55.70\00:28:57.03
Over 1,000 radio stations
that the church operates
00:28:57.07\00:29:00.00
not only on FM and AM shortwave
00:29:00.04\00:29:02.57
but also, over the internet now,
00:29:02.60\00:29:04.37
Podcasts,
Facebook Live, YouTube...
00:29:04.41\00:29:06.17
every avenue we can take
00:29:06.21\00:29:08.21
to take the gospel to
the earth in this generation.
00:29:08.24\00:29:10.65
Amen, so, Adventist World Radio
00:29:10.68\00:29:13.68
is putting out a lot
of information every day,
00:29:13.72\00:29:16.82
80 languages... 1,000s
of hours of programming,
00:29:16.85\00:29:19.85
different methods of sending
out the good news of Jesus,
00:29:19.89\00:29:23.19
but there's some response
to that that's happening
00:29:23.22\00:29:26.33
and, you know, it's not just
about getting the message out,
00:29:26.36\00:29:30.00
it's about
connecting with those people,
00:29:30.27\00:29:31.87
how is AWR solving that problem?
00:29:31.90\00:29:34.07
That's right, so, we actually
took a new initiative...
00:29:34.10\00:29:36.20
our President Duane
McKey said, "You know,
00:29:36.24\00:29:37.71
broadcasting is
great... " amen...
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.94
"broadcasting is great
00:29:39.97\00:29:41.38
but we don't want to
just end with a broadcast,
00:29:41.41\00:29:44.51
it needs to end in
decisions for Christ. "
00:29:44.55\00:29:46.95
So, our new motto is,
"Broadcast to Baptism. "
00:29:46.98\00:29:49.32
Because we want
people to follow Jesus
00:29:49.35\00:29:51.49
and decide to be a part of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:29:51.52\00:29:53.52
So... so... around the world...
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.19
So, Kyle, wait a minute now.
00:29:55.22\00:29:56.79
If I'm listening to the
radio in some foreign country
00:29:56.83\00:30:01.33
where there's really not any...
00:30:01.36\00:30:02.96
any presence, maybe, even
of a Seventh-day Adventist,
00:30:03.00\00:30:06.07
but the message is coming in,
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.54
how are you
connecting with those people?
00:30:08.57\00:30:10.34
So, that's... that's the
important question, Steve,
00:30:10.37\00:30:12.67
how do we connect with people
who are hearing our message
00:30:12.74\00:30:15.74
not only over the radio waves
00:30:15.78\00:30:17.91
but also finding
us on the internet,
00:30:17.95\00:30:19.58
connecting through
various social media channels
00:30:19.61\00:30:22.42
and not only AWR, Steve,
but if you think about it,
00:30:22.45\00:30:25.35
how many ways does our
church reach out to the world?
00:30:25.39\00:30:28.26
Kyle, just go
in the Exhibit Hall
00:30:28.29\00:30:30.79
and walk down the aisle,
you'll see Voice of Prophecy,
00:30:30.83\00:30:33.53
and It is
Written and Amazing Facts
00:30:33.56\00:30:35.73
and Hope Channel...
00:30:35.76\00:30:37.37
and 3ABN...
00:30:37.40\00:30:38.73
the list goes on and on...
00:30:38.77\00:30:40.10
All of these entities
are sowing seed out there,
00:30:40.14\00:30:42.64
getting the Word out,
00:30:42.70\00:30:44.04
but how do we
connect those people?
00:30:44.07\00:30:46.17
Exactly, so... so... so we said,
00:30:46.21\00:30:48.44
"Could there be a
way that we could create
00:30:48.48\00:30:51.28
a center for digital evangelism
that would connect the dots...
00:30:51.31\00:30:55.15
that would enable us
to connect with the people
00:30:55.18\00:30:58.19
who are searching for us...
00:30:58.22\00:30:59.55
who are responding
to our broadcasts...
00:30:59.59\00:31:01.59
who are liking
our Facebook Posts...
00:31:01.62\00:31:03.49
who are searching
even on Google for...
00:31:03.53\00:31:05.36
for what happens when you die?
00:31:05.39\00:31:06.73
Or what does the Sabbath mean?"
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.16
Connecting with those people...
00:31:08.20\00:31:09.76
building relationships
with them digitally
00:31:09.80\00:31:12.23
and then leading
them to local churches
00:31:12.27\00:31:14.67
and ultimately to baptism.
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.04
That's what we want to do.
00:31:16.07\00:31:17.41
Praise God, so, such
a thing would require
00:31:17.44\00:31:21.54
some interesting logistics,
00:31:21.58\00:31:23.45
where is this
Center going to be built
00:31:23.48\00:31:25.45
and how does that work?
00:31:25.48\00:31:26.82
So, the goal is to start with
a Center for Digital Evangelism
00:31:26.85\00:31:30.45
based in Manila,
Philippines, amen,
00:31:30.49\00:31:32.25
anybody have ever
been to Philippines?
00:31:32.32\00:31:34.06
It's a beautiful country
00:31:34.09\00:31:35.42
and it's going to be based
there at the Division Office,
00:31:35.46\00:31:37.89
the Southern
Asia Pacific Division
00:31:37.93\00:31:39.49
by God's grace, we're
going to have 60 missionaries,
00:31:39.53\00:31:42.20
young adults who
are going to come
00:31:42.23\00:31:43.57
and be digital
missionaries, Steve,
00:31:43.60\00:31:45.03
who will serve to connect people
who are searching for God,
00:31:45.07\00:31:49.00
searching for
truth, all over the world,
00:31:49.07\00:31:50.67
connect them to local churches
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.54
and ultimately
leading them to baptism.
00:31:52.57\00:31:54.01
So, these young
people... these missionaries...
00:31:54.04\00:31:56.18
they're going
to be sitting there
00:31:56.21\00:31:57.55
responding in
different languages...
00:31:57.58\00:31:58.91
they're going to be responding
to different media inputs...
00:31:58.95\00:32:03.39
this is amazing!
00:32:03.42\00:32:04.82
It's a huge project
and we're very excited.
00:32:04.85\00:32:06.86
We believe that this
could be a game changer
00:32:06.89\00:32:09.62
for the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:32:09.69\00:32:11.03
There are 100s of 1,000s of
people, Steve, around the world
00:32:11.06\00:32:14.06
who are searching for God
00:32:14.10\00:32:15.50
and we need to find
them and connect them back
00:32:15.53\00:32:17.43
to our Seventh-day
Adventist Churches.
00:32:17.47\00:32:19.07
So, Kyle, traditionally,
we think of the old methods,
00:32:19.10\00:32:25.81
you know the old school
of us thinks of this way
00:32:25.84\00:32:28.38
somebody sees something
and they write us a letter
00:32:28.41\00:32:30.95
or they send a
post card in or they...
00:32:30.98\00:32:33.52
Handwritten letter...
00:32:33.55\00:32:34.88
Yeah... something like
an old handwritten letter
00:32:34.92\00:32:36.35
or maybe even a phone call
00:32:36.38\00:32:37.85
where they put their name
in a database or something
00:32:37.89\00:32:40.56
and eventually,
they get responded to,
00:32:40.59\00:32:42.76
that lag time is just too much,
00:32:42.79\00:32:44.36
what is your goal as
Center for Digital Evangelism,
00:32:44.39\00:32:47.40
how soon do you want to respond
to somebody's initial reach out?
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.33
All right, so in today's world,
things happen fast, right?
00:32:50.37\00:32:52.43
Amen.
00:32:52.47\00:32:53.87
So, we want to
say, by God's grace,
00:32:53.94\00:32:55.27
if somebody reaches out to us,
00:32:55.30\00:32:57.44
as a Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
00:32:57.51\00:32:59.61
through any of these channels,
social media, broadcasts...
00:32:59.64\00:33:02.68
all of these ways,
00:33:02.71\00:33:04.05
we want to respond
to them within 24 hours.
00:33:04.08\00:33:05.58
Amen, praise God.
00:33:05.61\00:33:06.95
Because we believe time is short
00:33:06.98\00:33:08.32
and people need to make
decisions to follow Christ
00:33:08.35\00:33:10.69
and so, that's what we
hope, Steve, within 24 hours,
00:33:10.72\00:33:13.36
we want to
connect them to somebody
00:33:13.39\00:33:14.96
who will eventually
lead them to Bible Studies
00:33:14.99\00:33:17.13
and to make the
decision to follow Christ.
00:33:17.16\00:33:19.26
Thank you Kyle for
sharing with us today
00:33:19.29\00:33:21.23
about Digital Evangelism.
00:33:21.26\00:33:22.60
And find out more
about AWR at awr. org
00:33:22.63\00:33:24.53
or come to our
Booth in the Exhibit Hall,
00:33:24.57\00:33:26.43
we'd love to talk with you more
00:33:26.47\00:33:27.80
about what the ministry of
AWR is doing around the world.
00:33:27.84\00:33:30.31
Now, Kyle, we
have Lela joining us,
00:33:30.34\00:33:32.21
and we're going to talk
now for just a few minutes
00:33:32.24\00:33:34.91
about Pathway to Health.
00:33:34.94\00:33:36.38
How many of you have
heard of Pathway to Health?
00:33:36.41\00:33:38.18
All right, we
have some folks here
00:33:38.21\00:33:39.81
who know a little bit about it,
00:33:39.85\00:33:41.88
Lela, tell us just a few stats
00:33:41.92\00:33:43.89
on the history of
Pathway to Health.
00:33:43.95\00:33:46.29
So, in 2014 was
our very first event,
00:33:46.35\00:33:48.66
you guys were both there...
San Francisco and Oakland,
00:33:49.02\00:33:51.26
took the church
by storm, God blessed
00:33:51.29\00:33:53.36
and since that time, by
God's grace, we've served
00:33:53.40\00:33:56.36
just about 30,000 patients worth
a 130 million dollars, amen
00:33:56.40\00:34:00.40
with 12,000 volunteers
and many of you, amen.
00:34:00.44\00:34:03.51
Praise God.
00:34:03.54\00:34:04.87
How many of you volunteered
for a Pathway to Health Event?
00:34:04.91\00:34:06.81
Wow, look at that,
praise God for that,
00:34:06.84\00:34:08.48
now, Pathway to Health has
had some interesting influences
00:34:08.51\00:34:11.51
that have come out of that.
00:34:11.55\00:34:12.88
I remember hearing a story
about a Pastor from West Texas
00:34:12.91\00:34:16.18
who went home from
one of these events
00:34:16.22\00:34:17.55
and he said, "I can do this"
00:34:17.59\00:34:19.39
and he just got a dentist
00:34:19.42\00:34:21.12
and he went to
his Fellowship Hall
00:34:21.16\00:34:22.76
and he advertised
it in the newspaper
00:34:22.79\00:34:24.93
and he had an
influence in his community
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.06
by using this method
00:34:27.10\00:34:28.43
of combining the medical
and the medical missionary
00:34:28.46\00:34:31.63
along with the
gospel... it's amazing
00:34:31.67\00:34:34.14
but it hasn't influenced
just the United States
00:34:34.20\00:34:36.64
because we've seen these
scattered all over the US
00:34:36.67\00:34:39.11
under different names
and happening in churches,
00:34:39.14\00:34:41.54
doing things... it's amazing,
00:34:41.58\00:34:43.04
it has also had an
influence around the world.
00:34:43.08\00:34:45.91
Talk to us about the influence
that an event... a Pathway
00:34:45.95\00:34:50.85
had even in the Congo.
00:34:50.89\00:34:52.92
You know, it was
really interesting,
00:34:52.95\00:34:54.66
it was Pathway
Phoenix over Christmas
00:34:54.72\00:34:56.36
and the Congolese Government
actually came to Pathway
00:34:56.39\00:34:59.16
to find out how they could
have one of these such events
00:34:59.19\00:35:01.90
in their own home country...
00:35:01.93\00:35:03.57
amazing! God totally blessed
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.20
and because of that,
00:35:05.23\00:35:06.60
we will actually...
Adventist World Radio
00:35:06.63\00:35:09.07
is actually going to be able
to have licenses in two cities
00:35:09.10\00:35:12.44
of Congo... that have always
been forbidden previously, amen.
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.51
But, wait a minute, now,
00:35:15.54\00:35:16.88
you're telling me that
medical missionary work
00:35:16.91\00:35:19.28
is resulting in
Radio Station Licenses,
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.98
is that what I'm hearing?
00:35:22.02\00:35:23.35
That is correct,
it's unbelievable,
00:35:23.39\00:35:24.82
again, whole-person
care makes a full impact
00:35:24.85\00:35:27.46
not just on the individuals
00:35:27.49\00:35:28.99
but even on the
Governments, it's unbelievable.
00:35:29.02\00:35:31.09
That's amazing to
see what God is doing
00:35:31.13\00:35:33.63
using these simple methods that
He's told us about for years.
00:35:33.70\00:35:36.56
That's right.
00:35:36.60\00:35:37.93
Well, praise God,
now you just returned
00:35:37.97\00:35:39.87
from participating in an
AWR event in the Philippines,
00:35:39.90\00:35:42.77
what happened there?
00:35:42.80\00:35:44.14
That is... it
was unbelievable...
00:35:44.17\00:35:46.88
8,742 patients in three days...
00:35:46.91\00:35:49.71
the largest event that
I've had the opportunity
00:35:49.74\00:35:51.58
of participating in, with
only a Gideon Army of 300.
00:35:51.61\00:35:55.35
God blessed tremendously amen.
00:35:55.38\00:35:58.39
Now, Kyle, there
was something unique,
00:35:58.42\00:36:01.19
a couple of unique things about
this event in the Philippines
00:36:01.22\00:36:03.43
and I know you were
there participating in this
00:36:03.46\00:36:05.23
because you are
the AWR Vice President
00:36:05.26\00:36:08.23
so you couldn't
skip out on this,
00:36:08.26\00:36:10.33
you're there,
God is impressing you
00:36:10.37\00:36:12.37
to do something
just a little different
00:36:12.40\00:36:13.80
on how you're combining
the Medical Missionary Work
00:36:13.84\00:36:16.04
with the... with the
presentation of the gospel,
00:36:16.07\00:36:17.94
tell us about that.
00:36:17.97\00:36:19.37
That's right, and
I just want to say,
00:36:19.41\00:36:20.74
"I love the Pathway to Health"
I'm not a medical professional,
00:36:20.78\00:36:22.14
I know nothing about Medicine
00:36:22.18\00:36:23.51
but I just love
being there, amen
00:36:23.55\00:36:25.11
because it's powerful
when you see people healed
00:36:25.15\00:36:27.32
and you see them
receiving that physical healing
00:36:27.38\00:36:29.58
but the thing is,
Steve, we have always believed
00:36:29.62\00:36:31.75
that it's not just physical
healing that people need,
00:36:31.79\00:36:33.86
they need mental and
spiritual healing as well.
00:36:33.89\00:36:36.02
It's Total Person Health, right?
00:36:36.06\00:36:37.49
Total Person Health
00:36:37.53\00:36:38.86
and so, at previous Pathways,
we have done an evening meeting
00:36:38.89\00:36:42.26
where we
presented the spiritual...
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.07
and invited the patients,
00:36:44.10\00:36:45.43
but the problem was,
it's a long day, right,
00:36:45.47\00:36:47.90
you're standing in
line and you're waiting
00:36:47.94\00:36:50.11
and a lot of the patients,
00:36:50.14\00:36:51.47
they, frankly, they
just can't stay the whole day
00:36:51.51\00:36:53.21
and come to the evening meeting,
00:36:53.24\00:36:54.58
so, God gave us an idea,
God gave you an idea, Dr. Lela.
00:36:54.61\00:36:57.05
God... God...
00:36:57.08\00:36:58.41
It was... what if we shut the
whole clinic down for an hour.
00:36:58.45\00:37:01.88
Now that was scary, Kyle.
00:37:01.92\00:37:03.25
Yeah.
00:37:03.28\00:37:04.62
We lose that hour
of seeing patients.
00:37:04.65\00:37:06.32
Right, because we don't
have many hours in the day.
00:37:06.35\00:37:07.92
Exactly.
00:37:07.96\00:37:09.29
So, what if you shut the
Clinic down, you serve a lunch
00:37:09.32\00:37:10.99
and in the middle of the day,
00:37:11.03\00:37:12.36
you present the Total
Person Health Message.
00:37:12.39\00:37:14.83
Interviewer:
Along with the gospel.
00:37:14.86\00:37:16.20
Kyle: Along with
the gospel, right here,
00:37:16.23\00:37:17.87
with all the patients
there and so that's what we did.
00:37:17.90\00:37:20.57
They don't have to come back.
00:37:20.60\00:37:22.14
Amazing.
00:37:22.17\00:37:23.51
So, at noon time, for
each of those three days,
00:37:23.54\00:37:25.17
we shut the Clinic down,
00:37:25.21\00:37:26.54
the patients were all
there, sitting in the bleachers
00:37:26.57\00:37:27.91
even standing in line
still, eating their lunch,
00:37:27.94\00:37:29.74
and Dr. Lela came up,
00:37:29.78\00:37:31.28
presented a physical,
mental health message,
00:37:31.31\00:37:33.65
and then she
bridged to the spiritual...
00:37:33.68\00:37:35.95
I came up, talked about some
spiritual help with Daniel 1...
00:37:35.98\00:37:38.99
how to make good choices,
00:37:39.02\00:37:40.36
Daniel 2 the second
day and the third day
00:37:40.39\00:37:41.79
talking about the
hope that we have in Christ
00:37:41.82\00:37:43.96
and in the second
coming and in heaven.
00:37:43.99\00:37:45.59
What was the result of that?
00:37:45.63\00:37:47.43
Well, it was amazing Steve,
00:37:47.46\00:37:49.20
the first couple of
days, it was a little rocky,
00:37:49.23\00:37:51.30
because we had no
experience before.
00:37:51.33\00:37:52.90
Lela: We had to
change everything completely.
00:37:52.93\00:37:55.07
Kyle: But by the third
day, God was really moving
00:37:55.10\00:37:57.21
and the people were following,
00:37:57.24\00:37:58.67
the people were
tracking with us.
00:37:58.74\00:38:00.11
Lela: You could see
them, they were just intense.
00:38:00.14\00:38:01.84
Kyle: And so,
you were presenting.
00:38:01.88\00:38:03.88
Lela: I
presented on the emotional
00:38:03.91\00:38:05.81
and the physical
aspects of the frontal lobe
00:38:05.85\00:38:07.85
and things that
we can do to improve
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.48
our functioning
of our frontal lobe
00:38:09.52\00:38:10.89
and hearing the Holy Spirit
more and then, what happened?
00:38:10.92\00:38:13.46
And then, right as you
were making your appeal,
00:38:13.49\00:38:15.42
it had been
completely good weather
00:38:15.46\00:38:17.43
and then, all of a sudden...
00:38:17.46\00:38:18.79
as you were making
your initial appeal...
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.16
Lela: Out of the
blue, from nowhere,
00:38:20.20\00:38:21.53
thunder and great
torrents or rain... booof...
00:38:21.56\00:38:23.97
and... but it was
like God just took my voice
00:38:24.00\00:38:26.77
and took it above the storm...
00:38:26.80\00:38:28.20
I handed it off to
you and you carried it.
00:38:28.27\00:38:30.24
I kept... and then
I talked about heaven
00:38:30.27\00:38:32.17
and I was trying to lead
to... to making people...
00:38:32.21\00:38:34.74
bringing people to
make a decision for Christ
00:38:34.78\00:38:36.75
and that Friday night,
Steve, just two days later,
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.68
an Evangelistic
Series was starting
00:38:39.71\00:38:41.78
on the island of Palawan
00:38:41.82\00:38:43.15
and we wanted to invite the
people to come and participate,
00:38:43.18\00:38:45.39
and so, Dr. Lela, you came up,
00:38:45.42\00:38:47.06
we were making our appeal
for the people to accept Jesus
00:38:47.09\00:38:50.03
to stand and accept
Jesus and to come Friday night
00:38:50.06\00:38:53.09
and right as we're
making our appeal...
00:38:53.13\00:38:54.66
Lela: Again... boom...
00:38:54.70\00:38:56.53
Kyle: The thunder
comes... the lightning comes...
00:38:56.56\00:38:57.90
it was like
Satan was trying to...
00:38:57.93\00:38:59.27
we could feel
the spiritual battle
00:38:59.30\00:39:00.64
but guys, I'm
here to tell you today,
00:39:00.67\00:39:02.00
everybody in that
auditorium stood up...
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.84
2,000 people stood
up... hands went up...
00:39:03.91\00:39:05.61
It was
unbelievable... hands... arms...
00:39:05.64\00:39:07.51
everybody standing
up... it was beautiful.
00:39:07.54\00:39:09.31
It was beautiful...
people accepting Christ
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.08
and saying they
were going to come
00:39:11.11\00:39:12.45
and I'm happy to
report by God's grace,
00:39:12.48\00:39:15.18
our Palawan
President is actually here,
00:39:15.22\00:39:16.55
I don't know
where Pastor Malabad is
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.22
but we had 1,500 baptisms
00:39:18.25\00:39:20.22
just last Sabbath in
Palawan... praise God.
00:39:20.26\00:39:22.59
Amen.
00:39:22.62\00:39:23.96
So, friends, if
you want to participate
00:39:23.99\00:39:28.00
in a Pathway to Health Event
00:39:28.03\00:39:29.40
in Dallas, Fort Worth
area in just a few weeks...
00:39:29.43\00:39:33.50
Lela: September 19 to 21.
00:39:33.54\00:39:35.24
We're going to be
having another event there,
00:39:35.27\00:39:37.84
you can come and
join and learn how to do
00:39:37.87\00:39:40.41
Total Person Healthcare
00:39:40.48\00:39:42.11
and share the gospel
with... in a very amazing way
00:39:42.14\00:39:45.08
join us there... find out more,
00:39:45.11\00:39:47.02
come to the
Booth... the Pathway...
00:39:47.05\00:39:48.88
get more information...
thank you so much.
00:39:48.92\00:39:51.12