Participants: Jason McCracken, Dwain Esmond, Karen Thomas
Series Code: IAA
Program Code: IAA000057
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00:30 Welcome to Issues and Answers.
00:32 It's great to have you with us again for another program. 00:35 Guess what we're doing today. 00:37 We're gonna talk about some issues 00:39 that have to do with young people 00:41 and we have some wonderful guest 00:44 that are with us from Review and Herald. 00:45 Many of you have asked about books and publications 00:48 that will help, enhance your Christian walk 00:51 or your relationship with Lord Jesus Christ. 00:53 And we have two individuals who are gonna be here to talk 00:57 with us about how we can grow together with the Lord. 01:00 They're none another than, Dwain Esmond 01:03 who is the associate editor of the Message Magazine. 01:06 He started off with Review and Herald 01:08 as an editorial intern. 01:11 He worked in a Celebration Magazine, 01:13 Kids Ministry Idea and the Message Magazine. 01:16 Now he is the associate editor 01:18 for that magazine and that publication. 01:20 He graduated from Oakwood College 01:22 with the English literature major, 01:24 which is really interesting to me 01:25 because it just goes to show you, 01:27 you can use all of your talents for the Lord 01:29 not just ministers only. 01:31 And he went on and finished M.A. in English literature 01:35 from Pittsburg State University. 01:37 Joining him with us is Pastor Jason McCracken 01:40 who is an international speaker 01:41 well known fluent in multiple languages 01:44 and has been outstanding soul winner for Christ-- 01:47 in Brazil, Canada allover Unites States. 01:51 He is here also as a columnist for Insight Magazine 01:55 and as a representative for the Review and Herald. 01:57 Welcome them into the program. 01:59 Thank you. It's a real pleasure-- 02:00 Thank you, it's nice to be here. 02:01 To have you here with us today. 02:03 You know, many times when we're looking at a publication 02:06 you know you have the page you see the editorial section 02:09 and this is just a real treat to have people 02:11 who help to make those publications with us today. 02:14 So tell us, what's on your mind today? 02:16 What's on your heart? 02:17 I never going to be a lot of other the programs 02:19 and for those of you who are watching with us at home 02:21 you're gonna want to stay tuned when you see these gentlemen 02:24 because we're gonna cover all kinds of things. 02:26 Well, we just thought we would start our program 02:28 speaking informally with each other. 02:32 What's the latest out there right now 02:33 with young people or with-- 02:35 what are the some of hot topics out there? 02:38 Well, Message Magazine is dealing 02:42 with a number of youth issues 02:44 and when you think of our culture in particular 02:48 and the kind of influences, the media influences 02:50 that young people have to deal with 02:53 that's some thing that we're really keen on right now. 02:56 Issues of violence relating to young people 02:58 especially in the schools setting. 03:01 Hopefully we'll be-- we'll have a chance to talk 03:03 about that in some of the programs upcoming 03:06 that's an issue today with us. 03:08 We're also talking about how to help kids 03:10 deal with their finances, good money skills for kids. 03:14 It's good for parents. 03:15 That's some thing that we are hoping 03:17 parents and guardians will pay attention to. 03:19 So those are the kind of issues that are on our play right now. 03:23 Now, I'm kind of interested in with your wonderful 03:28 educational, prestigious educational background. 03:31 Why would you decide to become 03:34 involved in Christian publication? 03:37 Actually, I really feel like the Lord has led me to this. 03:42 I mean, I know people-- you'd probably hear people say 03:45 "Yeah, I feel like I was called to that." 03:47 But in my situation I really feel like 03:49 the circumstances worked out 03:51 where the Lord just kind of brought me 03:53 to Review and Herald 03:54 and Message Magazine, I happen to be. 03:57 I was a senior in college at the time 03:59 and just kind of aimlessly wandering, 04:01 thinking of where I'm going go next, 04:03 not really sure what to do. 04:05 And the editor came through at that time 04:07 and was looking for an intern and I knew nothing about that 04:11 but one of my professors submitted my name and she-- 04:14 I'd taken one course from her but she felt like 04:17 I was the person who could do the job. 04:18 Wow. 04:19 So and that's kind of how it started 04:21 but as I look back now over the past six years, 04:24 it was so many things came together 04:27 that it was definitely the Lord 04:28 and I'm honored to be in His service, I'm honored. 04:31 Its not anything I'm doing for Him, 04:34 I think He's doing something for me. 04:35 So tell me have you always been a Christian? 04:37 Have you always been at a high level spiritually? 04:43 And its so praise the Lord 04:44 just I'm scared to know what's the background. 04:47 I would love to say that I've been, 04:49 I was born in South America. My father was-- 04:51 What part of South America? Guyana. 04:53 So do you speak more than one language as well? 04:56 No. Guyana is actually formally a British colony. 04:59 So English was the standard language that I spoke. 05:02 My dad was a minister for many years 05:05 conference official as matter of fact. 05:07 So I grew up Adventist but I think when my parents 05:11 immigrated to the States I kind of lost some things, 05:14 and I remember having a real serious problem with anger 05:18 and my temperament was really in trouble. 05:21 I was in public school at the time 05:23 and my mother felt that I needed to get out of that, 05:25 so she pulled me out and put me in the Christian school 05:29 and because she saw some dangerous signals 05:31 I was beginning to get into some real trouble so. 05:35 And answer to your question, no. 05:36 I haven't always been at this plane 05:38 and I don't consider myself to be anywhere. 05:41 I think I'm struggling and challenged always. 05:44 But the Lord has done miraculous things for me. 05:48 He has just taken me out of bad situations 05:51 the temperament that was hurting me 05:53 and kind of delivered me. 05:55 And in fact, I write about that a little bit. 05:58 Really? Tell me more about that. 06:02 Recently, the Review and Herald published a young adult 06:05 devotional for 2001 called Beyond the In-A-Pinch God, 06:09 its out right now in ABC bookstores 06:11 and other bookstores. 06:13 Why would a person want to have a young adult devotional? 06:16 Basically, it's targeted to an age group 06:20 that's at a fringe in a lot of ways of their lives. 06:24 They're deciding on careers, 06:26 they're deciding on having a family on that. 06:29 They're deciding on relationships. 06:31 Its just a very crucial time between the ages of say 16 06:36 and maybe 25 to 30, that's a very-- 06:39 it was a crucial-- it has been a crucial time for me 06:42 and fought with may pitfalls so I felt like I needed 06:46 to write not about something that I didn't know 06:51 I felt like I needed to speak to people 06:53 who were really struggling to make decisions 06:56 about that those big issues. 06:58 Are you married? Yes, I am. 07:00 And do you have children? No children yet. 07:03 Okay, but marriage these days-- Marriage-- 07:05 Enough right there-- A book is coming about that. 07:09 But the Lord really is just, let me into that 07:11 and Beyond the In-A-Pinch God, basically talks about 07:14 moving from being a crisis oriented relationship 07:18 with the Lord to, to a relationship 07:21 where God teaches you consistently how to-- 07:24 how to really bring Him into your life. 07:25 Can you give us just a little snippet there? 07:27 You know, I mean now you kind of introduce this book thing. 07:30 Can you tell us, what was on your heart? 07:33 What might be some of those issues there? 07:36 One of the big, well, 07:38 I can tell you kind of the experience that led to it. 07:41 My father was almost killed as he left 07:45 a satellite evangelist meeting at a local church. 07:50 And at that time, I remember my wife and I 07:53 it was a Friday night 07:54 and we were just get leaving our knees for worship 07:57 and I got a call from sister, she told me, 08:00 you know "daddy was almost killed." 08:02 You know he was held up at gunpoint, 08:04 he had no money at the time. 08:06 And the robbers you know basically let him go. 08:11 They saw his Bible. 08:12 He told them where he was coming from 08:14 and they let him go. 08:15 And just a few weeks before someone was killed 08:18 in the exact same kind of a situation. 08:22 So it was certain that the Lord, you know, 08:25 kind of brought him through and I was thinking 08:26 could I really survive the death of my father. 08:29 You know what about the things I never said to him 08:32 that I've the spiritual reserves 08:34 to go through a situation like that. 08:36 And I had to admit no, I don't because my relationship 08:40 with the Lord gets tight when there is a crisis. 08:44 You know, and crisis is good 08:46 but God want's to spend time with us 08:49 and teach us about Himself every day. 08:53 Every day, during the downtimes 08:55 He wants to be a part of our lives. 08:57 And so the book really deals with 08:59 how to bring Him into all the areas of your life. 09:01 The relationships and the work and the stresses 09:05 how to understand when He's trying to save you 09:09 or trying to lead you that's what it's about. 09:13 Well, thanks for sharing that with us. 09:15 And now we're gonna meet Pastor Jason McCracken. 09:19 So now tell me are you from overseas? 09:22 Are you from outside the United States? 09:23 No, I'm originally from New Jersey. 09:26 New Jersey? Yes. 09:27 Jersey? Yes, Jersey. 09:30 It's how they pronounce it. 09:31 I guess I lost my accent when I left. 09:35 And what languages do you speak? 09:36 Well, Portuguese, Portuguese 09:39 and Spanyol and of course English. 09:44 And so now tell me, 09:45 how did you get into this kind of international ministry 09:48 that you're here involved in now? 09:50 Well, it was very interesting 09:51 and after I received the call from God, 09:53 I went to Oakwood college prior to that 09:56 I was actually awarded a four year scholarship 10:00 to an engineer school in New Jersey. 10:02 Now, let's backup a little bit here now, okay. 10:05 Let's go to teenage, years. Okay. 10:08 Yeah, just give us the little bit more of the story here. 10:11 Well, I growing up in-- 10:12 growing up in the Baptist church. 10:16 I enjoyed campaign and doing a lot of things like that, 10:20 but I enjoyed also art, designing 10:23 and drawing as a child. 10:25 And so my father say, 10:26 "why don't you, you know look at engineering?" 10:28 I said sure, that's good because he was a contractor. 10:31 And so I was in mechanical drawing in high school 10:35 and then they put me in some other classes 10:37 for engineering, pre engineering. 10:40 And then one of my professor's came and he said 10:42 "why don't you fill out this application 10:45 and why don't you just-- 10:46 see if you want to go to engineering schools?" 10:48 So I said, "Well, I don't know." 10:50 I mean I was shy at that time, I said "Maybe, I don't know." 10:52 So I filled the application out. 10:54 And I-- and finally I got a letter 10:57 from an engineering school 10:59 and I was accepted for four years 11:01 and they were gonna pay for it 11:02 because they were looking for two individuals 11:04 in the state of New Jersey and two of us received 11:07 this scholarship for four years. 11:09 But at the same time God was actually 11:10 calling me to the ministry 11:12 and I did not want to come to the ministry at all. 11:15 And He called me and I said, "No not me, not me." 11:19 And finally-- 11:20 Why do people say "No not me, not me?" 11:22 Well, I guess because we look at-- 11:23 This is the main thing. Yes. 11:25 I was a teenager, I don't have any money 11:27 but I was-- I didn't look at money at that time. 11:30 I was looking at, I don't fit that caliber as a minister. 11:34 Okay. I mean here I'm young. 11:36 I like to go campaign, I like to do engineering. 11:39 What is the ministry have to do with engineering 11:41 or drawing or something like that? 11:42 At that time it was-- it was not ministry for me. 11:46 When He called me by His voice that's what chocked me, 11:50 it scared me because I did not want to go to the ministry. 11:54 Well, finally I was encouraged by my older sister 11:58 to not go to this engineering school and to go to Oakwood. 12:02 She knew nothing about Oakwood. 12:04 So I arrived at Oakwood College and my first year 12:08 I realized what the Lord wanted to do with me. 12:12 And it was very interesting and going overseas, 12:16 was that I saw last two missionaries gone overseas 12:18 and I said, "you know what, one day maybe I'll go." 12:21 And one day I had a dream 12:22 that I was in a foreign country preaching. 12:25 I woke up and told my roommate. He said "Oh, you are crazy?" 12:28 Well, it was that week when our former student missionary 12:31 approached me and said 12:33 "they have an opening in Brazil would you like to go?" 12:35 And I'm like me? I said, I don't have any money. 12:38 She said well, you have to raise it. 12:41 I said well, I'll do what I can. 12:42 So I wrote a 100 letters to my family and friends 12:46 who are not members of my church 12:48 and I received over thousand dollars. 12:50 Praise the Lord. And I was the first one to go. 12:54 And I was in a state called Rio Grande do Sul 12:58 in a city of called Porto Alegre 13:00 and I was the associate youth director there. 13:03 And they said do you preach? 13:05 Sure and so every week I was preaching 13:07 I was doing evangelism in English and I had a translator. 13:11 Many souls were won and I'm like what is this? 13:15 And-- The Lord is anointing. 13:16 And from there, the General Conference called me back 13:20 to work as a fulltime missionary. 13:21 And that's the General Conference 13:22 of Seventh-day Adventist? 13:23 Of Seventh-day Adventist. 13:24 The world head quarter called me back. Okay. 13:26 And I said "Okay, I guess I will go." 13:28 And I was there for ten years. 13:29 So now how was it with learning a language, 13:31 so is a gift of tongue still around. 13:34 Well, when I was in kindergarten I still remember 13:38 what my teacher wrote to my mother. 13:41 She wrote a note, she said, "Your son talks too much. 13:44 He worries me to death. He talks too much. 13:46 He worries me to death. He just talks, talks, talks too much." 13:50 And my mother said "You got the gift of gab." 13:53 And I said "no." 13:55 So prior to going to Brazil 13:57 I didn't have any language skills. 13:59 They said they speak Portuguese. 14:00 I said, "Oh, really I don't speak anything but English." 14:03 When I arrived in Brazil they said, 14:05 "Well, you've to learn a little bit of Portuguese." 14:08 I said "okay." 14:09 So they taught me this simple "hello, como voy.'" 14:12 And I was doing that but in six months 14:16 I was speaking the language. 14:18 That's incredible and I understand 14:19 that you speak with an accent. 14:21 We've some people around 3ABN 14:23 who are very fluent in Portuguese and they say, 14:26 "So it really is a gift of tongues." 14:29 I believe knowing you and hearing this, 14:32 so that's what about the Spanish? 14:33 How did you acquire the Spanish language? 14:35 Well, after going to Brazil as a full time missionary 14:38 I had to travel to Argentina and other countries 14:42 and Uruguay and Paraguay and-- 14:44 See he even says them correctly. Yeah. 14:47 Peru and Santiago and some other places. 14:49 I'm sure people who are watching 14:50 from there really appreciate. 14:52 Yeah. Yes. 14:53 And of course it was-- I had to kind of either pick up 14:56 the language or learn the language so. 14:58 It's very interesting because in Latin America 15:00 you've so many different dialects in Spanish. 15:02 So a lot of people say I've-- I speak the Spanish, 15:06 of not Mexican Spanish but not Peruvian Spanish 15:10 but people from Argentina and also Santiago, Chile. 15:13 And I said, that's okay I like that. 15:16 Yeah. So it's very interesting. 15:19 I use more Portuguese than I do Spanish 15:21 but in America Spanish is the second most 15:24 a widely spoken language today. 15:28 So now, you also have gotten involved beyond languages 15:31 and evangelism into focus with youth. 15:35 Might that be from the fact that you became a Christian 15:39 or became more involved with Bible truths? 15:43 It may be you hadn't been familiar 15:45 within the past because of youth work. 15:46 Oh, when I became a student missionary, 15:48 I'm not gonna tell you the year but it was a few decades ago. 15:51 Okay. 15:52 I felt that my calling was in youth ministry. 15:56 And the first year in Brazil as a student missionary 16:01 because of the evangelism and because of working 16:04 with youth and pathfinders which is a scout organization 16:06 I felt that was my calling. 16:08 I went back to Oakwood and start implementing programs. 16:11 Now wait a minute, you said something about pathfinders. 16:13 Yes. Can you explain this for a minute? 16:14 Because I understand you also a master guy. Yes. 16:17 Okay, a master guy that's the guy 16:20 because I was in pathfinders. 16:22 That's the guy who has this big sash coming across here. 16:24 Yeah. Yeah, yes, yes. 16:25 With all these things of all these tedious things 16:28 he has done all this time. 16:29 So tell me about that one too. 16:30 About 80 honors I've on my sash 16:33 and it stands from wilderness survival and a stronger. 16:37 And there's a uniform you wear and everything. 16:39 Yes, it's the uniform. 16:40 It's green, looks some military but it's a scouting uniform 16:44 it has a scarf and its-- and right now I'm teaching 16:49 for the North American division which represents 16:52 Canada, United States, Panmure and also Hawaii. 16:56 And so I teach skills of how to become a master guy, 16:59 and that is the top level of it, 17:01 took me a while to get it but I'm okay. 17:03 But instinct enough when I was in Brazil 17:06 I was teaching these techniques 17:08 and he said we don't know anything about this. 17:09 I said well, it's just a part of path finding. 17:12 And path finding after going to Brazil 17:15 for ten years it grew where I was going, 17:18 where I was working in the city of Sao Paulo out of union that, 17:21 that comprises of a lot of different states. 17:24 And we had closed to 20,000 pathfinders. 17:28 When I left they had 35,000. Now they're like 55,000. 17:31 Wow. 17:32 And they're growing and they just growing and growing 17:34 because it's a co-ed organization girls and guys 17:39 and they work in same group 17:40 and they do a lot of community activities 17:43 and campaign activities and it's a great thing 17:46 and so I loved it, it's just a part of my life. 17:48 You know when you say camping. 17:49 I'm the first one to walk out the door. 17:52 I don't think my wife would do that but I mean she enjoys it. 17:55 You know can I sleep in a trailer? 17:56 Yes you may. Now sleep in the tent. 17:58 But that's basically a part of my growing up in New Jersey 18:03 camping in the woods with no tents, 18:05 underground in the bushes just enjoying it. 18:09 So now how did you make that commitment to 10 years 18:14 away from all that you knew here or from New Jersey 18:18 from your college friends and to-- 18:21 what kinds of miracles did you see 18:23 God did for you while you were there? 18:25 Interesting enough Brazil is a very youthful country. 18:29 Out of the 155 million plus that live in Brazil 18:33 right now are over 75% are under the age of 30. 18:40 So working with youth every day is just a part of life. 18:44 When you walk into a church of a 1,000 people 18:46 800 are under the age of 30. 18:49 And so for me, that was basically 18:54 my, my, my, my life experience, my calling. 18:57 I felt that God, I was touching people 19:01 not knowing how effective I was. 19:04 Until, today you find people places in the United States 19:08 and they now say "I remember you're from Brazil." 19:10 You do I had hair then. But they still remember. 19:15 They used to remember the stories I used to tell them. 19:18 And I'm trying to write a book on that anyway. 19:20 But one day I'll get there. 19:21 It's called "Breaking point" has a lot of experiences 19:24 that young people go through and-- 19:26 That sounds good. 19:28 The kids love it because when I tell stories 19:30 they're just like, can you tell us another one? 19:32 No, I've to go to preach now. 19:34 But I felt that the Lord was actually touching my life 19:37 through youth ministry. 19:38 And that's why I'm a part of youth evangelism right now. 19:42 Okay, now you got to tell us the story? 19:44 You want to tell me the story? 19:45 You're gonna can tell us a story. 19:46 You mean a children's story. 19:48 Yeah, give us a little sample for those 19:49 who are watching the program. 19:52 Johnny enjoyed going out to the parks, 19:54 so one day his father took him out to the park. 19:57 And then he said "I'm gonna sit by a tree and go to sleep." 20:00 So Johnny's father went to sleep. 20:02 Johnny decided to climb this wooden long white fence 20:05 and he started chasing a butterfly. 20:07 When he chased the butterfly he didn't noticed 20:09 that there is a buffalo on top of the hill 20:11 and the buffalo charged down the hill towards Johnny. 20:15 In the meanwhile Johnny's father woke up and said 20:17 "Johnny, where are you? Where are you, Johnny?" 20:19 Johnny was still chasing that butterfly 20:21 and the buffalo was crashing down the hill after Johnny. 20:25 And Johnny didn't know anything was happening, 20:27 until his father ran to the fence and said "Johnny." 20:29 Well, I count to three, 20:30 I want you to return to me run, Johnny run." 20:34 And then his father said "three." 20:36 And Johnny's started running, he turned and started running 20:38 and running and running and when he approach the fence 20:42 there was a rock hidden under the grass and Johnny tripped 20:46 and his father reached out over the fence 20:48 and grabbed Johnny to save him 20:52 and the buffalo stopped two inches from killing Johnny. 20:56 Well, the Bible said, 20:58 "God's arm is not too short that He cannot save." 21:01 Amen. That's good. 21:03 I like that Word. Not bad. 21:05 That was a good one. 21:07 Well that let me ask you something, 21:08 you gentlemen represents some really effective publications 21:14 that are doing a wonderful work 21:16 beyond what you're doing personally 21:18 and I really appreciate the fact that you shared 21:20 something about yourself with those are watching the program. 21:24 Tell us about the Message Magazine. 21:28 What is the Message Magazine? 21:30 Well, Message Magazine is a missionary publication 21:34 that is it's focused to folks who are un-churched 21:39 or churched for that matter but it's, 21:42 it goes beyond the bounds of our Seventh-day Adventism. 21:47 And Message Magazine-- So it's not denominational? 21:50 No. Okay. 21:51 It actually, is really based on the Word of God. 21:55 I mean, we teach the Word of God 21:58 and make it applicable to issues of today. 22:02 And I think that's very unique. 22:04 And spend around for us some time. 22:05 Spend around a long time. 22:07 And we consider ourselves to continue 22:09 in the line of the work done by Edson White 22:12 who was a pioneer worker in the late 1800s 22:16 among people of color in the south 22:19 with a tract called the Gospel Herald. 22:22 And Message Magazine, kind of follows in that work, 22:25 the name Message actually began around, began around the 1930s. 22:31 Message continues today to just proclaim 22:35 the Gospel of Jesus Christ and our goal is 22:37 to do really two things, to encourage passionate, 22:42 virtuous living for today and eternity 22:46 and to present in all forms and to whatever 22:51 groups out there the Bible based Gospel of Jesus Christ 22:56 we just believe that He is the centre of everything 22:58 and everything flows from Him. 23:00 So if you read Message Magazine I think you'll see 23:03 a heavy focus on Jesus and how He blesses today. 23:05 And I strongly, yeah, recommend that one. 23:08 That's a good one. 23:09 Anything that's gonna encourage the Christian walk 23:12 it's something that we need to be interested in. 23:15 And you know, sometimes we need different approaches 23:18 for reaching different types of people. 23:20 Just like if you decided a stretch beyond yourself Jason 23:23 and learned two different languages 23:25 that were not your native tongue. 23:27 If you were not willing to do that 23:28 you'd have limited yourself in the 1000s of people 23:31 that you wouldn't able to teach 23:33 a pathfinder, a master guy, evangelism 23:37 it just would not have been as a great impact. 23:39 So this is another way may be for people 23:42 who watching the program who say, you know oh, 23:45 I've a good friend who's over a different culture than I am. 23:48 And they might be interested in something 23:50 that is targeted toward, toward individuals of color. 23:54 There are some secular publications 23:57 that are doing quite well focusing on that. 24:00 But their emphasis is the entertain the world 24:03 and looking at the peoples lives 24:05 and what they have and what's in there home 24:08 and gossip and who's got the latest 24:11 and they highlight the rap artists and that kind of thing. 24:16 But this is a way of pointing people like you said to Christ. 24:20 And then there's another publication that you involved 24:23 with which is a part of your burden for youth 24:25 and that is Insight. 24:26 Yeah, it's Insight Magazine. 24:28 So tell me about Insight Magazine. 24:30 Well, the Insight Magazine is a teen's magazine. 24:34 It's strictly for teenagers so we can't read 24:36 because we are not teenagers any longer. 24:37 We might look like but we're not teenagers but it is, 24:40 it is exclusively designed for teenagers of the church. 24:44 It has articles that they write about their experiences. 24:49 It also features mission trips. 24:52 It also features a Bible lessons. 24:55 It features sometimes areas of CDs. 25:00 We talk about music. We've a music column 25:02 or where we talk about different gospel artist. 25:05 And so this particular magazine is designed for teenagers only. 25:10 I write a lot of editorials about a ten times a year 25:14 and I try to be more focused. 25:17 The last article was called-- 25:20 let's see, what was the name of that article? 25:22 Oh, yes "Where they are" and "Violence signs" 25:29 talking about the signs of the times. 25:30 And so these editorials help young people 25:33 give them a glimpse of what's happening today. 25:35 Well, I tell you I just took a very long trip 25:38 with my niece who is 19 who just got a new truck 25:41 and we spend most of the time listening. 25:44 She is a Christian and she had Gospel music 25:47 and different music that she likes, 25:49 where you get a whole new world out there. 25:51 That's right. That's right. 25:52 May be you're a customer she will be a teenager. 25:54 I don't have teenagers, you know. 25:57 But to understand how they think 25:59 and what their viewpoints are that's good. 26:01 And I like the fact that you said 26:02 that it is written and you know that. 26:04 Yes, teenagers only and they're featured on the cover. 26:07 Okay. 26:08 Well, I understand that you guys have an up-- 26:11 a website that is up and coming and has things on there, 26:15 that's really interesting. 26:16 Let's take a look at that website right now. 26:18 Tell us the website. 26:21 Well, its insightmagazine.org 26:25 and you can actually contact us through that website. 26:29 Okay, and www.messagemagazine.org 26:33 or www.insightmagazine.org. 26:37 So if you've some one that you like to witness 26:39 to in a very special way contact, let them know. 26:44 And you can also get hold of you by email. 26:46 Definitely. 26:47 I also want to say for those of you who are watching 26:49 if you've publications that you would like to get a hold off 26:52 may be Bible lessons dial 800 number on your screen 26:55 and 3ABN will be happy to send you a copy of, 26:58 a free complimentary copy of Bible lessons. 27:02 Well, our time is just about up and we'll always likes to do 27:05 is to offer word to prayer 27:07 for those who're watching the program. 27:09 And Pastor McCracken, would you do that for us please? 27:13 Yes. Father in Heaven, we're so thankful 27:15 that You've given us the spirit 27:18 and the power to proclaim the everlasting gospel. 27:23 And we're thankful Lord, that You've brought us 27:25 here together to tell everyone about the love of Jesus. 27:30 We pray that You would continue 27:32 to guide each and every one of us 27:34 and those who are hearing this good news about Jesus. 27:38 For we ask these blessing's in Christ name we pray, amen. 27:41 Amen. 27:43 Well, we thank you, so much for coming to the program. 27:45 Thank you. Thank you. 27:46 God bless you both the ministry that you're doing for Him 27:48 and for those of you-- thank you hey praise the Lord, 27:51 God gets the glory for everything. Amen. 27:53 And I just to want to say for those of you watching today 27:57 it's been a pleasure to be with you 27:58 and we'll see in on another edition of Issues and Answers. 28:00 God bless you. |
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