Participants: Karen Pearson (Host), Pierre Quinn (Host), Kay D. Rizzo
Series Code: SOR
Program Code: SOR000001A
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00:25 Hello, I'm Karen Pearson,
00:27 and I'd like to welcome you to Stones of Remembrance, 00:30 a program based on Joshua 4:8 and 9. 00:34 I'd like to read from the word for you right now. 00:38 "And thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, 00:41 and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, 00:45 just as the Lord spoke to Joshua, 00:47 according to the number of tribes of the sons of Israel, 00:51 and carried them over with them to the lodging place 00:54 and put them down there. 00:56 Then Joshua set up twelve stones 00:59 in the middle of the Jordan 01:01 at the place where the feet of the priests 01:03 who carried the ark were standing, 01:06 and they are there to this day. 01:10 We're all familiar with the story of Joshua 01:12 taking the twelve stones from the middle of the river 01:15 and setting up an altar in Gilgal as a memorial 01:18 to God's miraculous holding back of the river. 01:21 But we may not be as familiar, 01:24 with the altar that Joshua 01:25 set up in the middle of the Jordan, 01:27 right where the priests were standing. 01:30 Once the waters returned to flowing downstream, 01:33 the altar on the river bed remained hidden and unseen. 01:38 In each episode of Stones of Remembrance, 01:41 we'll be talking with one of your favorite authors. 01:44 And as they share their stories, 01:46 I'd like you to think of their books, 01:48 as being like the altar, Joshua built in Gilgal. 01:52 They build their books, word by word, 01:54 chapter by chapter, 01:56 we hold their books in our hands, 01:58 and were reminded of what God has done. 02:02 But what about the altar that is unseen. 02:06 The altar that is in the middle of their river. 02:10 What are the untold stories 02:12 that helped to shape their message 02:15 and give the right to their passion for sharing Jesus? 02:18 This is what we'll be looking at 02:20 in Stone of Remembrance. 02:22 You may be passing through 02:24 some deep waters of your own right now. 02:26 And so we invite you to sit back, 02:28 be encouraged as you listen, 02:30 to some stories of God's love and leading, 02:33 as we catch a glimpse of some hidden altars. 02:37 I have the privilege of working at Pacific Press, 02:39 and one of my favorite things that I ever get to do, 02:42 is to work with our authors. 02:44 But before I introduce you to today's guest, 02:47 I would like you to meet my co-host and friend, 02:50 Pierre Quinn. 02:51 Pierre why don't you tell us a little about yourself. 02:54 Sure, Karen, as you know, I'm pastoring in Kentucky 02:57 for the South Central Conference, 02:59 I think it's safe to say especially with your help, 03:02 I'm an aspiring Pacific Press author. 03:04 Amen. 03:06 Thank you so much, Pierre. 03:09 I'd like to share something, 03:10 for a moment with you from the word. 03:13 "And you will seek me and you will find me," 03:16 says Jeremiah, 03:18 "When you search for me with all your heart, 03:20 and I will be found by you" declares the Lord. 03:24 "And I will restore your possessions, 03:27 and restore your fortunes, 03:29 and I will gather you from all the nations 03:31 and from all the places where I have driven you. 03:34 And I will bring you back, to the place where I sent you." 03:39 I love this passage and I know that today's guest does too. 03:42 I'd like to welcome to the program, Kay Rizzo. 03:46 Welcome Kay. 03:47 I'm glad to be here. 03:48 Thank you so much. 03:50 Kay, I know that you are a very much 03:54 in demand women's ministry speaker. 03:56 You have spoken from Maine to Hawaii, 03:59 and all over the place, all over the world. 04:01 Why don't you tell us a moment... 04:03 for a moment about yourself? 04:05 Well, I started out an English teacher in academies, 04:08 boarding schools, 04:10 and I've just always loved talking. 04:16 When I was a first grader, 04:17 I decided I was gonna be a preacher. 04:20 And then some little smart Alex says 04:21 "You can't, because you're a girl." 04:24 And so I said, "Well, you know, 04:25 teachers talk almost as much, may be I'll be a teacher." 04:29 And then it... it switched, 04:31 life changes, and I started writing. 04:34 Well, that's awesome. We're glad you did. 04:36 Mm-hmm, very much so. 04:38 I also know Kay that you've been married 04:40 to the love of your life, Richard, for 51 years. 04:42 Is that right? Absolutely. 04:44 Absolutely. Still... still in love? 04:47 Yeah, we didn't know it's gonna be so good. 04:52 That's awesome. That's wonderful. 04:54 Kay is also a prolific writer. 04:56 How many books? 04:58 Fifty books. 04:59 Fifty books to her name. 05:01 There are not many authors who can say that Kay, 05:03 that is a real milestone. 05:05 And we are, um, 05:08 we're gonna take a look, at your 50th book. 05:12 Okay. 05:13 That's the book that we're gonna look at today, 05:15 the Prodigal Daughter. 05:17 Interesting title. Yeah. 05:18 The Prodigal Daughter, not The Prodigal Son. 05:22 So, tell us about The Prodigal Daughter? 05:27 Well, the story was told to me by the daughter's aunt. 05:32 So, this is a true story? 05:34 This is a true story 05:35 that minor details have been changed to, 05:40 protect the guilty and the innocent. 05:42 And it happened in California. 05:46 And as you're going through, you keep saying, 05:48 "No, this cant possibly..." 05:50 But it is. 05:52 And it's well, unfortunately, 05:54 it's happening to hundreds of girls. 05:58 Probably boys too, 05:59 they think they can make it big in Hollywood. 06:03 And so, this is... 06:04 but more than that, that's just a surface story. 06:07 The real story is how God protected her 06:11 even in the worst of situations. 06:13 And he kept the parent involved praying for her. 06:20 So that, she was protected and the story comes from 06:24 the father's story and then her story. 06:28 It goes back and forth. 06:30 And it was... it was fun to write, it was a challenge, 06:32 because it's a part of life I have never experienced. 06:35 Yes. 06:36 And we actually took a trip to Hollywood 06:38 and took some pictures down there. 06:40 And... 06:41 It was... it was enjoyable, 06:43 but I got very protective of her. 06:46 She was very special to me 06:48 and I didn't want anyone criticizing her, 06:50 because she was special. 06:51 Yes, yes. 06:52 And there are some stories that you hear 06:54 and there are stories that are just good to be told 06:56 from person to person. 06:58 But then there are some things that you hear and you're... 07:00 you're thinking, "I got to write this down." 07:03 What was it about? 07:04 Hearing this story they said to you, you know what, 07:06 I got to put pen to paper or cursor to Microsoft word 07:10 or what that feel. 07:12 Possibly, it was just the fact that it paralleled, 07:15 The Prodigal Son so closely. 07:18 And I'd never thought about a prodigal daughter. 07:20 And it paralleled, it's so closely that I... 07:22 you know, this has to be told 07:24 'cause it's a whole new perspective, 07:27 on a very important story 07:29 that every single one of us can be involved in. 07:32 We've all gone awry from God. 07:35 We've all made 07:36 the wrong choices and poor decisions. 07:38 Right. 07:39 That's right and so to me, this was the importance of it. 07:43 Very good. Very good. 07:46 So, Kay, tell me, as you got into the story, 07:50 and you started to uncover something of what happened 07:53 to this young girl. 07:56 How did that make you feel? 07:58 You've got out of your comfort zone a bit, 08:01 Thankful that my daughters are grown. 08:04 I don't have to worry about them 08:05 going through that sort of thing. 08:07 But I think that, also I became aware 08:10 of the human trafficking problem. 08:13 Right at that time, we had a band of human traffickers. 08:19 We busted and arrested in our little town of Visalia. 08:24 You know and that was something that happened in San Francisco, 08:27 or Los Angles. 08:28 This was not something. The big cities. 08:30 That's right. You know the "Sin Cities." 08:32 You know, but little Visalia, 08:34 they actually had a break in human trafficking there 08:38 and I thought "Wow, this is incredible." 08:41 And so I started telling people at church about it 08:43 and they said "No." 08:45 They didn't even want to hear it. 08:47 They said, "No, no, no, I don't want to ear about this." 08:50 But it's very real that 30 minutes 08:52 after a young person goes, lands on the street, 08:56 gets off a bus and lands on the streets of L.A. Seattle, 09:00 30 minutes, and they're picked up by a pimp 09:03 and cannot escape. 09:05 Let's go back because you said, you were telling the story 09:08 and some people say "No, no, no, I don't want to hear it-- 09:10 They don't want to hear. 09:11 Why did you think, in the Christian world, 09:15 there is this... 09:17 people say "Aha," even though this-- 09:19 the Bible is full of sexual references 09:21 and sexual stories. 09:23 Why do you think sometimes we as Christians say, 09:25 "Let's not talk about any of those things?" 09:28 I think it's scary 09:29 because it's something you can't control. 09:31 You know, you can say, you can control, 09:33 you can talk about, the alcoholic 09:35 or the person with this particular vice or whatever, 09:39 but this is something that's out of... 09:41 out of your reach. 09:42 You just... you can't comprehend 09:44 some one actually being chained in a prostitution, 09:48 house of prostitution. 09:50 You just can't comprehend that. 09:51 You think that, "Well, somebody comes in, 09:54 they could ask for their help." 09:55 No it doesn't work that way 09:57 and so I think it's just frightening. 09:59 At least it was for me. Yes, yes. 10:02 Well, the main character in the book, 10:04 in your take on this parable, doesn't... 10:09 She doesn't get off, well, she doesn't get out of her car 10:12 and instantly end up in prostitution 10:15 There is a progression. 10:17 What can we learn about the progression 10:20 in our own lives, 10:21 especially when we're dealing with sin and bad choices, 10:24 based on your main character story? 10:25 Step by step almost... 10:30 unrelenting but just persistent and, 10:35 and you don't even identify it as that. 10:39 You know, you think "This isn't bad, 10:41 this isn't a problem. 10:42 We can handle this, I can handle this." 10:45 And you don't realize where it's going to lead. 10:48 The end result, you know the wages of sin is death. 10:51 Whatever sin is, it's death. 10:54 Whatever sin you're fighting, 10:56 that's the end result of that sin. 10:59 We don't always take that progression, I think. 11:02 Yes and thank the Lord for the father's love. 11:05 Absolutely. 11:07 For the love of the praying father, she had that. 11:10 Didn't she? 11:12 To me that's the story. Yes. 11:13 Because we all go astray. 11:15 But the father that was persistently there, 11:17 praying for her, over her. 11:19 And-- and following her-- 11:23 her commands of "Don't you try to follow me to--" 11:26 But still praying and never letting go 11:28 and never giving up and that's, that's my God. 11:31 Yes, yes. And how awesome. 11:33 You know, there are many of us, Kay, who go through life, 11:38 and who don't have a father like that. 11:41 So to see a real life version of the Bible story, 11:45 coming to life is very powerful. 11:48 Oh, I think that, the thing to remember 11:51 as children of God, Christians, be... 11:55 his children, is that the first time around 11:59 you might not get the ideal father. 12:03 But the second time, 12:04 when you allow yourself to be born again, 12:06 you get the perfect father. 12:08 That's powerful. That's good stuff. 12:09 I really like that. Thank you, Kay. 12:12 We're gonna take a break for a moment. 12:15 So you can find out, how to get Kay's book. 12:18 "A Prodigal Daughter." We'll be right back. 12:25 The Prodigal Daughter is based on the true story 12:27 of a talented young woman, 12:29 who leaves home, ignoring her father's tears. 12:32 Head strong and naive, 12:34 she is soon trapped in the horrific world 12:36 far different from the fame she'd imagined. 12:39 Just like Jesus' story of another runaway child, 12:42 The Prodigal Daughter reveals the father's love 12:45 and reminds us of how far our heavenly father 12:48 would go in order to redeem and restore his lost children, 12:52 from the pen of Kay D. Rizzo. 12:54 This true story of a modern day prodigal 12:57 would give you renewed appreciation 12:59 for the faithfulness of the prayer answering God. 13:02 To get your copy of The Prodigal Daughter, 13:05 call 1800-765-6955. 13:10 Stop by your local Adventist book centre, 13:13 or order online at www.adventistbookcentre.com 13:28 Welcome back to Stones of Remembrance 13:30 where we were speaking with our guest today, 13:32 Kay Rizzo. 13:34 Kay, 50 books, 13:36 a lot of stories, a lot of Stones of Remembrance. 13:39 Yes. 13:41 I can't say that I have read all 50 books, Kay. 13:43 But I have read a lot of them. 13:45 And I've noticed something about your books. 13:48 There seems to be a couple of recurring themes, 13:50 over rocking themes that weave their way 13:53 into any of the books that you've written. 13:55 One of them is... 13:59 "Where is God in the situation?" 14:02 And another one is "Can we trust Him?" 14:06 Can God be trusted? 14:09 And throughout your writing 14:10 there is an underlying spirit of joy, 14:16 that is so apparent and so powerful. 14:19 So, how do you think that came about? 14:22 Where did that-- 14:23 Did you ever have a time in your life, 14:25 where you wrestled with "Is God in this situation? 14:27 Or where are you God? 14:29 And can I trust you?" 14:31 Yes. Yes. 14:35 When I left teaching, 14:38 we were in a very bad situation as a family, money. 14:43 There was no money coming in, 14:45 there was no job, 14:46 our daughters were getting ready 14:48 to go away to college. 14:50 We didn't know how we were gonna put them in there. 14:52 My health went totally kaput, 14:54 everything that's gone wrong 14:56 happened at that time and I remember one night, 14:59 I sat on the sofa in the middle of the night 15:03 and I was-- 15:04 Now this is the little girl 15:06 that would go to the Sabbath school 15:07 and when she had to put the little heart 15:09 up next to the picture of Jesus, 15:11 I would push other people's hearts away, 15:12 so mine was closer. 15:14 I didn't quite have the love yet. 15:18 But I sat there and I really, 15:21 I-- the Lord obviously knew my heart 'cause I said, 15:25 "Jesus if you are real, 15:28 you got to let me know it 15:30 because I can't go on with this anymore." 15:32 And here you were a wife. 15:33 A wife, mother, taught for ten years. 15:36 College age kids, 15:37 you've been working for the church for many years. 15:40 Absolutely. 15:41 So you were in your own river, weren't you? 15:43 Absolutely. 15:44 You were crossing your own Jordan. 15:45 It's interesting when I told a friend of mine, 15:48 her name is Penny Wheeler for those of you that know her. 15:51 Yes. 15:52 I told her what was happening, 15:53 'cause my life was falling apart. 15:55 And she says, "Oh, this is gonna make a good book." 15:58 And I thought, 16:00 "No, Christians don't have that kind of problems. 16:03 They are not gonna want to read about depression." 16:06 Okay, you've hand something so important though. 16:09 You know as Christians 16:11 and, Pierre, I'm sure you find this in working 16:13 with your church members as well. 16:16 We think we have to have it all together. 16:18 Sort of that faith of the near. 16:21 Yes. Yes. 16:22 This painted on view of Christianity. 16:23 Right and but, you know, 16:25 and it's not that we want to pretend 16:29 that we-- But we just genuinely think. 16:31 Well, Christians don't fall apart. 16:33 So, I won't fall apart 16:35 and we just, we won't knuckle our way through life 16:39 and there is no joy. 16:40 So how did you get through that? 16:43 Joy. 16:45 I started reading the Psalms 16:47 and I started out with the anger Psalms 16:51 and I'm gonna step on his head 16:53 and crush his teeth into the ground 16:55 and all of these things and I was just really feeling good 16:58 about things that had happen to us. 17:01 And I discovered the beginning and end 17:03 of almost every single one of those Psalms 17:07 had something to do about praise. 17:10 And so very slowly, 17:12 I began to find praise in my worship 17:15 till I finally got, so I highlighted 17:18 all the praise texts 17:20 and I found that there were-- 17:22 First of all there are lot of different kinds of praise 17:23 but there were 357 praise texts. 17:30 Now that's one a day plus one. 17:34 You know that's pretty good 17:36 and so I decided I am going to praise. 17:40 I found the text in Revelation, 17:41 that's Revelation 3 that says "Let no man steal your crown." 17:45 Well, I was so angry at the people 17:47 that had tried to destroy us, I just said, 17:49 they might get everything else, 17:50 but they are not going to get my crown. 17:53 And so through that I discovered praise 17:55 and the other had to fall away, 17:58 it wasn't necessary and now joy is everything. 18:01 Three hundred and fifty seven. 18:03 That's what I found. Sixty seven may be. 18:05 It sounds like a devotional. 18:08 Oh, my yes. One verse every day. 18:09 Yes. Yes. 18:11 So, one of the things back to this 50th book 18:15 that we battle within that, 18:17 even here coming out and part of your story 18:19 is this tension on how, how do I respond to God, 18:22 because in the prodigal son 18:24 and even in your story, the prodigal daughter, 18:27 you see the character fighting with, 18:29 she almost wants her father 18:32 to come looking after her, 18:34 but then the thought of it 18:35 makes her angry sometimes. 18:37 Why do you think that's a reality for lot of us? 18:44 That's a good question. 18:47 No, I think that we are so-- We are in a world of sin. 18:53 And our thoughts are not clear, 18:55 they are muddied like muddywater. 18:58 And you know it's not, 19:00 the muddy water isn't our fault, 19:02 because we're just in a world of sin, 19:05 and so having to deal with the two sides of this issue 19:10 is just part of our being, 19:13 you know, but we have the promises 19:15 in like Jeremiah 29:11, that says, 19:20 "Let that I will bless you, I have plans for you." 19:26 The good stuff, 19:27 I want to give you the good stuff. 19:29 And if you can keep that in mind 19:31 while you are going through these events as a writer, 19:34 I say, well, if a bad thing happens, 19:36 that's just a plot twist in your story. 19:39 You know, it's going to work out right 19:41 because God promised, He is going to take care of us. 19:44 He is going to see us through and some day, some day, 19:48 He is going to show us what we did, 19:50 the best video ever and it's going to be-- 19:55 You are right. Yes. 19:56 I wouldn't want it any other way. 19:59 And I think that that's for me 20:02 what I think is important is remembering that 20:04 first of all God has plans. 20:06 And then second, He will carry it through 20:09 and it's nice to know 20:11 He is not going to expect more of us that we can manage. 20:14 Yes. That helps too. 20:15 Yes. Yes. 20:17 What I love about the Jeremiah 29:11, 20:19 is the way God says 20:22 "I know the plans I have for you." 20:24 It's like don't worry about it, I know about it. 20:27 I got it under control. 20:29 Kay did you ever have any other 20:30 middle of the river experiences? 20:33 Well, that was probably the biggest. 20:36 Earlier we had lost two fathers and a son. 20:40 And so, that was really tough 20:43 'cause we couldn't understand 20:45 how this would have all happened at one time. 20:47 Yes. 20:49 But we also knew-- 20:50 This was before I knew anything about praise and joy. 20:54 And so, I went through a real dark time 20:58 and I would hide it. 21:00 And I didn't like people to come up and say, 21:03 I understand. 21:05 When they have four healthy little kids over here 21:07 that are bouncing off the walls, 21:09 they don't have a clue what I'm going through. 21:12 And that would make me angry, 21:14 and I wish they would just not say anything 21:17 and I got a letter one Sabbath afternoon 21:20 and the letter was from a lady I had known 21:23 when we lived in Wisconsin, 21:25 and she says I heard about what happened, 21:27 I understand and I threw it across the room. 21:30 I didn't want to read the rest. 21:31 And Richard said, you gonna read this, 21:33 and he looked at and he says I lost three sons. 21:36 Oh my. 21:38 She understood. 21:40 So, don't tell people 21:41 they understand when they don't. 21:43 Yes. 21:44 You know don't, don't say when you don't. 21:45 You don't really understand. Yes. 21:47 Unless you do, 21:48 and then you can always say I love you. 21:50 I'm praying for you. I'm with you. 21:52 I'm crying with you if necessary. 21:54 But don't say you understand. 21:56 Or even to say, I know I don't understand. 21:58 But I'm so sorry, 22:00 the pain that you are going through. 22:02 And I think, we feel like we have to-- 22:03 Yes. 22:05 Turn a praise to make them feel better 22:07 or alleviate the struggle that they are going through. 22:10 And it becomes a cliche. It does. 22:12 And it makes you angry. 22:14 Yes. Yes. Yeah. 22:17 So, as you're looking at the, you, 22:20 the current version of you. 22:23 How would you footnote that section of your life 22:26 where in you everything was kind of falling apart, 22:30 you had all these questions. 22:31 Now, looking back on it, how do you remember it? 22:34 How would you note it? 22:36 Well, that's an easy one 22:38 because as I look back 22:40 there is not a thing I would change. 22:42 Amen. 22:43 All that we went through and how bad it was. 22:45 My husband was afraid 22:47 that I might commit suicide when I left the house. 22:49 Wow. 22:50 That's how serious it was, 22:52 but if I hadn't gone through that 22:54 and my friend Penny hadn't encouraged me, 22:57 I never would have written 22:58 'On Wings of Praise', 23:00 which has completely revolutionize. 23:03 I have five or six books on praise out 23:06 and people come up all the time and say 23:09 that book did so much for me, thank you. 23:12 And so, it makes it all worth it, 23:13 no matter what I did. 23:15 So that truly was your altar in the middle of the river. 23:17 Yes, absolutely. That's amazing. 23:20 That's amazing, how powerful. 23:22 And also a really interesting point to note, Kay, 23:25 how often it is. 23:27 I think it's in every instance, we have a story to share. 23:31 And a story that needs telling 23:34 and especially the tough stories, 23:37 even the ones that people don't want to hear perhaps. 23:41 So I want to thank you for the courage 23:42 that it took for you to write a prodigal daughter 23:44 and deal with an incredibly difficult subject. 23:49 I think that the only thing we can really relate to others 23:53 is our own story. 23:54 Yes. 23:56 You know and God puts you in that situation, 23:57 at least He helped you through that situation. 23:59 He didn't create the situation. 24:01 But He helped you through that situation, 24:03 so you would have that story to tell. 24:06 And when you don't tell it, you're bottling it up inside 24:10 and it has to come out eventually. 24:12 Yes, and like he said, sorry Pierre, like he said 24:16 go and tell how much God has done for you. 24:19 He gives each one of us that invitation. 24:21 We are almost out of time. 24:23 Kay, we really enjoyed our conversation with you. 24:25 There are some people who are watching today, 24:27 possibly they are in one of those dark sections, 24:29 maybe like the prodigal daughter, 24:30 maybe like the prodigal son, maybe like you were. 24:33 What would you say to them who are watching now 24:35 or what would you say to encourage them 24:37 during this dark moment that they're experiencing? 24:40 Trust the promise, 24:42 I know the plans I have for you. 24:45 Trust that those promises 24:47 are going to be carried through. 24:50 And even when you don't feel it, 24:53 say it again and again to yourself. 24:55 I put praise messages 24:57 all over my house on posted notes, 25:01 so that I would remember that the instant I began to go 25:05 to the negative, 25:07 I would remembered a praise. 25:09 And I had to break a habit 25:10 'cause I wasn't doing very well 25:12 and I have to break a very vicious habit of discouragement 25:16 and it was through the praise. 25:18 We have been talking today with Kay Rizzo about her book, 25:23 The Prodigal Daughter and several of the other books 25:25 that she has written. 25:26 We've enjoyed our conservation with her today. 25:29 And one of the things that she brought up 25:30 that we really need to remember 25:32 is that the story of the prodigal son, 25:34 even the story about the prodigal daughter 25:36 is more about how the father feels about us. 25:40 We need to get to the point where we're clinging more to 25:43 how the father feels about us 25:45 and what's written in scripture about us, about God's children 25:49 as opposed to how we feel about our situation. 25:52 As Kay shared before, 25:53 maybe some of us are 25:54 in a very dark moment in our lives right now. 25:56 And those are the times where you have to grind 25:59 and find those passages of scripture, 26:01 find those promises of God 26:03 to really pour into the situation 26:05 that you are feeling right now. 26:06 And also that we don't have to have our act together 26:09 before the father comes looking for us. 26:11 That's the amazing part of the story. 26:13 Is that in the middle of the challenges 26:15 that we are facing, 26:16 the father is looking for us 26:18 and he has stationed people to pray for us. 26:21 And intercede for us, 26:23 especially when we are not interceding for ourselves. 26:26 This has been another episode of Stones of Remembrance 26:29 and we've been talking with Kay Rizzo, 26:31 about her book The Prodigal Daughter, 26:33 and we just want to encourage you 26:34 whatever section of life that you are in right now 26:37 that you hold on to the promise of God, 26:39 and He will-- We guarantee that He will give you a story, 26:43 not only that you'll remember 26:45 but that wil encourage someone, 26:47 someone else in their journey 26:49 and that story needs to be shared. 26:51 For Stones of Remembrance, 26:52 I'm Pierre Quinn and for my co-host Karen Pierson, 26:55 thank you for watching and we'll see you next time. 27:33 Project Sunlight is the best selling 27:35 allegorical stories, 27:37 skillfully written by June Strong. 27:39 It powerfully illustrates the tender concern of heaven 27:42 for mankind. 27:43 Most of the major Adventist doctrines 27:45 are woven into the story, 27:47 along with a fascinating portrayal 27:49 of the events that occur 27:51 just before the soon return of Jesus. 27:53 Project Sunlight 27:55 is one of the most enduring sharing stories in book form. 27:58 It has been reprinted many times, 28:00 and today its message is more timely than ever before. 28:04 Thousands of lives have been transformed 28:06 by this unforgettable story. 28:09 A story that shows the compelling love of God. 28:12 To get your copy of Project Sunlight today, 28:15 call 1-800-765-6955. 28:20 Stop by your local Adventist Book Center 28:24 or order online at www.adventistbookcenter.com |
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