Hello and welcome back to 3ABN
Behind the Scenes and this has
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been just a praise
the Lord for evangelism.
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I just love these behind
the scenes program because again
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it's talking about what the Lord
is doing through the ministry of
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3ABN. And of course we love
evangelism here at 3ABN, we know
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you do too because we hear from
you on a daily basis here at the
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ministry of 3ABN. But thank you
so much for partnering with us,
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thank you for helping us
spread the gospel to the world.
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What's so amazing to me, Jill
and I comment and talk about
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this often and that is even when
we're sleeping at night, when
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we're doing programs like this,
when we're doing just our maybe
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work on the weekend, going to
church on Sabbath, the message
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of 3ABN which is the Bible
message is going around the
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world reaching and touching
lives that we will never know
all those people until
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eternity.
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So thank you for not growing
weary in well-doing, thank you
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for your continued prayers.
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significant
difference for this ministry.
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So I'm just excited right now to
be alive at this moment in our
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history.
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family members and we're going
to be talking all about the 3ABN
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School of Discipleship or S.A.D.
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for short.
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The intensive that just happened
a couple weeks ago so we want to
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talk about that.
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department manager.
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I hope I got that right
and we're so glad you're here
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tonight. Well thank you,
I'm glad to be here and it was a
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great S.A.D. program so I'm
looking forward to talking about
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this with you. Amen and Daniel's
wife Heather had the opportunity
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to go through the
program too so it's always.
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And daughter Sienna.
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Yes so got some family involved
going in that too that's great.
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Coming around the table here we
have Ryan Day and you and your
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wife were super
busy during S.A.D.
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as well I know but thank
you so much for being here.
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You're in charge of
S.A.D., coordinator for S.A.D.
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and praise him, music network
general manager so glad you're
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here tonight.
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our third S.A.D.
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session.
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Amen.
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I know.
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Yeah amazing
praise the lord too.
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Coming around the table we
have Ian van der Valk who's a
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producer here at 3ABN and your
right hand man is that an
accurate statement?
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He's the boss.
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The assistant
coordinator for S.A .D.
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and of course Angela your wife
works with you with that too but
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glad you're here tonight.
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Amen thank you for being here.
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I'm really
excited this past S.A.D.
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was just it was such a blessing
and to be able to talk about it
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and just you know the things
that we've experienced as staff
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and you know how we saw the the
students react to it I'm just
excited I'm ready to
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go.
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day a week in pastoral
department as well so you might
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call and you might get Ian to
pray with you one of these times
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depending on what day it is of
course but I'm so grateful
sometimes at 3ABN we wear
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a lot different hats and
we function within different
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departments and praise the
Lord that he equips each one.
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I just want to reference Pastor
James Rafferty and his wife
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Reese who are an
integral part of the S.A .D.
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program as well.
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They're not here tonight
but that doesn't mean that they
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weren't an important part and
did an incredible job as well.
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Amen no absolutely and I also
want to mention this too that
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talking about like prayer lines
in the pastoral department that
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the call center if you missed it
in the first hour yes the call
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center is open the second hour
here at 3ABN so you're welcome
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to call us we'll of course you
see the number there at the
bottom of your screen 618
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-627 -4651 any questions you may
have about tonight's program if
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you want prayer they can
transfer you of course to the
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pastoral department any of
the resources that we've talked
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about are going to talk about
just call that number here we're
family it's like talking
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to family always so happy to
hear from you and if you don't
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If you like talking on the
phone, like some of you maybe
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don't like to, you can always
email us, you can also reach out
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to us on social media.
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hearing from you.
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is open.
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You know, I'm thinking this
evening also about the ministry
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of 3ABN. In November of this
year, it's going to be 40 years
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since Danny Felden pressed
to the Lord to start a ministry
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such as 3ABN. And I'm thinking
about all the years, all through
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the years of God's faithfulness.
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You know, God is faithful.
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God is faithful to his ministry.
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God is faithful to
you as an individual.
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Never forget that.
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You're here on this earth
for a reason and a purpose.
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God has a work for you to do.
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Sometimes we gauge work like,
well this is so small and that's
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so big. You know what,
that's not how God looks at it.
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Everything that he has for
us to do is a big deal, right?
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One soul for
eternity, that's a big deal.
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So never forget that.
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about a song too that
Jared and Hilary Mitchell did.
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This is a nice segue.
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Well, just thinking about God's
faithfulness to us, to ministry,
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to you at home, thinking about
the song that they had did.
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And I know the crew is
getting that together for us.
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So let's go to
that song that they did.
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Great is your faithfulness.
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Great is thy faithfulness O God
my Father There is no shadow of
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turning with thee Thou changest
not thy compassions They fail
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not as thou hast been
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Great is thy faithfulness, Great
is thy faithfulness, Morning by
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morning, New mercies I see, And
all I have needed thy hand hath
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provided.
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There it is, thy
faithfulness, Lord unto me.
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Summer and winter and
springtime and harvest.
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The moon and stars
in their courses above.
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Join with all
nature in manifold witness.
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To thy great
faithfulness, mercy and love.
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Great is thy faithfulness,
great is thy faithfulness.
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Morning by
morning, mercies I see.
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And all I have needed
thy hand hath provided.
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Great is thy
faithfulness, Lord unto me.
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All I
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have needed thy hand hath
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provided.
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Great is thy faithfulness,
great is thy faithfulness.
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Great is thy
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faithfulness, Lord unto me.
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Wow, amen.
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Thank you so very much,
Jared and Hilary Mitchell.
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And of course, Tim
Parton at the piano.
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What a blessing
and what a great song.
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Great is God's faithfulness to
each one of us on a daily basis.
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Praise the Lord for that.
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What a message in the song.
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And I know you love
music, Ryan, of course.
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And man, what
great lyric in that song.
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That song is just priceless
and timeless and just fully
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expresses the great gospel
message of our thankfulness for
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what God has done.
And I love that hymn.
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And of course, Jared and Hilary.
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I love their harmony.
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Their harmonies.
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It's amazing.
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And their husband and wife.
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And their voices blend so well.
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And so I love their ministry.
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I love their voices.
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Amen.
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Yes.
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Praise the Lord.
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I mean, he's
just a master at that.
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It's amazing.
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Praise the Lord for the music.
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I know this may not be...
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Well, Tim, it's like the older
he gets, the better he gets.
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I really believe that.
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And I'm not saying that to be...
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I really do believe that because
I've had the privilege of
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working with him
for six years now.
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And, you know, you could say
to some people, you know, maybe
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they're as they get up in age,
and I'm not saying Tim's old.
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I'm just saying some people kind
of maybe lose out or, you know,
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they're not as quick.
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And Tim just never
ceases to amaze me.
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It's like the older he
gets, the better he gets.
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He's amazing.
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Incredible talent.
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Incredible talent.
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He communicates well.
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It's not just the talent,
but it's the communication.
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It's the heart for
God that comes through.
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So praise the Lord.
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We're talking about our school
of discipleship, which we just
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finished here.
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So maybe someone's watching, and
they don't know what the school
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of discipleship is.
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What's the
school of discipleship?
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And then we'll talk
about what happened.
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Absolutely.
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program as SOD, S-O-D, which
of course stands for school of
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discipleship.
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intensive.
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one week meaning it's a little
over a week that you're here on
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campus. It's a full program that
we put on right here on 3ABN
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campus. And you're on campus
for about nine or ten days.
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And in that nine or ten day span
of time, we have about six full
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days of just very, very
intense discipleship training.
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And so this is a
school of discipleship.
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We have the great commission
from Jesus Christ who says, you
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know, go you into all the world
making disciples, baptizing them
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in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy
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Spirit, teaching them to observe
all things that I've commanded
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you. So we take that
commission very seriously here.
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As Danny always says,
the blessing is on the go.
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We believe that 100%.
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But there's people out there
that say, you know what, I want
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to be the best
disciple I can be.
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I want to take this
gospel commission seriously.
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I want to go and share my
faith, and I want to be a great
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disciple, and I want to
make other disciples as we're
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commissioned. Well, that's what
the 3ABN school of discipleship
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is all about. And so what we do
for a period of about a week in
the classroom is we
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focus on various different
elements of helping to educate
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us, to equip us, that once we
leave the school of
discipleship, we can go back to
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our homes.
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We always need to
start on our homes.
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That's a major point.
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That's right.
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sure that the proper gospel
evangelism is happening in our
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homes.
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be the best representatives for
Christ there, and then let that
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fire spread onto your
church, and of course into your
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community, but to do evangelism
the right way in a tactful way,
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using the proper principles and
techniques needed to draw people
to Jesus, not push them
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away, not scare them away,
but to draw people to Jesus.
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And so we have, in this
particular program, we have
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courses on, for
instance, the great controversy.
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You know, what is this?
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sometimes we can be led
to misunderstand very, very
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important gospel
aspects of scripture.
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And so we have a class
on the great controversy.
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We look at the health message
and its importance in our
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overall wellbeing as an
individual, but also how that
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plays into our evangelism
as well, the health message.
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And then we also look at how
to study the Bible with Pastor
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James Rafferty.
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Bible, because the one, and what
we generally learn is the three
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legs of the stool while
you're here, because we are
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three-dimensional beings, right?
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prayer.
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And by the way, I want to back
up and say each day starts with
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prayer.
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one that leads out to that.
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Early each morning, we
start every day with prayer.
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So you have to have prayer.
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You have to have Bible study.
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That's where
Pastor Rafferty comes in.
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We also have an apologetic
class, which gets deep into the
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word. And so prayer and Bible
study, and of course, the third
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leg of the stool that helps
everything stands properly and
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strong. And that is evangelism
or witnessing, sharing, letting
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your light shine.
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pushing information, but
that we're sharing with Jesus or
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sharing Jesus with others.
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In a week's time, we open the
fire hydrant and we just share
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Jesus and all of these different
elements and all of these
different ways so that
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when you leave here, you are
super charged, ready to go back
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to your home, ready to go
back to your church and in your
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community. And as Jesus said, if
I am lifted up, draw all peoples
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unto me. That's
what we're doing.
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We're pushing Jesus.
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your church to draw others to
Christ for His kingdom and make
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disciples.
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That was a very lengthy
explanation, but it's still
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brief, still kind of falls short
of the overall scope of things,
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which we'll discuss further.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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We love saw it.
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United States and we've even had
people from outside the United
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States attend the
school of discipleship.
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This is already the third
session, may we call it, which
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is incredible to me.
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have been through and I'd be
right, Ian, close to that, about
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forty, forty, forty
approximately, through the
school of discipleship.
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Amazing.
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So talk to us a little bit about
some of the nuts and bolts.
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Maybe we want to go transition
to that next, because I'm
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thinking about like age.
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Do I have to be a
seventh day Adventist?
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Can I be, you know, a teenager?
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Can I come, you know, tell
us some of those nuts and bolts,
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Ian. See, that's one of the
things that I absolutely love
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about the school of discipleship
is it doesn't matter your age.
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It doesn't matter
your denomination.
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It doesn't matter your
experience in the Word.
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You're here to just learn about
Jesus, you know, and even Ryan
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brought up, there's so
many different topics that are
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taught, you know, from the
church history and the biblical
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apologetics and evangelism
and studying your Bible.
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But everybody that comes to
the school of discipleship gains
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something from it.
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It's not just, you know, it's
kind of like a one size fits
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all, really to where, I mean,
we've had some come to the class
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that were 16 years old.
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Now they came with a parent.
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So that's why we
allowed those to come.
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But then I think the
oldest that we had was 86.
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And let me tell you, the 86 year
old, I spoke to her not that
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long ago and she was, you know,
I just kind of checked up on her
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just to see how she was doing.
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at Sod, I was discouraged
because I didn't know why God
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waited so long for me
to be at a class like this.
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Now this lady, she's so sweet.
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I just love her to pieces.
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But she was losing her eyesight.
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And that's one of the reasons
why she came here too, was she
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just said, I wanted to see 3BN
and I just wanted to be a part
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of something, but I didn't know
why God waited so long for now
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for me to come there.
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But she realized when she went
back home, she completely lost
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her eyesight.
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school for the blind using a lot
of the things that she learned
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here at the 3BN
school of discipleship.
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I didn't know that.
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That's incredible.
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It was just amazing to
hear how God, because she was so
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discouraged.
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But God just
kind of lined it up.
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And that's one of the things
that a lot of people that come
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to Sod are just wanting
to know what's next for me.
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Because I think often as a
Christian, we go to our Sabbath
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school studies.
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We watch the sermons.
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We get in the Word.
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What am I supposed to be doing?
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And a lot of people find that
when they come into the school
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of discipleship.
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Christian walk, maybe the school
of discipleship has that for
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you. And that's kind
of really what it brings.
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It's really a one size fits all.
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It doesn't matter age.
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It doesn't
matter your experience.
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We've had lay pastors.
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We have some, even in our last
class that said that they had
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been a Christian raised in the
church all their life, but never
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really had a true
relationship with Jesus.
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And they came here
wanting to find that.
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And they do, because the entire
time that they're here, their
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whole focus is Jesus.
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Yes, they're getting tools to go
home with on how to evangelize,
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how to disciple, how
to do different aspects of
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discipleship. But at the
end of the day, it's Jesus.
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And their lives are changed
because they spent the whole
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time with Him in prayer early in
the morning, going through the
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studies with each instructor,
the health message, I mean the
community that it brings
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too, because we
also provide food.
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We give breakfast and
lunch, and the food was amazing.
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The food was amazing.
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It was really good.
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It was so delicious.
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Yeah, great job.
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It was just amazing.
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And kids got involved
because it was the summer.
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So the kids are getting
involved, they're helping
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serving, and the students are
seeing this, and there's just
this community, this
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fellowship.
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be a part of that.
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So I know you asked about nuts
and bolts, but that's really
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what it is all about.
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together, learning more about
Him, and how individually that
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we can serve Him, but also
as a group and evangelistically.
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And I'll just add my experience.
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I've been through programs, I've
done stuff like this, but each
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time I've done sod, I sit in
on the presentations and I feel
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like I'm learning stuff.
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So if you think I've know
it, what do I have to learn?
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There's something yet to
be learned and it'll be good.
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You know, I'm glad that you said
that because I was talking to a
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recent student and
he's an elder in his church.
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He teaches Sabbath school, he
preaches as well, and he goes,
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my eyes have really been opened
because I thought I knew a lot
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and I came here and I realized,
I don't know as much as I
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thought I did. But he said, it
was humbling and he needed it
because now it's gotten
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him on fire again and just, you
see that across the board where,
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I mean, people are just
searching and looking for, you
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know, Dr. Yvonne said it
in the first hour, revival.
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People are looking for revival
and many students that come here
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to the school of discipleship
find that revival in their own
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lives, in their
own walk with Jesus.
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really.
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the school of discipleship where
we had, I think it was three
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individuals that were not of
the Seventh-day Adventist faith.
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I believe one was even a
pastor in a Sunday church.
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And then this most recent one,
we had a gentleman from the area
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that had come to camping for
a music hour, liked what he was
00:20:05.77\00:20:08.60
hearing, attended camp meeting.
00:20:09.04\00:20:09.87
Somebody, Pastor John,
you all talked with him.
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He said, sure, I'll
attend school of discipleship.
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And here he is and he was there
for every class, I think he was.
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And that's amazing too, because
we know that a lot that watch
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3ABN are not
Seventh-day Adventists.
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of discipleship is not
just for Seventh-day Adventists.
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And you said, no, it's not.
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It's open to anybody.
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through to be accepted in
the school of discipleship.
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But to me, that's a powerful
thing because it's about sharing
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Jesus, sharing truth and the
Holy Spirit convicts and does
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the, to me, the
harvest and the increase.
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So that's a powerful aspect
of a school of discipleship.
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You were going to say something?
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session.
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What took place in that?
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I was going to say too.
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I enjoy talking about it and
I'm involved in both the morning
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prayer time and in the
church history aspect of it.
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And if I had to take my pick, it
would definitely be the morning
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prayer time.
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But this morning prayer time, we
say optional on there, but this
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time out of 40 people, I think
90 to 95% of those, they were
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there every morning on time
because they did not want to
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miss it. And it's not a class
in the way that you think of a
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class where we share
a bunch of information.
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So we have that one hour each
morning and about one-third of
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it, so about 20 minutes is a
little bit of instruction and
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then we send
them out to practice.
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Things like learning how to
listen to God through His Word,
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learning how to talk to God
as a friend and not just as a
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superior, although God certainly
is superior to us, but a
relationship and we deal with
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confession and praying for
the Holy Spirit and intercessory
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prayer and we give some insight
from God's Word and then support
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it through Spirit of Prophecy
and then we send them out
individually to go put
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things into practice.
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If you happen to be wandering
through the church at that
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moment of the day, you see
people out there, especially if
00:22:07.32\00:22:12.03
it's outside because it was
good weather, you see all these
00:22:12.03\00:22:14.63
people wandering around, talking
to God and you might wonder
what's going on out
00:22:14.63\00:22:19.13
here?
00:22:19.13\00:22:19.63
There are people who are engaged
in growing closer to Christ
00:22:20.77\00:22:26.27
because so many times we have a
prayer experience that has kind
00:22:26.27\00:22:29.71
of gotten into a rut.
00:22:29.71\00:22:33.28
but we need to be prompted
to step out into something
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different and every single time
so far people say that was a
powerful experience and
00:22:37.85\00:22:42.79
all the stuff I learned was
great, but then this is like a
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foundational powerhouse that
gives energy to anything that we
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learn. I sure enjoy the
prayer time being there.
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People might say it's early in
the morning, but that's the best
00:22:54.44\00:22:57.27
time. You've got nothing else
on your plate, nothing else to
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interrupt you.
00:23:00.74\00:23:04.31
let's talk.
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I talked to several people when
we were over there just saying,
00:23:06.18\00:23:10.75
what have you enjoyed or what
has really ministered to you and
00:23:10.75\00:23:14.02
several people told me my
favorite part was the time of
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prayer. My favorite part was
that time just with Jesus in the
00:23:17.33\00:23:20.40
morning. What a tremendous
blessing to come before God and
to spend that time.
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I've got to add that I
have some stuff that I use as a
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presentation and we
make all that available too.
00:23:28.84\00:23:30.54
I've heard from the previous saw
that there are people who have
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taken that information and gone
back and done the same process
00:23:33.07\00:23:35.98
with their church.
00:23:35.98\00:23:36.68
Anything that we share it's not
proprietary information that you
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can hear it but we're
not going to give it to you.
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.42
We share everything that we do.
00:23:43.85\00:23:45.05
The notes, any
slides or any useful stuff.
00:23:45.19\00:23:49.12
In fact, more
than we share we give.
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Another thing I heard was people
really resonated with the defend
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your faith give us a little bit
of history on yourself because
00:24:08.31\00:24:11.31
some people have begun to
understand who you are because
00:24:11.31\00:24:14.48
you have a background
evangelical background.
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That's important to this
whole defend your faith part.
00:24:18.72\00:24:20.66
I've only
00:24:21.66\00:24:22.39
been a member
non-denominational church.
00:24:35.94\00:24:39.41
It was during the majority of my
upbringing that I had very much
00:24:39.81\00:24:44.81
a strong exposure to other
teachings, other beliefs, other
00:24:44.81\00:24:49.92
foundations of faith
among other organizations
00:24:49.92\00:24:51.89
and other denominations don't
teach truth, they obviously do,
00:25:03.16\00:25:07.40
but God led me to this church
for reason and I believe God is
00:25:07.40\00:25:09.90
leading this church.
00:25:09.90\00:25:10.17
I'm coming with all of those
other perspectives and all of
00:25:12.04\00:25:18.25
those other definitive arguments
that they might come against
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.58
some of the things that we
believe and you have to be able
00:25:21.58\00:25:25.39
to defend and I don't forget
Chuck Holtry, my teacher, he
broke us up into groups
00:25:39.03\00:25:45.41
and that part was so helpful to
me and so memorable, I'll never
00:25:45.41\00:25:50.28
forget it, because it really
helped me to see that, you know,
00:25:50.28\00:25:53.65
there's people out there that,
maybe not everyone, there's some
people just like to
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argue, right, but there are a
lot of people out there who are
00:25:56.82\00:26:00.56
genuinely seeking and how they
learn is very much like me, I'm
00:26:00.56\00:26:03.29
a very analytical thinker,
I'm not just going to believe
00:26:03.29\00:26:05.99
something that you tell me is
true, I'm going to really press
00:26:05.99\00:26:09.63
you to try to make it happen.
00:26:09.63\00:26:12.13
perspective to test it and try
it against the Word of God to
00:26:12.13\00:26:16.07
make sure it sticks and so once
I've seen the full substantial
00:26:16.07\00:26:20.28
evidence for that and how it
stands, then I'm able to make my
00:26:20.28\00:26:23.58
mind of it, okay, this is truth
and that's how God brought me to
00:26:23.61\00:26:26.28
the Adventist Church and so we
wanted to incorporate that with
00:26:26.28\00:26:29.22
side, we've learned and I've
heard this for many years that,
00:26:29.22\00:26:31.85
you know, we're a people of the
book, we're supposed to be a
people of the book and so I
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.26
find that a lot of Seventh
Adventists, a lot of people, no
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.93
disrespect, they know
what they believe, believe.
00:26:37.93\00:26:39.73
They can tell you what they
believe, but when really put on
00:26:40.20\00:26:43.40
the stands and put to the test
when someone's really pressing
00:26:43.40\00:26:46.40
you to prove or to show and
defend what you believe, can you
00:26:46.40\00:26:49.97
do that with just your
Bible, with just your Bible?
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.01
And so, as an exercise, a part
of the apologetics class, and it
00:26:52.34\00:26:57.48
also is strongly connected
to our evangelism class because
00:26:57.48\00:27:00.38
it's one thing to be able to
know the truth, it's another
thing to be able to
00:27:00.38\00:27:02.65
share it properly.
00:27:02.65\00:27:09.06
and putting them through an
exercise where we break them up
00:27:09.06\00:27:11.86
into groups, we give
each group a particular topic.
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.60
It could be the Sabbath, it
could be the state of the dead,
00:27:14.76\00:27:17.47
it could be hell fire, it could
be the health message or the
00:27:17.47\00:27:20.57
clean and unclean conversation,
whatever, there's various
00:27:20.57\00:27:23.47
different
topics. We break them up.
00:27:23.64\00:27:26.74
And then whatever topic that
group gets and we choose it at
00:27:26.94\00:27:30.35
random, they have to show up in
class the next day or a
particular day that
00:27:30.65\00:27:34.78
week.
00:27:34.78\00:27:35.28
And I'm me and my brother
Dakota, when he was here the
00:27:36.15\00:27:39.12
last sod session in March,
it was me and him that grilled
00:27:39.12\00:27:42.69
them. This time, it
was me and Pastor Rafferty.
00:27:43.19\00:27:44.59
And so we basically take, we
play the role of a non-adventist
00:27:44.93\00:27:48.46
who's really pressing them
to defend why they believe this.
00:27:48.46\00:27:51.67
And we'll play various roles and
put them to the test as if, you
00:27:51.73\00:27:55.04
know, because I've been
in many conversations with
00:27:55.04\00:27:57.97
non-adventists and they can
pull out some tricky things.
00:27:57.97\00:28:00.58
They can say some tricky things
to, you know, really, really
00:28:00.58\00:28:03.85
confuse you.
00:28:03.85\00:28:07.78
to say, OK, provide a
Bible answer for that.
00:28:07.78\00:28:09.88
Help bring
clarity to this passage.
00:28:10.09\00:28:11.95
Help explain this in a way and
really build this up so that at
00:28:12.25\00:28:16.09
the end of the day, there's
a definitive answer from God's
00:28:16.09\00:28:18.63
Word on this subject.
00:28:18.63\00:28:19.79
And so out of that, yes, the
class was so excited and through
00:28:20.00\00:28:23.33
it all, the end of the day, this
is so helpful because really
00:28:23.43\00:28:25.93
what we learned is the vast
majority as we learn, man, I
00:28:25.93\00:28:29.00
needed to learn my Bible.
00:28:29.00\00:28:32.57
and while I can tell you what
some of the Adventists believe
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.61
and I can tell you that I know
there's Bible text in the Bible
00:28:35.61\00:28:39.15
to support that when you're
really pressed for it, you know,
when, for instance, I'll
00:28:39.15\00:28:42.68
give you an example.
00:28:42.68\00:28:43.25
I would use on the Sabbath.
00:28:43.35\00:28:44.49
I would say, you know,
the Sabbath is for the Jews.
00:28:44.59\00:28:47.22
Why do you Adventists think that
you have to press this Sabbath
00:28:47.29\00:28:50.03
issue because that's
clearly only for the Jews?
00:28:50.03\00:28:52.36
Well, somebody might speak
up and say, yeah, but Jesus said
00:28:52.73\00:28:55.80
the Sabbath was made for
man and not man for the Sabbath.
00:28:55.80\00:28:58.03
And then I'll say,
where's that text at?
00:28:58.03\00:28:59.90
And then the personal, oh, well,
I know it's in there somewhere.
00:29:00.54\00:29:04.61
You see my point?
00:29:04.94\00:29:08.84
to not be able to just say what
we believe, but to be able to
00:29:09.04\00:29:11.98
prove it from the Bible
and give a great answer for it.
00:29:11.98\00:29:14.82
And so it was a great exercise.
00:29:14.82\00:29:16.25
We learned from it.
00:29:16.58\00:29:17.29
We grew from it.
00:29:17.29\00:29:18.49
And I think out of the, we even
give an evaluation at the end of
00:29:18.55\00:29:21.02
the program for the
students to give their feedback.
00:29:21.02\00:29:23.02
And I think the two programs
that they said that was more
00:29:23.06\00:29:26.39
helpful to them was the prayer.
00:29:26.39\00:29:27.66
Well, it came up in, of course,
the defending of the faith and
00:29:27.66\00:29:27.66
of course, many others that said
that the how to study the Bible.
00:29:30.13\00:29:32.57
Everybody has their own
element that really helps them.
00:29:32.87\00:29:35.97
And that's the beautiful thing
about Sod is that if you're
00:29:35.97\00:29:38.64
coming for whatever reason, not
everything may be specifically
00:29:38.64\00:29:43.48
for you, but there may be
something in there that really
will help you amplify
00:29:43.48\00:29:47.05
your relationship with Christ
and equip you to go out and make
00:29:47.05\00:29:50.15
a difference for him.
00:29:50.15\00:29:53.49
come.
00:29:53.49\00:29:56.39
various issues.
00:29:56.39\00:29:57.16
And Jill and I like to come over
and try to attend some of the
00:29:57.63\00:29:59.63
classes of Sod right each time.
00:29:59.63\00:30:01.13
And we're able to.
00:30:01.50\00:30:02.76
This is my first time to be able
to attend one of the defending
00:30:02.83\00:30:04.70
your faith aspects.
00:30:04.70\00:30:05.60
And I realized, you know, I've
been an Adventist all my life.
00:30:05.97\00:30:08.60
But as you ask some of those
questions from that perspective,
00:30:08.60\00:30:08.64
you know, of how you were
raised, I was like, oh, those
00:30:10.57\00:30:13.27
are some actually
really good points.
00:30:13.27\00:30:14.24
I know what I believe, like
you're saying, but actually to
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.88
be able to defend it,
you know, in a good way.
00:30:16.88\00:30:18.01
Because again,
this is not a fight.
00:30:18.05\00:30:19.15
You know, this is actually just
asking great questions because
00:30:19.28\00:30:21.52
people are looking for truth.
00:30:21.52\00:30:22.68
And so that perspective that
you're sharing was like, oh, I'm
00:30:23.18\00:30:25.75
a little weak here.
00:30:25.75\00:30:28.42
of those, like, that's
really good or really good.
00:30:28.42\00:30:30.26
And I need to really
ground myself better in that
00:30:30.39\00:30:33.43
perspective. So
it's really good.
00:30:33.46\00:30:37.27
know, like church
history, yeah, all the genetics.
00:30:37.27\00:30:39.87
And then you just
argue just to be arguing.
00:30:40.20\00:30:43.14
And so we had we had one
particular group that they did
00:30:43.41\00:30:46.84
so good
answering their questions.
00:30:46.84\00:30:50.41
there.
00:30:50.41\00:30:52.48
And so I finally took to hook
them to see if they would pass
00:30:52.48\00:30:55.42
the test. I just kept arguing
the same point over and over and
00:30:55.88\00:30:58.52
over just to see how
long they would argue.
00:30:58.52\00:30:59.49
OK, because some
people just want to argue.
00:31:00.09\00:31:01.36
And so what we want to teach
at SOT is not just to be able to
00:31:01.52\00:31:04.36
provide a Bible answer, but also
knowing to walk away
appropriately so that an
00:31:04.36\00:31:07.50
argument doesn't escalate,
escalate past the point.
00:31:07.50\00:31:10.57
And so because to me, it
should be done in the love.
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.40
Right.
00:31:12.40\00:31:15.24
of our brothers and
sisters that are out there.
00:31:15.24\00:31:16.91
You know, in school of
discipleship, there's a really
00:31:16.91\00:31:19.77
neat aspect, too, to me, is that
it's not just classwork, is that
00:31:19.77\00:31:23.88
there's a discipleship
aspect that you all do.
00:31:23.88\00:31:27.02
But then also you're teaching
them how to be a disciple, too.
00:31:27.25\00:31:29.72
So talk to us a little bit about
that, because to me, that's a
00:31:29.72\00:31:31.39
really neat aspect.
00:31:31.39\00:31:32.59
It is.
00:31:32.72\00:31:35.76
discipleship, because like Ryan,
I've also attended the Amazing
00:31:35.76\00:31:38.79
Facts Center of Evangelism.
00:31:38.79\00:31:40.00
So great school, too.
00:31:40.46\00:31:41.40
Amazing.
00:31:41.56\00:31:45.10
different schools and they all
have their own, I guess, niche,
00:31:45.10\00:31:48.54
their own thing that
they're really good at.
00:31:48.54\00:31:49.84
But one of the things that
I really love about the school
00:31:50.24\00:31:52.87
discipleship that we do is
outside of the class time, every
instructor and staff
00:31:52.87\00:31:56.85
member sets a side time from six
o 'clock till nine o'clock at
00:31:56.85\00:32:00.65
night. And that's just one
on one with that individual.
00:32:00.68\00:32:03.75
We have sign up sheets for that,
you know, and the students can
00:32:03.89\00:32:07.52
sign up for whatever, you know,
person that they want to speak
00:32:07.52\00:32:09.99
with. But it's that one on one
time that you may not want, may
00:32:10.03\00:32:14.93
not want to necessarily say
something in the class or do
something in a public
00:32:14.93\00:32:18.10
setting.
00:32:18.10\00:32:21.87
need to talk to Pastor James
about something or I really need
00:32:21.87\00:32:24.37
to talk to Ryan
or Daniel or whoever.
00:32:24.37\00:32:26.64
Just I really need to talk to
this person about or maybe get
00:32:26.84\00:32:29.31
the perspective
from different things.
00:32:29.31\00:32:30.95
And it's that one on one
time that you have for true
00:32:30.95\00:32:30.98
discipleship because we give you
the class, we give you
materials, but you also
00:32:34.88\00:32:38.45
need that one on one time that
that personal interaction with
00:32:38.45\00:32:42.12
from student and
staff and staff to student.
00:32:42.12\00:32:43.99
And it really, I know that that
when I've talked to different
00:32:44.26\00:32:47.96
students, they said that really
helped me because there are
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.57
things that I've been asking
and wanting to know for decades.
00:32:50.57\00:32:53.13
And nobody's been able
to really give me an answer.
00:32:53.60\00:32:55.57
And I came here and somebody was
able to help me and guide me and
00:32:55.60\00:32:58.97
lead me in the direction that
I really needed in that moment.
00:32:58.97\00:33:01.44
So you see lives
transformed in the classroom.
00:33:02.04\00:33:05.55
You see lives transformed
because of that prayer time.
00:33:05.68\00:33:08.58
But then you also see it from
that one on one discipleship.
00:33:08.78\00:33:11.65
It's that, you know, that I
guess holistic approach to, you
00:33:11.85\00:33:16.06
know, to the school discipleship
where you're getting every
00:33:16.06\00:33:18.59
little piece that you need
as an individual and as a group.
00:33:18.59\00:33:21.03
And that one on one time outside
of class is a beautiful and
00:33:21.43\00:33:25.30
amazing part because you
just see God at work to work.
00:33:25.30\00:33:27.57
You know, somebody will ask me
a question and I'm just sitting
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.34
there.
00:33:30.34\00:33:32.17
You know, I'm not sure.
00:33:32.61\00:33:36.85
and you see light bulbs come on
and just, you know, there, you
00:33:36.85\00:33:40.82
know, what may have been tears
are now turned into joy and
00:33:40.92\00:33:44.32
maybe even vice versa because
that joy is now turned into
00:33:44.32\00:33:46.42
tears. But that's tears of
happiness and just a connection
00:33:46.45\00:33:49.89
with God that
they didn't see before.
00:33:49.89\00:33:51.09
So it's just,
it's an amazing thing.
00:33:51.53\00:33:53.23
I really love it.
00:33:53.70\00:33:54.30
Really love it.
00:33:54.30\00:33:55.03
You know, don't,
don't take our word for it.
00:33:55.40\00:33:57.70
Right.
00:33:57.70\00:34:01.37
And by the way, none of this is,
is staged or, you know, this is
00:34:01.37\00:34:01.40
all authentic footage that our
good friend, Brendan Armstrong,
00:34:05.71\00:34:09.44
he's the video editor for
the praise of music network.
00:34:09.44\00:34:11.01
Brandon takes that week and sits
it aside and he's just following
00:34:11.81\00:34:14.82
around in different times
throughout the program, catching
00:34:14.82\00:34:17.99
great footage of these
individuals who are genuinely
00:34:17.99\00:34:23.06
going through this program and
experiencing as it's unfolding.
00:34:23.06\00:34:25.03
And so this is a little video we
put together just kind of recaps
00:34:25.53\00:34:28.90
and, and summarizes what sod is
all about and through the eyes
00:34:28.90\00:34:33.77
and through the perspective of
these other students from this
00:34:33.77\00:34:37.17
past sod session.
00:34:37.17\00:34:37.51
Yeah.
00:34:38.04\00:34:38.31
Okay.
00:34:38.31\00:34:40.14
I've always wanted to really
learn how to dig into the Bible
00:34:50.72\00:34:57.19
and be a better Bible student.
00:34:57.19\00:34:58.46
I want to know the Bible.
00:34:58.79\00:35:00.76
I want to know God's word.
00:35:00.96\00:35:02.73
That's him talking to me.
00:35:03.03\00:35:04.93
As I've become an adult, I have
been searching and trying to
00:35:05.30\00:35:09.74
find what's truth and
where I stand with the Lord.
00:35:09.74\00:35:12.64
I never really thought
that God was an option for me.
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.65
Being a drug addict and a
prostitute, people think that's
00:35:21.88\00:35:25.35
what you'll always be.
00:35:25.35\00:35:26.79
I feel like he led me here
because he knew that I would
00:35:26.79\00:35:31.73
learn and hear the right things,
the things that I needed to
00:35:31.73\00:35:34.93
hear. I have gained so much from
all of the classes, every single
00:35:36.77\00:35:42.07
one of them.
00:35:42.07\00:35:42.37
The staff is very
generous with their time.
00:35:43.14\00:35:46.31
They are able to be here
after hours when people have
00:35:46.71\00:35:52.11
additional questions, they have
additional problems that they
00:35:52.11\00:35:55.35
need help with. It's been really
good to have that resource and
to be one-on-one with
00:35:55.95\00:36:01.76
them.
00:36:01.76\00:36:07.86
with God, to help us in our
daily walk and through Bible
00:36:07.86\00:36:13.40
study and prayer and
how we relate to others.
00:36:13.40\00:36:16.10
If I were to describe Sod in
one word, that one word would be
00:36:19.84\00:36:24.35
fellowship, impactful, needed,
intense, share, encouraging,
00:36:24.35\00:36:30.99
power -packed, spiritual.
00:36:30.99\00:36:33.15
It's such a
spiritual experience.
00:36:34.52\00:36:36.32
This has been such a
spiritual experience.
00:36:36.52\00:36:38.53
Everybody needs kind of a jolt.
00:36:38.83\00:36:40.33
Everybody needs to plug into
the Holy Spirit and be revived.
00:36:40.93\00:36:44.07
You will meet the Holy Spirit
here if you have not met him.
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.34
Go to Sod.
00:36:47.87\00:36:48.94
Make that impact in your life.
00:36:49.47\00:36:51.54
What I will leave with, the most
important thing, is a stronger
00:36:51.54\00:36:55.48
relationship with God.
00:36:55.48\00:36:56.78
Don't feel like that
you can't learn the Bible.
00:36:57.18\00:36:59.45
Don't feel like you can't do
anything because Sod is made for
00:37:00.42\00:37:05.92
you.
00:37:05.92\00:37:06.19
Amen.
00:37:12.43\00:37:12.99
Thank you so much, Brandon.
00:37:13.36\00:37:14.73
He did an incredible job getting
that together, but I love that.
00:37:14.76\00:37:17.93
Sod was made for you.
00:37:18.37\00:37:19.87
Praise the Lord.
00:37:20.60\00:37:21.67
What a gift to be able to have
this intensive school, to be
00:37:22.04\00:37:25.97
able to share that
with people who come in.
00:37:25.97\00:37:28.11
Share Jesus.
00:37:28.38\00:37:29.48
Share the Word of God.
00:37:29.71\00:37:31.35
Disciple, and then those
disciples go out and disciple
00:37:31.91\00:37:35.38
others. So praise the Lord.
00:37:35.75\00:37:36.65
We are having another school
of discipleship intensive.
00:37:36.89\00:37:40.39
Another Sod class, not
this year, but in 2025.
00:37:40.79\00:37:45.76
So this will be next year.
00:37:46.06\00:37:47.30
We don't have the dates
solidified yet because we're
00:37:47.56\00:37:50.30
waiting on a
couple other details.
00:37:50.30\00:37:51.27
But stay tuned to 3ABN because
we will be able to give you
00:37:51.70\00:37:56.44
those dates shortly.
00:37:56.44\00:37:57.21
And Ian, just talk to us about
the registration process and the
00:37:57.67\00:38:00.41
website we already have for Sod
and the handbook and how people
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.25
can get more information.
00:38:04.25\00:38:04.95
Absolutely.
00:38:05.25\00:38:08.85
just in case you missed it,
for more information about the
00:38:08.85\00:38:12.25
school of
discipleship, go to 3ABNSOD.com.
00:38:12.25\00:38:15.86
There's a whole lot
more information in there.
00:38:15.96\00:38:17.96
There's a handbook that outlines
much of what you're going to
00:38:18.13\00:38:21.73
encounter in class.
00:38:21.73\00:38:23.10
We give a breakdown of what
a day would look like, but also
00:38:23.10\00:38:28.00
just little details that you
might need to know because we do
00:38:28.00\00:38:31.41
have two
different tuition options.
00:38:31.41\00:38:32.54
So you'll be able to go in there
and see that because some people
00:38:32.67\00:38:35.54
might need housing and we
provide the housing for you
00:38:35.54\00:38:38.45
while you're here at Sod.
00:38:38.45\00:38:43.45
hookup sites for that as well.
00:38:43.45\00:38:44.82
Some of the other things
that you would want to do on our
00:38:45.45\00:38:47.69
website, you can
look at our application.
00:38:47.79\00:38:49.12
Now this is something that
I'm really going to stress.
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.49
Because going through the
application process, this is the
00:38:52.76\00:38:55.66
one thing that I have seen hold
up every single application and
00:38:55.66\00:39:00.30
that is your references.
00:39:00.30\00:39:01.34
We do ask for two references.
00:39:01.80\00:39:03.51
One of them is going to be
either your pastor or head elder
00:39:03.64\00:39:07.04
and the second one
would be a non-family member.
00:39:07.04\00:39:08.94
Please make sure that when you
fill out this application and
00:39:09.48\00:39:13.05
you put in those references that
you reach out to those
references because they
00:39:13.05\00:39:17.02
may not even know
that you put them there.
00:39:17.02\00:39:19.39
So reach out to them and just
say, I'm signing up for this
00:39:19.62\00:39:23.43
three band school discipleship.
00:39:23.43\00:39:24.39
You should be getting an email
that's going to have something
00:39:24.83\00:39:27.36
for you to fill out.
00:39:27.36\00:39:28.20
One of the other things
that I've kind of written, we're
00:39:28.80\00:39:31.80
learning as we go here
because this is our third one.
00:39:31.80\00:39:33.37
So there's another thing, a
part of this application and
00:39:33.74\00:39:36.87
references that I'm starting
to see and that is sometimes it
00:39:36.87\00:39:40.91
won't go into that person's
inbox and it'll actually go to
00:39:40.91\00:39:44.28
their spam folder. So make sure
that you tell that person that
not only to look in
00:39:44.71\00:39:47.68
their email for their inbox,
but also to look in their spam
00:39:47.68\00:39:51.35
folder. But
sometimes things happen.
00:39:51.99\00:39:53.22
Technology doesn't play nice.
00:39:53.39\00:39:54.69
Please reach out to us.
00:39:55.22\00:39:56.59
We'll make sure that we get
those reference forms sent to
00:39:56.69\00:40:01.20
the people that you
have put on the application.
00:40:01.20\00:40:03.67
But really it's
a simple process.
00:40:03.93\00:40:06.07
The only time that it makes
difficult is when that's really
00:40:06.20\00:40:08.84
been holding up is
those references because the
00:40:08.84\00:40:11.94
application is not considered
complete and we can't really
review them until we have
00:40:11.94\00:40:14.84
those references
and go on from there.
00:40:14.84\00:40:17.15
Again, go to 3ABNSOD.com.
00:40:17.15\00:40:21.58
You'll be able to see
the applications there.
00:40:21.85\00:40:23.65
You'll be able to
read the handbook.
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.12
Read the handbook.
00:40:26.62\00:40:27.49
That's important.
00:40:30.56\00:40:31.29
It's actually interesting and I
know some people who catch this
00:40:31.89\00:40:34.50
on the application.
00:40:34.50\00:40:35.50
It actually has a spot on
the application that says I have
00:40:35.86\00:40:39.13
read the handbook and it lets
you select it and people select
00:40:39.13\00:40:43.41
it and then they submit it and
then they'll call us right back
00:40:43.41\00:40:46.24
and ask us a question that's
very clearly in the handbook.
00:40:46.24\00:40:47.68
So please read the handbook.
00:40:47.98\00:40:48.94
It's not long at all.
00:40:49.01\00:40:53.78
and so it's very, very short
read but it'll answer all of
00:40:53.78\00:40:56.85
your questions.
00:40:56.85\00:40:57.22
Read the handbook.
00:40:57.35\00:40:57.79
Read the handbook.
00:40:57.95\00:40:58.62
Read the handbook.
00:40:58.89\00:40:59.52
It tells you about the housing.
00:40:59.89\00:41:01.79
It tells you about the food that
we provide because there's some
00:41:01.99\00:41:05.13
individuals that come here not
realizing that the food that we
00:41:05.13\00:41:08.13
provide is
vegetarian, sometimes vegan.
00:41:08.13\00:41:11.50
We do have some
individuals that come here.
00:41:13.34\00:41:15.64
That are meat eaters and that's
fine but then they don't realize
00:41:15.64\00:41:19.71
that when they come and they
haven't had a vegetarian diet.
00:41:19.71\00:41:25.18
They don't know but even
some that have come who are...
00:41:25.31\00:41:28.68
I've had this one gentleman
he said I'm a meat and potatoes.
00:41:28.68\00:41:31.49
So there better be some
and I said well we provide a
00:41:33.56\00:41:37.46
vegetarian and vegan meals and I
said there's this place that you
00:41:37.46\00:41:41.76
can go to and this place you can
go to that's in the area and
that individual didn't go
00:41:41.76\00:41:46.67
because the food was so good.
00:41:46.67\00:41:49.50
It was just delicious and they
realized wow I actually don't
00:41:49.84\00:41:53.68
need meat to survive.
00:41:53.68\00:41:54.98
You can eat vegetables and fruit
and still be functional and
00:41:55.98\00:42:02.22
often times the food that we are
providing helps them think in
00:42:02.22\00:42:05.52
class too.
00:42:05.52\00:42:10.33
going to say it again 3ABN S-O-D
dot com read the handbook make
00:42:10.33\00:42:16.00
sure you get with your
references all the information
00:42:16.00\00:42:18.57
is going to be in that handbook
and but if there's something
that is not referenced in
00:42:18.57\00:42:22.37
particular make sure that
you reach out to us there's a
00:42:22.37\00:42:26.78
contact us that is on the
website and you can send us an
email and we'll get back to
00:42:26.78\00:42:30.45
you as soon as possible.
00:42:30.45\00:42:31.38
Amen absolutely you know Daniel
I want to ask you this because
00:42:31.78\00:42:35.52
you know you of course are
instructor School of
Discipleship but you
00:42:35.52\00:42:38.19
mentioned your family some of
your family attended this time
00:42:38.19\00:42:41.76
but also some of your kids also
helped out with the food I know
00:42:41.76\00:42:45.56
Liam did you got your son you're
an Angela's son but then your
00:42:45.56\00:42:48.63
kids so to get the whole family
involved like that that's kind
of special right but
00:42:48.63\00:42:51.37
it's neat to I asked your kids
we were going in line because we
00:42:51.37\00:42:54.10
would you know get to eat some
of the food and and I said are
00:42:54.10\00:42:58.31
you tired and they're all
enthusiastic you know they're
00:42:58.31\00:43:01.04
getting up early because they're
coming early in the morning when
does crew call for the
00:43:01.04\00:43:03.41
breakfast for the is it like 6
like 6 30 so they're getting up
00:43:03.41\00:43:07.55
those kids they were able to
participate in parts of the
prayer time And you
00:43:07.55\00:43:11.09
know, thinking about that idea
of family, people might read the
00:43:11.09\00:43:13.62
handbook, and then they look at
some of the topics that will be
00:43:13.62\00:43:16.09
addressed, and they think to
themselves, you know, I could
00:43:16.09\00:43:18.46
get that in some sermons online
or some articles or books, and
00:43:18.46\00:43:21.56
there's good
resources out there.
00:43:21.56\00:43:22.60
But when you come to
SAAD, you join a little family.
00:43:22.96\00:43:25.60
And you get this personal touch,
these personal relationships,
00:43:25.97\00:43:28.90
and by the end of the week you
think have I really only known
00:43:28.90\00:43:31.57
you a week?
00:43:31.57\00:43:32.17
I feel like I've known you
for a lot longer than that.
00:43:32.67\00:43:35.11
And you know, not only are you
meeting with instructors, but
00:43:35.41\00:43:38.38
you're encouraging each other
and you know people come with
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.52
their variety of experiences
and their experience and they
00:43:41.52\00:43:45.19
encourage and strengthen each
other so you know anybody who
comes and participates
00:43:45.19\00:43:49.69
even for a short time because I
know that you know like the kids
00:43:49.69\00:43:51.96
they're not in all the programs
but they're interacting with
00:43:51.96\00:43:55.80
people and they're getting
to know oh yeah that's that lady
00:43:55.80\00:43:59.17
and they know her by name and
it's a good experience to be a
00:43:59.17\00:44:02.40
family. For family to be
involved I think that's just
00:44:03.20\00:44:05.41
great again I appreciate what
Luz did with the food and
getting the kids involved
00:44:05.41\00:44:07.84
like you said this is summertime
so school is out so yeah it's
00:44:07.84\00:44:10.71
just it's a great time of
fellowship and I love that too
00:44:10.71\00:44:13.82
Daniel the family the family of
God you know people are meeting
each other then they're
00:44:13.82\00:44:16.69
going back to their homes and
Ryan you talk about all these
00:44:16.69\00:44:20.22
fires I love that you saw house
fires and church fires these are
00:44:20.22\00:44:24.33
spiritual fires right because
God's doing a work inside of
00:44:24.33\00:44:27.03
your life so going back but then
there's also a social media
connection isn't that right
00:44:27.03\00:44:30.93
Ian?
00:44:30.93\00:44:35.70
other we do we have a
little Facebook group so all the
00:44:35.70\00:44:40.74
graduates can stay connected and
we use it for prayer requests
00:44:40.74\00:44:43.91
just checking in to see how
things are doing you know how
are people going we have
00:44:43.91\00:44:46.88
had you know individuals here
at 3BN do little videos and just
00:44:46.88\00:44:50.19
checking in on them but really
and I love how you brought in
00:44:50.19\00:44:54.32
the family aspect again because
Because really, you know, we had
00:44:54.32\00:44:59.09
your family there, and then
my wife and her 25 members that
00:44:59.09\00:45:04.47
came along with her.
00:45:04.47\00:45:05.03
That's awesome.
00:45:05.10\00:45:05.57
Her family.
00:45:05.60\00:45:06.07
Praise God.
00:45:06.67\00:45:07.17
I know.
00:45:07.44\00:45:07.80
Praise God.
00:45:07.84\00:45:08.34
Praise God.
00:45:08.70\00:45:11.44
And we talk
about it all the time.
00:45:11.44\00:45:11.47
You know, 3ABN family.
00:45:12.51\00:45:13.51
And you at home,
you're 3ABN family.
00:45:13.61\00:45:15.58
You come to Sod
and you're 3ABN family.
00:45:16.11\00:45:18.28
And all these individuals, you
know, just coming together and
00:45:18.41\00:45:22.92
that body of Christ that and the
experiences that are, that are
00:45:22.92\00:45:27.39
had, it's just, it's amazing.
00:45:27.52\00:45:28.32
Amen.
00:45:28.49\00:45:28.76
Amen.
00:45:28.79\00:45:29.39
And I appreciate it again.
00:45:29.39\00:45:32.03
Stephanie, you're mentioning
Angela, you know, those cooks,
00:45:32.19\00:45:35.13
all of Brandon, all these people
that are working so hard, the
00:45:35.13\00:45:37.80
audio visual.
00:45:37.80\00:45:42.14
the scenes to make all
these programs a success.
00:45:42.14\00:45:44.54
We praise God for them.
00:45:44.74\00:45:45.57
God brings us all here
for such a time as this.
00:45:45.94\00:45:48.01
God has you on this earth, as
we mentioned earlier, for such a
00:45:48.38\00:45:51.01
time as this.
00:45:51.01\00:45:51.55
So be encouraged today.
00:45:51.55\00:45:52.75
We believe we're living in the
closing moments of our history.
00:45:52.75\00:45:55.62
And 3ABN wants to do everything
we can, use every method we can
00:45:55.98\00:46:01.26
to spread the gospel message.
00:46:01.26\00:46:02.72
Sod is one of those methods.
00:46:03.19\00:46:04.36
Coming here, being trained,
learning more, being discipled,
00:46:04.73\00:46:09.63
the evangelism we talked about
the first hour is more of those
00:46:09.63\00:46:12.33
methods.
00:46:12.33\00:46:17.47
with other people.
00:46:17.47\00:46:24.01
family effort, a joint effort.
00:46:24.01\00:46:25.61
The Lord used Daniel
to write these lessons.
00:46:25.75\00:46:29.55
And then we had different of our
pastoral team look over them and
00:46:29.65\00:46:32.99
many people involved in the
design and the editing process
00:46:32.99\00:46:36.89
and the proofing.
00:46:36.89\00:46:40.20
We've had it out for probably
a year or so now, I think.
00:46:40.43\00:46:43.53
And there are 14 lessons in here
covering incredible biblical
00:46:43.53\00:46:47.47
topics.
00:46:47.47\00:46:53.51
get more resources.
00:46:53.51\00:46:55.01
You watch a video about the
topic and then you can see more
00:46:55.98\00:46:59.68
resources on our 3ABN Bible
Answers website that maybe isn't
00:46:59.68\00:47:02.88
covered in the lesson.
00:47:02.88\00:47:08.59
biblical, they're
easy to understand.
00:47:08.59\00:47:10.76
I just believe God called Daniel
for such a time as this to write
00:47:10.76\00:47:13.70
these lessons because he has so
much experience teaching Bible.
00:47:13.70\00:47:17.13
And you can see that in the way
the lessons are laid out or in
00:47:17.53\00:47:20.60
the middle.
00:47:20.60\00:47:21.07
We are close to, we won't say
middle, we'll say we're close to
00:47:21.84\00:47:25.01
finishing set number two.
00:47:25.01\00:47:26.74
So Daniel, I'll stop talking and
tell us about set number two and
00:47:27.21\00:47:31.11
what people can
find in set number two.
00:47:31.11\00:47:33.08
Set number two just picks up
where set number one left off,
00:47:33.48\00:47:37.15
so get set number one.
00:47:37.15\00:47:42.19
with others so you know what's
inside, which is simply saying
00:47:42.19\00:47:45.89
here's what's inside the Bible.
00:47:45.89\00:47:47.13
But set number two starts with,
you won't be surprised at all,
00:47:47.40\00:47:51.47
starts with the prayer, with
a relationship with God through
00:47:51.47\00:47:55.04
prayer.
00:47:55.04\00:47:58.44
just want it in our head,
we want our heart connected.
00:47:58.44\00:48:01.01
And then this moves its way
through the spiritual gifts and
00:48:01.48\00:48:06.08
the gift of prophecy which
introduces us right to the
prophetic story from Daniel
00:48:06.08\00:48:10.79
and Revelation which pinpoints
the time that we're living.
00:48:10.79\00:48:13.69
And you don't have to read very
far through these lessons to
00:48:14.66\00:48:18.33
recognize the prophetic stories
in Daniel and Revelation are
talking about today,
00:48:18.33\00:48:22.06
certainly about times in the
past, but they're really talking
00:48:22.93\00:48:25.43
about today and about how do we
apply it, which leads us down to
00:48:25.43\00:48:30.54
the last couple lessons.
00:48:30.54\00:48:34.41
from Revelation, but they kind
of, they join hands, they work
00:48:34.41\00:48:37.21
together.
00:48:37.21\00:48:43.65
heaven and the new earth
and what God has planned for us.
00:48:43.65\00:48:47.52
Now those lessons,
they can stand alone.
00:48:47.79\00:48:49.69
So if you read one of them all
on its own, there's everything
00:48:49.72\00:48:52.86
you need to understand, but they
all link to previous lessons.
00:48:52.86\00:48:55.93
So it's good to follow the whole
process from start to finish.
00:48:55.96\00:48:59.30
Then the last two
lessons are commitment lessons.
00:48:59.93\00:49:02.24
Number 26 is the one about
making a decision for baptism.
00:49:02.90\00:49:05.84
And this does not
come at the beginning.
00:49:06.74\00:49:08.44
It comes at the end as we're
completed in the process of
00:49:08.61\00:49:12.65
learning the basic
truths of the Bible.
00:49:12.65\00:49:14.32
Then the final lesson of all is
the commitment lesson of saying
00:49:14.78\00:49:18.32
I want to dedicate my whole
life, not just in a momentary
decision, but all of
00:49:18.32\00:49:23.02
myself, all of who I am, all of
my time, my energy, my material
00:49:23.02\00:49:28.16
and resources.
00:49:28.16\00:49:29.03
And not that I just turn it over
and say I walk away from it, but
00:49:29.43\00:49:32.07
say Lord, I'm dedicated to you.
00:49:32.07\00:49:33.60
You gave everything for me and
why wouldn't I respond in like
00:49:33.60\00:49:39.11
manner? And so some of the
principles about how God helps
00:49:39.94\00:49:43.68
us to manage our life, manage
our resources is what's coming
out in that lesson.
00:49:43.68\00:49:46.65
And it ends, it ends on the note
of what has God done for you.
00:49:47.15\00:49:52.55
And we have a brief summary of
all the mercies of God that we
00:49:52.69\00:49:57.19
find revealed in the Bible.
00:49:57.19\00:49:58.09
So I know people
will be blessed by this.
00:49:58.73\00:50:01.03
I've been blessed
by the writing of it.
00:50:01.03\00:50:02.63
No, Daniel, I believe you
mentioned before that when
00:50:03.70\00:50:06.94
you're writing these lessons,
you keep like this theme before
00:50:06.94\00:50:10.04
you. And that is, is
it point them to Jesus?
00:50:10.21\00:50:11.64
I forget how you said, but that
Jesus is the one through all
00:50:11.74\00:50:15.01
these lessons.
00:50:15.01\00:50:18.58
because sometimes when we're
looking at Bible prophecy, we
00:50:18.58\00:50:22.78
hyper focus on some details or
we think of beasts and we forget
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.95
about Jesus.
00:50:25.95\00:50:27.99
How is this about Jesus to keep
that before my eyes as I was
00:50:28.29\00:50:32.36
working my way
through that process?
00:50:32.36\00:50:33.83
So these lessons, the first set
is of course, looking higher.
00:50:34.40\00:50:37.53
The second set is searching
deeper because they're really
00:50:37.67\00:50:41.87
getting into more of the heavy,
the prophecy topics, but still
00:50:41.87\00:50:46.01
keeping Jesus as the
center and circumference of all.
00:50:46.01\00:50:47.54
They will be here in
time for fall camp meeting.
00:50:47.61\00:50:50.68
That is a statement of faith
because they haven't even gone
00:50:50.78\00:50:53.48
depressed yet.
00:50:53.48\00:50:54.52
We're so grateful for
Safliz publishing in Spain.
00:50:54.92\00:50:57.19
They do an incredible job with
the quality and putting these
00:50:57.32\00:51:00.36
together. But our plan, our goal
is to have them in time for fall
00:51:00.36\00:51:04.13
camp meeting. So excited about
these lessons and to be able to
00:51:04.49\00:51:08.50
use them in evangelism.
00:51:08.50\00:51:09.26
In fact, you can call
the call center right now.
00:51:09.56\00:51:11.10
If you would like one of these
sets, they're available online
00:51:11.13\00:51:14.27
for free.
00:51:14.27\00:51:15.67
But if you want to set, you get
the envelope in all 14 lessons.
00:51:15.80\00:51:19.27
You can order 10 of them
for a suggested donation of $25.
00:51:19.54\00:51:24.41
You can't even beat that.
00:51:24.85\00:51:25.78
That includes the shipping.
00:51:25.95\00:51:27.38
So you can get 10 of these
complete sets for a suggested
00:51:27.38\00:51:32.65
donation of $25.
00:51:32.65\00:51:33.25
So you can call
us at 618-627-4651.
00:51:33.52\00:51:38.09
That's 618-627-4651.
00:51:38.33\00:51:41.16
Or you can go to 3ABNstore.com
and you can download the lessons
00:51:41.46\00:51:45.90
or order them that way as
well and use them in evangelism.
00:51:45.90\00:51:49.50
They're incredible Bible
studies, Ryan, aren't they?
00:51:49.70\00:51:51.64
Absolutely.
00:51:52.01\00:51:52.84
I have had the privilege of
conducting small group studies,
00:51:53.21\00:51:56.04
even public meetings with Bible
studies similar to this from
00:51:56.38\00:51:59.78
different organizations.
00:51:59.78\00:52:01.32
And these by far are, in my
opinion, they're my favorite.
00:52:01.75\00:52:04.89
And there's a lot of
great ones out there.
00:52:05.25\00:52:06.69
I know people are going to
probably think, well, that's a
00:52:06.99\00:52:09.62
biased response from me, Ryan,
because you're an employee of
00:52:09.62\00:52:12.73
3ABN. But I genuinely have
worked my way through these and
00:52:12.76\00:52:16.63
I love the Christ centeredness
that God has led Daniel to put
00:52:16.63\00:52:20.27
into this, that they're
beautifully designed and
beautifully illustrated.
00:52:20.27\00:52:22.70
And to me, we need something
that's modern, something that's
00:52:22.97\00:52:26.37
up to date, something that's
Christ centered, not to say that
00:52:26.37\00:52:28.84
none of the other ones are,
but I just these are these are
00:52:28.84\00:52:31.98
perfect for the
times that we're living.
00:52:31.98\00:52:36.22
out to a young person, a not so
young person, any person of any
00:52:36.22\00:52:42.49
age to be able to hand those to
and to start a small group Bible
00:52:42.49\00:52:45.36
study as well.
00:52:45.36\00:52:48.80
And that was part of what was
in mind as we did this that we
00:52:48.80\00:52:52.40
wanted to be able to send these
out because they may not have
00:52:52.40\00:52:55.07
somebody sitting by their
side to help explain things.
00:52:55.07\00:52:56.94
So on its own, they could, they
can walk their way through that
00:52:57.24\00:53:00.34
study and answer the
questions that come to mind.
00:53:00.34\00:53:02.41
And then that QR code on the
back for those who are able, you
00:53:02.41\00:53:05.51
know, not every question can
be addressed in a single lesson.
00:53:05.55\00:53:08.12
And this leads
them to further answers.
00:53:08.12\00:53:10.25
But we wanted, we wanted people
to be able to sit down and go
00:53:10.69\00:53:14.26
through it and understand it
without having someone sitting
00:53:14.26\00:53:17.19
next to them to explain it.
00:53:17.19\00:53:20.26
somebody, make some notes in
the margin because everybody is
00:53:20.26\00:53:23.60
different in the way that
Ian would explain something, add
00:53:23.60\00:53:27.14
some details that are personal
and reflective of who he is and
how he helps describe
00:53:27.14\00:53:31.77
the word of God.
00:53:31.77\00:53:32.71
I'm so glad you mentioned the
prison ministry because we have
00:53:33.01\00:53:35.11
ordered 125,000 sets of
these and they're specifically
00:53:35.11\00:53:40.62
designed for prison ministry.
00:53:40.62\00:53:41.38
So the, the offers on the back
would be specific for prisoners
00:53:41.95\00:53:46.55
that we can send in.
00:53:46.55\00:53:47.59
So every set, every time a
prisoner orders a Bible and they
00:53:48.02\00:53:52.79
say, we send a complimentary
that made it sound like we
00:53:52.79\00:53:54.96
charge. But every time a
prisoner writes in and says,
would you send me a study
00:53:55.33\00:53:58.77
Bible?
00:53:58.77\00:54:00.60
I want to study the word.
00:54:00.70\00:54:01.80
When we send the Bibles, we will
be sending this set along with
00:54:02.10\00:54:07.01
it, the prison ministry set.
00:54:07.01\00:54:07.81
So every prisoner
gets a set of these.
00:54:08.01\00:54:09.74
Amen.
00:54:10.41\00:54:10.75
I want to mention this also.
00:54:11.08\00:54:15.25
be involved in prison ministry.
00:54:15.25\00:54:16.69
Well, these special prison
ministry Bible study sets are
00:54:17.12\00:54:20.82
available to you as well.
00:54:20.82\00:54:21.89
So you can, again, like Jill
mentioned, call the call center.
00:54:22.02\00:54:23.66
You can ask for the pricing for
the prison ministry, Bible study
00:54:23.93\00:54:27.00
guides.
00:54:27.00\00:54:27.36
We have a bunch of them.
00:54:27.66\00:54:31.03
The reason that they're a
special version is like Jill
00:54:31.20\00:54:33.20
mentioned, some of the resources
on the back are a little bit
00:54:33.27\00:54:35.94
different, but also
there are no staples.
00:54:35.94\00:54:37.74
This took a real specialty,
a binary company to do this
00:54:37.77\00:54:41.41
because there's so few pages,
but to be able to glue them
00:54:41.41\00:54:44.25
without stapling them.
00:54:44.25\00:54:48.05
the prisons or jails would not
allow the Bible studies to go in
00:54:48.05\00:54:50.35
because they
had staples in them.
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So these do not have staples.
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So we have them at
the call center tonight.
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So if you're involved in prison
ministry, know someone who is,
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get a sample copy, show it to
your team, get a whole bunch of
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them, share them with your,
whoever you're ministering to
00:55:02.53\00:55:04.73
there in the, in the prisons.
00:55:04.73\00:55:07.80
Ryan, you mentioned just
briefly, just talked to us real
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quick about this because you
said you go out and do some
evangelistic series.
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And I know you like to take
some of these guys with you, you
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know, give them out.
00:55:15.24\00:55:17.65
Where are you at in August?
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In August, August 31 to
September 14, I'll be in Toledo,
00:55:19.01\00:55:23.75
Ohio. They're doing
a city wide meeting.
00:55:23.92\00:55:25.65
There's going to
be a very big meeting.
00:55:25.79\00:55:26.79
So if you're in the
Toledo area, come join us.
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And what about then in October?
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And then starting in October.
00:55:30.13\00:55:31.39
And the dates are slipping me at
the moment, but we can get those
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later to you.
00:55:35.43\00:55:39.13
So beautiful.
00:55:39.53\00:55:40.10
So someone's in that area.
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I'm assuming
they'll have those dates.
00:55:43.77\00:55:45.01
So yeah, perfect.
00:55:45.14\00:55:45.61
Yeah.
00:55:45.87\00:55:46.34
Thank you so much.
00:55:46.34\00:55:46.88
All about evangelism.
00:55:47.04\00:55:48.14
That's what 3ABN is all about.
00:55:48.31\00:55:49.61
And Jill, I know we're about
ready to run out of time, but
00:55:50.08\00:55:51.68
I'm going to bring
this up here real quick too.
00:55:51.68\00:55:52.75
You wore this shirt recently
that it's a new one that came
00:55:53.05\00:55:56.92
out. It says rest.
00:55:56.95\00:55:57.75
But on the back, check that out.
00:55:57.99\00:55:59.75
It says God gave you permission.
00:56:00.06\00:56:01.26
Well, if someone sees your back,
they're like, well, what did he
00:56:01.32\00:56:02.56
give you permission to do?
00:56:02.56\00:56:03.43
Well, on the
front, it says rest.
00:56:04.06\00:56:05.36
So tell us
about your experience.
00:56:05.66\00:56:06.80
This was really an incredible
evangelism opportunity for you.
00:56:06.90\00:56:09.20
I was just at
Walmart getting groceries.
00:56:09.33\00:56:11.07
So I mean, that's
just regular routine stuff.
00:56:11.13\00:56:13.03
And a girl came up to me and
clearly non-Christian, at least
00:56:13.60\00:56:17.31
from outward appearances.
00:56:17.31\00:56:18.37
And she said, Oh,
she saw the front.
00:56:18.74\00:56:21.78
And she said, I was wondering
what God gave me permission to
00:56:21.94\00:56:24.91
do. And I said, God
gives us permission to rest.
00:56:25.18\00:56:27.18
And then you have these little
card that has a QR code on the
00:56:27.35\00:56:31.15
back and it takes you
directly into 3ABN's website.
00:56:31.15\00:56:33.42
And it talks all about the truth
of the Sabbath and how God gives
00:56:33.62\00:56:38.13
us one day in that
weekly cycle to rest.
00:56:38.13\00:56:40.00
So praise the Lord.
00:56:40.13\00:56:40.96
We are, how do they get all out?
00:56:41.23\00:56:42.70
You can contact us at 3ABN and
we would love to send you these
00:56:42.93\00:56:46.77
shirts.
00:56:46.77\00:56:50.94
Thank you all for
being here tonight.
00:56:51.04\00:56:52.47
Thank you for being, we
just love working with you, love
00:56:52.64\00:56:55.41
working in
ministry and your spouses.
00:56:55.41\00:56:56.58
Thank you for
being part of the family.
00:56:56.91\00:56:58.38
Amen.
00:56:58.48\00:56:58.78
Yes.
00:56:59.28\00:57:01.52
Thank you again for your
continued prayers and support
00:57:01.62\00:57:04.32
for the ministry of 3ABN.
00:57:04.32\00:57:05.19
God bless you.
00:57:05.52\00:57:06.09
We'll see you next time.
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