By: Gabriela Yareliz The city was bustling with visitors from all over; it was Passover time. The priests had arrested Jesus, and wanted to “get rid of Him” in the most discrete manner, while the people were preoccupied with Passover. Pontius Pilate was the Roman ruling in Judea, and his wife came to him disturbedContinue reading “For the Seeker”
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Self-denial
From Ellen G. White’s Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1. Chapter 30, The Rich Young Ruler “I was shown that the young, especially young men, who profess the truth, have yet a lesson of self-denial to learn. If these made more sacrifice for the truth, they would esteem it more highly. It would affect theirContinue reading “Self-denial”
Stripped
By: Ellen G. White “How important that the cause of truth be stripped of everything like a false and fanatical excitement, that the truth may stand upon its own merits, revealing its native purity and exalted character.” Testimonies, vol. 1, pp. 414, 415.
Love Motto
Love to man is the earthward manifestation of the love of God. It was to implant this love, to make us children of one family, that the King of glory became one with us. And when His parting words are fulfilled, “Love one another, as I have loved you” (John 15:12); when we love theContinue reading “Love Motto”
This Week’s Picks: June 16, 2013
By: Gabriela Yareliz Strange exhaustion creeps on all of us in our shaded cubicles. The school keeps bothering us telling us we need to start the fall recruitment process for internships for next year. Summer, doesn’t feel like summer yet. It better start soon because we are almost half way through it. 1] Embody theContinue reading “This Week’s Picks: June 16, 2013”
Invasion
By: Gabriela Yareliz People want guns to guard them from an invasion. Just in case. An invasion of what or by whom? Some say China, others Iran, and some even say our own government. Regardless of what people’s stance on guns may be, I wish people realized that there is a more serious invasion goingContinue reading “Invasion”
Truth and man
“The message that means so much to the dwellers upon the earth will be heard and understood. Men will know what truth is.” Review and Herald, Nov. 22, 1906 “God has determined to leave nothing undone to recover man from the toils of the enemy.” Australasian Union Conference Record, Apr. 1, 1898
Mixing error with truth
By: Gabriela Yareliz People mixing truth with error is in style these days, and it has its roots from bad leadership from centuries before. People basing interpretation of religion and scripture based on feeling, opinion, convenience and tradition. Very few people have a Biblical basis of why it is they believe certain things. And muchContinue reading “Mixing error with truth”
Searching
By: Gabriela Yareliz A current theme in my studies of scripture is Truth. How far are we willing to go to search for Truth and to live the Truth. How much are we willing to sacrifice for Truth’s sake; are we willing to leave tradition, formulas and our own little ways–all of this has beenContinue reading “Searching”