Forgiveness Stronger than Revenge
1 April 2018 | Nummela, Finland [Sakari Vehkavuori] Something tragic happened in Finland exactly 100 years ago. Despite that, Viktor Ståhlberg, a recently baptised Seventh-day Adventist, didn’t want to see 10 soldiers killed in revenge for his son’s barbaric death. In 1918, the country was mired in a bloody civil war where Reds, mainly comprised…
Read MoreGlobal Youth Day impacts thousands across the TED
30 March 2018 | Reykjavik, Iceland [Alastair Agbaje] It has been running since 2013 with greater success and involvement every year! This year, Global Youth Day on Sabbath, 17 March involved up to an estimated 10 million young people.
Read MoreNo wholly holy places
12 March 2018 | Jerusalem, Israel [Victor Hulbert] Can there be anything more exciting than standing right in the centre of the world? Not according to a kindly Armenian Christian who discreetly shared some of the less accessible parts of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre with a group of six Adventist pastors.
Read MoreAdventist ‘gift’ towards 100th Anniversary celebrations in Estonia
26 February 2018 | Tallin [Victor Hulbert] It is exactly 100 years since Estonia first gained independence as a nation. While celebrations engulfed this small Baltic nation of just 1.3 million people, the country’s president suggested that citizens might consider what they can give back to their country. Members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church were…
Read MoreNewbold diversity lecture highlights challenges of being a Muslim woman in the UK
22 February 2018 | Binfield, UK [Michael Pearson/tedNEWS] The Scottish poet, Robert Burns, wrote of ‘seeing ourselves as others see us’, but sometimes it is helpful to see and try to understand others through their own eyes. That kind of thinking led to Julie Siddiqi presenting the Newbold Diversity Centre lecture on Tuesday, 13 February,…
Read MoreEncourage the families in your church
7 February 2018 | St Albans [Karen Holford] Next week, 10-17 February, is Christian Home and Family Week. This annual event in the Church calendar allows churches to focus specifically on the vital needs of families. Every marriage and every family can use encouragement, inspiration and ideas. Sermons and seminars on family life can equally…
Read MorePaisley’s Healthy Partnership in Scotland
5 January 2018 | Paisley, UK [John Wilby] An Adventist church planted in one of the most socially deprived communities in Scotland has been seeking a premises from which it can be a centre of influence. While previous attempts to purchase a property have failed, a recent successful bit will now put Paisley Seventh-day Adventist…
Read MoreTeetering on the Edge
1 January 2018 | St Albans, UK [David Neal] Commentary. Ingram Pinn’s FT illustration of the week, picturing the globe teetering on the edge of an abyss, got TED Stewardship director, David Neal pondering on 1 Thessalonians 5:20 as we step gingerly into 2018: “Do Not Despise Prophecies.”
Read MoreDeath of Adel and Najwa Kamal
26 December 2017 | St Albans [tedNEWS] We are saddened to receive news today of the deaths of Adel and Najwa Kamal, the much loved parents of Pastor Raafat Kamal, president of the Trans-European Division.
Read MoreGod at the Oslo Book Festival
27 November 2017 | Oslo, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] The Norwegian Publishing House placed God centre stage at the Oslo Book Festival, 10-12 November when they presented two books, Ærlig talt, Gud (Honestly, God!) by pastor Harald Giesebrecht and Luther 500 by pastor Tor Tjeransen.
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