By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Glenn Townend)

X Æ A-Xii is the name Elon Musk, the maverick billionaire who recently financed the first private trip into space, tried to call his son. Isaiah, the prophet, was told by God to name his child Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, meaning quick to plunder, swift to spoil (Isaiah 8:1–4). He was told before his wife was pregnant to register the name with the priest and write a sign about it.
Later, Isaiah was asked by God to take his clothes off (Isaiah 20:1-4) and live naked for three years (I am pleased God…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janel Davis)

On Saturday, June 20, 2020, hundreds of youth and young adults took to the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, with “A Cry for Justice and Healing,” an outreach event aimed at rebuilding the city and regaining a sense of peace.
The event, held in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder on May 25, was attended by more than 350 volunteers, 16 Adventist churches, and officials from three conferences (Lake Region, Central States, and Minnesota conferences).
The day began on the steps of Minneapolis…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Heron Santana)

Seventh-day Adventists in the north of the Brazilian state of Bahia cheered June 27 when two churches reopened and four people were baptized in the pre-dawn hours of that Sabbath day.
But for others still at home, especially children in homes without internet access, it was still a lonely Sabbath, like the dozen or so before it thanks to the novel coronavirus and resulting quarantines.
In the village of Itatiaia, in Capim Grosso, Bahia, Edileusa de Jesus Nunes arrived at a gate of a house in a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Gary Krause)

One day, Mr. Jonah, a small-town man from Gath-hepher, ran off to the seaport of Joppa on a mission to avoid an assignment in big city Nineveh. I imagine he scanned the sailing times for ships, searching for the best option. Perhaps there were tantalizing discounts for prophets, even minor prophets. Finally, a ship bound for Tarshish caught his eye. He thought he’d purchased a standard Mediterranean cruise, but soon discovered that it included free underwater adventure activities.
Mr. Jonah and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Yngvar Berressen)

HappyHand promised NOK 30,000 to the Crisis Centre in Moss. They got NOK 50,000.
Each month, the HappyHand second-hand store in Moss, Norway distributes its profits from sales to charitable purposes at home and abroad. The shop is run by volunteers from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Moss.
For the month of June, the profits went to the local Crisis Centre. Representatives from the centre came to receive the NOK 30,000 [EUR 2,800] which they had been promised a few weeks ago. However, just…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Martínez / IAD News Staff)

Seventh-day Adventist leaders and members in Southeast Mexico recently celebrated the culmination of their first online evangelistic campaign that drew in 404 new believers through baptism. “Covid-19 made our churches close, but we know the mission cannot be detained,” said Pastor Isaias Espinoza, president of the church in Southeast Mexico. The new believers add to a total of 3,087 newly baptized members during the first half of the year. Comparing to the 2,690 baptisms held up to June of…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

The Ndong family loves to pray in Libreville, capital of Gabon.
Father and Mother love talking to God so much that they named their three children after the French word for “prayer,” or “priere.” The oldest boy is Priel; the second child, a girl, is Priella; and the youngest girl is Pricilia.
Little Pricilia has prayed before bedtime every night since she was 3. Sometimes she kneels in front of the bed. But usually she jumps up onto the bed and kneels on the nice, soft mattress. She folds her…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Daniel Matteo)

About seven-and-a-half years ago, I started work as a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I was determined to grow the church that had been placed under my care.
After 12 months of working very hard in a small congregation, I was dismayed to see that our membership had dropped! One night I was complaining and pouring my heart out to God saying, “Lord! What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I grow my church?”
I was amazed as an answer from God came and impressed on me so very clearly,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (ADRA International)

Dominican Republic healthcare workers on the frontlines of COVID-19 received thousands of personal protective gear, masks and essential supplies to treat critically ill patients at Vista del Jardín Medical Center (Garden View Medical Center) in Santo Domingo.
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) joined forces with AdventHealth to donate and ship the medical equipment to the Caribbean nation’s hospital. The global shortage of protective gear is one of the major issues that has…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Dale Galusha)

Mark Finley’s Understanding Daniel and Revelation have just been released from Pacific Press Publishing Association. Finley has conducted evangelistic meetings around the world — and on just about every continent for the past 50 years. He has taught and preached on the prophecies of Daniel and Revelation, and applied these books to everyday real life. This chapter-by-chapter commentary is written to show our day in the light of Bible prophecy. It is a sharing commentary! Recently Dale Galusha,…

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