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Mark A. Finley (born July 23, 1945) is an American former host and director of It Is Written (from 1991–2004), for which he traveled around the world as a televangelist. [1] He was the first Seventh-day Adventist pastor to do a satellite evangelistic series. He also served as one vice-president out of nine for the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
It was distributed primarily through the Sabbath schools. [4] Under the editorship of Lora E. Clement in the early-mid 1900s, the circulation increased from about 25,000 to 50,000. [5] The Youth's Instructor was replaced by Insight in 1970. [4] The headquarters of Insight was in Hagerstown, Maryland. [6]
Sabbath School is a function of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, [1] Seventh Day Baptist, [2] Church of God (Seventh-Day), [3] some other sabbatarian denominations, usually comprising a song service and Bible study lesson on the Sabbath. It is usually held before the church service on Saturday morning, but this may vary.
The major weekly worship service occurs on Saturday, typically commencing with Sabbath School which is a structured time of small-group bible study at church. Adventists make use of an officially produced "Sabbath School Lesson", which deals with a particular biblical text or doctrine every quarter.
The "Sunday law" is interpreted as the meaning of the "mark of the beast" described in Revelation 13:16–17. [36] [37] In contrast to those who choose to obey the "Sunday law," and therefore receive the "mark of the beast," people who observe the seventh-day Sabbath will receive the "Seal of God" (mentioned in Revelation 7:2ff.). [38]
Only two groups would be alive on earth in the end times-those who hav the mark of the beast and those who keep the commandments of God, including the seventh-day Sabbath. [58] Given such an understanding, it is of little wonder that Bates had concluded early in 1847 "that God's holy Sabbath is a present truth" [ 59 ]
Samuele R. Bacchiocchi (29 January 1938 [1] – 20 December 2008 [2]) was a Seventh-day Adventist author and theologian, best known for his work on the Sabbath in Christianity, particularly in the historical work From Sabbath to Sunday, based on his doctoral thesis from the Pontifical Gregorian University. Bacchiocchi defended the validity of ...
Spectrum is the official publication of Adventist Forum and a non-official publication of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, published four times a year.It was established "to encourage Seventh-day Adventist participation in the discussion of contemporary issues from a Christian viewpoint, to look without prejudice at all sides of a subject, to evaluate the merits of diverse views, and to ...