Tiger And Tom And Other Stories For Boys

By J.E. White

This book is available to order through the Bible Sabbath Association. In it, you will find character-building stories for boys.

Read one of the recommendations of this book:

“I have spent literally $1,000.00’s on educational and character building materials for our son… and none have been as encouraging, nor as influential as your old time stories.”

These stories were compiled from orphanage stories used in the United States many years ago. Fortunately, Godly character does not have a time period attached to it. These timeless stories will encourage boys to choose right from wrong. Read them to your children and even grandchildren!

To order this book, just click the link below:

https://biblesabbath.org/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=48&=SID

Love and Bliss

by Terrell Perkins

There are those who claim they know “the secret key” to understanding the scriptures. There is indeed a key that unlocks the scriptures and in some respects it is a secret…at least to some people. Do you want to know the key to understanding the scriptures? It’s love. Every page, every paragraph, every word, every punctuation flows with Gods love for His children. That the scriptures exist is proof of Gods love. He created us out of love. He gave us His law out of love for us. He allowed His only begotten son to become one of us, to suffer pain, humiliation and death at the hands of human beings out of His love for mankind.

The problem arises when we misunderstand what love is and what it is not. Love is NOT just what we feel…love is what we DO. Scriptures tell us the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and faithfulness. The fruits of the spirit are all qualities about dealing with someone else. Bliss is most commonly confused with love because bliss feels good. Bliss isn’t bad as long as it is not mistaken for spiritual growth. We can experience bliss while looking at a beautiful sunset or experiencing a “perfect moment.” Just like there are counterfeit gospels, there are also counterfeits for love. Bliss can also be a counterfeit for love. In Eastern and New Age religions bliss is often mistaken for love.

Bliss can be a counterfeit love for “spiritual” people. Bliss is what those who are…”

(This is an excerpt from the Jan-Feb 2015 edition of The Sabbath Sentinel)

To read the rest of this article, which starts on page 11, click this link: http://biblesabbath.org/media/TSS_2015_Jan-Feb.pdf

Sabbath Ideas! – Free Resource

On this interesting website, you will find over 350 Sabbath activities for your family and church. These interactive activities will enhance your understanding of the Sabbath. And, you will have fun doing it!

http://www.sabbathideas.org/p/home.html

The King’s Daughter and Other Stories For Girls

By J.E. White

This book contains stories to teach girls character and how to deal with difficult moral decisions. These stories were compiled from orphanage stories used in the United States many years ago. Fortunately, Godly character does not have a time period attached to it. These timeless stories will encourage girls to choose right from wrong. Read them to your children and even grandchildren!

To order this book, just click the link below:

https://biblesabbath.org/shopping/pgm-more_information.php?id=47&=SID

THE GENTILE HEALINGS: FAITH AMONG THE NATIONS

By R. Herbert

We tend to think of events described in the Book of Acts as the beginning of faith among the Gentiles, but earlier biblical examples of faith in both the Old and New Testaments are instructive. There is also a striking parallel between these examples that deserves our attention.

Three of the gospels tell how Jesus spoke in the synagogue in his home town of Nazareth, but was rejected by the people there. It is clear that the message Jesus took to these people was not welcomed by the Nazarenes, but his response to their rejection particularly enraged them. Luke tells us that as a result of the rejection, Jesus said: “Truly I tell you … no prophet is accepted in his hometown. I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed — only Naaman the Syrian” (Luke 4:24-27).

When they heard this, the Nazarenes’ rejection turned to outright rage, and they attempted to kill Jesus because he had said that God had chosen to send His servant Elijah to a widow in Sidon (a non-Jewish area) and had Elisha heal Naaman (another non-Jewish person) over people of Judah with the same problems.

It is easy to continue reading the Gospel accounts without noticing the striking parallels between the examples Jesus gave…”

(This is an excerpt from the Sept-Oct 2014 edition of The Sabbath Sentinel)

To read the rest of this article, which starts on page 10, click this link: http://biblesabbath.org/media/TSS_Sept-Oct-2014_569.pdf

“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.  For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.” (Jesus of Nazareth, quoted in Luke 9:23-24 ESV)

Jesus once told a parable about a pearl of great price. It was a parable of a few words, but packed with a mighty lesson: “The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.” (Matthew 13:45-46 ESV)

If you found such a pearl, would you not sacrifice everything to attain that prize? It would take some faith to do it, but if you keep the end in mind, you would certainly be foolish not to go after it.

But what if you didn’t know what the end was? All you had was a promise that everything would work out in the end. You are not told how it would work out, but only that it would. In that case would you be able to take up your cross daily and follow? Would you be willing to lose your life in order to save it?

Such a step of trusting faith has been required of God’s people throughout the ages, from Noah to Moses to David to the prophets and straight through to the Apostles and those of us who have followed them. 

It was also required of Jesus’ mother, Mary.

Imagine a young Jewish girl, about to be married and embark on a her future with her new husband and one day a family, all of which was put at risk by an out-of-the-ordinary visit from a messenger of God. Imagine the thoughts Mary must have had when told of what was to happen, that she would be with child, and the child would not be Joseph’s. She knew she would be subject to ridicule and ostracized by her small-town neighbors. Rumors would fly, and snide remarks would follow her and her son for the rest of their lives.

She could not have known at the time of Gabriel’s appearing that Joseph would also receive word directly from God and that he would still marry her and accept the child as his own. She could expect that Joseph would abandon her, and likely no good man would want her. She would  have nothing to look forward to except single motherhood and all the poverty and misery that would come with it.

Yet, in spite of all of the uncertainty, in spite of all the upheaval this would cause, Mary says, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38).

How many of us would be willing to forgo all our hopes and dreams for the the pearl of great price, for the call of God in our lives? I don’t know what God’s call is for you, but whatever it is you are bought with a price. You are a pearl of great price. Jesus sacrificed all for you, and he calls us to do the same for him.

Lenny Cacchio has a blog that you can follow through the BSA website. Be sure to check it out:
http://biblesabbath.org/index.php?pr=Lenny_Cacchio_Blog