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Shane Voshell, Human Resources Director of the Oregon Network, joins host Japhet De Oliveira for an engaging conversation about how the pandemic gave him a new perspective, his passion for human resources, and how his faith ties into everyday life.

Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy — Precursors — Further Thought:

Join us as we study the Bible Study Guide for the second quarter of 2025 called Allusions Images Symbols: How to Study Prophecy. We are studying the lesson for week 12 called Precursors.    

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Reading last-day prophecies with hope rather than fear is a profound perspective shift. 

We can't help focus on the Sabbath commandment, which features so prominently in in the "Seventh-day Adventist" name and also in our reading of last-day prophecy. It is striking that Jesus stirred up considerable controversy over his Sabbath actions, and the lesson this week has an intriguing description that leads us into a broader discussion.

Are we feeling our way into failure? In an age where empathy is praised as a high virtue, some argue it's steering us toward destruction. This episode explores the unintended consequences of unchecked compassion—and those who advocate for the abandonment of empathy altogether. Is our obsession with empathy making the West morally fragile?

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Read Ellen G. White, “God’s People Delivered,” pp. 635–652, in The Great Controversy.

“In all ages, God has wrought through holy angels for the succor and deliverance of His people. Celestial beings have taken an active part in the affairs of men. They have appeared clothed in garments that shone as the lightning; they have come as men in the garb of wayfarers. Angels have appeared in human form to men of God. They have rested, as if weary, under the oaks at noon. They have accepted the hospitalities of human homes. They have acted as guides to benighted travelers. They have, with their own hands, kindled the fires at the altar. They have opened prison doors and set free the servants of the Lord. Clothed with the panoply of heaven, they came to roll away the stone from the Saviour’s tomb.

“In the form of men, angels are often in the assemblies of the righteous; and they visit the assemblies of the wicked, as they went to Sodom, to make a record of their deeds, to determine whether they have passed the boundary of God's forbearance. The Lord delights in mercy; and for the sake of a few who really serve Him, He restrains calamities and prolongs the tranquillity of multitudes. Little do sinners against God realize that they are indebted for their own lives to the faithful few whom they delight to ridicule and oppress.”—Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 631, 632.

Discussion Questions:

Read 2 Timothy 1:7. Discuss the things in prophecy that have worried you most. How do we shake off the spirit of fear and find God’s message of hope even amid the prophecies that talk about persecution for our faith?

Though right now it might be hard to see how Sabbath and Sunday could become front and center in final events, look at how quickly the world can change. What should this truth teach us about not basing our faith on current events, which can change in an instant, but only on the revealed Word of God?

Think about Daniel 2 (and even 7). All the empires came and went exactly as predicted. Today, looking back over history, we can see that they did, as predicted. From our perspective today, only one more kingdom is to come. Which one is that, and why can we be assured that it will, indeed, come as predicted?

What does it look like in a practical, day-to-day setting to be a mission pilot overseas?  Today I talk with DJ Knott, co-founder of Gospel Mission Aviation in Bolivia, about his experience walking with God in faith through his time in overseas mission work.

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