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can refer them to is yours (www.bibleuniverse.com)

because its the only one translated into Portuguese.

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was substantial evidence that he wasnt doing his job

very well. So the master of the estate called h is

employee and told him that he was about to be d is-

missed.

In addition, the landowner set a date for judgm ent.

There would be an audit someth ing like a meeting

with the Intern al Revenue Service. The m aster would

get out the records for review, and at that tim e the

steward would have an oppor tun ity to presentrecords to defend him self against the charges.

This ominou s news struck fear into the heart

of the incomp etent servant, for he knew exactly

what the outcome of the investigation

would be. Quickly he form ed a plan where-

by he hop ed to salvage his future.

Evidently this m anager d idnt k now th e

books very well, because when he called

together all of his masters debtors, he had

to ask each on e,How much d o you owe?

He was supposed to kn ow that. The finan-

cial records were obviou sly a total mess.The master m ight have had scores of

debtors, but only two are mentioned in this

parable.As each reported the status of his

account, the shrewd steward told him to

reduce the bill drastically, in on e case cut-

ting it in half. In this way the m an was able

to en gage his m asters d ebtors to part ici-

pate in his dishonesty. That way, when he

later stood in the unem ployment line, they

would have no choice but to be friendly to

him an d receive him into th eir homes.

Otherwise he could expose them as accom -

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BY DIRECTOR-SPEAKERDOUG BATCHELOR

IIn Luke 16:1-9, Jesus tells His disciples a par ableabout a m an who today would likely be described asone shrewd du de. He was employed by a wealthy

citizen who had hired him to be the admin istrator, or

man ager, of his farm and all of his goods.

In what is better known as the parable of the

un just steward, Jesus said that th is wasteful servant

had been squand ering and m ismanaging his mas-

ters resources. One day an accusation was broughtagainst the man , and

apparently there

An Am az in g Fact :

The U.S. Com m erce Departm ent says about

4 m illion people are caught shoplifting each

yea r, bu t for every person cau ght, an est im at -

ed 35 go und etected. If these statistics are

accurate, it m eans that 140 m illion shoplift-

ing incidents occur each year in a nation of

260 m illion p eople.

Accordin g to a stu dy in Wa shington , few

shoplifters steal out of need; 70 percent are in

the m iddle-incom e bracket and 20 percent

have high incomes. Only 10 percent w ould be

considered poor. Hotel man agers count on

one of every three guests stealing som ething.

Furthermore, according to in surance statistics, 30 p ercent of all business failures

each year are a d irect result of internal th eft. Security officials estimate t hat 9 percent

of all employees steal on a regular basis and that 75 percent of all employees in retail

establishm ents steal to som e degree, taking th ree tim es as mu ch as shoplifters.

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plices in his crime. Needless to say, he m ade a lot of

shady friends outside h is masters hou sehold using

the m asters resources.

Praised for His Dishonesty?Next comes the part of the parable that many

Christians find difficult to u nd erstand. The Bible

says that after the m aster reviewed th e books an dsaw what his dishonest employee had done, he com-

m ended th e man because he had done wisely

(verse 8).

This statement m ystifies a lot of people. They say,

Wait a second ; is Jesus condoning d ishonesty and

stealing?

Definitely not . The steward wasnt comm end ed for

his sloppiness an d dishonesty. After all, thats why h e

was being fired. Jesus said that the m aster com -

mend ed him for being shrewd. This man had b een

calculating and clever,m aking plans for his future

secur ity at his m asters expense. I believe the reasonJesus said this scoun drel behaved wisely is because

he was ut ilizing his m asters resources to secu re his

own futu re. Thats exactly what Christians shou ld be

doing as we see the day of the Lord approaching.

Jesus is telling us in this p arable that we need to

think ah ead in order to be prepared for the future.

A Wise InvestmentAt the end of this passage, Jesus says,And I say

unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the m am-

mon of unr ighteousness; that, when ye fail [this

phrase is som etimes m ore accurately translatedwhen it fails], they m ay receive you into everlasting

habitations( verse 9).

This is probably the most d ifficult part of the

entire par able for m any people. Consequ ently, Id like

to share with you an impor tant Bible-study prin ciple.

We mu st not read into any parable a mean ing that

goes contrary to the rest of the Word of God.

Some have thought th at Jesus was talking about

Christians t rying to buy their way into heaven.

However, it is clear throu ghou t Scripture th at its

impossible to use m oney to pay for our sins. The

Bible says, What sh all I rend er un to th e Lord for allhis ben efits toward m e? (Psalm 116:12). Salvation is

a gift (Roman s 6:23). It is an insult to the Lord to

think that we can buy everlasting life. Besides, God

owns the cattle on a thou sand hills (Psalm 50:10). No

m atter how hard we try,we cant give Him an ything

He doesnt already own ! We shou ldnt tr y to com pen -

sate Him for purchasing our redemp tion. A contrite

heart is what the Lord wants from you and m e.

Jesus wasnt telling His disciples to follow the

example of the dishonest servant by m aking friends

with people who are scoun drels and crooks, either.

For one th ing, that wou ldnt be an effective way to

An Am az in g Fact :

Our fam ily was blessed in a special way recently.

Ive w orked pa rt -t im e for a non -profi t com pa ny

for several years a s the ed itor an d tran slat or for

the Spanish editions of its two algebra and two

geom etry textbooks.Several years ago I asked on e of the directors if

the compan y paid royalties for translation work.

He to ld m e that he didnt th in k so, sin ce they con -

sidered translation to be technical work rather

than creative work.

However, ear ly t hi s past sum m er, th at sam e

director came to m e and said the compan y had

offered to pay m e back royalties at a rate of 50

percen t t hat of au th ors. He never m en tion ed an

am ount, and I was happy to receive anything as I

had already been well-paid for my w ork. I signed

the papers and th en wa s given tw o checks (on e forthe past year and one for the previous several

yea rs) . Together t he am ou nt equ aled abou t

$18,000, which was 10 times m y w ildest im agina-

tion. I am am azed at the way God m oved on their

hearts. My w ife, Balvina, and I have been saddled

with debt since I graduated from college for over

a dozen years and those two checks wiped out

that problem imm ediately.

God w orks in am azing and wonderful ways.

Ed w in Re ed teaches

m athematics to m iddle-school stud ents and h as

been a volunteer for the

Bible Answers Live

weekly radio program

for fiv e years.

build a secure future! I can say with assu rance th at

crime does not p ay, because I was a thief m any years

ago as a teen ager in New York City. Most of my

friend s were thieves, too, and I would n ot have want-

ed to rely on them to take care of me when t imes got

tough.As a matter of fact, we all wasted a lot of our

time an d en ergy stealing from each other! There is

no hon or amon g thieves.I should also point out t hat when the Bible uses the

term unrighteous m am m on, it isnt saying that

m oney is evil. It is the love of money that Paul identi-

fies in 1 Timothy 6:10 as the root of all evil. Jesus had

earlier warned His disciples:Take heed, and beware

of covetousness: for a m ans life consisteth n ot in th e


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abundance of the things which h e possesseth (Luke

12:15).

In the parable of the shrewd steward, Jesus was

emph asizing the impor tance of utilizing our

resources while we are still in this world in ord er to

win souls, do good, make friends, and u ltimately be

received into everlasting hab itation. Too often we get

so caught up in the affairs of this life that we lose this

crucial focus. Jesus was referring to this fact when Hesaid that the children of this world are in th eir gen-

eration wiser than th e children of light (Luke 16:8).

Many peop le in the world work very aggressively to

acquire fame, friends, and fortune. By contrast, many

Christians invest so little of their time an d m eans in

that which is eternal. If we would put the sam e

enthusiasm, interest, and energy into winning souls

and looking good in Gods eyes as the world pu ts

into earning mon ey and looking good to those

around t hem , we would have a m ighty church.

Owner of the WorldIve found that the p arable of the shrewd servantcontains several impor tant lessons for us in regard to

stewardship.

First of all, the rich man in the parable represents

God. He is our Master and the rightful Owner of

everyth ing in the world ( 1 Chronicles 29:11; Job

41:11). The Bible declares,Behold, the h eaven and

the heaven of heavens is the LORDs thy God, the earth

also, with all that therein is (Deuteronomy 10:14).

We hum ans often act as thou gh we own the world,

but in reality we are merely stewards of our heavenly

Fathers resources.When God created th e Earth, Hemade m an in His own im age and gave dominion of

every living creature to Adam (Genesis 1:27-28).

Birds, beasts, fish, and even plants were placed un der

his care. God planted the garden of Eden, and m an

was to tend and to keep it (Genesis 2:15).

Sadly, though, man kind has been un faithful to this

weighty task. We are all guilty, in one way or anoth er,

of misman aging this sacred trust. Our un ceasing

dem and s on the planets natu ral resources have

impacted earth, sky, and sea in ways that most of us

never pause to consider. New roads, housing develop-

m ents, and corporate or agricultural expansionsometim es transform th e earths natur al land scape

in ways that m ake it inhospitable to a variety of

plants and animals.In addition, pollution caused by

automobiles, buses, airplanes, industry, and con-

struction redu ces air quality and d estroys the plan-

ets ozone layer, which protect s both p eople and food

crops from h arm ful radiation. And despite advances

in recycling and incineration, 80 percent of the

nat ions waste is still disp osed of in land fills. The U.S.

Environm ental Protection Agency says that about 23

m illion tons of hazardous waste are land -disposed

annu ally, which puts both soil and groun d water at

An Am a z in g Fa ct :

For two and a half years I have been senior m ental health coun selor for

Sacram ento count y, and since the beginning of this year I had been asking

God to open up an opportunity for m e to go into full-time m inistry so I

could freely sha re the gospel and offer biblical coun seling.

In June I had a powerfu l ex perien ce in which th e Lord revealed to m e

that m y m inistry had begun, though I didnt know yet exactly what th at

m inistry was. I prayed,Lord, I know You have called m e to m inistry. But

Father, if I go into m inistry, I need all of m y bills paid. Ive got a good job.

They p ay m e well at the county.

I h ad $2 ,00 0 w orth of bi lls t hat needed im m ediate at ten tion , so I t old th eLord th at if He cou ld pa y t hose off , I w ou ld know w ithout a shred of a

doubt that He had called m e, and I w ould not return to w ork.

One morn ing the Lord placed upon m y heart the nam e of

a person w ho was so moved after reading m y book, Beyond

the Veil of Darkness, that she had pu rchased about 100

copies and given th em to her friend s and fam ily around

the count ry. Later that day,I w as asked by her daughter

to drop off another $300 worth of books at their house.

W hile there,I pu lled this lady aside and shared with

her my dilemm a. I believed God w as calling me to full-time m inistry, but I

had bills that were pressing and didnt have the m oney to pay th em .

She asked,How m uch do you need at this point?I sa id , Well, I n eed ab ou t $2 ,00 0, bu t $5 ,00 0 w ou ld ta ke care of m e for

anot her few weeks ahead .

She started to cry. Then she said:Look at this check. I w rote it out for

$5,000, and I wa s praying last night,Lord, send somebody wh o needs this

m oney.We both wept.

Thats not the end of the story.My husband had calculated all of our

debts, includin g credit cards we had n ot paid off and old bills from back

when we were in school. We needed $20,000 to clear all of our debts.W e

prayed :Lord, how do w e get ou t o f th is? We w an t to tu rn over a new lea f.

A few day s later, th e sam e la dy called m e back an d said , Esm ie, I feel

strongly impressed to help you get on w ith your m inistry. God has called

you , an d you need to get m ov in g ahead.W hen I a rr ived at her h om e, shetold m e that she had sold som e land an d gave m e a check for $20,000.

Shed h ad n o idea how m uch we n eeded. If that w asnt Gods signatu re on

m y m inistry,I dont know what is!

My o ffi cia l la st day at th e cou nty was Au gu st 8, an d on Au gu st 9, I

received a phone call early in th e m orning from M rs.W ilcox at Weim ar

College. She said, Esmie, we need someone to head up the Departm ent of

Re ligion an d Bib lica l St udies a nd to teach beh av ioral science and bibli cal

coun seling.I went u p there im m ediately, saw the work to be done, and

thats what Im doing today. Now in m y job I can pray with m y clients and

give them the right biblical tools that w ill bring about healing. Its a t rue

joy ! God is t rem en dous.

Esm ie Branner heads the

Dep ar tm en t o f Re ligion an d

Bib lica l St udies at Weim ar

College. Her husband , Arthu r, is

an associate pastor at the

Sacramento Central Church.


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All of our t ime is Gods, as well. The Lord asks u s

to acknowledge the fact that 100 percent of our tim e

belongs to Him by honoring Him with on e day in

seven as a holy day. Inciden tally, He tells us wh ich

day it is. Its not just an y day of the week; its the sev-

enth d ay (Exodus 20:10). He sets the amoun t as well

as th e day.

People period ically tell me, You t each th at

Christians sh ould worship God on ly one d ay aweek as though they are m ore holy and do noth-

ing except worship God seven days a week.I do

believe that we shou ld worship God seven d ays a

week, but He d oesnt tell us to rest all seven days a

week. If you rest seven days a week, youre not holy;

youre lazy. God set aside on e day as a day of special

rest a day for spend ing quality time with the Lord.

In addition, it is very important th at we make time

for worship and m inistry every single day of the

week not just on Sabbath. It is a mistake for us to

think that we can keep so busy du ring the week with

work or stu dies th at we have little or no tim e forGod, family, or ou r fellow man . Every love relation-

ship depend s on people spend ing quality time

together.

How to Take It With YouThe most imp ortant p oint Jesus was trying to

m ake in the par able of the shrewd steward is that

from an etern al perspective, m oney is worthless

unless it is used to enlarge the kingdom of God. The

only way we can take our m oney with us into heaven

is to invest it in win nin g souls wh ile we are still liv-

ing here on earth . Using our God-given resources tohelp bring the lost around us into a saving relation-

ship with God is the way to lay up for yourselves

treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor r ust

doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break

through n or steal (Matthew 6:20).

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risk for contam ination. As th e Bible says,the whole

creation groaneth and travaileth in p ain together

unt il now (Romans 8:22).

Held AccountableA second key point we can learn by stu dying this

para ble is that the steward realized he was going to be

audited. He was told by his master th at there would

be a day of reckoning. In the same way, we need torealize that th ere will be a d ay of judgment. The Bible

says that we shall all stand before the judgment seat

of Christ (Romans 14:10, emph asis added). You can-

not sen d som ebody else in your place.

Some people dont like to talk ab out th is because

they feel it is a den ial of salvation by grace to say that

we are judged by our works. The Bible is very clear that

we are saved completely and only by grace through

faith, but it is equally evident that we are judged by our

works (Revelation 20:12; 22:12). A pers ons actions

bear witness of whether or not he is saved.

All of us will someday appear b efore God whileHes on His white throne, and every d eed we have

ever done will be reviewed (Ecclesiastes 12:14). The

good news is that our record of sins can be blotted

out if we confess them an d allow Jesus to cleanse us

from all un righteousness (1 John 1:7-9). If we invite

Jesus to enter our lives and per m it Him to rem ain in

control, He will be right there beside us in th e judg-

m ent day,ser ving as our Advocate (1 John 2:1).

Time and MoneyAll of us are stewards whether we want to be or

not, so this parable speaks directly to each one of us.There are two prim ar y things for which we will each

be held accountable: what we do with our tim e and

what we do with our m eans.

As we have already seen, the Bible tells us th at 100

percent of our resources belong to God. Some of us

tend to think that 90 percent of our m oney belongs

to us an d 10 percent to God. We may even str uggle

with return ing that 10 p ercent, which the Bible calls

tithe. The Lord in His infinite wisdom asks us to

return to Him 10 percent of what He gives us as a

constant remind er that He owns 100 percent and as a

dem onstration that we believe it.Method ist m inister John Wesley said th at as stew-

ards of God, Christians should gain all you can, save

all you can, and give all you can. That m ight sound a

bit vague at first, but its actua lly a good pr inciple.We

shouldnt be asham ed of earning and investing. As a

matter of fact, the Lord tells us that the servant who

bur ies his talent without investing it is going to be

jud ged as unfait hful (Matth ew 25:14-30) . Chr ist ian s

should be faithful in investing their m eans an d in

using the natu ral talents an d spiritual gifts He has

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fai th with

peop le .

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teaching us

so much in

so litt le time!

The staff is

marvelous

so k ind and

lov ing and

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us.

-Rozenia

Jennings

ly in tears. I cant d o th is, theyd s ay.I cant m em o-

rize; Ive never h ad a good m emor y. The faculty

prayed with an d encouraged them , and by Gods

grace, they took courage and stayed with the pro-

gram .Now those very students are the ones who are

acing th e tests, says Jason .Its been a joy to wit-

ness.

Tyler Long, who was bap tized du rin g NET New

York 99, says these classes helped h im b ecome m ore

grounded in h is faith an d in the truths of the Bible.

He adds: If I tell people that I believe in the Sabbathand they say,Show me in the Bible,I can now op en

my Bible and show them. If you go to this school, you

can just sit down with anybody and give them a

Bible study on anything!

The m ost imp ortant thing Ive learned, said Troy

Haagenson,is that we cant just focus on sharing

truth , because how we share it and in what order we

share it determ ines how effective we will be. On m y

own, it would take m e a lifetim e to discover what Im

learn ing here in just four m onths.

A Whole Different Ball GameIn addition to classroom work, students also spend16 or more hours a week doing com mu nity outreach.

In August th e class was divided into groups of two,

and each team adopted a sm all section of the city

of Sacram ento, where Pastor Doug Batchelor held a

prophecy seminar that ran from the first week of

October through t he second week of November. In

each area, the teams visited residents to invite them

to begin Bible studies and also to attend on e of three

different sem inars held at Pastor Batchelors chur ch

before his proph ecy series began.

Doing com mu nity outreach was a comp letely new

experience for many of the students, including Eric

Flickinger.The first tim e I went out an d k nocked on

a door, I was very nervous, he adm its.But then I

realized th at by not doing anything, I had already

failed. If I offer someon e the chance to study the

Bible and h e declines, that person is no further from

the trut h than he was before I kno cked on h is door. If

the person accepts, he might som eday be a great

teacher an d a leader in Christ ianity. So its really a

no -lose situation . Once you get over the initial fear,

its easy.In less than two m onths, the College of Evangelism

students contacted several hun dred hom es and start-

ed m ore than 100 Bible studies. Many teams were

giving stud ies at five different hom es!

Tom Michalski, 47, had the joy of seeing three fam -

ilies he stu died with atten d Pastor Batchelors sem i-

nar. One of the couples was the very first to accept

him into their home. After two months of studying

together, the m an told Tom, I havent d one weed for

nin e days. I dont even want it; I dont kn ow whats

going on. This man had b een smoking marijuana

since he was a kid, and sudden ly he stopped cold.He doesnt fully und erstan d wh at is going on, Tom

says,bu t he was excited to tell me. The Holy Spirit is

really working on him .

In add ition, the m ans wife has been am azed by

what sh es learn ing from the Bible.What really got

m e, she told Tom, is when we went through the

m etal m an of Daniel 2 and I saw how God had every-

thing planned t hrough tim e. Tom says he rem em-

bers that study vividly; the woman was right on the

edge of her chair.

Working with people and seeing the changes in

their lives produ ces a satisfaction you cant get in

Graduation day is Dec. 3 for the 44 students who completed the first

session of the Amazing Facts College of Evangelism. Standing in

front of the group are instructors Jason Morgan (left of sign) and

Doug Batchelor (right of sign). Standing behind them, from left to

right: (first row) Christy Allen, Nerida McKibben, Sandy McTiernan,

April Frieson, Bill Aulet, Cindy White, Netty Rumagit, Steven Cadena,

Jim Hillman, Marcia Waugh, Gary Potter; (second row) Robert Hogg,

Iris Bowery, Reba Walker, Rafael Rosa, Steve Duncan, Jason

Struthers, Neil Schenk, Cindy Keiser, Tobin Kunz; (third row) Julie

Pickard, Ron Lutman, Daniel Gugiere, Tyler Long, Adam Brown, Jeff

Donaldson, John Rengifro, David White, Marty Wessman, LeRoy

Jackson; (fourth row) Rozenia Jennings, Jim Martin, Eric Flickinger,

Tom Michalski, Todd Anderson, Jerrold Martin, Daniel McKibben, Peter

Lopez, Troy Haagenson, Jeremiah Smith, Roy Adams

DebbieThompson



anyt hin g else, Tom add s. Ive had successful busi-

nesses, but t his is a whole different ball game

because in soul-winnin g the success has eterna l con-

sequ ences. I told my wife that Im the h appiest Ive

ever been in my life out shar ing my faith with

people.

Deep CommitmentsA rich d iversity charact erizes almost every con-

temp orary college camp us, and t he Am azing Facts

College of Evangelism is no different. The stud ents

range in age from 19 to 72, and t heir educational and

occupational backgrounds vary widely. The group

includes physicians, auto mechan ics,p rofessional

mod els, full-time m others, a fisherman , an account-

ant, an attorney, a m ultimedia produ cer,a freelance

m agazine writer,a b iochemist, a Bible worker,a m es-

sage therapist, a nurse anesthetist, and a tru ck driver.Some are n ew converts, while others have been active

Christians for 30 or m ore years.

More than half of the students are married, and 13

have spouses back hom e who remain th eir strongest

suppor ters in spite of the fact that they miss them

terr ibly. Eric Flickinger exchan ges daily e-m ail mes-

sages with h is wife, Hildelisa, but in order to live

within their bu dget they talk by phone just once

every two weeks and have lived on separate coasts

for nearly four m onths.

Almost everyone m ade m ajor sacrifices in ord er to

attend. Some were able to arrange a leave of absencefrom their jobs, but others dropped everything in

order to enroll. Jim an d Melissa Martin sold th eir

hom e in Nebraska and brought their 11-month-old

baby to California with them . Steve Keiser put his

familys hom e on the m arket, sold almost everyth ing

non essential, and th en quit his job as a medical prac-

tice adm inistrator so he could care for 3-year-old

Hann ah while his wife, Cyndi, went to school full-

time.

In each case, God mad e it rem arkably clear that th e

Amazing Facts College of Evangelism was where th ey

needed to b e. Rozenia Jennin gs saw an ad for theCollege on the b ack page of an In sid e R epor tmaga-

zine, which she had never before received. Sensing

Gods call, she prayed, Lord, You kn ow I love You and

want to obey You n o m atter what, but I dont h ave

any m oney. If You wan t m e to go, You m ake a way.

The Lord soon sent Rozenia th ree different checks in

the m ail exactly enough to cover her tuition. Next

she asked God to bless her with transp ortation from

Birm ingham to Sacram ento, and on e day after shar-

ing her testimony, a lady put an envelope into her

hand that contained $500 just 50 cents short of the

lowest fare on a plan e ticket! The, the week before

she was to leave, Rozenia learned that sh e would

need another $300 for textbooks. Lord, I dont even

have th e $300, she p rayed .Youre going to h ave to

send m e the m oney. The very n ext day, a checkarrived in the m ail for $1,300 $300 for her b ooks

and $1,000 to live on while away from hom e.

Knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt th at God had

brought them to the College helped m any students

decide to stick it out despite major setbacks such as

illness, costly auto repairs, and family tragedy.The

first thing that comes to my min d when I think

about these stu dents is the word comm itment, says

College of Evangelism instructor Robb Long.They

have been willing to forsake everyth ing in ord er to

give th em selves to gospel work.

Unlimited PossibilitiesWhat will happ en to this special group of individu-

als after graduation on Dec. 3? The p ossibilities are

end less, says April Frieson, who ha s a vision for

return ing to Las Vegas and doing m inistry there with

her husband , Dean. Since one of the Amazing Facts

evangelists is scheduled to conduct an evangelistic

series there in 2001, she would like to start som e

sma ll groups an d get involved in preparation for the

m eetings.Now that I have all of these tools, I want

to get back there and get to work because it will take

several months.We specifically studied how to pre-pare for an evangelistic series, and it takes six to

eight months.

Eight gradu ates will be Bible workers, two will

serve as task-force evangelism workers with six-

m onth church assignm ents, two will be trainee evan-

gelists, two or more want to p lant new church con-

gregations, and 25 plan to hold their own meetings

when th ey go back to their hom e churches.

Iris Bowery has a passion for reaching people back

home in the mou ntains of eastern Tennessee, and

she also has a desire to do inn er-city work with peo-

ple on Monum ent Street in Baltimore.

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To b e in a

class of 4 4

peop le who

are on f i re

for the Lord

is an excit ing

exper ience,

a d rea m

com e true.

-Cyndi

Keiser

O ne o fthe heaviest

burd ens I have

is for my

family, and

now I see

ways those

doors can

o p e n up . G o d

knew I neededa f ramework

for how to

share my

fai th.

-A p ri l Frieson

INSI DER EPORT DECEMBER 2000

Instructor Robb Longs favorite class to teach deals with church planting,

and students who enroll in the next session of the College of Evangelism

will actually plant a brand-new church congregation near the campus.

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Writer Marcia Waugh h as started a m ission m aga-

zine for kids an d wants to work for the children of

inmates.

Daniel and Nerida McKibben were am ong those

who caught a vision for church planting while at the

College of Evangelism. Daniel is a certified m assagetherapist and frequent h ealth lecturer,an d h is wife is

a physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.

Before they enrolled in th e College, they had a p as-

sion for med ical-m issionar y work and evangelism

but didnt see how Nerida could remain certified if

they were to go on th e road full-time. In the church-

planting course taught by Robb Long, they learn ed

that raising up n ew churches in areas where non e

now exist is a form of evangelism that allows gospel

workers to stay in on e area for a year or m ore. That

would be enou gh tim e for m e to affiliate with a hos-

pital and practice obstetrics, explains Nerida.Church planting uses all of our skills m edical

missionary work, Bible work, pastoring, and doing

evangelism. Its as th ough th e Lord brought u s here

so we could find out what ou r m inistry could be.

Gary Potter,a retired pipefitter and welder, has

been presented with scores of m inistry opportun ities

and is waiting to see where the Lord places him. For

now, he will return hom e to Texas and continue lead-

ing out in his home church and in p rison m inistry.

Im glad the Lord brou ght m e here to t he College; I

really am , he says.In fact, if I were finan cially able I

wouldnt m ind com ing to it again. I know the nextsession is goin g to b e even bet ter.

Amazing Facts is st ill accepting ap plications for

the n ext Am azing Facts College of Evangelism ses-

sion, which runs Feb. 4 to Jun e 9, 2001. Online appli-

cations are available on th e Am azing Facts website

(www.amazingfacts.org) under Special Projects and

then College of Evangelism. Potential students can

also view its adm issions p olicy, course titles, and

finan cial inform ation.

Tyler Long says he p rays th at th e College of

Evangelism can eventually grow to train 1,000 stu-

dent s each year.For anybod y whos thin king abou tgoing to this school, do it, he says.Besides giving

yourself to the Lord, it will be the best decision you

ever make.

11DECEMBER 2000 INSI DER EPORT

Jason Struthers (left) and

his outreach partner

Jeremiah Smith met

Sacramento resident Janet

Henry (right) while going

from door-to-door in her

neighborhood. Janet

accepted their invitation to

begin a Bible study and

also to attend the four-

week prophecy seminar

conducted by Pastor Doug

Batchelor. I dont usually

invite strangers into my

home, she said, but I

could see the love of Jesus

in these two young men. It

showed in their faces.

Daniel and Nerida McKibben feel the Lord brought them to the College sothey could learn about a form of evangelism that uses all of their skills

and at the same time will allow Nerida to continue her medical practice.

DebraJ.Hicks

DebraJ.Hicks



Kelly and Shelly Marote were han ging loose in

good Hawaiian tradition when Shellys fatherinvited them to an Amazing Facts prophecy

seminar in Hilo.

Shelly had b een raised in a conservative, loving

Christian home, yet she wanted to know what the

world offered. One night she confronted h er father.

Dad, Im 18, she said .Dont you th ink Im old

enough to m ake my own choices now?

Choices. Thats what it boiled down t o. What choic-

es were going to b e for her b est? She went away from

hom e and lived in hop e that she could make the best

choices without her parentsGod an d guidan ce.After

several years of prodigal living, her life was a sham -bles and the future was dim .

Choices. Her choices had m ade life m ore compli-

cated. Independence had ended in m ore pain and

discouragement. But after she m et Kelly, a broad-

shouldered man with a broad heart for her, things

would never be the sam e.

One night Kelly woke up in a sweat, breathing

heavily. He went to h is wife, who was prepa rin g for

the d ay, an d said , Shelly, Ive got to tell you wh at I

dreamed!

Shelly was afraid it was abo ut som ethin g she didnt

want to know,so she avoided him . However, the lookof determ ination and u rgency was written all over

his face.Shelly, sit down , he said. I have to share

with you what I saw in a dream .

Battling her fears, she sat down intent on n ot shar-

ing his concern about the dream. Und aunted, Kellystarted to describe what he had seen. He said, We

were outside, and the sky was clear. All at once the

sky chur ned black and wild. The earth began to roll

up into the form of four-footed beasts, snorting and

push ing whatever was in their path . People were

screaming; death was all aroun d.

The beast s cam e charging d irectly at Kelly and

Shelly and their children, but m iraculously they

stopped before striking the destroying blow. The cou-

ple fled to a church bu ilding. It was safe inside. Kelly

kept his family there and tried to help others come in

from t he pillaging of the beasts.Within the n ext day or so, Shellys dad and m om

were over for a social visit. They were playing a table

game when Shellys dad , Dan, glibly remar ked,I had

the stran gest dream th e other n ight.

Shelly and Kelly imm ediately looked at each oth er

with alarm, wondering what the odds would be that

two fam ily mem bers would want to share stran ge

dreams at th e same tim e. Dans dream was very simi-

lar to Kellys an d h elped t hem to see Gods provi-

dence.

The effect of the two dreams m ade a deep impres-

sion on Kelly and Shelly so mu ch so, that when theAmazing Facts prophecy seminar was held, they

were the first ones through the door. Each n ight they

absorbed Bible truth that gave them peace and d irec-

tion in the face of an un certain future. They were

baptized the last night of the seminar along with

Shellys sister, Natalie Waltjen, who a lso had a dr a-

m atic experience coming back to Jesus.

Amazing ComebackNatalie had stopp ed going to church for the m ost

part. Child-rearing and hectic living had absorb ed all

of her time and energy. Dad and Mom were ever sogentle to rem ind h er of Gods will, but sh e never real-

ly had time. Because of their kind invitations, she

decided to placate them by attend ing the prophecy

seminar. She cam e faithfully but remained un m oved

and skeptical.Not unt il the night when the m ark of

the beast topic was presented did thin gs begin to

change.

As Natalie saw end-t ime events from the p erspec-

tive of Jesusdevoted love to her, the Sabbath tr uth

became clear in her m ind. While rushing home, the

tears began to flow. She had been so blind to Jesus all

these years. She wanted to be right with her husb and ,

BY EVANGELIST

RAY HOUSE

Land of Love and AdventureSalvation stories from the Big Island of Hawaii

Photos courtesy of Ray House

The Amazing Facts prophecy seminar in Hilo, Hawaii, brought joy and peace to this special family. Pictured

above are Woody and Natalie Waltjen with their two sons; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Taka, the patriarch and matri-

arch of the clan; and Shelly and Kelly Marote with their son and daughter.



so she asked forgiveness for differences. The tearscontinued for nearly an h our tears of joy, new

hope, and love for Jesus. Natalie was beam ing with a

new experience the next night at the m eeting. Today

she expresses her joy in Jesus long-suffering and His

gentle way of prodd ing her back to Him.

Will You Have Me?Roy Oness is a self-made m an: a farm er by trade, a

gentleman of the soil.His early years were spent

looking for m eaning in t he Roman Catholic Church.

Having foun d no comp elling reason to continue, he

drifted through school, then th e Navy, and finally hegot mar ried. Roys search for God took him to the

readings of Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy.

After accum ulating stacks of books an d research on

this m ovement, he felt that God was surely not in it

and abandon ed his hope of finding truth there.For

the last several years, Roy foun d m eaning in a fast-

growing n on-den ominat ional church in Hilo, Hawaii,

but never felt strongly about being bap tized.

When th e Am azing Facts flier came in the m ail, he

was intrigued with the prophecy theme and 666. He

visited the second n ight and was pleasantly sur-

prised at what he learned, but then he m issed thenext two n ights. Just b efore the fifth presentation,

Roy reasoned: What am I doing that is so imp ortant

as to m iss th ese m eetings? Ill go.

From th at point on, he didnt miss another n ight.

Each subject seemed to answer more an d m ore of

the pressing questions he had nur tured throu gh sev-

eral years of searchin g for Gods will. By the end of

the m eeting, he realized that although his church was

teaching truth, it was mixing in error as well. On the

last weekend of the sem inar he told Pastor Charles

Disney,Pastor, Im going to join your church; will

you have me? Roy was baptized the n ext Sabbath.

Several times dur ing the n ext few days he men tioned

how wond erfully at peace he felt inside. Once again

we realized the Bible prom ise The tru th shall make

you free (John 8:32).

Front-Row StudentLeilani Algosaibi was a front- row attend ee. She

didnt want to m iss a word of the m essage, and she

never m issed a n ight of the m eetings. Having comefrom a Muslim family and having been raised in

Saudi Arabia, Christianity was the furth est thing

from h er mind. The youngest sister of seven, she

spread her wings to experience life.

After spend ing 10 years in Alaska ru nn ing a dog-

sled team with her husb and , she m oved to Hawaii for

a new ventu re. In 1999 one of her first friends invited

her to accept Jesus Christ as her Savior. Her heart

was tend er toward God, and she wanted to know

Him in every detail of His Word. One day Leilani

asked her friend, If you say you are Christian, why

do you cus s?The reply she got was, Oh, were saved by faith, we

live in grace. This attitu de did nt m atch her n ew

faith, so when anoth er displaced Alaskan nam ed

Sasha Sutton invited her to a Tuesday night stu dy

with Irma Cautiverio, she began drink ing in deeper

tru ths from Gods Word.

One day Irm a invited Leilani to som e pub lic meet-

ings at a local church. When th is youn g woman d rove

into the p arking lot and saw the churchs nam e on its

sign, her heart nearly stopped. Leilanis pastor h ad

told her th at this church group was a cult. She felt

that she would be taking a big risk to go inside, but averse came to her min d. Test the spirits, whether

they are of God (1 John 4:1,NKJV).She did, and

Gods Spirit was confirm ed in His Word.

At the end of the Am azing Facts prophecy seminar,

Leilani and her friend Sasha were both baptized. God

had t ruly worked anoth er miracle.

Hawaii is full of beauty and adventure, but we have

foun d th at the greatest adventure has b een to find

earnest seekers who want to know Jesus in all of His

Word.

Pastor Charles Disney (center) welcomes newly baptized members

Larry Davis and Roy Oness into his church family. Larry was invited

to the Amazing Facts prophecy seminar by a friend, and he devoured

the Bible-based messages as fast as he could. By the second week

of the meetings, he had discovered the Amazing Facts website and

completed all 14 lessons in the online Bible School. At the conclusion

of the series, Larry was the first person to be baptized. Roy was

another eager Bible student. He came to the seminar with years of

accumulated Bible questions and experienced tremendous peace as

Evangelist Ray House and Pastor Disney guided him to the answers.

Two displaced Alaskans named

Leilani Algosaibi (left) and Sasha

Rita Sutton learned about the

Amazing Facts prophecy seminar at

a midweek Bible study. Although

Leilani had been raised a Muslim,

she embraced Christianity whole-

heartedly and was eager to follow

the Lord in every detail of His Word.

Both friends were baptized together

by Pastor Charles Disney at the end

of the meetings.


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Dave Alexander by Elden Alexander, his son

Lucille Allen by Andrew Kirsel,h er son

Virginia Almon d by Mary Uselton, her daughter

H.E.Ashton by Kitty Ashton, his wife

Marlin Bakke by Martena Bakke, his mother

Stape Bann er by Irene Brownlow, her sisterRobert Barber by Stanley H. Reesman

Randy Bauer by Helen Haase, his grandmoth er

Barbara Beasley by Matthew Beasley; by Thomas & Bernadette

Clark; by Mary Corbin; by Anna & Johnie Evans;by Austin Evans; by

Carolyn Hallissey; by the Hood family; by John Mar ty Hood; by Anita

& Carol Ledbetter; by Paul & Linda Miller; by Dreama & Patrick

ODell;b y Carole Phelps; by Marjorie Towsley; by other friend s

& family

Reuben Beck by John & Anita Silvestr i

Pastor Horace Beckner by Gwendolyn M. Knight

Cecil Beltz by Joy Beltz, his wife

Pastor R.D. Benham by Elden Alexander, his great-great-nephew

Hartley Berlin by Kent & Dee Dickinson

Bertha Bieber by Olga Binder

Albert Binder by Olga Bind er, his wifeEmma Binder by Olga Binder

Baby Christopher Bixler by Mr.& Mrs. Howard Bixler

Dr.Bill Brayshaw by Violet Brayshaw,h is wife

Marvin Brentan, Sr. by Wilma K. Gill

Myrtle Bristow by Floyd Bristow,her husband

Pastor Howard Burbank by Tom & Helen Ipes

Bruce Bush by William & Agnes Garrison

Barbara Butler by Aaron & Ellen Harder; by Dr.& Mrs. Kent Taylor

John & Pearl Camp bell by William & Agnes Gar rison

Derwood Chappel l by Jean Chapp ell,h is wife

Chet Chase by Elayne Chase, his wife

Pastor Bj Christensen by Mr.& Mrs. William L.Fisher; by Curtis

Perkins

Garnie Gunde rson Claussen by Lois Claussen,h er daughter

Sarah Cooney by Sarah Wolff,her daughterDon nell & Willa Dee Corvin by William & Agnes Gar rison

Walter Cox by Nancy Phillips, his grand niece

Hal Crays by Laurinda Crays,h is wife

Joe Crews by Lu Ann Crews,his wife; by Mr. & Mrs. Maxwell Moffett;

by Matthew Kabson

Irene Curtis by Romona I. Mortenson,her daughter

Nita Daffern by Donna Rutt

Pastor Tor Da hlberg by Don Kirkwood

Wilmer Davis by Dr. & Mrs. Harley Anderson

Lucilla Diaz by Tom & Helen Ipes

Leonard Dickerson by Nevins & Evelyn Har lan

Harold Dickinson by Kent & Dee Dickinson

Marjorie Dickinson by Kent & Dee Dickinson

Mark Dickinson by Kent & Dee Dickinson

Rieta Diderickson by William Opincar ; by George & Betty NordlingWalter Diede by Art & Isa belle Reile

Kathleen D obbins by Maryetta Fullbright,her sister-in-law

C.O.Dockery by Mildred Docker y, his wife

Marie Dole by Bettye White

Barry Doles by Don & Joyce Doles, his paren ts

Ray Doyle by Lu Ann Crews

Russell Drake by Pauline Becker,his sister; by Neal Becker; by Reed

W. Thomas; by Ken & Peggy Thomas; by Gerald & Elaine Snyder

Maurice Du nn by William & Agnes Garrison

Frank Earl by Evelyn Earl

Gladys Eaves by Corinne King

Harriet Echols by Mamie Bean, her sister; by Lu Ann Crews

Richard & Margaret Ekroth by Ann Ekroth, their daughter

Patty Elliott by Mary Randall

Adolph & Margaret Engel by James Engel,th eir son

Mr. & Mrs.Essex by Stanley H. Reesman

Scotty Farwell by Corinne King

Ann Ferguson by John & Anita Silvestri

Richard S.Fertig by Margaret K. Fertig,his wife

Edward H.Flower by M. Florence Flower

Elmore Fullbright by Maryetta J. Fullbright, his sister-in-law

Lester Fullbright by Maryetta J.Fullbright, his daughter-in-lawOlga Gaede by Olga Binder, her d aughter

Dr.Alan R.Gair by Jackie Gair, his wife

Robert C.Gates by Esther & Alber t Lorenz

Virginia Gerne by Aaron & Ellen Har der

Violet Gibbs by Gladys Lincoln, her sister; by the faculty at Charity

School of Nursing,Delgado Commu nity College

Daina Griff in by Earl & Hazel Griffin, her gran dparents

Edwin C. Gussiaas by Alvin & Ella Mae Neumiller

Juanita Guinn by Douglas & Jun e Ackerm ann

Ernest Haas by Art & Isa belle Reile

Edna Hagele by Olga Binder

David E.Haines by Ollie Haines, his wife

Pastor Alex R. Hal l by Alyce Hall, his wife

Harold Hall by Ron & Purla Swanson

John Henry Clay Hamby by the Astoria Postal Employees; by Julius& Helen Beesley; by Mr.& Mrs. Earl Black; by Dennis & Brigitte

Davis; by Howard & Sylvia Hallock; by Lorraine Peterson ; by Dale

Wagner

D.Chester Hamren by Aaron & Ellen Har der

Ardery Hardt by Ellen Hard t

Dalton A.Hargrove by Robert & Rebecca Hargrove,his s on &

daughter-in-law

Judy Harr by Art & Isab elle Reile

Fred Has e by Olga Binder, his daughter

Roma R.Hays by Ruth Hays, his wife

Dorothy Henriques by Olga Binder

William M. Henry by Patricia Henry,his wife

Josep h Herzberg by Thelma Herzberg, his wife;Kathy Woodhall, his

daughter; by Debra E. Fechik, his daughter

Roger Hinger by Art & Isa belle ReileFrances Ho by Nina & Brent Shakespea re

Naomi Hodde by Joan De Witt

Marge & Ted Ho ffman by Steve, Donna , Stephenie & Matt Dickie

Marian Hohens ee by Dorothy Hughes

Everett Hoppe r by Jasper, Tamr a, Tonya & Julie Hice

Michael Howard by Elden & Judy Alexand er, his un cle & aunt

D.W. Hunter by Olga Binder

Vernon Hurst by Helen Hurst, his wife

Les Iles by Stanley H. Reesman

Ruth Ipes by Tom & Helen Ipes

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his son & daughter-in-law; by Sharon Janzen, his granddaughter

Ben Johnson by Steve, Donna, Stephenie & Matt Dickie

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Elizabeth Kabson by Matthew Kabson, her husband

Pastor Robert Kachenmeister by Dr. & Mrs. Harley Anderson

Margaret Britton Keightley by Paul Genstler

Flay Ketchum by J.D. Davis

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