CURRENT EVENTS: The World We Live In

[thecountrydoc]

San Diego Union-Tribune Friday April 18, 2008

Florida Charity drops 'Jesus' from name

STUART, Fla.-- In an effort to bring in more donations, the longtime Florida charity Jesus House of Hope decided to drop the word "Jesus" from it's mane. [Notice that the reporter refered to Jesus' name as a word.] Partick Slattery, executive director of the 24-year-old non-profit in Martin County, said the change will help the organization fulfill what Jesus commanded in the Gospel of Matthew: Help the needy.

Slattery said many private foundations could not donate to the charity because it includes Jesus in the name, and people are often reluctant to give what appears to be a house of worship if they donate to their church. The orginization's board of directors voted last month to make the change.

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[MidnightCry]

I saw that in the paper. It's really sad. These people don't understand what they are doing.

 

[Your Neighbor]

Ellen G. White Estate

Selected Messages Book 2 (1958), page 385, paragraph 2

Chapter Title: A Distinctive Name and People-

A company was presented before me under the name of Seventh-day Adventists, who were advising that the banner or sign which makes us a distinctive people should not be held out so strikingly; for they claimed it was not the best policy in securing success to our institutions. This distinctive banner is to be borne through the world to the close of probation. In describing the remnant people of God, John says, "Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus" (Revelation 14:12). This is the law and the gospel. The world and the churches are uniting in harmony in transgressing the law of God, in tearing away God's memorial, and in exalting a sabbath that bears the signature of the man of sin. But the Sabbath of the Lord thy God is to be a sign to show the difference between the obedient and the disobedient. I saw some reaching out their hands to remove the banner, and to obscure its significance. . . .

 

[reddogs]

Here is a story from yesterdays paper you might enjoy...

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2008/apr/20/naples-church-members-visit-nicaragua-help-hurrica/