Danville Seventh Day Adventist Church

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal.

Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change.

It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.” – C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“The safest road to hell is the gradual one—the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, and without signposts.”--C.S. Lewis

We are happy to announce that we have re-started our regular blog series. This week's post is:

When God Says “No”
In life, we often ask God for things we deeply desire and believe are aligned with His will. However, there are times when God's response is a resounding "no," which can be difficult to accept.

When God Says “No” Learning to trust God when His answer is not what we hoped for

Wonderful Sabbath service today with LOTS of friendly visitors!

Today in Christian History
August 31, 1688: English Puritan writer and preacher John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress, dies at age 60. Though one of England's most famous authors even in his own day, he maintained his pastoral duties to his death, which was caused by a cold he caught while riding through the rain to reconcile a father and son

Today in Christian History
August 29, 70: Romans burn the gates, enter the Temple courtyards of Jerusalem, and destroy the temple by fire. Within three years, Jewish resistance ends in a seige of the Herodian fortress of Massada.

August 29, 1792: Charles Grandison Finney, the father of modern revivalism, is born in Warren, Connecticut. The Old School Presbyterians resented Finney's modifications to Calvinist theology. The revivalistic Congregationalists, led by Lyman Beecher, feared that Finney was opening the door to fanaticism by allowing too much expression of human emotion. Others criticized his "scare tactics." Nevertheless, Finney paved the way for later mass-evangelists like Dwight L. Moody, Billy Sunday, and Billy Graham

Today in Christian History
August 28, 1828: Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist and social reformer, is born. Though the Russian Orthodox Church excommunicated him in 1901, his later works emphasized Christian love and the teachings of Jesus.

August 28, 1840: Ira D. Sankey, who for 25 years led the music when D.L. Moody preached, is born in Pennsylvania

We are excited for the future with our new pastor @ Pastor Jonathan & his wife, Erin Mercill!

Our former pastor Remitera continues to work mightily for the Savior.

Congratulations to Edwin for his baptism this Sabbath! It was a uplifting experience to be together at Lake Michigan and celebrate this milestone with the Epic Church family.

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Today in Christian History
August 26, 1901: The American Standard Version of the Bible is first published by Thomas Nelson and Sons. The A.S.V. spun off from the 1881 English Revised Version, the first nondenominational English revision since publication of the King James Version in 1611.

Today in Christian History
August 24, 1456: The second volume of the Gutenberg Bible is bound in Mainz, Germany. This act completes a two-year project to create the first complete book printed with movable type.

August 24, 1759: William Wilberforce, philanthropist and vocal abolitionist, is born in Yorkshire, England

An update on the awesome work being done by Liz Betack Design Studio in helping this miracle happen!

✨ Sneak Peek Alert! ✨

We're thrilled to reveal a glimpse of the gorgeous kitchen design for the Mullins' new home! 🏡 A massive thank you to Liz Betack Design Studio for this amazing interior design work and rendering 🎨 and to Kitchen Concepts for their top-tier collaboration and materials 🛠️ toward this project. This miracle home is coming together beautifully! Stay tuned for more updates! 🔨💫

Today in Christian History
August 22, 1741: George Frideric Handel shuts himself up in his home to begin writing “Messiah.” He finished the composition 24 days later. "Whether I was in the body or out of the body when I wrote it, I know not," he later said.

Today in Christian History
August 20, 1912: William Booth, founder and first General of the Salvation Army, dies

Today in Christian History
August 19, 1662: Blaise Pascal, French scientist, polemicist, and Christian apologist, dies at the age of 39 after an extended illness. In 1654, he experienced his "definitive conversion" where he discovered the "God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, and not of the philosophers and men of science"

August 19, 1843: C.I. Scofield, dispensationalist creator of the Scofield Reference Bible, is born near Clinton, Michigan

Today in Christian History
August 18, 1688: John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress preaches his last sermon, in London

Today in Christian History
August 15, 1846: Addressing rumors that he mocked Christianity, Abraham Lincoln publishes a broadside on his religion: "That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular .

Today In Christian History
August 13, 1587: Members of Sir Walter Raleigh's expedition to Roanoke baptises Manko, the first American Indian convert to Protestantism.

August 13, 1908: Ira D. Sankey, best known as the music leader in D.L. Moody's evangelistic crusades, dies.

Today In Christian History
August 12, 304: Euplius, a Christian deacon from Sicily, is martyred for owning the Scriptures and proclaiming himself a Christian (loudly and repeatedly). Martyrdom was so common under Emperor Diocletian that many Christians expected it

It was an another beautiful Sabbath Day! Great lessons, great fellowship! Come visit with us, and join our church family !!!

August 11, 1519: Johann Tetzel, the German Dominican priest whose peddling of indulgences inspired Martin Luther to write his 95 Theses, dies. Throughout Germany he infamously preached, "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs." Even the papal envoy eventually criticized him. As for Luther, though he once called Tetzel "the primary author of this tragedy," when he heard Tetzel lay dying, wrote the friar a letter of comfort: "Don't take it too hard. You didn't start this racket"