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Idea: The gift of prophecy to the Seventh-day Adventist Church has been manifested in the ministry of Ellen G. White.  She had many visions, in some of them she saw heavenly worship and music.  She has taught her family to sing as much as possible like how she saw angels singing in heaven.  Therefore the sample of songs traced to being sang in their family worships, in church by James and Ellen White, and the songs she quoted and alluded to all give us a description of the style of heavenly music she saw. This is a reflection of a presentation of Dr. James Nix, at the time of writing, the director of the EGW Estate.  The presentation incidentally clarifies issues regarding varied interpretations of EGW writings regarding music. Early Advent Singing http://www.pacificpress.com/pp/misdta/Chapters/0828008922.pdf Possible presentation outline music was made to serve a holy purpose music can be an idol reverence, solemn more doctrinal not funeral songs visi...

Online Religious Education Draft 8 June 27, 2014: Factors Affecting Online Religious Education Media Successes, Differences and Comparisons With Traditional Methods Writer: Winelfred G. Pasamba (Computer Science) Abstract:  A case study of an online religious educational non-monetized channel, this paper enumerates observed factors affecting online video viewership and provides possible answers to the following questions:  How the title affects viewership?  Which countries have most viewers?  Which countries tend to complete viewing a long lecture?  What topics people are most interested in?  Which speakers are people watching the most?  How does facebook sharing impact viewership?  Which kinds of lectures have high viewer retention?  What are the Biblical bases and principles for religious online media efforts?  Which principles from the writings of Ellen G. White have correlated with the measurements? All the video...

A Critical Investigation of Celebration Worship Characteristics and Corresponding EGW Quotations "Dynamic Worship"  Charismatic Messages More Emotional than Doctrinal Logic Shortcutting rather than careful study Contemporary-Style Music Dancing, Plenty of Movement Excitement over Reverence Pleasing people instead of pleasing God Showiness instead of contrition Shouting instead of solemnity EGW quotations " All the service should be conducted with solemnity and awe , as if in the visible presence of the Master of assemblies."{CCh 250.4} "It is not excitement we wish to create, but deep, earnest consideration , that those who hear shall do solid work, real, sound, genuine work that will be enduring as eternity. We hunger not for excitement , for the sensational; the less we have of this, the better. The calm, earnest reasoning from the Scriptures is precious and fruitful ." {Ev 170.1} Avoid Emotionalism —Still others go to the op...

Spirit of Prophecy / Gift of Prophecy Joel 2:28, 29 28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. Acts 2:17-20 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days , saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy , and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: Heb. 1:1-3 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers mann...